Project Grant 2337902

Award Date 12/15/23
Completion Date 11/30/28
Dollars Obligated $649K
Federal Grant Program
47.049
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Memphis, TN 38152, USA
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The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year project grant include:

  • Developing cost-effective algorithms to simulate multi-dimensional X-ray spectroscopies, which will enable better understanding of molecular systems relevant for novel materials and technologies
  • Integrating these algorithms into the open-source PSI4 electronic structure software package
  • Launching a summer program in computational chemistry targeting undergraduate students in the Mid-South region to help recruit and develop future theoretical and computational chemists

No sub-awards are planned under this grant.

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