Project Grant 2529884
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), supports research at Baylor University focused on creating new materials by stacking ultra-thin layers of different elements. The $447,020 award will fund the growth and characterization of high-quality single crystals of rare earth layered antimonides and tellurides, materials that exhibit emergent physical phenomena such as correlated...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research by the University of California, Berkeley to investigate unconventional superconductivity in graphene-based materials. The $303,710 award, active from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030, focuses on developing new tools to study this novel class of superconductors and elucidate the mechanisms underlying their unconventional superconducting properties. The research...
- This Project Grant award for $285,919.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Baylor University to advance the synthesis of complex semiconductor materials for clean energy applications. The project aims to develop new crystalline semiconductor compounds that can efficiently capture solar energy and convert it into chemical fuels, pushing the boundaries of materials science and accelerating the development of...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research at Louisiana State University (LSU) to develop novel semiconducting materials for thermoelectric applications. The total funding amount is $282,796 over the award period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2030. The primary objective of this project is to establish rational design principles for synthesizing novel multinary Zintl-like heteroanionic...
- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $702,284 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to Purdue University. The funding will support research on the "Thermal Stabilization of 2D and Layered Carbides through Surface Modification for Functional High-Temperature Devices." The project aims to advance the feasibility of ultra-thin next-generation nanoelectronics capable of operating in extreme environments by designing...
- This $234,696 National Science Foundation Project Grant, funded through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support research into cross-plane heat conduction in two-dimensional materials under large compressive strain. Over a two-year period from June 2022 to May 2025, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno will conduct experimental and computational studies of heat transfer across layers in three material systems - pristine MoS2, twisted MoS2, and graphite - under high...
- This $238,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research, education, and outreach activities focused on understanding the fundamental role of the coupling between electrons and lattice vibrations in materials. The project aims to develop advanced computational approaches to reveal the impact of electron-lattice interactions in complex, interacting-electron systems and explain phenomena observed in...
- This Project Grant award, titled "CAREER: REALIZING ULTRAHIGH MOBILITY SEMICONDUCTORS THROUGH LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS," is funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The $283,100 award, effective from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2030, supports research at Columbia University to leverage novel light-matter interactions to minimize carrier scattering and enable high-speed, low-resistance transport of energy and information...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $352,829 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to conduct collaborative research on manipulating the thermal properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials through interface structure and chemistry. The key research objectives are to: Understand and control thermal boundary conductance at 2D-2D and 2D-bulk material interfaces by applying extreme pressure...
- This $585,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research into charge transfer exciton dynamics at the interface between diamond and hexagonal boron nitride materials. The research team at the University of Michigan, the awardee organization, will theoretically and experimentally investigate the formation, relaxation, and transport properties of these...
This Project Grant award for $439,664 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to achieve ultra-high thermal conductivity in cubic boron arsenide (BAs) materials. The research team at the University of Houston aims to address challenges in controlling impurities, achieving reproducible doping, and growing large, uniform BAs single crystals through an innovative growth technique. This work has the potential to enable next-generation electronics with faster switching and improved heat dissipation compared to silicon. The project also integrates semiconductor education and workforce development, including hands-on student experiences, course integration, and K-12 outreach. The award period runs from August 15, 2025 to July 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $439.7k | 7/18/25 |