Project Grant 2532874
- This $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical research and education to examine superconductivity in the strong coupling regime. The principal investigator and graduate students will focus on several fundamental issues related to quantum-critical metals, including understanding the competition between fermionic incoherence and Cooper pairing, the emergence of dynamical vortices, and the...
- This federal Project Grant award, titled "CAREER: ATOMIC-SCALE JOSEPHSON SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING OF UNCONVENTIONAL AND NON-RECIPROCAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY", is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) grant program. The $718,755 award, commencing on September 1, 2025 and running through August 31, 2030, supports research at the University of Notre Dame investigating superconducting materials that exhibit non-reciprocal...
- This $746,200 Project Grant was awarded on September 1, 2025 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of South Carolina. The project aims to experimentally investigate the physical properties of unconventional superconductors to expose new phases and identify signatures of superconducting pairing symmetries. The research team will utilize second harmonic generation, a nonlinear optical measurement method highly...
- This $160,196 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports the computational investigation of nonlinear plasma physics phenomena at Hope College. The research, led by Dr. Williams, will focus on two key contexts: (1) improving the understanding of mathematical models describing dynamical processes in stellar interiors, atmospheres, and nuclear fusion devices, and (2) using computational tools to better understand...
- This $279,918 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research at the University of Florida (UF) on the physics of strongly correlated electron systems, including cuprate and iron-based superconductors. The key research aims are to explore how disorder and impurities impact the emergence of novel electronic phases and superconductivity in these quantum materials. Specific projects...
- This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study superconductivity in two-dimensional (2D) materials. The key objectives are to investigate 1) kinetic inductance and pairing symmetries in "moiré" superconductors, 2) quasiparticle dynamics in 2D superconductors, 3) quasiparticle blocking using tunable 2D...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $255,938 Project Grant to Metox International, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant aims to develop technology for the next generation of high-temperature superconducting wire production that will increase the throughput and quality of power transmission. The research focuses on improving the conversion efficiency of precursor material into high-temperature...
- This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will fund research and education focused on the study of novel materials with strong interactions between particles. The research aims to develop new theoretical tools to better understand and predict the unusual behaviors of strongly interacting metals, which exhibit phenomena like high-temperature superconductivity that challenge current theories....
- This Project Grant award of $249,889 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at the University of Wyoming on developing and characterizing new types of superconducting materials with unique spin-symmetric pairing properties. The goal is to explore methods for stabilizing exotic spin-symmetric superconducting states, which could enable applications in spin transport, quantum memory, and topological quantum...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $720,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research using ultrafast optical and electron probes to investigate the highly unconventional phase diagram of a new class of superconducting transition-metal kagome compounds. Specifically, the grant will support experiments using static and time-resolved Kerr rotation microscopy to...
The federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports research to enhance the critical current of high-temperature superconductors using ion-beam-induced defects. The project, led by Hope College, will conduct a systematic investigation to find optimal conditions for maximizing the critical current of various high-temperature superconductors, including YBCO-1237, BSCCO-2212, and TBCCO-2212, through the use of proton and helium ion beam irradiations. The research will also examine long-term irradiation damage issues in compact tokamak nuclear fusion reactors. The award period is from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2027, and the project involves hands-on research training for undergraduate students at Hope College.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 8/18/25 |