The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award, spanning January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028, supports Professor Alexander Radosevich's research on designing and applying highly reactive redox-active organophosphorus catalysts composed of earth-abundant elements like iron and phosphorus. The goal is to develop new catalytic...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $484,257 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new synthetic methods for low-valent boracyclic materials with unusual bonding properties for use in optoelectronic applications. Over a three-year period from May 2023 through March 2026, MIT researchers led by Dr. Robert Gilliard will synthesize stable open-shell boron radicals...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), provides $383,333 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study the synthesis and bonding of iron-sulfur clusters. The research aims to understand how the composition of these synthetic clusters affects their ability to bind and activate dinitrogen, which is critical for developing more efficient...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $400,002 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on October 1, 2021 to support research activities under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, MIT will conduct collaborative research to develop damage resistant materials for hydrogen storage and large-scale transport through September 30, 2025. The NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to advance...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $480,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support research efforts titled "Designing Bright and Fast Fluorophores with Large Stokes' Shifts Based on Superrradiant Molecular J-Aggregates" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant funding will support MIT's work to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences through increasing the store of scientific knowledge...
This three-year, $439,831 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), will support research exploring the chemical pathways leading to complex polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in cold, dark molecular clouds. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers will use radio telescopes to search for additional PAHs in these regions and develop machine learning...
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 National Science Foundation project grant of $546,312 supports research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from July 2022 to June 2026 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The research aims to develop new carbon-based nanocomposite materials with applications in chemical sensing and catalysis. Specifically, the grant recipients will work to create multi-component systems combining graphene, carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles and porous polymers....
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct collaborative research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The four-year award, made on October 1, 2021 and running through September 30, 2025, will support MIT's "Designer 3D Mesoscale Materials Synthesized in the Self-Assembly Foundry" project. This project aims to advance the design and synthesis of...
Professor Kutateladze of the University of Denver will use a $575,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to further develop photoassisted approaches for the synthesis of complex heterocyclic molecules with potentially useful therapeutic properties. Over a three-year period from September 2023 through August 2026, his research aims to expand the synthetic photochemistry toolbox, specifically excited state intramolecular...