Project Grant 2453911
Award Date 8/15/25
Completion Date 7/31/28
Dollars Obligated $600K
Federal Agency
Federal Grant Program
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Austin, TX 78712, USA
Similar Awards
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research between North Carolina State University, Clarkson University, and Texas A&M University to explore non-oxidative chemical reaction pathways in low-temperature atmospheric plasmas. The $161,518 award, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, aims to elucidate the mechanisms of plasma-generated photons, metastables, radicals,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $999,999 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Houston System to conduct research on plasma-assisted catalysis for clean energy technologies. This interdisciplinary effort spanning materials science, electrical engineering, machine learning, and data analytics aims to advance the fundamental understanding of plasma-assisted chemical reactions and develop new methods for catalyst discovery and reactor design....
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for $424,698 provides funding from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028 to investigate the use of atmospheric low-temperature plasma catalysis as an alternative to conventional thermally activated reaction routes for producing oxygenated fuels and chemical products. The key focus is on understanding the fundamental chemical and physical mechanisms of plasma-enhanced...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program grant (CFDA 47.083) provides $600,000 to Princeton University from September 2024 to August 2029 to develop a new non-equilibrium electrochemical plasma catalysis (NE-EPC) system for efficient, distributed, and electrified ammonia synthesis from water, nitrogen, and renewable electricity. The project aims to investigate a novel plasma-assisted Mars–van Krevelen mechanism, develop advanced electrochemical membrane materials,...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), enables continued experimental exploration of eruptive plasma behavior in a laboratory setting. The $597,571 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, supports research aimed at advancing the understanding of multi-scale phenomena in real plasmas. The project will focus on studying the observed X-ray generation in a magnetized,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $629,756 to support a collaborative research program led by Professors Simon M. Humphrey and Graeme Henkelman at the University of Texas at Austin. The project aims to discover and study new catalyst materials containing three or four different metallic species, with the goal of achieving advanced reactivity to convert bioethanol into hydrogen and methanol. The targeted...
- This $600,000 National Science Foundation award through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at the University of Minnesota from January 2023 through December 2025. The project will develop an understanding of plasma-catalyzed reactions in confined spaces to enable near ambient temperature NOx reduction for automotive cold start emissions. Researchers will examine reaction and transport phenomena impacting the coupling of plasma and catalytic chemistry within capillary...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $1,031,843 to support a joint research effort between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Texas at Austin. The goal of the project is to develop techniques to actively control the evolution and energy flow of Vlasov plasma systems, which have applications ranging from high-energy physics and astrophysics to medicine and chemistry. The research...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) provides $124,955 in funding to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to conduct research on plasma-catalytic pyrolysis of methane to produce carbon-free hydrogen and carbon fibers. The project aims to develop an electricity-driven plasma-catalytic process using microwave excitation to enable the selective production of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier, while also creating valuable solid carbon...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $439,599 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Oklahoma (OU) on June 15, 2025. The project aims to improve the design of catalysts that are compatible with plasma systems, which can create reactive particles to transform chemicals. Researchers will use advanced lab experiments and computer models to study how plasma and catalysts interact, with the goal of enhancing the electric field near the catalyst...