Project Grant 2247728
- This $165,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports a collaborative research effort between Professor Ping Lu of Rowan University and Professor Cheng Zhang of Long Island University to develop innovative nanofiber-encapsulated bimetallic catalysts for carbon dioxide conversion processes. The key objectives are to create long-lasting, highly...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $575,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The grant supports a 3-year research project led by Professor Gerard Parkin to study the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of alkylperoxide, hydroperoxide, and fluoromethyl compounds of earth-abundant metals like magnesium, calcium, and zinc. This research aims to reduce the chemical industry's...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $608,164 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professors Michael Mirkin and Guoxiang Hu of the City University of New York, Queens College. The grant, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, supports research on voltage-driven molecular catalysis for energy-related processes and organic electrosynthesis. The key objectives are to: 1) Develop hybrid voltage-driven molecular catalysts for reactions...
- This federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049). The award will support a project led by Professor Diao of New York University (NYU) to study the design of new bidentate chiral nitrogen-based ligands for use in asymmetric catalysis. This research aims to develop more efficient and environmentally-friendly methods for synthesizing small molecule...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $480,000 to Professor Michel R. Gagné of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The funding supports research into new catalytic processes using unsupported z-ligands as key initiators. Specifically, the Gagné group will study the fundamental reactivity and potential structural variability of...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support a collaborative research effort focused on developing new approaches to catalysis and electrochemistry for the synthesis of biaryl molecules. Professors Daniel Weix and Shannon Stahl of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Mohammad Rafiee of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Professor Robert Paton of...
- This $225,560 National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry Project Grant supports the production of highly reactive metal-oxo species with molecular oxygen and visible light for selective oxidative catalysis at Western Kentucky University from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. Professor Rui Zhang and students will study the reaction of organic compounds with atmospheric oxygen using photocatalysts to activate and incorporate oxygen into inexpensive materials for producing commodity...
- This $525,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research at Boston College on metalloradical catalysis for selective radical reactions from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. Professor Peter Zhang and his team will develop new catalytic systems using earth-abundant transition metals like cobalt to mediate one-electron radical reactions as a more sustainable alternative to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $375,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to support a collaborative research effort between the University of Michigan and the University of Colorado Boulder. The grant, awarded from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, aims to study the role of surface-bound ligands on metal catalysts in the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide, an important industrial chemical. The research team,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York, doing business as Rfcuny - John Jay College. The 3-year grant, starting on July 1, 2023, supports research by Dr. Guoqi Zhang to study the use of alkali metal-ligand complexes as catalysts for the selective reduction of oxygen-containing functionalities from renewable biomass-derived feedstocks. The project aims to develop new methods to create well-defined alkali metal catalysts and investigate their effectiveness in promoting sustainable chemical processes, while also providing hands-on research experience for a diverse group of undergraduate and high school students. The broader impacts of the award include helping to diversify the future STEM workforce through Dr. Zhang's mentoring activities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 6/20/23 |