Project Grant 2511400
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $329,197 Project Grant award effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The research project develops an innovative "active assembly" paradigm for generating three-dimensional elastic networks from passive building blocks by leveraging spontaneous...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) awarded August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative focuses on synthesizing, characterizing, and simulating the thermodynamics and kinetics of nanostructured metallic alloys with interfacial defects known as grain boundaries. The project...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $441,848 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct fundamental research on complex coacervation in charged polymer systems. Awarded on August 1, 2025, and concluding July 31, 2028, the project delivers single-molecule experimental research services that investigate how mixtures of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $330,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops a quantitative framework connecting particle-level cohesion to macroscopic flow behavior in immersed cohesive granular materials. The project delivers integrated laboratory experiments and particle-resolved...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $289,367 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049) awarded on April 15, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2030. The award funds the development of extended lifetime peroxynitrite-responsive probes (XL-PRPs), an advanced biomaterials platform designed to enable long-term, non-invasive monitoring of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $470,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a novel technique for multimodal analytical chemistry at the nanoscale. The award, effective August 15, 2025, through July 31, 2028, supports the development of a tip-enhanced laser desorption (TELD) sampling technique that combines high-resolution atomic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary UC Riverside received a $532,000 Project Grant award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award supports the ECLIPSE-CHIPS initiative, which investigates laser-produced plasmas for advancing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography technology critical to microelectronics manufacturing. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $319,976 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CISE Program, CFDA 47.070) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing a comprehensive theory of quasi-polynomial time algorithms for graph problems, addressing fundamental gaps in algorithmic graph theory where problems have...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Division of Materials Research within the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) awarded $534,000 to the University of California, Santa Barbara for theoretical and computational research on active matter systems. Initiated on September 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2028, this three-year project supports the development of mathematical models and computational frameworks to understand how...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $605,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of March 14, 2027. The project, titled "Probing Local Bonding in Quantum Matter," will be conducted at UCSB's Santa Barbara, California facility. This award supports fundamental scientific research in quantum matter characterization, contributing to the Office of...
The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $1,146,606 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029. The award funds the acquisition and deployment of a state-of-the-art three-dimensional (3D) nanoprinting instrument at UCSB's Nanofabrication Facility. This laser-based rapid prototyping tool enables researchers to fabricate three-dimensional nanostructures at scales smaller than one-thousandth of a human hair, eliminating the need for time-intensive photomask design and multi-step processing workflows currently required by traditional two-dimensional fabrication methods. The instrument supports advanced research and development across multiple technology domains critical to U.S. competitiveness, including semiconductor manufacturing, quantum information science, secure communications, biomedical engineering, and advanced sensing. Applications enabled by this capability encompass quantum communication chip optimization, medical implants for bone repair, ultra-sensitive material detection, and improvements to battery technology, water purification systems, and medical diagnostics. Additionally, the award includes workforce development components designed to train undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and community college participants in advanced manufacturing skills, while strengthening university-industry partnerships to accelerate technology transfer from laboratory research to commercial deployment.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.1m | 2/26/26 |