Project Grant 2505700
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $665,958 to the University of Minnesota to conduct fundamental research on the discovery and development of new sustainable polyester-based plastics and elastomers. The research team, led by Professor Marc A. Hillmyer, aims to generate high-performance polymeric compounds that can be industrially composted at the end of their use, promoting a practical...
- This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program supports a collaborative research project between Northwestern University and Colorado State University to develop data-driven, AI/ML-enabled approaches for designing chemically recyclable polymers. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Using AI/ML coupled with experimental methods to design new polymers...
- This $422,153 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to develop new sustainable polymeric materials using artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to design architecturally varied and deconstructable polymers that can be easily recycled without requiring costly separation from mixed waste streams. Specifically, the researchers will create new types of depolymerizable...
- Through this $699,254 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Professor Eugene Y. Chen of Colorado State University is developing new synthetic routes for the construction of technologically important cyclic polymers and copolymers from bio-based renewable monomers. The project aims to precisely control the structures and sequences of these cyclic polymers and copolymers using Lewis...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $1,250,000.00 to Professors Linda Broadbelt and Eugene Chen of Northwestern University and Colorado State University, respectively, to study data-driven design of recyclable plastics using artificial intelligence and machine learning. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include developing new AI/ML approaches and open-source software...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $742,587 Project Grant through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Trustees of Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration Division. The grant supports Princeton's research to develop degradable polymers derived from commodity plastic monomers. Key objectives include investigating the kinetics and mechanisms of cobalt-mediated radical copolymerization of isocyanides and acrylates,...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award, funded through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $359,999 to researchers at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop catalytic methods for editing the molecular architectures of various plastics such as polyesters and polyurethanes. The goal is to enable transformations between branched and linear polymer structures, which can significantly...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research to develop a novel biocatalytic process for deconstructing and recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics. The $378,682 award to the University of Colorado aims to explore the use of natural enzymes, such as lipases, to break down PET in nonaqueous solvents rather than water, which can improve the efficiency and conversion of plastic waste. The research will...
- This $510,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to develop "tempered dynamic covalent networks" - materials that can be processed at lower temperatures to access a wide range of properties. The University of Chicago, the award recipient, will explore this approach to create versatile, sustainable plastic materials that can be readily recycled. The interdisciplinary research...
- This $600,000 National Science Foundation project grant in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop new methods for analyzing and optimizing polymer network structures. Professors Jeremiah A. Johnson and Bradley D. Olsen of MIT's Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering will work to invent chemical strategies, theories, and simulations to provide deeper understanding of topology in...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $560,000 to Colorado State University (CSU) to investigate the synthesis and materials properties of recyclable cross-linked plastics (thermosets). The research, led by Dr. Garret Miyake, aims to develop new catalysts based on earth-abundant metals for acceptorless dehydrogenative polymerization (ADP) to create polyester thermosets that can be self-healable, reprocessable, and chemically broken down for recovery and recycling. This work seeks to enhance the fundamental understanding of ADP and the structure-property relationships of macromolecular networks produced using this technique, with the goal of designing more sustainable plastics to minimize plastic waste. The award period runs from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $560.0k | 8/19/25 |