The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Duke University a $200,000 project grant under the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the "Accelerated Design, Discovery, and Deployment of Electronic Phase Transitions (ADEPT)" research project. The goal of this 4-year effort is to develop integrated protocols that transform the standard sequential materials discovery process into a closed-loop, iterative approach. This will enable the...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049, supports theoretical and computational research and education to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of first-principles quantum mechanical simulations for studying the electronic structure of materials. The $220,991 award aims to develop innovative machine learning-based approximations to the exact functional within density functional theory, which is critical for...
This $405,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Florida State University (FSU) on strong-coupling phenomena at the metal-insulator transition. Over the next three years, the principal investigator will develop novel theoretical approaches to understand experimental observations of quantum materials and devices near the insulating state, which can disrupt electron motion due to...
This $563,899 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund research at the University of Virginia from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The research aims to advance fundamental understanding of the role and properties of crystal lattices in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide materials across variable length and time scales. Specifically, the researchers will...
This $198,498 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Drexel University aimed at developing a data-driven framework to predict synthesis pathways and optimal conditions for producing computationally-designed solid-state inorganic materials. The project will utilize deep learning, computational thermodynamic modeling, and validation experiments to...
This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research to design and discover new "heteroanionic" materials containing multiple types of negatively charged anion atoms. The goal is to understand how the atomic-scale structure of these complex materials influences their electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, enabling the development of advanced materials for...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research provides $320,000 to support collaborative research on combinatorial solution processing of optical phase change materials at the University of Central Florida and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through August 2026. The award aims to develop a high-throughput synthesis and characterization approach for discovering and optimizing new multi-component phase change alloy compositions tailored for...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports computational and theoretical research at New York University (NYU) aimed at quantifying the complexity of materials landscapes and advancing materials discovery. The $280,000 award, which runs from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2030, will fund the development of methods to efficiently sample complex energy landscapes, predict non-equilibrium entropies, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $387,177 Project Grant to Florida State University (FSU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) to support theoretical research and education on exotic quantum phases of many-particle systems with strong interactions. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: Theoretical studies of the physical properties of the edges and interfaces separating...
The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded $320,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a collaborative research project on combinatorial solution processing of optical phase change materials. The researchers will develop a high-throughput synthesis and characterization paradigm for accelerated discovery and customization of multi-component phase change alloy thin films tailored for...
This $359,790 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research supports theoretical and computational research at the University of Central Florida (UCF) aimed at advancing the fundamental understanding of solid-solid phase transitions. The research seeks to identify the physical principles and structural motifs controlling the kinetics of these phase transitions, and to develop a machine learning method for rapid and accurate prediction of transition barriers. Through this research, the project aims to accelerate the design and discovery of new functional phase-change materials where kinetics is essential. The award also integrates educational and outreach activities to inspire and develop a diverse, globally competitive next-generation STEM workforce in computational materials science. This grant is funded under NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, which supports fundamental and applied research advancing scientific knowledge and addressing complex challenges across mathematical, physical, computational, and materials science domains.