Project Grant 2443695
- Syracuse University was awarded a $579,303 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on June 15, 2021 to complete work by May 31, 2024. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to promote progress in these fields and enhance understanding of major problems. Specifically, the funding supports an integrated computational and experimental approach to reveal design principles for responsive nanomaterials derived from disordered proteins modified...
- This federal Project Grant award of $436,344 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research at Syracuse University to understand how biological enzymes can use energy at the nanoscale to organize themselves and other materials. The goal is to gain insights that could enable the development of futuristic "active" construction materials, like roads and bridges, that can sense and heal themselves, similar to how biological systems...
- Syracuse University received a $852,304 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on January 1, 2022 for research titled "CAREER: SPIN DYNAMICS MEASUREMENTS OF SITE-TO-SITE VARIATIONS IN HYDRATION WATER AT SOFT NANOSCALE INTERFACES." The award will support research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) through December 31, 2026. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemistry Division Project Grant, awarded to Duke University, provides $800,000 over 4 years (from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2027) to study how mechanical forces can accelerate and control chemical reactions in polymeric materials. The primary objective is to establish a quantitative foundation for understanding "mechanochemistry" - the impact of mechanical forces on covalent chemical reactions along polymer backbones. The research aims to...
- Syracuse University was awarded a $358,653 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on October 1, 2021 to complete the project by September 30, 2025. The grant is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Under this award, Syracuse University will conduct collaborative research on "Living Biotic-Abiotic Materials with Temporally Programmable Actuation." The...
- Syracuse University was awarded a $439,975 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant supports research titled "Investigation of Exciton-Exciton and Biexcitonic Interactions in Nanomaterials Using Explicitly-Correlated Quasiparticle Kernel Method" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Through this award, Syracuse University researchers will investigate exciton-exciton...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $450,000.00 in funding to Syracuse University to develop key tools for designing new "robot-material hybrids" that can execute intelligent tasks. The project aims to transform disordered active materials, which can reconfigure their structure and generate targeted mechanical behaviors in response to input stimuli, enabling applications such...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $624,973 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Stanford University for the research project "PROBING AND DESIGNING CASCADE REACTIVITY IN CONSECUTIVE MECHANOACTIVATION OF COVALENT BONDS". This 3-year grant will support experimental and computational investigations by Professors Yan Xia and Todd Martinez into understanding force-driven reaction pathways and cascade...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of South Carolina $395,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research on mechanochemistry of metallocenes from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Professors Chuanbing Tang of the University of South Carolina and Stephen L. Craig of Duke University will develop a class of metal-containing polymers that respond chemically to mechanical stress through common...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Arizona State University, through its Division of Materials Research, a $318,694 CAREER grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The purpose of this 26-month project is to develop strategies to incorporate responsive, pore-forming structures into polymeric vesicles, aiming to create cell-like materials that can respond to mechanical, optical, and pH stimuli. The research seeks to advance the understanding of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,551 CAREER grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Xiaoran Hu of the Department of Chemistry at Syracuse University. The 5-year grant, which commenced on August 1, 2025, will fund the development of a new class of force-sensitive molecules called mechanophores that respond to mechanical forces by changing their stereochemical structures, leading to measurable changes in material properties. This research aims to establish "force-stereochemistry coupling" as a foundational mechanism for designing highly sensitive molecular force probes, potentially enabling the study of previously unobservable nanoscale mechanical behaviors across scientific disciplines. The project also integrates educational and outreach activities, including engaging the local community through a museum exhibit and working with a local high school to promote scientific literacy and interest in STEM careers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.6k | 7/25/25 |