Project Grant 2505621
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $320,626 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Professor Song-I Han at Northwestern University. The grant supports Dr. Han's research to improve the sensitivity and applicability of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy through the development of innovative methods for solid-state dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP). The research aims to reveal DNP mechanisms in high-spin systems, clarify the...
- This $935,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research conducted by Professor Warren Warren at Duke University to develop methods for improving the utility and generality of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The project aims to build on recent breakthroughs in the Warren Lab that enhance the performance of simple, inexpensive hyperpolarization techniques to dramatically increase NMR...
- This three-year, $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support research into spin-probe-enabled sensing of fluids in confined geometries and interfaces. Carlos Meriles of the City College of New York and Nicolas Giovambattista of Brooklyn College will use atomic defects near the surface of a host crystal to characterize the structure and motion of water molecules confined at...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $302,000 in funding to Northwestern University to conduct research on "In Operando Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy at Solid/Liquid Interfaces: Driving Surface Wettability with Light and Electric Field Gradients." The project, supported by the NSF Chemical Structure and Dynamics program and the German Research Foundation (DFG), aims to quantify the...
- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $230,000 collaborative research grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Depauw University and Colorado State University. This 3-year project, led by Professors Nancy Levinger and Bridget Gourley, will investigate the impact of molecular additives on the structure and dynamics of water confined within reverse micelles. The research will employ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, fluorescence...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $481,621 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Texas A&M University, in collaboration with researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The research team, led by Professor Christian Hilty of Texas A&M, will investigate the role of water molecules in the folding and dynamic motions of proteins. They will use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy combined with...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $3,982,009 Project Grant to the University of Delaware to acquire a 600 MHz solid-state Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system under the NSF Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). This state-of-the-art instrument will significantly enhance scientific research infrastructure in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Rust Belt regions by providing access to unique DNP-NMR...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $599,879 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of South Florida (USF). The grant, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, supports Professor Wenqi Liu's research on utilizing hydrogen bonding for molecular recognition in water. The project aims to develop synthetic receptors that can effectively use hydrogen bonding, a capability that has been challenging for previous synthetic...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $600,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program to support the research of Dr. Dmitry Matyushov of Arizona State University. The award will fund the development of theoretical models and computational algorithms to address the problem of statistics and dynamics of interfacial fluctuations affecting interfacial screening, colloidal mobility, dynamics of electrolytes, and...
- This $372,158 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) is funding a collaborative research project between researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Oxford. The project aims to develop highly sensitive molecular compasses capable of detecting the magnitude and direction of weak magnetic fields. This research has potential applications in quantum sensing and navigation, potentially...
This Project Grant award of $635,000.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Songi Han of Northwestern University. The funding will support the development of novel magnetic resonance instrumentation modules that enable molecular-level interrogation of the structure and dynamics of liquid water near biomolecular and material interfaces. The goal is to achieve liquid-state Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (ODNP) at high magnetic fields to study surface water near proteins and interfaces. This research will provide new insights into the fundamental properties and role of "biological water", which is critical to biomolecular function but not fully understood. The project will also provide hands-on training opportunities for graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduates in hardware design and instrumentation development. The award has an initial term of 3 years, from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $635.0k | 7/30/25 |