Project Grant 2140010
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) beginning September 1, 2025, with an anticipated completion date of August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative addresses bacterial flagellar dynamics in complex biological fluids, specifically examining how bacteria such as E. coli navigate through viscoelastic environments like mucus. The project...
- The Pennsylvania State University received a $271,247 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research on July 1, 2021 to support research titled "Probing Microbe-Material Interactions towards In Situ Gut Microbiome Engineering." The award is being used to fund research through December 31, 2022 exploring interactions between microbes and materials to advance in situ engineering of the gut microbiome. The research is aligned with the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This NSF-BSF (National Science Foundation-Binational Science Foundation) collaborative award will develop organ-on-chip predictive models to investigate the role of gut microorganisms...
- The Pennsylvania State University received a $229,944 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on September 1, 2021 to support research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) through August 31, 2024. The award will fund collaborative research between Penn State University researchers and their partners to advance understanding of detailed mechanistic pathways of surface catalysis using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy through a...
- This $240,000 three-year project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences will support fundamental research on mathematical models for active matter systems at The Pennsylvania State University. The project aims to develop novel techniques for analyzing free boundary and homogenization problems in two areas of active matter: (A) crawling cell motion on a substrate and (B) collective motion of microswimmers in anisotropic fluids. The research will...
- The Pennsylvania State University received a $592,342 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on September 1, 2021 to support the WOU-MMA: HIGH-ENERGY MULTIMESSENGER PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS project through August 31, 2024. Under this award, Penn State will deliver products and services aligned with the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals of promoting progress in these fields and strengthening the nation's scientific...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $625,090 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. This research project investigates mechanical memory in amorphous solids—materials such as sand, soil, glass, and emulsions that do not return to equilibrium after deformation and whose properties depend on their deformation history....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. This collaborative research award, conducted in partnership with the Binational Science Foundation (BSF) and involving researchers based in the United States and Israel, supports fundamental...
- The Pennsylvania State University received a $475,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to develop catalytic cyclization/coupling reactions for new chemical space under the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The award will support research from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024 to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing understanding of major problems through the discovery of new catalytic reactions that...
- The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $478,283 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on September 1, 2021 to complete work by August 31, 2024. The grant funds the WOU-MMA: HIGH-ENERGY EMISSION FROM NEUTRON STAR MERGERS project under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation by promoting...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics on September 1, 2021. The two-year award funds research titled "EAGER:LARGE-SCALE BEHAVIOR AND COLLECTIVE EFFECTS IN CONCENTRATED BACTERIAL SUSPENSIONS IN MUCUS" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research examining the large-scale behavior and collective effects of concentrated bacterial suspensions within mucus. The work will provide new insights into bacterial dynamics in mucus and related collective phenomena, advancing understanding under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the Nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge of major problems. All work will be conducted at Penn State University's location in State College, Pennsylvania.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 8/25/21 |