The University of Texas at Austin received a three-year, $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on September 15, 2021 to support research titled "SCAFFOLD-BASED BIOMIMETICS OF FE-HYDROGENASE AND NITROGENASE (FEMOCO): INTERROGATING DYNAMICS, PROTEIN MATRIX EFFECTS, AND CARBIDE MOTIFS." The award is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields to strengthen the...
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 University of Texas at Austin received a $398,286 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research related to stimuli-responsive soft materials. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program with a completion date of January 31, 2023. Through this funding, the University will deliver research developing soft materials that can change properties in response to external stimuli, advancing innovations at the intersection of...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $548,423 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. Under this award, UT Austin's Chemistry Department will develop new catalytic methods for converting abundant chemical feedstocks into value-added pharmaceutical and agrochemical products in an enantioselective manner. Graduate students will gain career development experience through internships...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $820,683 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Dallas under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2026. The grant funds research into plasticity, promiscuity and transport mechanisms in transmembrane metal pumps. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the Nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge in core disciplines,...
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...
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...
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 National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research investigations of monometallic, bimetallic and dual-anion transition metal hydroxide water oxidation electrocatalysts. The three-year award, issued on August 15, 2021 with a projected completion date of July 31, 2024, will fund the University's work exploring the catalytic properties and mechanisms of...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $409,550 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award running from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 will support research developing models and algorithms for optimal vision-based surveillance and exploration of complex environments. The funding will enable work advancing scientific understanding of major...