Project Grant 2513797
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded Columbia University a $191,000 Project Grant (CFDA 47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering) effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029, to develop DIFFAI (Diffraction Database and Intelligent Analysis), an open-access platform for experimental powder diffraction data. The project delivers three primary products: a centralized, community-driven database hosting...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rochester Institute of Technology received a $249,556 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences directorate (CFDA 47.049) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The project develops a novel computational method that integrates machine learning with quantum theory to accelerate simulations of strongly correlated materials. The core innovation employs dimensionality reduction techniques to construct compact...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $301,542 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This award funds fundamental mathematical research investigating signal recovery through Fourier restriction theory, uncertainty principles, and sampling on Riemannian manifolds. The research encompasses both discrete and continuous mathematical frameworks with...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $389,845 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, effective August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award funds research into levitated optomechanics, a novel platform that uses focused laser light (optical tweezers) to suspend and control nanoscale beads in ultra-high vacuum. The research team will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $447,517 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, CFDA 47.070) to establish a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on computational methods applied to music, media, and cognitive science. The grant, awarded on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2028, supports an...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $383,998 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative delivers advanced geoscientific modeling and data analysis products focused on understanding African crust and upper mantle dynamics. The primary deliverables include high-resolution, continental-scale...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $553,901 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026. The award funds fundamental research investigating structure-function relationships that dictate mechanisms of small molecule activation on the surfaces of ternary spinel oxide electrocatalysts. This research contributes to the Office of Science's mission as the nation's largest federal sponsor...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded $310,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Rochester for a collaborative research project titled "Tracking Reactivity in Porous Materials with Terahertz Spectroscopies," effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This project, led by Professor Daniel Mittleman of Brown University and Professor Michael Ruggiero of the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Rochester $599,943 through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to enhance GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) memory safety for AI-driven scientific workflows. Awarded on December 1, 2025, with completion targeted for November 30, 2028, the SecGPU4AI project addresses critical security vulnerabilities in GPU software used across scientific computing environments. The project delivers two primary...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $556,160 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) for research on "Precise Control of Tungsten Carbide in Joule Reactors via Natural Language Processing," with performance conducted at the Rochester, NY campus from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026. This award supports fundamental scientific research aligned with the Office of Science's mission to advance basic...
The University of Rochester received a $108,936 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative will develop DIFFAI, an open-access platform designed to host experimental powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) data and associated metadata while providing artificial intelligence tools for automated analysis. The platform will serve the global materials science research community by enabling the discovery, accessibility, and reusability of diffraction data that is currently scattered across publications or stored in non-standardized local formats. DIFFAI will accelerate materials discovery and characterization by democratizing access to high-quality experimental diffraction data and machine learning models, thereby lowering analytical barriers for researchers investigating materials with complex atomic arrangements, including quantum materials relevant to future quantum information technology. The project will establish standardized practices for sharing and analyzing diffraction data through open-access tools, student training programs, and community workshops, ultimately advancing scientific cyberinfrastructure and fostering collaborative research globally.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $108.9k | 4/2/26 |