Project Grant 2522862
- Federal Grant Award Summary Drexel University received a $180,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing customizable optical materials based on MXenes—two-dimensional engineered structures designed to reflect, absorb, and guide light with precision. The project...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Washington University received a $669,000 collaborative research project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), with an award date of April 1, 2026 and completion date of March 31, 2030. This NSF-Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) collaborative research award focuses on the rational design of tunable anisotropic chalcogenides for optical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a $665,575 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2030, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with German institutions through the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program, focuses on the rational design...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $542,001 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The award supports collaborative research focused on developing customizable optical materials based on MXenes—a family of two-dimensional structures engineered to control light behavior. The project...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CFDA 47.049) to develop computational methods for simulating non-equilibrium excitonic phenomena in quantum materials. Awarded on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028, this project will deliver a novel computational framework based on real-time evolution of the two-body Green's function (2GF) that extends beyond...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) to DePaul University, provides $164,403 in funding for research on photonic topological insulators with sharp interfaces and edges. The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, supports fundamental research investigating edge states in photonic topological insulators—materials whose surfaces conduct electromagnetic waves...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin on October 1, 2025, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop MATCSSI 2.0, a cloud-integrated platform that democratizes access to advanced many-body electronic structure computational methods. The project, which extends through September 30, 2028, addresses the mathematical complexity and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Auburn University received a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 15, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award funds fundamental research investigating cross-interface polaritons in heterostructures composed of mixed-dimensional and reduced-symmetry materials. The primary research deliverables include discovery of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded UC San Diego a $643,641 Project Grant effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award supports experimental research on indirect excitons—quasi-particles formed in semiconductor heterostructures—with a focus on studying their optical, electronic, and spin-transport properties. The research will examine...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of South Carolina received a $539,895 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award supports fundamental research on hybrid well-defined stimuli-responsive materials with controllable photophysical properties. The primary deliverable is the development of synthetic methodologies and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $665,000 collaborative project grant to the University of Southern California, effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2030, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This international collaborative research project, conducted in partnership with German institutions through the NSF-Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) framework, focuses on the rational design and development of tunable anisotropic chalcogenides—a novel class of semiconductor optical materials capable of controlling light across visible to mid-infrared spectral ranges with customizable properties. The project delivers multiple integrated products and services: the discovery and characterization of new low-loss optical materials through first-principles computational modeling, density functional theory calculations, and materials informatics; synthesis of single crystals and thin films using vapor transport crystal growth and pulsed laser deposition techniques; comprehensive structural and optical property analysis utilizing X-ray, neutron, and electron-based characterization methods; and foundational research applicable to advanced photonics applications including light-based communication systems, sensors, mixed reality displays, and quantum computing photon routers. The award includes significant workforce development components, including student training, coordinated international student exchanges with German partner institutions, collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, entrepreneurship initiatives, and community engagement through an online photonics research forum.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $665.0k | 3/23/26 |