Project Grant 2532763
- This Project Grant award of $600,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Dr. Read de Alaniz of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop new photoresponsive molecular materials that change shape, color, and properties when exposed to visible light. The goal is to create water-compatible and stable "photoswitches" that can enable self-healing and actuation in solid materials,...
- This $519,028 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA #47.049) program supports research by Professor Jayaraman Sivaguru and his team at Bowling Green State University. The goal is to discover new and productive photochemical pathways that can enable sustainable chemical synthesis. The research aims to (i) uncover novel photochemical reactivity, (ii) employ modern photochemical tools to develop knowledge about excited state...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports a collaborative research effort between Professor Michael Kienzler at the University of Connecticut and Professor Steven Lopez at Northeastern University. The $271,019 award over the period of September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028 is focused on studying the reactivity of molecular photoswitches by leveraging ring strain to enhance their photoswitching...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) is supporting a collaborative research project between Professor Michael Kienzler at the University of Connecticut and Professor Steven Lopez at Northeastern University. The researchers are studying the reactivity of molecular photoswitches and how ring strain can be used to control and enhance their photoswitching functions. The $260,096 project aims to develop cyclized...
- This $229,307 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support research into developing new classes of molecules that can undergo the exchange of protons in response to light. Specifically, Principal Investigator Kana Takematsu of Bowdoin College will utilize Schiff base chemistry to design and study photo-acids and photo-bases with the goal of controlling proton donation and abstraction temporally and spatially via light. Three aims are...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $249,999 to Rowan University to support research on the development of photocatalytic conditions to generate cyclic compounds, heterocycles, and desulfonylation methods using aryl tosylates. The goal is to provide fundamental knowledge on visible-light-mediated, single-electron-transfer methods and resulting divergent mechanisms dependent upon photocatalyst selection....
- This $539,895 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program supports research to develop well-defined, stimuli-responsive materials with fast and reversible photophysical properties. The 3-year project, running from 09/01/2025 to 08/31/2028, aims to advance fundamental understanding of synthesis approaches that enable orthogonal or cooperative control over material properties in response to...
- Bowling Green State University received a $511,404 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to conduct femtosecond time-resolved studies of the first 200 femtoseconds of photochemical and photophysical relaxation dynamics in the gas and liquid phases. The award period is from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The studies will be conducted under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these...
- 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 $510,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences) program provides funding to Dr. Jia Sheng and Dr. Ting Wang at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) to develop novel photoswitchable nucleotide building blocks and incorporate them into RNA oligonucleotides to control their structures and functions. The research aims to create light-responsive RNA molecules that can serve as photoswitchable regulators...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports fundamental investigations by Professor Julie A. Peterson and her students at Bowling Green State University on an underexplored photoswitch that undergoes reversible isomerization using visible light in aqueous systems. The $250,000 award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2027, will enable Professor Peterson and her team to conduct mechanistic studies on the on-target and off-target reactivities of Stenhouse salts, which display negative photochromism upon excitation with visible light. The research aims to establish design principles for new Stenhouse salt derivatives with highly controlled reactivities, which could lead to the development of light-responsive drug delivery systems. In addition, the project will increase undergraduate engagement through the creation of a lab on photoswitches and develop STEM-based outreach events at community centers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 8/22/25 |