Project Grant 2426874
- This Project Grant award of $145,512 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) aims to systematically explore new quantum states in iridium oxides under high pressure. The research focuses on studying Ruddlesden-Popper structural motifs in iridium oxides to understand exotic magnetism, Mott insulators, electronic behaviors, and potential for superconductivity. The project will utilize experimental techniques and...
- This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will fund research and education focused on the study of novel materials with strong interactions between particles. The research aims to develop new theoretical tools to better understand and predict the unusual behaviors of strongly interacting metals, which exhibit phenomena like high-temperature superconductivity that challenge current theories....
- This $499,723 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports research aimed at developing new protocols for preserving quantum properties and investigating quantum phenomena in open systems comprising many particles. The work is expected to enhance capabilities for controlling quantum systems, with applications ranging from quantum information processing to quantum...
- This $239,009 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research on complex oxide thin films comprised of metallic elements from the fourth and fifth rows of the periodic table. The research, led by the University of Delaware, focuses on investigating the unusual electronic and magnetic properties of these materials, with the goal of advancing their potential use in quantum computation...
- This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000.00, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), focuses on the design, synthesis, characterization, and benchmarking of a new class of quantum magnetic materials called Quantum Diodic Magnets (QUDIM). These materials exhibit intrinsic nonreciprocal transport, enabling direction-dependent conductivity for electrical and microwave rectification, making them...
- This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research effort led by Purdue University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Southern California. The project aims to design a new class of quantum materials based on perovskite quantum dots that can enable efficient, wave-like transport of information and energy. Key objectives include understanding how these...
- This federal Project Grant award, made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research on hybrid solid-state quantum systems that combine semiconductor spin qubits and superconducting circuits. The $799,123 award to the University of Rhode Island, with a sub-award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aims to advance the state of quantum information science and engineering. The key products or services to be...
- This $1,065,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support collaborative research by the University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Northeastern University to develop novel quantum materials through deep learning-guided "twistronics". The researchers will use computer-aided deep learning models and theoretical tools to predict and guide the self-assembly of two-dimensional...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will provide $288,497 to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to conduct research on new phases of quantum matter. The project aims to discover and characterize novel quantum phases that emerge from the synergy of recent developments in quantum information theory and quantum many-body physics. This research has the potential to advance the understanding...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $346,461 project grant to North Carolina State University (NC State) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research and education aimed at advancing simulation and computational approaches for studying the atomic and electronic structures of materials. Key focus areas include: Expanding the ability of quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) many-body wave function methods to describe...
This $410,949 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund research into new quantum materials and heterostructures. The project will investigate how combining materials like iridium, ruthenium, and rhodium oxides into layered structures can yield novel electronic and magnetic properties, with a focus on tuning electron correlation and spin-orbit interactions. Advanced synthesis and spectroscopy techniques will be used to probe these emergent quantum behaviors, with the goal of advancing scientific knowledge in this area and its potential relevance to future quantum technologies. The project will also train undergraduate and graduate students, and include outreach programs to inspire interest in physics and materials science. The grant was awarded to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of the University of Kentucky, to conduct this research from September 2025 through August 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $410.9k | 8/20/25 |