Project Grant 2506055
- The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $870,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The 3-year grant, starting on September 1, 2023 and ending on August 31, 2026, is funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop an advanced instrument combining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance...
- Under a $470,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Professors de Vries and Gordon at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) will develop a novel nanoscale sampling and chemical analysis technique. This "nanoscale-biopsy" approach will allow for high-resolution imaging and detailed chemical characterization of minuscule samples, addressing a critical need in areas such as chemical diagnostics,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) a $472,456 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct precision spectroscopy research on single polyatomic molecules. The goal of this 3-year project is to develop techniques that can precisely measure the quantum mechanical properties of individual polyatomic molecules, rather than an ensemble average. This will enable future applications in...
- This two-year, $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds the development of a new high-throughput chemical analysis system for applications such as pharmaceutical drug discovery. The University of California, Berkeley will advance a benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy device capable of performing measurements on multiple samples simultaneously at throughput rates 50-100 times greater than current technologies. The...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $280,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research combining single-molecule Raman and conductance spectroscopies. Led by Joshua Hihath, the team will develop a novel approach using their recently developed system for simultaneous single-molecule Raman spectroscopy and conductance measurements. This will allow them to quantitatively track the effects of...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports Professor Hendrik Utzat of the University of California, Berkeley in advancing a new spectroscopy technique to study decoherence in single-photon emitters. The $700,000 grant, awarded on March 15, 2025, will run through February 28, 2030. The research aims to leverage quantum optics-based spectroscopy to disentangle the effects of charge, spin, and...
- This $160,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental and applied research on scaling limits and random dynamic enhancements of statistical mechanical systems. The research aims to study phenomena such as the random scaled dynamics of random walkers, the time scale of convergence to equilibrium in randomly evolving energy landscapes, and scaled counter trajectories in random-turn games. The...
- The University of Colorado Boulder received a $550,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to develop enhanced nano-cavity spectroscopy and imaging techniques. Led by Professor Markus Raschke, the research aims to study the fundamental electronic and vibrational excitations in chemical systems by leveraging nano-scale imaging, spectroscopy, and optical nano-cavity concepts. The project will investigate how light...
- This $535,686 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the acquisition of a comprehensive X-ray scattering system for in situ studies at the University of California, Davis through August 2025. The system will transform research, education, and outreach in materials characterization across California's Central Valley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, the state-of-the-art instrument serves as a flagship tool for advanced materials...
- The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on September 1, 2022 to complete work by August 31, 2025. The grant funds research led by Professor Ke Xu at UC Berkeley to develop ultrahigh-throughput approaches for single-molecule spectroscopy and multidimensional super-resolution microscopy. Specifically, the team aims to expand the...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 15, 2025 by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of California, Berkeley. The funding supports Professor Hendrik Utzat's development of a new optical instrument called Spectral Fluctuation Raman Spectroscopy (SFRS) to precisely measure time-dependent fluctuations in the vibrational spectra of single molecules. The SFRS instrument integrates photon-correlation and interferometric methods into surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to quantify spectral fluctuations across sub-microsecond to millisecond timescales, providing insights into molecular interactions and dynamics that can inform the development of improved catalysts, functional materials, and pharmaceuticals. The project also includes training opportunities for high school and college students in spectroscopy, quantum optics, instrument engineering, and data science to help build a competitive, quantum-literate U.S. workforce.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $500.0k | 8/5/25 |