Project Grant 2503496
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $100,689.00 and awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research at North Carolina State University (NC State) to develop a scientific foundation and interdisciplinary educational platform for harnessing the self-assembly of renewable nanoparticles on solid surfaces. The goal is to enable the controlled design of advanced sustainable materials and bio-inspired...
- This $273,055 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research on charge patterning and molecular interactions in polyelectrolyte/particle phase behavior. The research aims to advance understanding of how molecular structure, particle configuration, and charge patterning affect phase separation in complex coacervates formed between...
- This $248,461 Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award will support research to efficiently design patchy particles for targeted assembly of bulk and finite soft materials structures, using state-of-the-art data-driven methods. The project aims to develop a fast design pipeline for building blocks that could potentially be synthesized in a laboratory environment. The...
- This $350,000 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The goal of the research is to develop accurate mathematical models and computer simulations for studying non-equilibrium systems with memory effects, such as those found in biosystems, plasma evolution, and solid-state nanostructures. The Principal Investigator will focus on analytical and numerical approaches to statistical transport...
- This $688,144 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a collaborative research effort led by Professors Ilya Zharov and John Conboy of the University of Utah. The project aims to elucidate the molecular-level interactions between polymer-grafted silica nanoparticles during self-assembly using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. The researchers will systematically investigate how...
- This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,032,070.00 and awarded on June 1, 2025, is funded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award supports collaborative research to investigate the role of melanin, a protective pigment, in the interactions between a polyextremotolerant fungus and its photoautotrophic partners, such as algae and cyanobacteria. The research aims to uncover the genetic and metabolic triggers that regulate melanin production...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $390,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Brandeis University. The goal of this 3-year project, from August 2025 to July 2028, is to develop new strategies for designing and synthesizing multicomponent crystalline materials by arranging microscopic colloidal particles. The researchers will use experiments and computer simulations to investigate the assembly kinetics of these materials and engineer reconfigurable...
- This $381,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Northwestern University to develop an accurate hierarchical modeling approach for understanding the structural and mechanical properties of polymer grafted nanoparticle materials. The research will employ molecular simulations, theory, and machine learning to explain how variability in nanoparticle and polymer graft size, known as dispersity,...
- This $246,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research supports research and educational activities at Columbia University related to polymer grafted nanoparticles. Specifically, the awardee will develop a hierarchical computational modeling approach to understand the structural and mechanical properties of materials composed solely of inorganic nanoparticles chemically grafted with polymer chains. The research aims to employ molecular...
- This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research to design and discover new "heteroanionic" materials containing multiple types of negatively charged anion atoms. The goal is to understand how the atomic-scale structure of these complex materials influences their electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, enabling the development of advanced materials for...
This $300,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program. The award supports a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship focused on computational research to develop coarse-grained models that simulate the self-assembly of melanin nanoparticles in a keratin matrix, in order to better understand how these natural structures produce structural color. The research aims to leverage this biomimetic approach to design new materials capable of generating sustainable, long-lasting colors for applications ranging from clothing to cosmetics. The project will also include public outreach through a science blog and educational events to increase accessibility of this scientific work.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 7/21/25 |