The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $647,968 Project Grant to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). The grant will fund the acquisition of a Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS), a versatile instrument to measure electrical, magnetic, thermal, and thermodynamic properties of materials over a wide range of temperatures and pressures. This advanced characterization tool will support interdisciplinary...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.083 - Integrative Activities) provides $539,890 to the University of Oregon to acquire a cryogen-free Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS). The PPMS enables the university to conduct advanced research and education on diverse materials, including investigations of thermal, electrical, and magnetic properties at low temperatures. Key applications include developing materials for solid-state batteries,...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the establishment of a versatile magnetic property measurement system at Florida State University totaling $219,404. The system will facilitate studies of magnetic behavior across different length scales and conditions, impacting areas such as inorganic and organic chemistry, condensed matter physics, chemical physics, and materials science. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, it will support research and...
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $870,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The 3-year grant, starting on September 1, 2023 and ending on August 31, 2026, is funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop an advanced instrument combining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a 3-year, $900,060 Project Grant to the University of Utah to acquire an Integrated Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS). This state-of-the-art, cryogen-free PPMS instrument enables researchers to investigate the behavior of materials at low temperatures without the need for liquid helium and under various external conditions such as magnetic fields, pressure, and sample rotation. The PPMS will support research...
Norfolk State University was awarded a $741,571 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a cryogen-free physical properties measurement system (PPMS DynaCool) for quantum materials research and education. The PPMS DynaCool will allow NSU researchers and students to characterize the electrical and thermal properties of quantum materials from 1.8K to 400K without liquid...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will receive $216,190 under a three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to acquire a spark plasma sintering system. The award, made under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support the development of advanced materials and composites for use in extreme environments through the purchase of equipment to consolidate powder materials using field-assisted sintering techniques. The system will allow...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $633,000 to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) to acquire a cryogen-free magnetometer. This high-sensitivity, high-throughput magnetometer will support research into a broad range of topics, including investigating new properties in magnetic and superconducting thin films and heterostructures, proximity coupling at interfaces, and applications of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,010,056 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The grant supports a collaborative research effort to develop pseudospin control as a new materials design tool for discovering novel magnetic states and superconductivity. The project will combine computational theory, epitaxial materials growth, and advanced characterization techniques to create guiding...
This $793,568 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), will develop specialized pulsed magnet systems capable of generating magnetic fields up to 50 Tesla. These high-field magnets will significantly enhance the throughput and capabilities of university-based and national laboratory research in areas involving magnetism, superconductivity, and quantum phenomena. The project, to be carried out by Clark University over 3...