Project Grant 2117623
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $434,000 project grant to the University of Nevada, Reno to acquire a scanning x-ray photoelectron spectrometer microprobe for research and education. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. The University will use the funding over a two-year period from September 2021 through August 2023 to purchase a scanning x-ray photoelectron...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $840,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Dallas under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to improve methods for interpreting x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy sputter depth profiling data sets and spectra. Lev Gelb and Amy Walker of the University of Texas at Dallas will develop quantitative models of sputtering and depth profile data, machine learning classifiers, and apply these techniques to analyze a series of...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports collaborative research to transform photonics and electronics through the development of digital alloy materials. The University of Texas at Austin will leverage the award over four years to advance scientific understanding and progress in major problems related to...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $900,000 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds collaborative research to accelerate the discovery of artificial multiferoic materials with enhanced magnetoelectric coupling. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise by increasing fundamental knowledge and...
- The University of Texas at Austin received a $561,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on November 15, 2021 to complete the project by September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, the university will conduct research to modulate metalloprotein activities through fine-tuning reduction...
- This Project Grant award in the amount of $491,285 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award supports research at the University of Texas at Austin to conduct spatially, temporally, and spectrally resolved electrical probing of optical excitations in semiconductors. The key objectives are to study the generation, recombination, and dissociation of excitons - bound electron-hole pairs - and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $846,986 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a division of the Texas A&M University System, to acquire a state-of-the-art x-ray instrument for advanced scattering studies of polymers, ceramics, and hybrid organic-inorganic materials. The instrument enables real-time monitoring of material nanostructure under diverse environmental conditions and external...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $827,593 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Texas at Austin. The grant funds the development of a unique "Multiple Aperture Grating Pattern Inscription Engine" (MAGPIE) machine that can write nanometer-scale grating patterns over very large areas. This capability will enable the fabrication of highly efficient, large-format astronomical diffraction gratings needed for...
- The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. The three-year award will support research into diagnosing astrophysical plasmas using laser-driven nucleosynthesis in far-from-equilibrium plasmas. The University of Texas at Austin will utilize $700K in...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) on the nonequilibrium dynamics of spin-correlated excitons in van der Waals magnets. The $245,906 award, which runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030, aims to gain a profound understanding of these exotic excitons and develop methods to manipulate them over ultrafast timescales and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $698,545 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The grant funds the acquisition of a Scanning X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Microprobe for fundamental and applied materials research, education, and outreach. As the lead awardee, the University of Texas at Austin will utilize the Microprobe to advance scientific understanding of major problems in materials science. The University, as a sub-awardee of its parent organization the University of Texas System, will also leverage the equipment to enhance STEM education and engage the broader community through outreach activities. The funding and equipment supported under this award will further the National Science Foundation's goals of strengthening the Nation's scientific enterprise in the mathematical and physical sciences.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/7/22 | ||
| Not listed | $698.5k | 8/19/21 |