Project Grant 2203754
- The University of Florida was awarded a $645,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award will support research into catenated, singlet fission, and semi-conducting cyclic polymers from September 2021 through August 2024. The grant funds will enable the University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research to advance scientific understanding of major problems in...
- The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $664,644 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program with a start date of June 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2028. The grant supports research to develop sustainable polymers that offer long-term usability, reparability, and environmental benefits. Key objectives include exploring novel dynamic exchange mechanisms, supramolecular polymer...
- Federal Project Grant Summary The University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research received a $580,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029. This research initiative will develop novel organic molecular building blocks based on heterocomplementary paracyclophanes designed to enable precise self-assembly into larger...
- This $555,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support Professor Stephen A. Miller of the University of Florida in converting post-consumer plastic waste and bio-based feedstocks into a novel family of sustainable polymers. The key objectives are to: 1) optimize the depolymerization of polyesters, nylons, and other commodity polymers via aminolysis; 2) optimize the Amide to Ester Polymerization (ATEP) process...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $645,000 Project Grant to faculty at Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on entropically constrained self-limiting supramolecular polymerization. The 3-year project, which commenced on July 1, 2024, aims to uncover the fundamental factors influencing the synthesis and properties of innovative supramolecular polymers that combine the strengths of traditional plastics with self-healing and responsive capabilities. Key...
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Chicago a $669,999 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new synthetic methodologies for interlocked polymers from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027. Professor Stuart J. Rowan and his team will design and synthesize polycatenanes and polyrotaxanes, which are macromolecular architectures containing mechanical bonds within the polymer backbone. This research aims to access new interlocked...
- This $550,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of novel synthetic approaches for manufacturing optical polymers at the University of Arizona from June 2022 to May 2025. Funded through NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, principal investigators Jeffrey Pyun and Robert Norwood will investigate a new step-growth polymerization process using sulfenyl chlorides to electrophilically add to olefinic monomers. Their research aims to address the high...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Southern Mississippi. The 3-year grant will fund collaborative research by Professors Lei Fang and Xiaodan Gu to investigate the solution-phase properties of rigid-rod conjugated ladder polymers. Key objectives include: (1) synthesizing defect-free conjugated ladder polymers soluble in organic solvents, (2)...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $482,500 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research exploring chemically functionalized polymers for nanoscale structures and interfaces from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. Professor Todd Emrick and his team will work to advance fundamental aspects of polymeric and sustainable chemistry by discovering unique combinations of polymers and...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $250,000 to support the synthesis of innovative polymeric materials using biologically inspired nanoparticles called "bundlemers". Professors Christopher J. Kloxin and Darrin J. Pochan at the University of Delaware will leverage the unique features of bundlemers to precisely position molecular species and enable the creation of new complex...
The University of Florida received a three-year $495,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to develop new classes of synthetic supramolecular polymers. Professor Ronald Castellano and his students will synthesize novel monomeric building blocks that are cyclic and chiral in nature. Through structure-property investigations, they aim to control the thermodynamics, mechanism, and optoelectronic properties of the resulting supramolecular polymers. This work seeks to contribute fundamental understanding of how to design organic materials at the nano- and meso- scales, with potential downstream applications. The grant also supports education and outreach activities involving graduate and undergraduate students as well as local community members.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $495.0k | 7/7/22 |