This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and Major Research Instrumentation Program will support the expansion of the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY) at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. The grant will fund the acquisition of a high-performance computer to enhance the MERCURY consortium's research resources, enabling 13 additional research groups involving 47 computational chemists and physicists across 41 institutions to participate in the program. The objective is to increase the number of undergraduate students benefiting from this collaborative research environment, which leverages computational chemistry tools to address a wide range of scientific challenges in fields such as biochemistry, materials science, and atmospheric chemistry. This award builds upon a previous MRI grant awarded in 2001 that helped establish the MERCURY consortium and its undergraduate research programs.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 9/5/23 |