Project Grant 2234089
- The Research Foundation For The State University of New York, doing business as SUNY ESF, was awarded a $324,218 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering program to conduct collaborative research on photoelectrosynthetic aminoxyl catalyzed alcohol oxidation of lignocellulosic biomass from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The research aims to study how a dye-sensitized photoanode can selectively oxidize lignin with a suitable catalyst as the first step toward a...
- Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded a Project Grant of $629,756 to the University of Texas at Austin, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. Led by Professors Simon M. Humphrey and Graeme Henkelman, the research program will develop ternary and quaternary metallic nanoalloy catalysts through integrated synthesis, catalytic testing, and computational studies. The...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $249,988 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new photocatalysts for green oxidation processes. Professor Shabnam Hematian and her research team will study catalytic processes using light and oxygen to generate value-added chemicals from hydrocarbons. Specifically, the team will develop oxo-bridged heterobinuclear systems containing different metal...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Texas Christian University, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Professor Eric Simanek will develop computational models and workflows to advance understanding of molecular hinge structure-function relationships. The primary deliverables include: (1) pKa values, (2) chemical shift...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $474,379 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a government entity and state institution of higher learning, to conduct research on the intensification of catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to produce hydrocarbons. The project will develop cooperative tandem catalysts that promote sequences of chemical reactions, which could enable new process...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $499,842 awarded on February 1, 2022 will support research into understanding and exploiting the favorable role of non-stoichiometric oxygen in bulk metal oxide catalyzed partial oxidation of light alkanes. The University of Houston will conduct the research under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) through January 31, 2025. The project aims to develop a novel catalytic approach for enhancing ethene production from ethane while decreasing...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $131,882 to support collaborative research on electrocatalytic synthesis of heterocycles from biomass-derived furanics via immobilized first-row transition metal catalysts. Professors Yujie Sun of Vanderbilt University and De-En Jiang of the University of California, Riverside will develop electrocatalysts using coordinatively unsaturated...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Funding Agency and Program: National Science Foundation, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) Award Details: Tulane University received a collaborative research project grant of $270,855 awarded April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2029. Products and Services: This collaborative research project will develop improved catalyst designs for selective hydrodeoxygenation of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $371,112 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin on July 15, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Under this award, the University of Texas at Austin will develop high performance solar...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University is developing computational methods and machine-learning models to understand metal degradation mechanisms in water electrolysis electrocatalysts under a $613,347 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 Engineering program). The primary deliverables include predictive computational frameworks using...
Texas Christian University was awarded a $124,566 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to conduct collaborative research on photoelectrosynthetic aminoxyl catalyzed alcohol oxidation of lignocellulosic biomass. The university will study how a dye-sensitized photoanode can selectively oxidize lignin with a suitable catalyst as the first step toward a complete light-driven lignin depolymerization process. This represents a new application for dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthetic cells and expands the use of heterogeneous catalysis for oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols. Key outcomes will include elucidating the photoelectrochemical electron transfer properties of polymeric catalysts for activating nitroxyl mediators and fabricating and evaluating mesoporous semiconductor electrodes designed for selectively oxidizing lignin dimer model compounds. The research aims to advance light-driven conversion of biomass to value-added chemicals through selective oxidation of alcohol moieties in lignin at room temperature using a dye-sensitized photoanode. No sub-awardees or partners are indicated. The three-year project grant was awarded on June 1, 2023 with a completion date of May 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $124.6k | 5/30/23 |