Project Grant 2454071
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), provides $600,000 to Professor Dean Tantillo of the University of California, Davis Department of Chemistry. The funding supports research to explore the limits of reactivity principles for organic reactions using modern computational chemistry methods. The goal is to provide a fundamental understanding of factors that...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) is supporting the research of Professor Christopher M. Beaudry at Oregon State University. The $160,244 award from November 15, 2024 to October 31, 2025 is focused on developing new chemical reactions to transform aromatic ring structures into more densely functionalized and value-added molecules. This work aims to enable...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $550,461 will fund research at the University of California, Davis from July 2022 to June 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Professor Tantillo of the UC Davis Department of Chemistry will use computational chemistry methods to advance the fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms and reactivity principles in organic chemistry. Specifically, the research will construct new mechanistic models to explain...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the Division of Chemistry within the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $500,000 to Professors Angus Lamar and Gordon Purser at the University of Tulsa. The award supports their research into new methods for the modification of arenols and heteroarenols, which are compounds used in medicines, agricultural products, and advanced materials. The goal is to develop operationally simple organic...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $1.6 million supports computational chemistry research at the University of California, Los Angeles from August 2022 to July 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). Professor K.N. Houk and colleagues will develop new computational methods to understand organic reaction rates, mechanisms, and selectivity through quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations. They will also perform computational...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Division of Chemistry of the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) is providing $240,000 to support a research project led by Professors David Stuart and Theresa McCormick at Portland State University. The project aims to study the properties and reactivity of a class of chemical compounds called aryl "onium" species, which are used as versatile building blocks for synthesizing molecules with aromatic...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $508,776 Project Grant to The Ohio State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports the development of theoretical methods and computational tools to understand the spectroscopy of transition metal systems, which are crucial for solar energy applications such as photocatalysts. The research aims to complement emerging ultrafast X-ray experimental techniques by providing...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $530,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new computer simulation models for studying light-driven chemical processes. The three-year grant, effective September 1, 2023, will enable the Neuscamman research group to create advanced tools for accurately simulating the movement of electrons and molecules in response to light...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemistry Division awarded a $493,478 Project Grant to The Ohio State University (OSU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to develop metal-free covalent organic frameworks (COFs) that can photochemically convert carbon dioxide into chemical fuels and value-added products using visible light. The goal is to obtain selective, metal-free COF-based photocatalysts that can help supplement the carbon cycle and reduce...
- Professor Kutateladze of the University of Denver will use a $575,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to further develop photoassisted approaches for the synthesis of complex heterocyclic molecules with potentially useful therapeutic properties. Over a three-year period from September 2023 through August 2026, his research aims to expand the synthetic photochemistry toolbox, specifically excited state intramolecular...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $649,997 to a research team at Oregon State University (OSU) to develop computational models and tools that can efficiently elucidate the factors governing selectivity and reactivity in complex synthetic chemical transformations. The project aims to create mathematical models based on topological electron density descriptors derived from computed transition states, enabling researchers to quickly understand how their synthetic reactions work and inform future experimentation. The OSU team will integrate this new methodology into undergraduate and graduate chemistry courses and collaborate with researchers at Stetson University, a primarily undergraduate institution, to support training the next generation of chemists. This grant addresses the challenge of effectively leveraging computational chemistry to gain insights into complex chemical processes and reactions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 8/26/25 |