Project Grant 2511211
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded $500,000 to the University of California, Berkeley on August 15, 2025, for the development of Spectral Fluctuation Raman Spectroscopy (SFRS), an advanced optical instrument designed to measure time-dependent fluctuations in vibrational spectra of single molecules. The primary deliverable is the SFRS apparatus itself, which will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Berkeley received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics (Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award supports research to complete development of an advanced atom interferometry apparatus designed to measure the fine-structure constant with unprecedented precision. The research leverages photons to impart momentum...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning March 15, 2026 and concluding February 28, 2029. Under the direction of Professor Stephen Leone, this research initiative establishes a comprehensive framework for characterizing and controlling quantum coherence and entanglement in atomic and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded $526,344 to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) on July 21, 2025, for a project completion date of February 16, 2028. The award supports the development of advanced X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) methodologies utilizing ultra-short femtosecond pulses from X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) to enable real-time,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded the University of California, Santa Barbara $1,146,606 through its Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program to acquire a state-of-the-art three-dimensional (3D) nanoprinting instrument for the UCSB Nanofabrication Facility. The laser-based 3D prototyping tool enables rapid fabrication of three-dimensional nanostructures—smaller than a thousandth of a human hair—without the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $640,000 to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on June 15, 2025, for a project concluding May 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, conducted jointly with General Atomics and the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Romania, focuses on developing gamma-ray sources through high-intensity...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded University of California, Davis $596,370 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for a project grant titled "Attochemistry with X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers and Tabletop Sources." The award period runs from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. This project supports fundamental scientific research aimed at advancing understanding of molecular and atomic dynamics using advanced...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), the National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to the University of California, Berkeley to support a five-year research project (March 15, 2025 – February 28, 2030) led by Professor Hendrik Utzat. This CAREER award, administered through the Chemical Structure and Dynamics program in the Division of Chemistry, delivers fundamental research and development services focused on...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a Collaborative Research Project Grant of $304,917 to the University of California, Berkeley, effective November 1, 2025, with completion anticipated by June 30, 2026. Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, this project delivers research and training activities focused on developing and refining non-perturbative methods for analyzing multi-dimensional quasiperiodic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded University of California, Berkeley $875,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the project "Accelerating Large-Scale Atomistic and Continuum Simulations with Physically Consistent and Scalable Machine Learning Methods." The award, dated September 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 14, 2026, funds fundamental research in advanced scientific computing...
The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded $2.52 million to the University of California, Berkeley on April 1, 2026, to develop a next-generation tabletop ultrafast soft X-ray spectroscopy instrument. The primary deliverable is an advanced laboratory instrument that integrates optical parametric chirped pulse amplification laser technology with modular sample environments capable of analyzing gaseous, liquid, and solid-phase materials. The system produces high-flux, tunable soft X-ray pulses with femtosecond and attosecond temporal resolution and extends laboratory soft X-ray spectroscopy to photon energies up to approximately 650 electron volts (eV), enabling direct observation of electron motion, charge redistribution, and bond rearrangements with sensitivity to carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and first-row transition metals. The instrument will be operated as a shared-use research resource accessible to internal and external collaborators from chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering disciplines, establishing UC Berkeley as a campus-based hub for ultrafast soft X-ray science and significantly expanding access to advanced X-ray capabilities beyond existing laboratory tools. The award includes a coordinated education and workforce development program delivering hands-on training to undergraduate and graduate students in high-power lasers, vacuum technology, X-ray optics, and ultrafast spectroscopy. The project performance period extends through March 31, 2031.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.5m | 3/16/26 |