Project Grant 2500329
Award Date
7/15/25
Completion Date
6/30/28
Dollars Obligated
$1.6M
Funding Federal Agency
Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities
Awarding Federal Agency
Division of Graduate Education
Federal Grant Program
47.041
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
Similar Awards
This $1,400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program establishes a Quantum Materials Institute at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). In collaboration with Montana State University and the NSF-funded Q-AMASE-I MONARK Quantum Foundry, the institute will focus on developing compact, efficient nonlinear optical systems by combining atomically-thin 2D materials and sub-wavelength flat...
This Project Grant award of $318,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the EPSCOR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) at Montana State University (MSU). The award will fund 12 graduate fellowships over 3 years - 5 in Engineering, 5 in Biological Sciences, and 2 in Geosciences. The fellows will contribute to research of national significance in optics and photonics, enzymes and microbial engineering, host/pathogen biology, and earth...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $575,725 to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology through its Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. This five-year Project Grant, beginning February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2027, will support research determining and tuning the impact of low-level metal-based nanoparticles on actin cytoskeleton in normal and cancer cells. The South Dakota School of Mines...
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) received a $191,995 project grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research revealing the reconfiguration dynamics of lipid bilayers and hydration structures with nanoscale resolution during electroporation. SDSM&T will use atomic force microscopy with sub-nanometer and high temporal resolution to image molecular-level dynamic responses of lipid bilayers and hydration...
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) was awarded a $998,819 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation of undergraduate STEM students with an emphasis on first-generation college students. The grant will support SDSM&T's efforts to enhance academic support programs and services to help more students from underrepresented backgrounds complete STEM degrees....
This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $991,736.00, was awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The grant supports research aimed at developing "PRECISE POLYMERIC PATCH DESIGN ON ANISOTROPIC NANORINGS TO REALIZE CONTROLLED ORIENTATION IN SELF-ASSEMBLED PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS". The project period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. As a...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. The primary objective of this 2-year award is to develop a cell-free method for producing biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers from agricultural feedstocks. Key anticipated research activities include: 1) engineering a microbial strain to synthesize PHA precursors from corn stover, 2) using thermostable enzymes...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $360,723 Project Grant to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for an REU Site titled "Back to the Future." The grant will support research experiences for undergraduate students from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. As the awardee, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will administer research opportunities and training for undergraduates to increase their...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Project Grant award, under CFDA Program 47.041 Engineering, provides $200,000 in funding to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology to develop a computational framework for simulating failure in advanced metal-ceramic composite materials. The research aims to create an efficient, multi-fidelity simulation platform that can accurately model damage processes like particle fracture, matrix cracking, and...
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education to investigate the impact of arts on student learning by introducing glass science into the materials engineering curriculum. This three-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2021 and is set to conclude on September 30, 2024, aims to leverage glass science techniques and principles to enhance undergraduate STEM education....