Project Grant 2203419
- 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program Project Grant award to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) provides $772,000 over a 3-year period from February 2024 to January 2027. The award supports research to study secondary organic particle oxidation mechanisms using novel mass spectrometry techniques, including Matrix Assisted Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MAI-MS) and Easy Ambient Sonic-Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (EASI-MS). The objectives are to: 1)...
- This $390,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), supports research led by Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The project aims to develop new methods to detect and quantify highly reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated at electrodes, which are crucial for diverse applications such as wastewater remediation,...
- This National Science Foundation project grant award of $816,275 will fund research at the University of California, Davis from July 2022 through June 2025 to improve understanding of how photo-oxidants form and influence the chemistry of atmospheric particles under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Specifically, the award will support measuring photo-oxidant concentrations and reaction kinetics in aerosol liquid water extracts from particles collected in Davis, California. It will also...
- This $490,064 Project Grant awarded by the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports Professor Haofei Zhang at the University of California, Riverside to investigate the multiphase oxidation of organic aerosols under various environmental conditions. The research aims to elucidate the roles of gas-phase OH and HO2 radicals in organic aerosol oxidation processes, examining factors like core-shell particle...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $576,461 to Brown University to investigate reactive oxygen species (ROS) of rare earth elements. The project, led by Professor Jerome Robinson, aims to synthesize novel rare earth superoxide and (alkyl/acyl/hydro)peroxide species, and conduct rigorous characterization and reactivity studies to establish structure-function relationships and elucidate differences...
- The Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, received a $799,556 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) federal grant program. The award period is from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. Under this award, UC Berkeley will investigate emissions from biomass burning and the resulting chemical mechanisms leading to secondary organic aerosol...
- This $750,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 15, 2024 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The research team led by Professors Jesse Kroll and William Green will carry out experimental and computational studies to investigate the chemical reactions of organic peroxy (RO2) radicals in atmospheric droplets and particles. The goal is to gain a predictive,...
- The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. Under this grant, Professor Victoria Barber and her team will investigate the gas-phase reaction pathways of peroxy radicals (RO2), which are central intermediates in the oxidation of organic compounds in the Earth's atmosphere. The researchers will use sophisticated, real-time analytical techniques to...
- This $204,181 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program, CFDA 47.083, will fund Professor Marcelo Guzman and his team at the University of Kentucky Research Foundation to investigate the chemistry of wildfire and combustion emissions on mineral surfaces. The project aims to reveal new mechanistic understanding of how catechol, a common biomass burning pollutant, undergoes photochemical transformations on mineral surfaces under...
This National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry project grant award of $541,660 provides funding from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 for research into reactive oxygen species in biomass burning particles. Professors Manabu Shiraiwa and Sergey Nizkorodov at the University of California, Irvine will investigate the dependence of ROS formation on the chemical composition and photochemical aging of biomass burning organic aerosol (BBOA) particles. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy will be used to quantify ROS levels in BBOA surrogate mixtures and particles generated from biomass pyrolysis and smoldering combustion. Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry will characterize the chemical composition of BBOA. The impacts of photochemical aging on ROS formation will also be assessed to advance the mechanistic understanding of BBOA aging processes. This award supports the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the scientific enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of problems facing the nation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $541.7k | 5/5/22 |