Project Grant 2304814
- This $191,801 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program will support research into the properties and toxicity of microplastics and nanoplastics through a combination of experimental and computational methods. Professor B. Rasulev of North Dakota State University will lead an interdisciplinary collaboration with Rutgers University to characterize micro- and nanoplastic materials experimentally and computationally. Structure-toxicity analysis and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $174,000 Project Grant to Princeton University under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund research examining the effect of environmental conditions on the degradation pathways and sorption potential of microplastics and nanoplastics as vectors for inorganic pollution. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of Earth's integrated system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. This...
- This three-year, $459,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund research into the origins and mitigation of secondary microplastics and nanoplastics pollution. The grantee, Columbia University, will combine experimental and theoretical tools to elucidate the degradation mechanisms of semicrystalline polymers when exposed to mechanical forces, water, air and UV light. This work aims to delineate the critical physics...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded Kansas State University $445,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on July 15, 2025, for a project completion date of June 30, 2028. Under this project grant, Professor Daniel Higgins and his research team will conduct fundamental scientific research on microplastic surface chemistry at the nanoscale, specifically investigating the mechanisms by which organic...
- This three-year, $192,385 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry and Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support research into the formation and properties of micro- and nano-plastics in water systems. Professors Julie Peller of Valparaiso University and Stephen Mezyk of California State University, Long Beach will lead their students in experiments simulating the environmental weathering and chemical changes of small plastic particles over time...
- This three-year, $303,793 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry supports research into the formation and environmental impacts of micro- and nano-plastics in water systems. Titled "Collaborative Research: CAS-MNP: Radical-Induced Weathering of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Water: Impacts on Suspensions, Agglomerations, and Contaminant Adsorptions," the award enables Professors Julie Peller of Valparaiso University and Stephen Mezyk of California State...
- Ball State University received a $370,817 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 Engineering program) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research and development of heterostructured bismuth-based metal oxide photocatalysts designed to degrade persistent chlorinated organic contaminants, such as trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE), which...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $346,823 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Colorado (doing business as the University of Colorado) to conduct research under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This research project aims to better understand how transformations to microplastics in coastal environments impact their regional-scale transport and fate. The study will use Lagrangian tracers and existing hydrodynamic modeling to quantify...
- This $399,836 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research to examine the sources and spatial distribution of microplastics in rivers. The project at Texas A&M University will characterize the extent of microplastic pollution in different watersheds and analyze how human activities and land use patterns impact the geographical distribution of these particles. The research...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041), provides $516,621 to the University of Colorado Boulder from September 1, 2022 to May 31, 2027. The funding supports research to understand the degradation mechanisms of macroplastics into microplastics under coupled effects of weathering and mechanical stresses. The principal investigator will discover the mechanics of degradation through multi-physics modeling of macroplastic...
The National Science Foundation awarded Ball State University a $338,547 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate molecular behavior at colloidal and aqueous interfaces of heterogeneous nano- and micro-plastics. Over a three year period from July 2023 through June 2026, Ball State will use surface-selective second harmonic generation spectroscopy and quartz crystal microbalance technology to determine adsorption parameters of various types of micro- and nano-plastics. The university aims to generate new knowledge on binding behavior of micro- and nano-plastics in the presence of organic molecules and train students in addressing challenges of plastic pollution. Insights on relationships between surface functional groups and binding interactions will help establish foundations for improved modeling of fate and transport for these emerging aquatic contaminants. No subawards were associated with this Project Grant award.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $338.5k | 5/8/23 |