Project Grant 2538696
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Materials Research, awarded $665,575 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research extending through March 31, 2030. This collaborative U.S.-Germany project delivers research and development services focused on the rational design and synthesis of tunable anisotropic chalcogenides—a new class of low-loss...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $412,542 collaborative research project grant awarded October 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This Designing Materials to Revolutionize Our Future (DMREF) award funds a four-year interdisciplinary research initiative (through September 30, 2029) to develop advanced negative photoresists for extreme...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Iowa received a $583,391 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative will develop and characterize bismide semiconductor materials—a new class of compound semiconductors that incorporate bismuth as a partial replacement for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a $204,775 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing a transformative framework for metastability engineering in refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAs)—a relatively new class of metallic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin - Madison received a $299,657 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the project titled "Semiconductor Materials for Bidirectional Optical Control of Thermal Emission and Infrared Transmission." The three-year award, effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029, supports fundamental research in advanced semiconductor materials...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded $980,000 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on moire-engineered oxide membrane heterostructures. This four-year project, initiated October 1, 2025, and concluding September 30, 2029, delivers fundamental scientific research combining advanced characterization techniques, theoretical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin–Madison received a $129,006 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award funds the development of infrastructure and a web-based platform designed to automate the extraction of materials data from scientific literature using large language...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $625,685 Project Grant, awarded September 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports fundamental research on intermetallic compounds and the discovery of new solid-state materials with emergent properties. The award funds Professor Fredrickson's research group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to develop scientific principles connecting...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $299,669 Project Grant awarded on May 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds research in Wasserstein-guided nonparametric Bayesian methods, with completion targeted for June 30, 2027. The project develops new statistical methodology enabling flexible departures from traditional generative...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin - Madison received a $875,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2027. The award supports fundamental scientific research focused on understanding and enhancing the photophysics of singlet fission films interfaced with silicon. This research advances basic science in materials and energy-related processes, aligning with the...
The University of Wisconsin - Madison received a $153,495 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing bismide compound semiconductors as efficient optical materials for midwave infrared (3-4 micrometer) applications. The research team will grow, characterize, and simulate layered bismide structures intended for novel light emitters and detectors that currently cannot be effectively produced using conventional compound semiconductors. The project deliverables include fabricated bismide material samples with demonstrated optical properties in the target infrared spectrum, characterization data on material performance, computational simulation tools for bismide design and optimization to be released as open-source software, and technical innovations enabling eye-safe remote sensing for consumer electronics, light detection and ranging systems for autonomous vehicles, and precision laser-based surgical applications. Additionally, the award supports workforce development through student training across all academic levels in advanced semiconductor materials and device engineering.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $153.5k | 6/24/26 |