Project Grant 2108621
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program provides $451,460 to Emory University to conduct collaborative research on the computational design of peptide-based filamentous nanomaterials. The project, led by researchers from Emory University and the University of Illinois Chicago, aims to develop a general scientific approach to computation-guided design of...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a collaborative research effort led by Emory University and the University of Illinois Chicago to design and develop peptide-based filamentous nanomaterials. The $300,000 award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will leverage computational methods to systematically explore the energetics and structural designability of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Emory University received a $641,052 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2029. This NSF-BSF (NSF-Binational Science Foundation) collaborative research initiative focuses on developing communication mechanisms across supramolecular biomaterial networks through the study of liquid droplet coacervate...
- This $236,662 National Science Foundation award through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds research at Emory University to develop novel biomimetic materials capable of simultaneously encoding both nucleic acid and protein information codes to control assembly and function. Specifically, the award supports exploration of "bilingual biopolymers" using peptide nucleic acid as a scaffold to direct structure based on both peptide and nucleic acid...
- Emory University was awarded a $450,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support research investigating the mechanisms of hydrogenase function. The three-year award, made under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will allow Emory researchers to advance understanding of major problems in the natural sciences through increasing knowledge of how the hydrogenase enzyme catalyzes reactions involving hydrogen. Work will be...
- Emory University was awarded an $821,724 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for research titled "Intermetallic and Extraordinary Bonds of Beryllium and the Alkaline Earth Metals." The three-year grant beginning August 1, 2021 will support research into the fundamental chemical bonding properties of beryllium and related alkaline earth metals. Insights gained from this work are...
- This $575,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at Emory University to develop new synthetic methods and enabling strategies for the production of Ribosomally Synthesized Post-Translationally Modified Peptides (RiPPs). The goal is to create a universal catalytic platform to enable the synthesis of diverse RiPP natural products, which have shown promise as drug candidates but face...
- Emory University will use a $359,259 National Science Foundation Engineering Grant to study the microscopic dynamics of sheared highly polydisperse soft materials through 2026. The University will conduct experimental and computational research on the flow properties of complex fluids like muds, cements, and foams to better understand how to process industrial materials. Researchers will observe particle trajectories in flowing emulsions containing a wide range of droplet sizes using video and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Emory University received a $372,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. The award supports theoretical and computational research investigating light-matter quantum interactions and hybrid quantum materials. The research will focus on understanding how...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Emory University received a $450,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The grant supports fundamental research into the structure and dynamics of low-energy excitations in glassy materials, specifically focusing on spin glass systems. The research aims to develop exact and approximate...
Emory University was awarded a $450,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to develop shape-shifting peptide-based nanomaterials from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and address major challenges through support of mathematical and physical sciences research and education. Under this award, Emory University researchers will work to design and engineer new nanomaterials composed of peptides capable of changing shape in response to environmental stimuli. These shape-shifting peptide nanomaterials have potential applications across biomedical, electronic and optical technologies. The grant provides three years of funding for Emory University researchers to conduct applied research that could lead to new classes of adaptive and responsive nanoscale materials.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $450.0k | 8/2/21 |