Project Grant 2531840
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities awarded $299,237 to the University of Delaware under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) for an EPSCOR Research Fellows project spanning February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2028. This award provides fellowship support for an Assistant Professor and postdoctoral training at the University of Delaware in collaboration with the University of Washington. The primary deliverable is the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $239,009 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded on April 15, 2025, with completion targeted for April 30, 2026. This grant supports fundamental research into topological phenomena in complex oxide thin films comprised of 4d and 5d transition metals, with synthesis and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $431,020 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental research investigating multielectron dynamics in matter through high-intensity laser interactions, addressing a critical gap between simplified single-electron models and collective...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Delaware $188,375 under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. Under the direction of Carsten Milsmann in the Department of Chemistry, this project grant supports the development of new synthetic routes to molecular transition metal photosensitizers based on earth-abundant Group 4 elements. The research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop heterogeneously integrated electronic-photonic AI accelerators (HIEPAA). The project, which commenced October 1, 2025 and concludes September 30, 2028, focuses on creating energy-efficient artificial intelligence hardware by integrating thin-film lithium...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded the University of Delaware a $401,476 project grant (Mathematical and Physical Sciences, CFDA 47.049) effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031. This CAREER award supports fundamental research in magnetic quantum sensing using optically active defects in monolayer semiconductor materials. The project will establish scientific principles for detecting magnetic fields at atomic length...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $400,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) with an award date of September 15, 2025, and a completion deadline of September 14, 2026. This award supports the research project "FENMO: Bio-Realistic Ferroelectric Neuron Motifs for Analog Neuromorphic Computing," conducted at the university's Newark, Delaware facility. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded $3.98 million to the University of Delaware under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a 600 megahertz (MHz) solid-state dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system. The award, obligated on August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028, supports the purchase and installation of advanced analytical instrumentation that will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $433,494 Project Grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the period of June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026. The award supports research and development of neuromorphic computing circuit primitive testbeds, advancing fundamental scientific understanding in advanced computing technologies aligned with DOE's mission to sponsor basic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026. The award supports research on "Modular Verification of Scientific Software Using Model Checking, Symbolic Execution, and Abstraction" (CS2), conducted at the university's Newark, Delaware facility. This project aligns with the Office of Science's mission to advance fundamental...
The University of Delaware received a $299,504 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), awarded May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2028. This EPSCOR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Research Fellows award supports an Assistant Professor fellowship and graduate student training focused on investigating photoinduced phase transitions in two-dimensional indium selenide materials. The project delivers fundamental research outputs through ultrafast electron microscopy analysis combined with strain engineering techniques to observe lattice rearrangements at nanometer spatial resolution and picosecond temporal resolution, conducted in collaboration with Dr. Haihua Liu at Argonne National Laboratory's Center for Nanoscale Materials. The research initiative produces both scientific and institutional capacity-building outputs. Scientific deliverables include characterization of strain-engineered phase-transition pathways, intermediate states, and atomic-scale dynamics in two-dimensional materials under external stimuli (light, heat, and strain), with applications to advancing nanophotonic device reliability and performance. Institutional outputs encompass workforce development through graduate student training, advancement of ultrafast materials characterization capabilities at the University of Delaware, student outreach activities, and development of industry partnerships to strengthen Delaware's research infrastructure and competitiveness in materials science and photonics research.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $299.5k | 4/9/26 |