This $279,959 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at The Washington University in St. Louis to investigate the interaction between chemical and biological factors that impact indoor air quality. The project aims to: 1) Establish how building material surface composition influences microbial gene expression and emissions, and 2) Build networks to connect environmental pollutant exposures to microbial gene expression and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $599,648 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to investigate the chemistry of biological macromolecules, such as proteins and environmental DNA, in aqueous aerosols. The 2-year project, led by Professors Vicki Grassian and Rommie Amaro, will integrate laboratory experiments and computational simulations to study the behavior of these macromolecules at...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $532,742 to the University of California, San Diego from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. The grant supports laboratory investigations into the chemical and physical transformations of toxic plastic additive chemicals in the marine environment. Specifically, the university researchers will study the atmospheric reaction...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $259,132 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate peroxy radicals, which are highly reactive organic molecules that play a critical role in atmospheric and combustion chemistry. The project aims to develop a new and improved method for measuring these important chemical species using advanced mass spectrometry techniques. If successful, this work will provide...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $211,628 to researchers at California State University, Monterey Bay and Christopher Newport University. The purpose of the project is to use a combined spectroscopic and computational approach to examine the properties that control the distribution and identities of ions at interfaces, which is critical for accurately predicting atmospheric chemistry. The award...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $570,349 project grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to conduct laboratory chamber studies on gas-phase photooxidation and aqueous chemistry of phenols and methoxyphenols in biomass burning organic aerosol formation. This award, made under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support research from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 to increase understanding of major problems confronting the...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $190,000 Project Grant to analyze volatile organic compounds in urban atmospheres. The two-year award runs from December 2021 through November 2023. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), grant funds will support basic research to elucidate volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of San Jose, California. The Geosciences program aims to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $797,203 Project Grant under its Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine). The goal of this 3-year project, with an end date of January 2027, is to better understand how photochemical reactions in the solid or liquid phase of organic compounds affect the key properties of organic aerosol in the atmosphere. The research will focus on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and/or biomass burning organic aerosol...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program, provides $184,839 to Christopher Newport University (CNU) and California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) to conduct collaborative research on the interactions of ions at interfaces. The research aims to elucidate the properties that govern the distribution and identities of ions in atmospheric aerosols, which is crucial...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $454,075 project grant to Michigan State University from August 2021 through July 2024 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds molecular-level research into per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) adsorption and dynamics in the environment. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to advance scientific knowledge and enhance understanding of major problems confronting the...