Project Grant 2441958
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $482,500 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research exploring chemically functionalized polymers for nanoscale structures and interfaces from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. Professor Todd Emrick and his team will work to advance fundamental aspects of polymeric and sustainable chemistry by discovering unique combinations of polymers and...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $598,000 supports research at Cornell University from September 2022 through August 2026 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Brett P. Fors will develop new photoinitiated polymerization strategies using common functional groups to produce polymers with controlled structures. Specifically, the research will utilize photocatalysis to directly initiate radical polymerization from carboxylic acids and C-H bonds,...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $680,000 to Carnegie Mellon University to develop new dual catalytic systems for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP). The goal is to create powerful catalytic systems that can operate with very low copper-based catalyst concentrations, enable polymer synthesis under mild conditions, and facilitate high-throughput synthesis of bioconjugates...
- This $210,335 NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award to Drexel University supports the development of a new computational method to accelerate the design of new polymeric materials. The project aims to create a simulation technique that can simultaneously resolve both monomer-level chemistry and mesoscopic length scales within polymeric materials. This has the potential to significantly speed up the development of new polymers for diverse applications like...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $465,000.00 to the University of Virginia to conduct research on foldable bottlebrush polymers. The key objectives are to establish relationships between the molecular architecture, mesoscopic conformation, and macroscopic properties of these foldable bottlebrush polymers, as well as to demonstrate their application as a new class of resins for multi-material additive...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $496,696 Project Grant to Iowa State University to develop new classes of polymeric systems with tailored properties such as antimicrobial surfaces and cell-penetrating agents. The three-year grant, awarded from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will fund research to identify factors impacting the polymerization of sulfur-containing monomers, develop methods for post-polymerization installation of functional groups, and...
- The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded a $600,000 project grant titled "CAS: Computation-Assisted Discovery of Enantioselective Polymerization Catalysts for Degradable Polyesters" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research teams at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop new chemistry for the synthesis and recycling of stereocomplex poly(lactic) acids...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $198,641 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The purpose of this 4-year grant is to support the development of a new class of photocatalysts that can selectively oxidize inexpensive raw materials into value-added chemicals using light energy and ambient oxygen as sustainable reagents. The research aims to control...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $570,000 Project Grant to Yale University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports the "Design of Lewis Acid Tethered Chain-End Capping Agents for Stereocontrolled Radical Polymerization" research project led by Dr. Mingjiang Zhong. The project aims to develop innovative catalytic systems to achieve stereocontrolled radical polymerization, which can produce polymeric...
- The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a three-year, $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research into boron dipyrromethane photocages for mild and selective light-driven polymer chemistry from September 2021 through August 2024. The funding will enable the development of photolabile protecting groups to enable light-triggered reactions for polymer synthesis and modification,...
This Project Grant award of $560,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the work of C. Adrian Figg of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The research aims to develop methods for precisely placing chemical groups within polymer chains to better understand the relationship between polymer structure and material properties. This will involve using light-activated catalysts to control the incorporation of single vinyl ether monomer units at defined positions in polymer chains. The project also includes an educational component to develop a science kit for high school students to learn about photochemistry and discover polymer antimicrobials. The research has broader impacts in advancing polymer chemistry to address global issues like recycling, high-performance plastics, and biomedical materials. The award period is from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $560.0k | 8/28/25 |