Project Grant 2522686
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $390,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Leland Stanford Junior University. The goal of this 4-year award is to develop new organic-inorganic hybrid membrane materials that can effectively separate chemical mixtures, with a focus on separating paraffins and olefins - molecules critical for producing fuels and plastics. The research team will combine advanced data science and high-throughput physical...
- This three-year, $305,224 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop multi-functional 3D composite responsive separation membranes with advanced materials and innovative manufacturing techniques. Funded through NSF's Engineering Directorate under the CFDA 47.041 Engineering program, the research aims to enable the Nation's innovation, creativity, and excellence in engineering research. Specifically, the grant will fund...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $414,710 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to the University of Miami to establish a controlled fabrication process for morphology-controlled carbon molecular sieve membranes. This research aims to develop high-performance membranes for gas separation applications in energy industries, including oil/gas facilities, petrochemical production, and power generation. The project will focus on improving membrane selectivity,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $737,310 to the University of Massachusetts to develop advanced synthetic membranes that can selectively separate specific molecules. The project aims to create membranes that mimic the selectivity and efficiency of biological membranes, without relying on toxic manufacturing processes. The research will combine materials synthesis, molecular simulation, and machine learning to design novel...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $219,996 Project Grant to the University of Florida to develop new fundamental knowledge of membrane structures and performance. The project, which runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, will utilize synthetic chemistry, polymer science, and advanced characterization techniques to design and study "doubly segmented ionenes," a new type of polymer membrane...
- This federal Project Grant award of $375,299, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, supports research to advance the understanding of nanostructure, ion affinity, and mobility in polymer membranes. The research aims to enable the design of improved polymer membranes for sustainable applications such as reverse osmosis water purification, chemical flow batteries, and lithium recovery....
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with the CFDA number 47.070, is focused on developing new machine learning tools to rapidly predict structure-performance relationships for nanoporous materials. The $500,000 award, granted from Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2027, aims to accelerate the discovery of nanoporous materials for applications in clean energy and sustainability, such as gas storage, membrane...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to support research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The award will fund the development of novel classes of organized nanoscale biomolecular materials for controlled molecular transport. Specifically, the grantee will synthesize and study biomolecular magnetic organic...
- This $199,994 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to develop a new scalable process for creating nanoporous polymeric membranes with tunable porosity and surface functionality. The project, titled "Controlling the Hierarchical Porosity and Surface-Functionalized Nanostructure of Polyethylene Using Amphiphilic Additives", will be conducted by the Stevens Institute of Technology over a 2-year period...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $599,999.00 in funding to the University of Florida (UF) to develop design principles for creating more robust and efficient gas separation membranes. The project aims to investigate how the molecular structure and dynamics of "polymers of intrinsic microporosity" (PIMs) can be leveraged to improve the performance and longevity of gas separation membranes, which are critical...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop new membrane materials capable of separating chemical mixtures at lower cost and energy usage. The research team will combine advanced data science with laboratory experiments to discover organic-inorganic hybrid membrane materials optimized for separating paraffin and olefin liquid mixtures, which are critical for the chemical industry. The project aims to produce both new membrane materials and improved computer programs for accelerating materials discovery, with additional benefits from training students in data science, undergraduate research, and public outreach. The award period is from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 8/22/25 |