The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $493,008 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) for a project titled "CDS & E: RETROSYNTHETIC NANOREACTOR METHOD FOR REACTION DISCOVERY IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM". The research will use a computational method called the Retrosynthetic Nanoreactor (RNR) to study chemical reactions in the interstellar medium and develop a computationally inexpensive version of the nanoreactor for incorporation into chemistry education software. The project aims to advance scientific understanding of astronomical molecular formation and provide a powerful, intuitive tool for the scientific community to conduct reaction discovery simulations related to astrochemistry. No subawards are planned for this project, which will be carried out at UC Davis from August 2024 through July 2027.
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