This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will establish a 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on materials for the energy transition. The $464,725 award supports a summer research program that will engage 10 undergraduate students each year to work in university research groups bridging chemistry and engineering. The students will conduct research on materials used for alternative fuel sources, carbon...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Engineering (ENG) program under CFDA 47.041, awarded a 3-year $427,165 Project Grant to the University of Colorado Boulder's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. The grant supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on engineering "smart biomaterials" with applications in health and materials science. The REU program will provide 10 undergraduate students each summer with research opportunities...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $100,000 provides funding to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to host a new 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on materials science and engineering. The REU site will support 10 undergraduate students per year for 10 weeks of hands-on research and learning experiences related to the structure, processing, properties, and performance of materials and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Division of Materials Research, has awarded a $388,404 Project Grant to Georgetown University to operate an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on materials physics research. Over a 3-year period from September 2024 to August 2027, the program will provide 9 undergraduates from diverse backgrounds and institutions with a 10-week summer research experience. Students will engage in experimental, computational, and...
This Project Grant award of $504,818 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at Tuskegee University focused on nano-bio materials science and engineering. The REU program will provide hands-on research opportunities for 10 undergraduate students each summer from 2025 to 2028, exposing them to emerging areas like nanoparticle synthesis, antimicrobial hydrogels, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $412,317 to Boise State University to deliver an intensive 9-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) focused on "Materials for Society." The REU will provide undergraduates, including those with limited research opportunities at their home institutions, hands-on research experience at state-of-the-art facilities. The participants will explore...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides funding to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program. The $89,031 award, effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028, will train 10 undergraduate students over 10 weeks each summer to conduct original research in areas such as biochemistry, organic chemistry, chemical biology, and chemical...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award to Colorado State University (CSU) provides $101,375 of funding from September 2023 through August 2026 to support the training of 10 undergraduate students each summer for 10 weeks. The program, funded under NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, will engage students in collaborative research projects across chemistry disciplines to understand how fundamental research...
This three-year $414,484 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides research opportunities in multifunctional materials for nine undergraduate students per year, with a focus on students from predominantly undergraduate institutions and minority-serving institutions. The project, hosted by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), aims to inspire early-stage undergraduates to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) provides $464,871 to Boston University to host a three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on integrated nanomanufacturing. The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. Under this REU site, ten undergraduate students per summer will engage in mentored research across interdisciplinary labs at Boston University, exploring advances in nanotechnology,...