The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) was awarded a $449,997 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research on strain engineering of exciton-polaritons in two-dimensional semiconductors at the City College of New York from September 2021 through August 2024. The NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports progress in...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $899,956 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York to support research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The funding will support Professor Meriles at the City College of New York in developing new nanoscale sensing and imaging techniques leveraging the physical properties of select light emitters in diamond. Specifically, the grant aims to enhance the information...
The Research Foundation of the City University of New York was awarded a $495,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support work on "Nanoelectrochemistry with Carbon Nanoprobes" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant funding will enable researchers at Queens College to advance understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical sciences through progressing...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities provides $146,405 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York for the acquisition of a Mössbauer spectrometer. The spectrometer will be used for research and training in iron-based inorganic, bioinorganic, and materials systems at the College of Staten Island in Staten Island, NY. The award supports the goals of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to promote...
This $170,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research by professors at the City College of the City University of New York (CCNY) and Lehman College of CUNY. The research project aims to advance the understanding of fundamental physical concepts such as quantum entanglement and the relationship between gravity and the curvature of space-time. Specific areas of focus include...
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $870,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The 3-year grant, starting on September 1, 2023 and ending on August 31, 2026, is funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop an advanced instrument combining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance...
This $233,625 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund the acquisition of an automated photonic alignment/probe station with a high brightness photon-pair source and dual channel ultra-low-noise photon counter. This state-of-the-art characterization station will enable unique optical and electronic measurement capabilities for faculty, researchers, and students at the City College of New York (CCNY). The station...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $321,627 Project Grant to the University of the District of Columbia under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund the acquisition of a new x-ray diffractometer to advance materials research and education at primarily undergraduate and minority-serving institutions in Washington, D.C. through July 2024. The diffractometer will enhance understanding of major problems in the physical sciences by expanding the...
This $649,960 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the University of Nevada, Reno's acquisition of a 500 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer console and probes. This state-of-the-art NMR instrumentation will enhance multi-disciplinary research in areas such as the chemistry of biological interactions, materials science, quantum information science, and sustainability. The upgraded NMR...
This $160,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - College of Staten Island. The research aims to advance fundamental understanding of electronic and transport properties in condensed matter systems using two state-of-the-art approaches - the Worm Algorithm and Diagrammatic Monte Carlo...