Project Grant 2414345
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded $329,197 to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a three-year project spanning September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The research initiative, "Active Assembly—Creating Elastic Networks with an Active Fluid," develops an innovative materials synthesis approach that uses spontaneously...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research on the kinetics of defect phases emerging from nanoscale interfaces. The award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, supports fundamental research investigating how defects—specifically grain boundaries in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded $534,000 to the University of California, Santa Barbara for theoretical and computational research on active matter patterns in soft and living systems. The three-year project, initiated September 15, 2025 and concluding August 31, 2028, will advance understanding of how self-powered entities—including biological systems...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award: Single-Molecule Studies of Biopolymer Coacervation Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Materials Research Federal Grant Program: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Award Amount: $441,848 Award Period: August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2028 Recipient: University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Research This three-year project grant supports fundamental research to elucidate the mechanisms of complex coacervation—the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $967,237 to the University of California, Santa Barbara on June 15, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate the mesoscale biophysics of Arginine-Glycine-Glycine (RGG)/RNA interactions. This four-year project, extending through May 31, 2030, will deliver fundamental research establishing quantitative physical principles governing how RGG...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $330,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops a quantitative framework connecting particle-level cohesion to the macroscopic flow and rheology of immersed granular...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a CAREER Project Grant of $288,497 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2030. This award supports theoretical research aimed at discovering and characterizing new phases of quantum matter that emerge from the intersection of quantum information theory and quantum many-body...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Materials Research, awarded a collaborative research project grant of $489,891 to The Trustees of Princeton University (awarded July 1, 2026; completion date June 30, 2029) under CFDA 47.049 (Mathematical and Physical Sciences). This project investigates the mesoscopic properties and complex morphologies of multiphase biomolecular liquids inspired by phase-separated condensates observed in living cells....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara, beginning August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. Under the direction of Dr. Read de Alaniz, the research will develop broadband visible-light responsive molecular switches and materials, specifically focusing on the design and synthesis...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded $342,109 to the University of California, Santa Barbara, effective July 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027. This CAREER grant supports fundamental research and development of optically-responsive organic materials that undergo reversible phase transitions between solid and liquid states when stimulated by light. The...
The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $514,198 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research on mesoscopic properties of multi-phase biomolecular liquids. The award period runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The research will deliver experimental and theoretical investigations into how cells organize chemistry using liquid droplets composed of biological molecules, specifically addressing how multiple distinct biomolecular liquid phases coexist, how microscopic molecular properties determine phase behavior, and how physical processes govern droplet morphology and structure formation. The project will produce research outputs and educational outcomes through a combined experimental and theoretical approach utilizing programmable DNA nanostar particles to create and study biomolecular liquid droplets. Deliverables include laboratory experimental data, computational models for material design guidance, and peer-reviewed publications advancing fundamental knowledge in biology and materials science. Additionally, the award will generate trained workforce participants through cross-disciplinary research training for graduate and undergraduate students, while the research findings will support development of future biotechnologies employing liquid droplets for chemical reactions. The work will be conducted at UCSB's Santa Barbara, California campus.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $514.2k | 6/18/26 |