Project Grant 2346683
- This $447,589 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research and educational activities at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The project aims to develop a deeper understanding of how electrochemically active nanofluids - colloidal suspensions of nano-sized particles in fluids like water - can be leveraged for energy storage and conversion applications. Key objectives include modifying nanoparticle surfaces to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $902,786 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research project, titled "Accelerated Discovery and Design of Dynamically Evolving Catalyst Material Surfaces," delivers advanced computational...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $337,108 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research integrating molecular modeling and nanomechanical experiments. The award aims to test the hypothesis that a combination of high strength and low stiffness in polymer nanocomposites results from their unique microstructure containing spherical nanoparticles weakly interacting with a soft polymer matrix. The research will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin–Madison received a $599,030 Project Grant awarded August 15, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) to support research on synthetic induction of self-organized cell patterning and morphogenesis. The project, which extends through July 31, 2029, focuses on understanding and manipulating cell division processes at the cell cortex using synthetic proteins and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin–Madison received a $370,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) project delivers research and development of programmable soft microrobots capable of amoeboid locomotion within confined and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $342,318 supports research at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to develop a novel theoretical and computational framework for modeling the mechanical deformation and interactions of biomembranes with transport and electrochemical processes. The 3-year research project, starting on Sep 1, 2024, aims to create an open-source computational tool to model key biomembrane phenomena like endocytosis,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin–Madison received a $129,006 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award funds the development of infrastructure and a web-based platform designed to automate the extraction of materials data from scientific literature using large language...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin–Madison received a $302,914 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will deliver a molecular-level predictive model explaining the intrinsic fracture energy of polymer networks—materials commonly found in consumer products such...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $260,436 to the University of Wisconsin–Madison on October 1, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a collaborative research initiative on metastability engineering in refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAs). This four-year project, extending through September 30, 2029, delivers a transformative research framework designed to...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $200,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on July 1, 2021 to complete work by June 30, 2024. The award falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Specifically, the funding will support...
The University of Wisconsin - Madison, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs under the University of Wisconsin System, was awarded a $510,959 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop computational methods to design nanoparticles for use with a variety of cell types. The project aims to combine all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, topological data analysis, and machine learning to predict the binding of proteins to functionalized nanoparticles. This research is expected to result in new computational tools for designing nanoparticles with targeted protein interactions to enable diverse biomedical applications, as well as provide new insight into the nanoscale factors impacting nanoparticle-protein binding. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. No subawards are planned for this project.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $511.0k | 5/9/24 |