Project Grant 2522501
- This $490,272.00 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research supports collaborative research to study the impacts of defects and disorder on the properties of ferroelectric wurtzite nitrides. The research aims to provide a more rigorous understanding of how point defects, structural damage, and other complex defect interactions affect the performance of these materials, which show promise for advanced communications and reduced computational...
- This $944,728 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) on October 1, 2025. The purpose of this 4-year collaborative research project is to rigorously model the interactions and effects of point defects and extended defects on the properties of ferroelectric wurtzite nitrides. This research aims to bridge the gap between simplified...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $475,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). The funding will support the university's "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: PROGRAMMABLE DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND FORENSICS OF SOFT MATERIALS" project over a 4-year period from October 2023 to September 2027. The research aims to develop a foundation for programmable materials design, synthesis, and analysis,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $516,664 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) to Carnegie Mellon University. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: NSF-NSERC: STRUCTURAL ALLOYS FOR FATIGUE ENDURANCE (SAFE)," focuses on developing a new data-driven approach to understand the relationship between material defects, microstructure, and fatigue behavior of additively manufactured structural alloys. The research...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,640,000.00 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to North Carolina State University. The funding will support the "Collaborative Research: DMREF: NSF-DFG: Neurotronics: Designer Doped Semiconductors for Neuromorphic Bioelectronics" project over a 4-year period from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2029. The project aims to develop new organic mixed ionic-electronic conductor (OMIEC)...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $350,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) on October 1, 2025. This 4-year grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: NSF-DFG: NEUROTRONICS: DESIGNER DOPED SEMICONDUCTORS FOR NEUROMORPHIC BIOELECTRONICS," aims to create new materials that can seamlessly connect with the human nervous system. The...
- The National Science Foundation awarded The Pennsylvania State University a $220,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to research defect-electron interaction in metallic materials at ambient temperature. The two-year project will explore using electrical current without temperature increases to manipulate internal defects and microstructures in metals and alloys, with the goal of developing a non-thermal alternative to traditional...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $407,000 project grant titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ENERGY TRANSFER IN ATOMICALLY PRECISE NANOCLUSTERS" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports a collaborative research project led by professors at Pennsylvania State University, Kansas State University, and Carnegie Mellon University. The project aims to study how the structure of metal nanoclusters impacts their...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $270,000 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The 3-year grant, effective August 1, 2024, will support research to study the properties of random graphs and networks, including computational problems and algorithms associated with such complex structures. The principal investigator will examine topics such as matchings, Hamilton cycles, and spanning trees in...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,380,218 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "DMREF: NSF-DFG: ATOMS-TO-DEVICE CLOSED-LOOP PREDICTIVE DESIGN OF ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIALS FOR QUANTUM PHOTONIC CIRCUITS" from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2029. The project aims to develop a fundamental knowledge base to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $564,997 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to Carnegie Mellon University. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: NSF: DFG: INCORPORATING DISORDER AND DEFECTS IN THE DESIGN OF FERROELECTRIC NITRIDES," aims to rigorously capture the interactions and effects of point defects and extended defects on properties in wurtzite nitrides. The research team, which includes experts from the U.S. and Germany as well as partners from the Army Research Laboratory and an industrial advisory board, seeks to bridge the gap between computational simulations and real-world ferroelectric materials to accelerate the deployment of these advanced materials for applications in communications technologies and reducing computational energy consumption. The project will run from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $565.0k | 9/12/25 |