Project Grant 2453521
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences), supports a collaborative research project between professors at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. The project aims to design and test new catalytic materials for the electrochemical synthesis of organonitrogen compounds, which have broad applications in industries such as agriculture and pharmaceuticals. The $212,882 award will fund...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Jeremy May at the University of Houston. The grant supports the development of new heavy metal-free chemical reactions to synthesize complex molecular structures needed for advanced materials, pharmaceutical agents, and other carbon-based compounds. Key activities include investigating the use of the Ouroboros transition state for enantioselective...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry is providing a $600,000 Project Grant to Professor Song Lin at Cornell University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports the development of new chemical reactions that selectively couple amines to form nitrogen-nitrogen (N-N) bonds, which are prevalent in bioactive natural products, medicines, agrochemicals, and functional materials. The long-term objective is to facilitate...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Synthesis Program has awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Professor Jon Njardarson of the University of Arizona. The grant supports the development of new asymmetric anionic reaction cascades that leverage readily available feedstock materials and negatively charged reaction partners to produce higher-value fine chemical products. Key objectives include in situ trapping of lithium enamides to expand product types, as well as the formation of...
- This $575,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research project led by Professors Keary Engle of the Scripps Research Institute and Peng Liu of the University of Pittsburgh. The project focuses on developing new chemical reactions using earth-abundant nickel catalysts to efficiently synthesize valuable compounds, including medicinally relevant molecules, agrochemicals, and functional...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the CFDA program for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, supports research conducted by Dr. Kevin Kou at the University of California, Riverside. The $770,000 grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, aims to develop new chemical reactions that streamline the preparation of molecules relevant to the pharmaceutical and agrochemical sectors, including those derived from nature. The research focuses on...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $463,709 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to conduct research on new catalytic methods for constructing chemical building blocks used in drugs, agrochemicals, and advanced materials. The project, led by Professors Oleg Larionov and Michael Doyle of UTSA in collaboration with Professors Nicolas Blanchard and Jean-François Brière from France, will develop...
- The University of Illinois at Chicago received a $550,692 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to develop new chemical reactions using N-alkenylnitrones and N,O-dialkenylhydroxylamines as reactive intermediates. The goal is to rapidly assemble novel molecules with defined three-dimensional structures through unconventional synthetic strategies, expanding chemical space and enabling the discovery of new biologically active...
- This federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049). The award will support a project led by Professor Diao of New York University (NYU) to study the design of new bidentate chiral nitrogen-based ligands for use in asymmetric catalysis. This research aims to develop more efficient and environmentally-friendly methods for synthesizing small molecule...
- This $380,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports Louisiana State University's research on new organic synthetic reactions using epoxides. The grant enables Professor Rendy Kartika and his team to investigate the development of stereoselective transformations of epoxides into value-added organochlorine heterocyclic compounds, such as tetrahydropyrans, with potential...
This $400,000 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports Professor László Kürti of Rice University in developing new chemical reactions to synthesize nitrogen-containing organic compounds. The key products and services being delivered include: This 3-year project, running from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, reflects NSF's mission to advance scientific knowledge and develop innovative technologies with potential for broader societal impact.
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| Not listed | $134.7k | 8/28/25 | ||
| Not listed | $265.3k | 7/29/25 |