Project Grant 2534516
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University, effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This collaborative research initiative focuses on elucidating the structure and function of direct delivery peptides—a novel class of molecules capable of transporting cargo across cell membranes with greater...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Oregon State University received a $200,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029. This collaborative research project focuses on elucidating the structure and function of direct delivery peptides—a novel class of molecules capable of crossing cell membranes and delivering therapeutic cargo with...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded $750,000 through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Tulane University to develop improved density functional theory (DFT) approximations. Under this project grant effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, Principal Investigators Adrienn Ruzsinszky, John P. Perdew, and Jianwei Sun will advance DFT methods across the third, fourth, and fifth rungs of the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research is funding a three-year research initiative at the University of California, Merced, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) with an obligation of $418,423. Awarded on September 1, 2025, this project establishes a new synthetic route for fabricating mesoporous peptide crystals derived from synthetically modified collagen-mimetic peptides. The research will demonstrate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Funding Agency and Program: National Science Foundation, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) Award Details: Tulane University received a collaborative research project grant of $270,855 awarded April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2029. Products and Services: This collaborative research project will develop improved catalyst designs for selective hydrodeoxygenation of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded a $689,250 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of South Florida, with an award date of September 1, 2025, and a completion date of August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, led by Dr. Merkler at the University of South Florida with co-investigators Dr. Dempsey at Boston University and Dr. Richards at the Foundation for Applied...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $307,000 Project Grant to the University of Nevada, Reno (Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education) effective May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2030, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). The primary deliverable is the engineering and design of multifunctional Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases (TIMPs)—protein inhibitors capable of simultaneously targeting...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program provides $451,460 to Emory University to conduct collaborative research on the computational design of peptide-based filamentous nanomaterials. The project, led by researchers from Emory University and the University of Illinois Chicago, aims to develop a general scientific approach to computation-guided design of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), a $250,000 collaborative research project grant was awarded on September 1, 2025, to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in partnership with Bowling Green State University. The research, supported by the Division of Chemistry's Chemical Mechanism, Function, and Properties Program, focuses on developing chemomechanical transduction technologies that convert molecular...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a collaborative research Project Grant totaling $305,983 (Award Date: September 1, 2025; Completion Date: August 31, 2029) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Massachusetts to investigate sequence-driven assembly in polyelectrolyte/surfactant complex coacervates. The research delivers fundamental scientific knowledge on how sequence-controlled...
Funding Agency & Program: National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Award Details: Tulane University received a $275,000 project grant effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029, to conduct collaborative research on the structure and function of direct delivery peptides. This research addresses a critical challenge in drug delivery: enabling molecules to cross cell membranes efficiently without being trapped in intracellular compartments. The project investigates a newly discovered class of peptides that can penetrate cell membranes directly and deliver cargo molecules with superior efficiency compared to classical cell-penetrating peptides. The research team develops laboratory membrane systems that mimic natural cell membranes to study peptide-lipid interactions and determine the fundamental mechanisms underlying direct membrane crossing. The deliverables encompass both research outputs and educational components. The primary research product involves systematic characterization of peptide membrane interaction mechanisms and the development of design principles for engineering new drug-delivery molecules. Secondary deliverables include training of undergraduate and graduate students in interdisciplinary research methodologies, peer-reviewed publications documenting research findings, and outreach activities introducing students to cell membrane science and biomaterials. These integrated research and education outcomes align with the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's emphasis on advancing fundamental knowledge while strengthening the scientific workforce.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $275.0k | 3/26/26 |