Project Grant 2522687
- 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) 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...
- 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 $393,055 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) to the University of Iowa aims to develop covalent organic framework (COF) membranes that can separate fatty acids and esters derived from vegetable oils into high-purity individual components. The research will yield fundamental insights into separating similarly-sized and shaped organic chemicals using COFs. The project will actively involve graduate, undergraduate, and high school students,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $469,833 to the University of Florida to develop two-dimensional polymer membranes with precisely engineered gas-selective nanocavities. The goal is to create an energy-efficient, cost-competitive solution for separating gas molecules in industrial applications like carbon dioxide capture and petrochemical purification. The research will focus on designing macrocycle-based membranes that...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under CFDA Program 47.041 - Engineering, awarded to The Johns Hopkins University, aims to develop a new type of zeolite membrane for efficient gas separation in chemical manufacturing. The $425,000 grant, awarded from June 2025 to May 2029, will investigate a scalable approach for synthesizing selective zeolite membranes on porous supports. The project will focus on using zeolite nanosheets as building blocks to create gas-selective...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Arizona State University a $452,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award will support research to develop scalable synthesis methods for producing ultrathin two-dimensional covalent organic framework membranes with sub-1 nm pores. These membranes show potential for molecular separations in industrial processes related to fuels,...
- 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, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering), supports collaborative research by an international team of scientists from the U.S. and Germany. The $273,999 award, granted to The Trustees of Princeton University, aims to shed new light on the interfacial layer dynamics that occur during the chromatographic separation of nanomaterials. The research team...
- 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...
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 experimentation to speed up the discovery and optimization of these membrane materials. The project aims to deliver new membrane materials and improved computer models to enable more efficient and cost-effective chemical separations, with additional benefits expected from training students in data science and providing public outreach on the research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $390.0k | 8/22/25 |