Project Grant 2539606
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $659,445 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) collaborative research project delivers fundamental scientific research and experimental services focused on developing a universal design principle for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a CAREER grant of $390,113 to Drexel University effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This Project Grant supports the development and characterization of entropy-driven oxynitrides—advanced ceramic materials designed to function as visible-light-activated photocatalysts for generating value-added products. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded $435,983 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to fund a CAREER award titled "Unraveling Secondary Phase-Dislocation Interactions to Overcome Embrittlement in Ultrahigh-Strength Martensitic Steels Under Dynamic Loading." The five-year project, scheduled for completion by July 31,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a CAREER grant to San Diego State University Research Foundation on April 1, 2025, in the amount of $637,665 to support faculty early-career research through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award funds a five-year research initiative (completion date: March 31, 2030) focused on developing an innovative layered cooling crystallization additive...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded Dartmouth College a $530,000 CAREER grant (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences) on August 1, 2026, extending through July 31, 2031. The award funds research to establish Broadband Cryogenic Transient Dielectric Spectroscopy (BCTDS) as a quantitative platform for characterizing two-level system defects and related point defects in materials supporting semiconducting and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $493,588 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041 – Engineering) on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project delivers fundamental scientific understanding of intrinsic fracture energy in polymer networks through integrated theoretical, computational, and experimental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $525,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The award funds systematic investigation into bismuth (Bi) phase formation and structural behavior at two-dimensional (2D) material interfaces, specifically on transition metal...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $600,000 Project Grant award effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This collaborative research initiative, conducted jointly with Canadian partners through an NSF-National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) partnership, develops data-driven...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a $718,755 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Notre Dame, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This project grant supports fundamental research into the superconducting diode effect and non-reciprocal superconductivity at the atomic scale using scanned Josephson tunneling...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Colorado School of Mines received a $552,469 CAREER (Faculty Early-Career Development) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031. The award funds research to develop advanced synthesis and characterization techniques for controlling and measuring atomic-scale order and disorder in functional and...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a $379,796 CAREER grant to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (under CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) to conduct fundamental research on irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) mechanisms in stainless steel. Beginning July 15, 2026 and extending through June 30, 2031, the project will employ advanced in situ and operando X-ray imaging analysis to resolve conflicting literature regarding whether irradiation accelerates or decelerates stress corrosion cracking, isolate the effects of material defects such as dislocations and grain boundaries, and characterize localized deformation during IASCC processes. The research directly supports the design of advanced alloys with enhanced resistance to both irradiation and corrosion for next-generation nuclear reactors and aerospace turbine engines. The award includes a strong educational and outreach component, with undergraduate students receiving training in state-of-the-art lithographic sample fabrication techniques and the design of miniaturized nuclear reactor models compatible with X-ray beamline facilities. MIT will advance broader impacts through international outreach to developing countries with limited access to STEM research resources. This CAREER award reflects NSF's commitment to fundamental materials science research, aligning with the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's mission to strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise by enhancing understanding of critical scientific challenges in materials behavior under extreme environments.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $379.8k | 7/10/26 |