The University of Notre Dame received a $250,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation. The award is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support the development of 5-minute protein analyses from September 1, 2021 through February 28, 2023. The grant funding will allow the University to develop new techniques for rapidly analyzing protein compositions, with the goal of improving industrial biomanufacturing processes. The...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), provides $125,000.00 to support the research activities of the Indiana University site of the Center for Bioanalytic Metrology (CBM). The CBM is a collaboration between Indiana University, the University of Notre Dame, and Purdue University, and its objectives are to: (1) deliver advanced analytical metrology tools and expertise to enable the...
The University of Notre Dame received a $460,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on July 1, 2021 for research concluding on June 30, 2024. The award is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of major issues. Specifically, the funding will support the University's "BACKBONE N-HETEROATOM PROTEIN ORTHOTICS" research project. While further details...
The University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $377,179 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research to characterize and optimize nanoparticle systems functionalized with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. As part of its mission to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise, the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to increase...
The University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $426,990 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research to discover and understand microporous polymers for size-sieving separation membranes using active learning. The NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
The University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $449,973 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research efforts to tailor the nanophotonic and nanolectronic properties of nanometals using oxide-directed syntheses from September 2021 through August 2024. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, which aims to promote progress in these fields and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry has awarded a $480,000 Project Grant to the University of Notre Dame DU Lac under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA #47.049). The three-year grant supports Professor Paul Bohn and his research group in studying the design, behavior, and potential applications of new artificial materials inspired by nature, particularly multi-layered structures with varying pore sizes. The research aims to develop an improved...
The University of Notre Dame DU Lac has been awarded a $1,937,759 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) to develop "NBFLOW", a software toolkit for converting computational notebook computations into workflows that can be efficiently executed on high-performance computing clusters or clouds. This cutting-edge research aims to bridge the gap between interactive notebook environments and...
The University of Notre Dame received a $491,300 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on September 1, 2021 to support research titled "SELF-IMMOLATIVE BOLAAMPHIPHILES FOR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION ACROSS BILAYER MEMBRANES." The award will fund research through August 31, 2024 under 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...
The University of Notre Dame received a $475,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise. Under the three-year award beginning in August 2021, the University will conduct research toward iron olefin metathesis, synthesizing and studying the reactivity of iron carbenes. The project aims...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $115,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Notre Dame. The grant supports the Notre Dame site of the Center for Bioanalytic Metrology (CBM), which works in collaboration with partner sites at Indiana University-Bloomington and Purdue University. The key objectives of the CBM are to: 1) deliver advanced analytic metrology tools and expertise to enable the development of new precompetitive technologies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food/nutrition/agriculture, and energy sectors; and 2) test applications of new instrumentation to address cutting-edge chemical and biochemical problems. The Notre Dame site contributes primarily to the CBM's work on point-of-use technologies and enabling research technologies, leveraging the university's strengths in areas like protein biochemistry, molecular separations, and optical spectroscopy. The 5-year project, which began on August 15, 2024, aims to increase U.S. economic competitiveness, foster academic-industry partnerships, and develop a diverse STEM workforce.