Project Grant 2454153
- The University of Southern California was awarded a $475,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for work titled "Biologically Inspired Aminopyridine Complexes for CO2 Reduction." The three-year award running from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 will support the University's research efforts exploring biologically inspired aminopyridine complexes to facilitate the reduction of carbon...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry has awarded a 3-year, $316,588 Project Grant to Long Island University (LIU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The purpose of this grant is to support the development of novel carbon nanosphere-encapsulated bimetallic catalysts and metal-CeO2 interfaces for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to value-added chemicals. The key objectives of this research project are to: (I) leverage the confinement of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Jurss of the University of Mississippi for the development of new catalysts capable of transforming carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals. The project aims to develop more effective catalysts featuring tunable redox-active ligands to facilitate the conversion of carbon dioxide, a waste product, into desirable products. This research has important...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $575,000 Project Grant to Professor Haimei Zheng of the University of California, Berkeley to study copper-based bimetallic nanocatalysts for carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion to useful fuels and chemicals. The award falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), which supports fundamental and applied research across scientific disciplines. The primary goal of this 3-year project is to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $635,530 CAREER program grant to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to conduct research on improving the efficiency of catalytic production of fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide (CO2). The project aims to obtain fundamental knowledge critical to designing highly efficient CO2 conversion catalysts through a combination of theoretical, machine learning, and experimental approaches. Key objectives include understanding chemical scaling...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a $181,444 Project Grant to a collaborative team consisting of Professor Gonghu Li of the University of New Hampshire, Professor Jier Huang of Boston College, and Professor Anatoly Frenkel of Stony Brook University. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will support research aimed at investigating the key characteristics of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $344,481 project grant to the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Contracts and Grants Division. The grant, titled "CAREER: In-Situ Capture and Conversion of CO2 to Hydrocarbons," will fund research to develop perovskite-based materials capable of efficiently capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) and catalyzing its conversion to valuable hydrocarbon compounds like syngas, ethane, and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support a collaborative research effort focused on developing new approaches to catalysis and electrochemistry for the synthesis of biaryl molecules. Professors Daniel Weix and Shannon Stahl of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Mohammad Rafiee of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Professor Robert Paton of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $595,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Professor Hairong Guan and his research group at the University of Cincinnati. The 3-year grant, which commenced on September 1, 2024, will support the team's work to study the catalytic properties of cobalt hydrides and their applications in chemical synthesis for pharmaceuticals, energy, and materials. Key objectives include elucidating the mechanistic...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $560,068 Project Grant to Professor Jonathan Rochford at the University of Massachusetts Boston under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports the development of new strategies for the selective conversion of carbon dioxide to formic acid, which has significant potential for sustainability and reducing carbon emissions. Key technical objectives include: 1) Leveraging the synergy between second...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Professor Smaranda C. Marinescu of the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Chemistry. The grant supports a 3-year study on the development of biologically inspired catalytic systems for the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into chemical fuels. The research aims to synthesize a series of cobalt complexes with pendent amines to explore their electrochemical activity and understand the effect of proton relays on multi-electron, multi-proton reactions for CO2 reduction. The project leverages expertise in synthetic inorganic and organic chemistry, electrochemistry, and catalysis to advance the fundamental understanding of factors governing catalytic properties, with the goal of informing the design of more effective CO2 reduction catalysts.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 7/28/25 |