This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $213,504 to develop new tools for nanoscale chemical and biochemical sensing and imaging. Professor Lane Baker at Texas A&M University will construct new instruments using advanced signal processing and selective chemical and biological sensors to measure very small concentrations of ions, molecules, and proteins at subcellular scales....
This $1,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the discovery and optimization of biosensor materials through a closed-loop computational and experimental approach. The key objectives are to: 1) understand the effect of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) functionalization and doping on nanoscale interactions with biomolecules, 2)...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $401,980 to the University of Cincinnati from January 1, 2023 to February 28, 2025. The funding supports analytical studies using ionic liquids, GUMBOS, and nanomaterials conducted by Professors Isiah Warner, Jin-Woo Choi, and Kevin McCarter of Louisiana State University. Their research groups are developing new chemical sensors for medically relevant analytes based on...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $381,999 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Houston System, doing business as the University of Houston. The grant will fund a collaborative research project between Naihao Chiang from the University of Houston and Lindsey Madison from Colby College to study heterogeneous electrochemical systems using advances in hyperspectral imaging and simulation tools....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to The Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services Division. The project aims to develop a novel, insect-inspired, nanoparticle-based chemical sensor for detecting explosive volatile organic compounds using artificial intelligence (AI). The short-term goal is to fabricate and demonstrate a proof-of-concept, portable AI-enabled...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $420,000 Project Grant to the University of Utah from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The funding supports the development of a novel optical biosensor capable of detecting and quantifying a wide range of biological molecules, including biomarkers found in bodily fluids. The project leverages second harmonic generation (SHG) and optical heterodyning techniques...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 project grant to support the "Development of an Asymmetric Electrochemical-NHK Reaction Using Multivariate Linear Regression Analyses" from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. The grant was awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA #47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased understanding of major problems. Funds will support the development of an asymmetric...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program awarded a $140,000 Project Grant to the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa to develop a new approach for the detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. The research team, led by Professors Shane Street and Marco Bonizzoni, will create pattern-based chemosensors from metal nanoparticles to qualitatively detect anionic contaminants. The project combines chemical synthesis, electron microscopy,...
This $200,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of novel carbon fiber microelectrodes for simultaneous electrochemical sensing of neurotransmitters and toxic metals. Funded under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this two-year award to the Florida Institute of Technology will engineer new four-bore carbon fiber microelectrodes capable of measuring heavy metals like arsenic and cadmium alongside neurotransmitters at millisecond temporal resolution. This...
This $851,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and educational activities under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from February 2022 through January 2027. Frederique Deiss of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will study redox reactions and single particle detection using electrochemiluminescence and microfluidics. The research aims to develop single-entity electrochemistry methods using electrochemiluminescence in droplets...