Project Grant 2235871
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $615,305 Project Grant entitled "GEO-CM: PROSPECTING FOR CRITICAL ELEMENT DEPOSITS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH USING EXPERIMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND FIELD-INFORMED MODELING OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT" to the University of Rochester. The grant aims to develop new tools and methods to help geoscientists locate undiscovered deposits of critical minerals, such as cobalt, niobium, and tin, that are essential for...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant under the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.079) to Cornell University. This 3-year grant, titled "A Microbe-Mineral Atlas for a Sustainable Energy Future," supports research to investigate how microorganisms interact with minerals and rocks, a crucial step toward using synthetic biology to create microorganisms capable of environmentally-friendly metal...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award in the amount of $342,692 will support an academic-industry collaborative research project to develop new methods for exploring and discovering copper-nickel-sulfide mineral deposits in the United States. The project team from the University of Michigan and Juniata College, in partnership with mining industry professionals, will test the hypothesis that the ratio of copper isotopes in ground and...
- This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program will enable researchers at The Washington University to investigate the biogeochemical processes affecting critical mineral resources in mine tailings and weathered ore zones in the United States. The primary research focus is characterizing rare earth elements in iron oxide-apatite and carbonatite ore waste materials, as well as platinum group elements in weathered ore zones, using...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $638,334 Project Grant to Arizona State University (ASU) through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop methods for estimating missing thermodynamic properties for 50 critical minerals and 75 ligands, resulting in nearly 30,000 possible complex solutes. The goal is to enhance quantitative geochemical models that can facilitate improved mining strategies and technologies for better utilizing domestic critical...
- Mineralogic LLC received a $254,741 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to develop predictive tools for characterizing carbon sequestration in mined materials. The grant was awarded February 1, 2021 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop science and engineering solutions to national challenges. The project aims to advance predictive modeling capabilities to analyze how mined materials can capture and store carbon through natural...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs was awarded $410,000.00 under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning October 1, 2025 and concluding September 30, 2028. The project delivers fundamental research investigating erosion mechanisms in ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline metals through in-situ supersonic impact testing. The research employs a novel combination of laser-induced...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research to investigate the provenance of rare earth element-bearing monazite minerals in the Southeastern U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain. The $147,775 award, made to Syracuse University, aims to explore potential bedrock and sedimentary sources of monazite and develop improved methods for locating these critical mineral deposits. The research will employ mass...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research award supports the design and development of multi-scale engineered metamaterials that achieve high linear and nonlinear optical susceptibilities through nanocrystal arrangement and computational inverse design. The project combines...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $274,361 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Terra AI, Inc., a for-profit company based in Sunnyvale, CA. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The grant will fund the development of AI systems and methods to accelerate the discovery and extraction of critical natural resources such as copper, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth minerals. The project aims to improve...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $738,922 project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to Cornell University on December 15, 2022 for work completing on November 30, 2023. The grant aims to develop new materials characterization and predictive modeling capabilities to enable a more sustainable critical minerals industry. Specifically, Cornell will work with sub-awardee Rochester Institute of Technology to create a novel multi-modal mineral mapping tool integrating x-ray fluorescence and hyperspectral probes for microscale mineral analysis. They will also develop geo-metallurgical models incorporating microscale and remote sensing data to provide predictive insights. A $138,000 sub-award was provided to RIT to support hyperspectral measurement expertise and develop multi-scale models integrating laboratory and field hyperspectral data with x-ray fluorescence measurements of geological samples. The products are expected to advance fundamental materials science and inform adaptive engineering strategies for ore and waste management.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $738.9k | 12/14/22 |