Project Grant 2532092
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $570,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities to study new catalysts for converting carboxylic acids into value-added chemical compounds. The 3-year project aims to develop two new classes of oxidant-controlled decarboxylation reactions that can efficiently and selectively transform abundant carboxylic acid precursors into products with applications in...
- Professor Kutateladze of the University of Denver will use a $575,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to further develop photoassisted approaches for the synthesis of complex heterocyclic molecules with potentially useful therapeutic properties. Over a three-year period from September 2023 through August 2026, his research aims to expand the synthetic photochemistry toolbox, specifically excited state intramolecular...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, is supporting Professor Rashad Karimov of Auburn University in developing new catalytic methods to synthesize complex, non-aromatic heterocyclic molecules commonly found in medicines and natural products. The $590,557 award, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, aims to improve the synthesis of these important molecular structures by...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing a $600,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a 4-year research project led by Professor Alexander Radosevich. The project aims to develop inexpensive, earth-abundant chemical catalysts capable of enabling novel bond-making and bond-breaking reactions. Specific research areas include using proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) to activate C-H...
- Through a $497,704 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Chemical Catalysis program (CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences), Professor Ming-Yu Ngai of Purdue University is conducting research to develop new sustainable catalytic processes leveraging first-row transition metals. The project aims to expand understanding of radical migration mechanisms and enable site- and stereoselective functionalization of carbohydrates and other small molecule building blocks....
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $221,000 to Professor Karl Scheidt of Northwestern University to develop new catalytic transformations for accessing saturated heterocycles through August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. The funding supports research aiming to facilitate access to chiral heterocyclic compounds through new bond-forming reactions, enabling the efficient and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a research project at Marshall University focused on developing renewable and recyclable catalysts. Professors Moteki and Day are studying the use of chirality-directed self-assembly as a core technology to create more practical and economical approaches to catalyst recycling. The $568,797 in funding provided over the award period from August 1, 2025 to July 31,...
- This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Division of Chemistry under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research effort focused on developing innovative catalysts for recycling carbon dioxide using photocatalytic processes. The $199,920 award, which runs from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, involves researchers from the University of New Hampshire, Boston College, and Stony Brook University. The...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) is supporting Professor Dmitry Peryshkov at the University of South Carolina to develop metal-free reagents and catalysts for the functionalization of organic compounds. The $508,998 award, running from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028, will focus on designing ambiphilic phosphines decorated with boron cluster groups to mimic the behavior of transition metal catalysts....
- The University of Michigan received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to develop new recyclable catalysts for asymmetric organic synthesis. Under this award, Professor Pavel Nagorny and his research group will design and synthesize polystyrene-based chiral Brønsted acid catalysts that can be reused to promote chemical reactions resulting in enantiomerically enriched (chiral) molecular...
This Project Grant award of $249,930.00 from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the research of Professor Alex Davies and students at Western Michigan University. The project aims to develop new multifunctional catalysts for radical decarboxylative functionalizations, which can enable more efficient and cost-effective synthesis of complex molecules from renewable carboxylic acid building blocks. The research will investigate an organic photocatalyst capable of activating carboxylic acids, generating radical intermediates, and facilitating cross-coupling reactions in a single, streamlined process. In addition to advancing this catalysis technology, the project will provide hands-on research experience for underrepresented students and integrate the work into the university's curriculum through a course-based undergraduate research program focused on making photochemistry more accessible.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $249.9k | 8/26/25 |