Project Grant 2514418
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $539,987 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program to the University of Notre Dame. The grant will support Professor Svetlana Neretina's research to establish new photochemical routes for the synthesis of ultrathin, large-area, single-crystal gold nanoplates on amorphous surfaces. The project aims to provide a mechanistic understanding of this novel growth modality, which distinguishes itself...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation provides $779,240 to support research at the University of Notre Dame advancing lithography-free manufacturing techniques for metal nanostructures separated by nanogaps. Specifically, the award funds work through August 2025 to define benchtop fabrication methods for integrating opposing metal surfaces separated by sub-5 nm nanogaps into applications in plasmonics and molecular...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $467,769 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research award, shared with the University of Washington under the direction of Professors Hartland and Masiello, delivers experimental and theoretical research on vibrational coupling and energy...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $517,450 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 award supports fundamental research into heterogeneous rare-gas quantum solids—a novel class of condensed matter created by freezing mixtures of helium, neon, and argon into multilayer thin...
- The University of Notre Dame received a $250,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation. The award is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support the development of 5-minute protein analyses from September 1, 2021 through February 28, 2023. The grant funding will allow the University to develop new techniques for rapidly analyzing protein compositions, with the goal of improving industrial biomanufacturing processes. The...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $726,224 project grant to the University of Notre Dame du Lac through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research on plasmonic bubble-enabled nanoparticle deposition under microgravity conditions from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The University will leverage the fluid flow dynamics around thermal bubbles on surfaces in microgravity to concentrate and deposit target molecules, with the aim of enhancing detectability for applications...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Dartmouth College's Office of Sponsored Projects received a $660,389 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The project delivers advanced nanosensor research and development products through computation-guided design and synthesis of plasmonic metal-insulator-metal (MIM) nanoprobes for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $419,999 project grant awarded May 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), with completion expected April 30, 2028. The research addresses the characterization of viable norovirus fate during water and wastewater treatment operations. Primary deliverables include laboratory-based infectious norovirus measurements using human intestinal enteroid (HIE) cells and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program administered by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, the University of Notre Dame received $326,617 in project grant funding (Award Date: September 1, 2025; Completion Date: August 31, 2028) to conduct collaborative research on surface-enhanced spectroscopy. The primary deliverable is fundamental scientific research combining sophisticated experimental and computational approaches...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award funds development of a Machine Learning-enabled Screening Life Cycle Assessment (M-SLCA) method and chatbot-based tool designed to make environmental impact assessment...
Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $479,971 to the University of Notre Dame (awarded April 1, 2026; completion March 31, 2029) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an ultrathin single-crystal gold wafer-based platform for high-performance nanophotonic and biosensing applications. The project will establish a scalable, low-cost, high-throughput manufacturing process for precisely positioning ultrathin gold microplates on substrate surfaces, addressing current limitations of tedious synthetic procedures and suboptimal nanofabrication techniques. The research team will validate the device platform through fabrication and testing of first-of-their-kind digital biosensors and proof-of-principle demonstrations in plasmonic circuitry, electroplasmonic devices, metamaterials, nanolasers, and nanoparticle-on-mirror optical applications. Beyond technical innovation, this project includes integrated workforce development and educational outreach components. The award will support graduate student training in advanced materials and manufacturing, involve undergraduate researchers in hands-on research projects, and engage K-12 students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities designed to build interest in engineering fields. By transforming single-crystal gold microplates from laboratory curiosities into commercially viable nanomaterials through improved synthesis and fabrication strategies, the project aims to accelerate technology translation and create pathways for industry adoption of these advanced materials.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $480.0k | 3/31/26 |