This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (DMR), under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports a collaborative research project to accelerate the discovery of sustainable bioplastics. The $114,000 award to the University of Washington aims to combine high-throughput data capture, multiscale modeling, and machine learning to understand the molecular and chemical mechanisms controlling the transformation of...
This $195,000 Federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by the University of Colorado to accelerate the development of sustainable bioplastics. The key objectives are to use high-throughput data capture, multiscale modeling, and machine learning to better understand the molecular and chemical mechanisms controlling the transformation of biomatter into thermoformable bioplastics. This knowledge will enable...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $665,958 to the University of Minnesota to conduct fundamental research on the discovery and development of new sustainable polyester-based plastics and elastomers. The research team, led by Professor Marc A. Hillmyer, aims to generate high-performance polymeric compounds that can be industrially composted at the end of their use, promoting a practical...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research by the University of Michigan to develop a simulation-driven framework for modeling the biodegradation of plastic materials. The key products and services to be delivered include: Creation of a simulation-based kernel to guide the design of biodegradable materials and advance understanding of structure-property-performance relationships for plastic degradation driven by...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to advance the fundamental understanding of sustainable chemical processes for plastic waste deconstruction and upcycling. The $100,000 award, granted on February 1, 2025, supports research at the University of California, Irvine to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying the hydrogenolysis of polyethylene, the world's most common plastic. The goal is...
This Project Grant award of $173,383 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to develop a new class of peptide-based plastics with customizable properties. The awardee, the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), will use a novel approach to synthesize sequence-specific polymers from short peptide molecules, allowing the creation of high molecular weight plastic materials with tailored...
This Project Grant award of $118,229 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the development of novel sustainable polymers that can be easily recycled. The goal is to design chemically recyclable polyolefin materials with tunable properties that can be reverted to their monomers under mild conditions, reducing the energy-intensive depolymerization process common for most commodity polymers. The 5-year project, starting on...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA #47.049) Federal Grant Program, will support a collaborative effort between Professor Robert Waymouth of Stanford University and researchers from IBM Almaden Laboratories. The $660,000 award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, aims to develop and explore new catalysts and catalytic methods for transforming bio-sourced...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $742,587 Project Grant through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Trustees of Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration Division. The grant supports Princeton's research to develop degradable polymers derived from commodity plastic monomers. Key objectives include investigating the kinetics and mechanisms of cobalt-mediated radical copolymerization of isocyanides and acrylates,...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award, funded through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $359,999 to researchers at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop catalytic methods for editing the molecular architectures of various plastics such as polyesters and polyurethanes. The goal is to enable transformations between branched and linear polymer structures, which can significantly...