Project Grant 2404883
- The University of Southern California was awarded a $539,527 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to conduct research related to spectroscopy and molecular aggregation in helium droplets from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and...
- The University of Southern California was awarded a $264,626 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund a three-year collaborative research project between September 2021 and August 2024 to advance the understanding of surface catalysis mechanisms through detailed experimental and theoretical studies using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. The grantee and its...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $334,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of South Carolina (USC) to develop theoretical and computational methods incorporating quantum mechanics for studying the properties and behaviors of molecular systems and nanomaterials. The project, led by Professor Sophya Garashchuk, aims to gain a fundamental understanding of chemical reactivity, charge and energy...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to study highly electron-deficient carbon, boron and silicon compounds. The goal of this 3-year research project, which falls under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), is to isolate and characterize compounds containing main group elements with as few as 4 or 5 valence electrons. This builds on prior work demonstrating that...
- The University of South Carolina received a three-year $491,394 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2026. The grant supports research by Professor Ken Shimizu and his team to study and quantify weak non-covalent interactions in solution through computational analyses and experimental design of molecular balances and rotors. The research aims to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $597,560 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the University of Southern California (USC) for a research project titled "QUANTUM COHERENCE AND CORRELATIONS IN CONDENSED PHASE PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION DYNAMICS". The project, led by Professor Stephen Bradforth, studies light-driven chemical reactions that generate radical ion pairs with entangled electron spin states. The research...
- The University of Southern California was awarded a $306,214 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research into "Photocatalysis Without Metals: Design Rules for Organic Photoredox Chemistry" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The project aims to advance understanding of major problems in chemistry by promoting progress in the mathematical and physical...
- The University of Arizona was awarded a $475,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support the development of stable carbocations for Lewis acid-assisted transformations from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. This award falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing...
- The University of Southern California was awarded a $475,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for work titled "Biologically Inspired Aminopyridine Complexes for CO2 Reduction." The three-year award running from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 will support the University's research efforts exploring biologically inspired aminopyridine complexes to facilitate the reduction of carbon...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $457,268 three-year Project Grant to the University of Southern California under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research into proton transfer reactions near electrode surfaces and their role in electrochemical processes. Dr. Jahan Dawlaty and students will use laser spectroscopies to study proton transfer in small molecules at electrode interfaces. They aim to establish design principles for increased...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $575,000 Project Grant to the University of Southern California (USC) under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The grant supports an investigation by Professor Andrey Vilesov into the structure of carbocations and molecular ionic clusters isolated in helium droplets at ultra-low temperatures. The research aims to provide insights into the structures of important carbocation species and radical-cation clusters, with potential implications for radiation chemistry and astrochemistry. The project will engage graduate, undergraduate, and high school students, providing them with hands-on experience in modern physical chemistry experimentation and data analysis. No sub-awards are planned for this 3-year project, which is scheduled to run from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $575.0k | 6/20/24 |