Project Grant 2505643
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a $575,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports Professor Christopher Uyeda's research on developing multi-metallic catalysts to improve the efficiency and sustainability of chemical processes used in medicine, agriculture, and polymer chemistry. Key activities include designing new ligands that can bind multiple metals to create more active and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $499,701 Project Grant to the University of Louisville under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. Through this 3-year grant, the University's research group led by Dr. Frank Zamborini will develop advanced electrochemical methods for synthesizing and patterning metal nanoclusters containing fewer than 200 atoms. This innovative approach aims to produce atomically-precise nanoclusters with controlled size and composition,...
- This $249,971 Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports a project led by Professor Hesari and students at the State University of New York at Oswego to study the development of atomically precise metal nanoclusters (APMNCs) approximately 1-2 nm in size. The researchers will design and synthesize functionalized organothiol ligands to promote the hybridization and controlled assembly of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $300,000 EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project grant to the University of Pittsburgh. The objective of this 2-year project is to develop new methods that leverage the advantages of light in the chemical synthesis of nanomaterials. Specifically, the project aims to use catalytic, photoredox-mediated nanoparticle synthesis to elucidate how the nucleation of bimetallic nanoparticles impacts their size,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $463,709 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to conduct research on new catalytic methods for constructing chemical building blocks used in drugs, agrochemicals, and advanced materials. The project, led by Professors Oleg Larionov and Michael Doyle of UTSA in collaboration with Professors Nicolas Blanchard and Jean-François Brière from France, will develop...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,151 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Yale University. The grant, titled "Insights into Alkene Hydrofunctionalization from Mechanistic and Reactivity Studies," supports Professor Patrick Holland's research on developing cobalt catalysts for the efficient transformation of simple chemical feedstocks into more complex molecules. The project aims to improve the mechanistic understanding,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $320,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Tufts University. This 3-year collaborative research project, led by principal investigators at Tufts University and Tulane University, aims to explore a novel class of dual-atom alloy catalysts for efficient and selective chemical conversions. Through a combination of computational modeling using machine learning and density functional theory, as well as...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $407,000 project grant titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ENERGY TRANSFER IN ATOMICALLY PRECISE NANOCLUSTERS" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports a collaborative research project led by professors at Pennsylvania State University, Kansas State University, and Carnegie Mellon University. The project aims to study how the structure of metal nanoclusters impacts their...
- This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports collaborative research to accelerate the discovery and design of dynamically evolving catalyst materials. The researchers will integrate advanced computer modeling, artificial intelligence, and machine learning with experimental methods to study how catalyst structures evolve during reactions, with the goal of developing more active, stable, and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a $600,000 project grant to Professor Neil C. Tomson of the University of Pennsylvania. The 3-year project, starting on September 1, 2025, aims to study how iron-based catalysts can selectively activate and functionalize carbon-carbon sigma bonds under mild conditions. This research will lay the groundwork for future technologies that can produce pharmaceuticals, plastics, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $216,641 Project Grant through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Jeffrey Petty of Furman University. The grant supports the development of hierarchical nanoparticle catalysts using DNA-silver cluster conjugates. The research aims to investigate the catalytic activity of these DNA-silver cluster conjugates, particularly for alkyne-azide cycloaddition reactions, which have applications in nanoscience. The project will comprehensively educate undergraduate students in interdisciplinary chemistry research spanning nanoscience, physical chemistry, and biochemistry, providing them hands-on experience in nanomaterial characterization using advanced analytical techniques. The award period is from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $216.6k | 8/26/25 |