The University of Illinois was awarded a three-year $541,824 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support spectroscopic and mechanistic studies of odd-electron palladium complexes being conducted from July 2021 through June 2024 at the University's campus in Urbana, Illinois. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals of advancing scientific knowledge...
This Project Grant award of $550,692, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award supports a research team at the University of Illinois at Chicago in developing new chemical reactions using n-alkenylnitrones and n,o-dialkenylhydroxylamines as reactive intermediates. The goal is to rapidly assemble novel molecules with defined 3D structures...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry provides $523,345 to the University of Illinois under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The funding supports research into the mechanisms of surface hydrogenation reactions. As the lead awardee, the University of Illinois will investigate these chemical processes to advance understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical sciences, in line...
The University of Illinois received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support research on the "Reactions of Arynes and Other Reactive Intermediates" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Under the award, the University will conduct research to increase understanding of major problems confronting the Nation in the area of chemical reactivity and synthesis through investigation of highly reactive chemical intermediates....
This $312,307 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research project between the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and the University of California-Davis. The researchers will study and develop new methodology to improve the efficiency and functionality of rhodium-based catalysts for organic transformations. The project aims to uncover new concepts in catalyst control by investigating remote...
This $575,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research at the University of California, San Diego to synthesize and study the reactivity of unusual main group elements stabilized by transition metal isocyanide complexes, from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. Specifically, Professor Joshua S. Figueroa will manipulate boron monofluoride and diphosphorus molecules, which are...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a $575,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports Professor Christopher Uyeda's research on developing multi-metallic catalysts to improve the efficiency and sustainability of chemical processes used in medicine, agriculture, and polymer chemistry. Key activities include designing new ligands that can bind multiple metals to create more active and...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $503,959 supports research at the University of Illinois at Chicago from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Principal Investigator Justin Mohr and his laboratory will develop new techniques to control chemical transformations of polarized polyene intermediates, targeting strategies to precisely dictate atomic connectivity and structure of complex products. Specific aims include...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate provides $387,249 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in Chemical Assembly. The goal of the NSF's REU Sites program under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences CFDA number 47.049 is to support active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the foundation. Through...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $361,035 from July 15, 2023 to June 30, 2026 to support a collaborative research project between Professor Theodore Betley of Harvard University and Professor Kyle Lancaster of Cornell University. The project aims to synthesize and characterize novel metal-ligand multiple bond systems that can selectively incorporate functionality...