This $279,918 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research at the University of Florida (UF) on the physics of strongly correlated electron systems, including cuprate and iron-based superconductors. The key research aims are to explore how disorder and impurities impact the emergence of novel electronic phases and superconductivity in these quantum materials. Specific...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $500,000 in funding to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) for theoretical and computational research and education in solid state physics and materials science. The key objectives are to use quantum theory, high-performance computing, and new concepts like topology to explain and predict the...
This $543,476 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Montana State University supports fundamental research on the collective quantum behavior of electrons in condensed matter systems. The 3-year project, which began on August 1, 2024, aims to investigate the crossover from metallic/superconducting to insulating/non-superconducting behavior in quasi-one-dimensional condensed matter systems as the charge...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $256,000 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct theoretical research and education examining superconductivity in the strong coupling regime. The project will focus on understanding the competition between superconductivity and other ordered states of interacting electrons, as well as the mechanism of superconductivity in materials that...
This $340,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research to achieve a fundamental understanding of the electronic and transport properties of condensed matter systems. The University of Massachusetts (UMass), through its Office of Grant & Contract Administration, will employ advanced analytical methods like the worm algorithm and diagrammatic Monte Carlo to study...
This $303,710 National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a five-year research initiative at the University of California, Berkeley to investigate unconventional superconductivity in graphene-based heterostructures. The primary research objectives are to develop new tools for studying these materials, understand the underlying mechanisms behind their superconductivity, and explore methods to enhance their...
This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research and education initiatives at the University of Chicago. The key products and services to be delivered include:
The development of innovative theoretical approaches and tools to better understand and predict the unusual and complex behaviors of strongly interacting metals, which exhibit remarkable...
This three-year, $485,084 National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research Project Grant will support research into emergent quantum phenomena through muon spin relaxation, neutron scattering, and scanning tunneling microscopy experiments. Led by researchers at Columbia University, the project aims to elucidate charge-spin interplays in unconventional superconductors and Mott transition systems through measurements of superfluid density, dynamic spin fluctuations, order parameters,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $720,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research using ultrafast optical and electron probes to investigate the highly unconventional phase diagram of a new class of superconducting transition-metal kagome compounds. Specifically, the grant will support experiments using static and time-resolved Kerr rotation microscopy to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $638,987 to Cornell University to conduct research on superfluid helium-3 and its potential applications. The key objectives are to design and fabricate silicon nanostructures to access new areas of quantum nanofluidics, enabling precision measurements on ultra-thin helium films. The research aims to identify exotic behaviors, such as...