This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) supports a collaborative research and education project between Jackson State University (JSU), a Historically Black College or University (HBCU), and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). The project, titled "EXPANDQISE: TRACK 1: JSU-UNL COLLABORATION ON QUANTUM SENSING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR MINORITY PARTICIPANTS",...
This $118,296 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Jackson State University (JSU) on the development of advanced chalcogenide and oxychalcogenide aerogel materials. The principal investigator and team will design and synthesize porous, nanoparticle-based metal (poly)sulfides and mixed anionic metal-sulfide-oxide materials. They will investigate the fundamental science behind the synthesis...
This $999,916 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) supports research at Jackson State University (JSU) on phase transition and ferroelectricity in two-dimensional quantum materials and their heterostructures. The award, which runs from April 2025 to April 2029, will enable JSU, a public historically black university and minority-serving institution, to conduct sophisticated scientific...
Jackson State University was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The two-year award, made on July 1, 2021 and set to conclude on June 30, 2023, will support JSU's "CATALYST: CHEMILUMINESCENCE, QUANTUM YIELD AND HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS IN TRAJECTORY SURFACE HOPPING SIMULATION" project. This project aims to advance STEM education through research...
This NSF Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $299,769 to Jackson State University (JSU) will provide a fellowship opportunity for an assistant professor and a graduate student to visit Emory University for 6 months to learn advanced ultrafast spectroscopy techniques. The goal is to enhance JSU's research capacity in understanding perovskite solar cell passivation and charge transport processes affected by organic functional groups. The project will support hands-on...
Jackson State University was awarded a $399,693 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds the Targeted Infusion Project: Earlier Access to Cutting-Edge Research Experiences for Undergraduate STEM Education at Jackson State University. This project aims to provide undergraduate students at Jackson State University earlier opportunities to participate in...
Jackson State University received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities to support research examining spontaneous nucleation strategies for producing high-quality perovskite films for solar cells. The three-year award, made under the federal Integrative Activities program (CFDA #47.083), aims to advance fundamental understanding of perovskite precursor preparation and film growth processes without using antisolvent methods....
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program provides $960,830 to Jackson State University (JSU) from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028. The grant establishes the Mississippi Nano-Bio and Immunoengineering Consortium (NIEC), a collaborative research network among seven institutions in Mississippi focused on developing novel biomaterials, evaluating their interactions with biological systems, and assessing their effectiveness in...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $945,926 to Norfolk State University (NSU) and Jackson State University (JSU) to design and fabricate tunable hybrid nanostructures for photonic materials research. The project aims to achieve precise control of light-matter interactions in nanoscale environments, enabling the development of novel photonic technologies. Key activities include experimental studies and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded Jackson State University a $300,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The grant funds the EAGER: Pathway to Commercialization at Historically Black Colleges and Universities project to support investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and...