This $189,811 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides support for the planning, organizing, and managing of the annual 2024 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Grantees Conference. The conference, to be held on December 9-10, 2024 in Alexandria, Virginia, serves as a program review and research networking event that highlights ongoing research and educational activities in NSF's nanotechnology science and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, titled "2023 QUADRENNIAL REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE (NNI)," provides $725,000 in funding to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a comprehensive review of the nation's nanotechnology research and development (R&D) infrastructure and its impact. The study aims to identify trends, opportunities, and barriers in the field of nanotechnology, as well as evaluate the metrics used to track and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $382,298 to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) will support fundamental research on the processing-structure-mechanics relationships in thermosetting nanocomposites containing ultra-small two-dimensional quantum dot nanoparticles. The research aims to reveal the molecular origins of how these quantum dot nanoparticles can enhance the toughness and strength of thermosetting...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will provide research and education services under a $161,232 National Science Foundation Project Grant for the "Engineering" federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). Specifically, the University will operate an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site award titled "Collaborative Research: Nanoscale Detectives -- Elucidating the Structure and Dynamics of Hybrid Perovskite Systems." Over a three-year period from September 2021...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $298,678 Project Grant to the University of North Texas (UNT) Research and Innovation Division. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS AND DYNAMIC MOTION OF SYMMETRY-BREAKING TADPOLE PARTICLES IN LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM", aims to synthesize asymmetric "tadpole" particles and explore their impact on topological defects and controllable motion in anisotropic liquid crystal...
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will receive $257,286 over four years through March 2025 from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079). The Project Grant funding will support research using a network approach to interpret social landscapes. The grant aims to enable U.S. leadership and strengthen international partnerships in scientific discovery,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program totaling $165,437 is funding research to visualize and characterize the motion and interaction of individual nanoparticles near surfaces. The awardee, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will develop a workflow combining nanoscale microscopy with data-driven modeling to study how nanoparticles move and interact in heterogeneous environments, with applications in areas such as nanomedicine,...
This $595,284 National Science Foundation project grant supports collaborative nanoscience research between Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas at El Paso. Funded through NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this two-year award's key objective is to advance understanding of how nanoscale surface structures interact with cells in a physiological environment. Specifically, the grantees will investigate the influence of physical and chemical factors of nanomaterials on cell...
The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a $162,000 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 15, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to elucidate the structure and dynamics of hybrid perovskite systems through a nanoscale detection approach. As part of its mission to improve engineering innovation and education, the Engineering program supports basic research to advance...
The University of Texas at El Paso received a $119,990 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to organize and host the Third US-Africa Conference on Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Health from August 6-11, 2023 in Cairo, Egypt. The conference aims to bring together scientists, engineers, students,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $162,843 project grant to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support UNC-G in hosting the 2023 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, an annual two-day in-person and virtual event. This conference will bring together researchers, educators, and industry experts in nanotechnology and nanobiology to highlight NSF-funded research, foster collaboration, and explore emerging trends and future research directions in areas such as nanobiomanufacturing, nanobiomedicine, and nano-neuroscience. The conference proceedings, including keynote presentations, panel discussions, and poster sessions, will be made publicly available online after the event to benefit the broader nanotechnology and nanobiology research communities.