The University of Washington was awarded a $506,570 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from August 2021 through July 2025 to design plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies for active nanoscale temperature control through exploiting near- and far-field coupling effects. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals to strengthen the nation's...
The University of Washington was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "NEW CATALYTIC TRANSFORMATIONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ALKENES AND ORGANOBORON COMPOUNDS" from July 15, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant funding will support the University's research efforts to advance the synthesis of alkenes and organoboron compounds...
The University of Washington was awarded a $465,556 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2024 to advance mechanistic discovery for materials synthesis across scales using atomically precise cluster building blocks. The work will leverage nanoscale building blocks to synthesize new materials from the atomic to the macroscale. Insights...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $112,485 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. The grant funds research investigating quantum and thermal creep of skyrmions and superconducting vortices. Specifically, the university's researchers will examine the interaction between vortices, material disorder, and thermal energy by comparing creep rates of vortices and skyrmions in...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $279,707 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds research on the regularity theory of measures and dispersive partial differential equations over a five-year period concluding June 30, 2027. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports fundamental research and education in mathematics and the physical sciences to promote scientific progress and strengthen...
This $254,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research and education at the University of Washington to investigate the behavior of quantum many-body systems. The key products and services to be delivered include: Classifying topological quantum phases of matter, including those out of equilibrium and protected by additional symmetries, by combining ideas from...
The University of Washington was awarded a $169,769 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support predictive simulations of complex kinetic systems from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. As the prime awardee, the University will utilize the funding to develop computational models and conduct simulations that advance understanding of major problems in mathematical and physical sciences....
The University of Washington was awarded a $191,581 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on July 1, 2021 to complete work by June 30, 2024. The grant supports research titled "WAVES AND TOPOLOGY IN QUANTUM MATERIALS" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) program will provide $108,010 to the University of Washington to conduct research on topological phases of matter and their applications in quantum technology. The key research objectives are to: Investigate the emergence and propagation of stable currents between topologically distinct phases, including calculating their profile and speed, and deriving effective equations for their...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $436,721 project grant to Washington State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research into persistent photoconductivity in titanate semiconductor crystals from June 2021 through May 2024. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge and understanding of major problems in mathematical and physical...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "EAGER: SUPER: ALKANE-BASED MOLECULAR SYNTHESIS AND QUANTUM SENSING OF LIGHT & WARM SUPERCONDUCTORS" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023.
The grant funding will support the University of Washington's research efforts to synthesize alkane-based molecules and apply quantum sensing techniques to study light interactions and superconductivity properties at higher than normal temperatures. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in core areas of mathematics and physical sciences, consistent with the objectives of this award to the University of Washington.