Project Grant 2109842
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $533,612 Project Grant awarded August 15, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. This award funds research to establish structure-activity relationships in disordered (oxy)hydroxide electrocatalysts for hydrogen generation through water-splitting applications. The project combines experimental and...
- The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) was awarded a $489,453 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant, running from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026, will support research to understand the structural transformations of aluminum foil anodes during electrochemical de(alloying) for use in sustainable lithium-ion batteries. The goal is to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $629,756 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop advanced catalyst materials for sustainable chemical conversion processes. Led by Professors Simon M. Humphrey and Graeme Henkelman, this three-year research initiative (September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028) combines experimental synthesis, catalytic...
- Federal Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded $750,687 to the University of Texas at Austin for a three-year research project (April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2028) led by Professors Sean Roberts, Narayana Aluru, and Michael Cullinan. The project delivers fundamental research advancing the understanding of singlet fission—a photophysical process enabling energy redistribution between...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $315,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project develops advanced polymeric membranes designed to improve the recovery of critical mineral ions from aqueous waste and process streams. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $346,593 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to develop an accurate and efficient method for large-scale simulations of heterogeneous electrocatalysis. The project will enhance machine learning force field (ML FF) capabilities by adding features to describe electron behavior under the grand canonical ensemble in the catalyst, creating an expanded "E-GCE-FF" model. This...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), is providing $486,160.00 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to design electrochemical photoreactors using single and ensemble multijunction silicon particles. The project will develop the fundamental principles to fabricate these microscopic silicon particles, stabilize them in water, and enable them to efficiently perform photoelectrochemistry - the process of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $419,890 Project Grant awarded August 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The three-year project, concluding July 31, 2028, will deliver experimental research and mathematical modeling to quantify hydrogen storage risks in underground salt caverns. Primary deliverables include...
- The University of Texas at Austin received a three-year, $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on September 15, 2021 to support research titled "SCAFFOLD-BASED BIOMIMETICS OF FE-HYDROGENASE AND NITROGENASE (FEMOCO): INTERROGATING DYNAMICS, PROTEIN MATRIX EFFECTS, AND CARBIDE MOTIFS." The award is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields to strengthen the...
- The University of Texas at Austin received a $313,259 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on January 1, 2022 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONTINUOUS BIOMANUFACTURING USING DECOUPLED GROWTH AND PRODUCTION STAGES FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION AND RECOVERY." The award is part of NSF's Engineering (ENG) program, which aims to improve quality of life and economic strength...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $371,112 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin on July 15, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Under this award, the University of Texas at Austin will develop high performance solar photoelectrodes based on thin-film reactions to advance solar energy technologies. The university will leverage its expertise in materials engineering, chemistry, and device fabrication to create photoelectrodes with improved efficiency, stability, and cost relative to existing thin-film photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells. Outcomes of this research have the potential to enable economically viable solar fuels production and electricity generation from sunlight.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $371.1k | 7/6/21 |