Project Grant 2510420
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $1,039,247 Project Grant award dated April 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The award supports collaborative research investigating ice nucleating particles (INPs) and their role in atmospheric convection and precipitation processes in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Through a three-year project extending to March 31, 2028, the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $498,976 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (Geosciences Program, CFDA 47.050) awarded on April 15, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental research to advance scientific understanding of snowflake and snow particle properties through novel artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) methodologies. The project...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $1,030,041 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (Geosciences Program, CFDA 47.050) beginning August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award supports research to develop statistical methodologies for estimating the pattern effect on radiative feedbacks in Earth's climate system. Rather than relying solely on climate model simulations with their...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Track 1 Project Grant of $368,260 to the University of Colorado Denver (awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028) to acquire the Human-Infrastructure Response Simulator (HIRS), a state-of-the-art six degrees-of-freedom (6-DOF) motion simulation platform. HIRS is designed to replicate the broad range of motions and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $411,749 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences) beginning March 15, 2025, with a completion date of February 29, 2028. This collaborative research project aims to discover and synthesize new ternary chalcogenide semiconductors by leveraging entropy-based approaches to overcome current synthesis bottlenecks. The research combines...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $548,590 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029. The award funds theoretical research and development of multipoletronics—an emerging framework for understanding and controlling magnetic materials through spin multipole moments rather than conventional electron-based...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project, titled "Biodesign: Lichen-Inspired Bioactive Surfaces for Improving Indoor Environmental Quality," develops engineered bioactive surfaces modeled...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Colorado State University a $1,167,241 project grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support the acquisition of an ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry system. The system will enable metaproteomics experiments to advance microbiome research. The three-year award period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. As the prime awardee, Colorado State University will utilize the funding to procure an advanced...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded on September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental research on shape-morphing structures designed to dynamically transform into desired configurations in two or three dimensions. The project develops a rigorous framework for modeling, planning, and controlling high-dimensional...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,045,074 Project Grant under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to Colorado State University (CSU). The grant supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art 600 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, equipped with one solids and two liquids probes and a 60-sample automated liquid sampler. This high-field NMR instrument will enable CSU researchers and collaborators across 16 departments, 6 colleges, and 11...
Colorado State University received a $358,749 Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Track 1 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded on March 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for February 28, 2029. The award funds the acquisition and deployment of a SWISENS POLENO Jupiter instrument, a field-deployable, continuous-flow bioaerosol measurement and monitoring system equipped with state-of-the-art sensor technology including optical sizing, fluorescence, polarization, and holography capabilities combined with artificial intelligence databases for automated particle identification. The instrument is non-destructive and operates at high flow rates, enabling coupling with other continuous-flow analytical devices or collection substrates for advanced characterization. The primary deliverable is establishing this shared research infrastructure at Colorado State University's Fort Collins location to support four key research applications: bioaerosol and pollen lifecycle studies in grassland and forested ecosystems; pathogen transport research in indoor, agricultural, and arid environments; biological ice-nucleating particle identification and typing; and airborne microplastics characterization. The project advances fundamental scientific capacity in atmospheric bioaerosol characterization, an area historically constrained by technological limitations, while providing training opportunities for students and early-career researchers. A collaborative team of researchers has been identified to utilize the instrument, though no subawards are planned for this single-institution project.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $358.7k | 2/11/26 |