Project Grant 2246904
- Under a $579,743 National Science Foundation Project Grant awarded July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, the University of California, Los Angeles will provide research services through its Chemistry Department in support of the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, Professor Patrick Harran and colleagues will develop new synthetic tools and methods to create a novel class of fluorinated cyclic peptide compounds, studying their three-dimensional...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $1.6 million supports computational chemistry research at the University of California, Los Angeles from August 2022 to July 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). Professor K.N. Houk and colleagues will develop new computational methods to understand organic reaction rates, mechanisms, and selectivity through quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations. They will also perform computational...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), provides $600,000 to Professor Dean Tantillo of the University of California, Davis Department of Chemistry. The funding supports research to explore the limits of reactivity principles for organic reactions using modern computational chemistry methods. The goal is to provide a fundamental understanding of factors that...
- David Sarlah of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will utilize $514,006 in funding from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support research in innovative strategies for the complex, total synthesis of naturally occurring molecules from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. Specifically, Sarlah's project will identify novel disconnections and underutilized chemical processes to enable more rapid and controlled preparation of desired molecular...
- This $575,000 National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry Project Grant supports the development of new methods for the chemical synthesis of cyclic organic molecules at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. Professor Rick L. Danheiser will study new cycloaddition and annulation strategies to provide researchers in academia and industry with more efficient tools for synthesizing medically, agriculturally and industrially important compounds...
- This $575,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of California, Berkeley will support Professor Thomas Maimone's research on developing new synthetic strategies for constructing complex, nitrogen-containing molecules. The work aims to identify transformations that can efficiently produce unique target molecules with potential applications in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and materials. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $595,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The funding supports Professor Armen Zakarian's research on developing advanced synthetic methods for leveraging carbanions - carbon atoms with negative charges - in complex molecule transformations. The goal is to enable highly selective and stereocontrolled reactions to construct...
- This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program supports research by Professor Ramesh Jasti at the University of Oregon to harness the reactivity of strained macrocycles for the synthesis and fabrication of diverse carbon nanostructures. The overarching goals are to advance scientific knowledge, develop new materials with unique photophysical and electronic properties, and train the next generation of synthetic...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $550,461 will fund research at the University of California, Davis from July 2022 to June 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Professor Tantillo of the UC Davis Department of Chemistry will use computational chemistry methods to advance the fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms and reactivity principles in organic chemistry. Specifically, the research will construct new mechanistic models to explain...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049), supports Professor Abigail G. Doyle at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in developing novel synthetic reactions that use visible light and photocatalysts to access high-energy, polar reactive intermediates. The $630,000 award will fund the development of several key transformations, including a desaturation...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $575,000 supports research and educational outreach efforts led by Professor Neil Garg of the University of California, Los Angeles from July 2023 through June 2026. Specifically, the funding enables Professor Garg to pursue the total chemical synthesis of complex molecules, notably dodecahedrane, to advance the boundaries of synthetic chemistry and gain insights into reaction mechanisms. In parallel, Professor Garg is developing online and public engagement resources to make organic chemistry more accessible and help visualize molecular structures. These efforts align with the stated goals of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and enhance understanding of major problems through increasing scientific knowledge. The University of California, Los Angeles will oversee expenditure of the funds to support Professor Garg's research and educational outreach initiatives over the three-year period.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $575.0k | 4/3/23 |