Project Grant 2539617
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $284,914 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 15, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2031. This project grant supports fundamental research into strain-tuning mechanisms of unconventional and topological superconductors, with the primary objective of advancing understanding of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received $206,550 in funding under a CAREER (Faculty Early-Career Development Program) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2027. This Project Grant supports theoretical research and educational initiatives focused on nonequilibrium quantum dynamics in many-body quantum systems. The research component develops theoretical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $541,324 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. This award funds fundamental research on flow-induced crystallization (FIC) of semicrystalline polymers, specifically investigating how controlled shear flow applied to molten polymers accelerates nucleation and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $625,090 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. This research project investigates mechanical memory storage in amorphous solids—disordered materials including glass, sand, soil, and concentrated emulsions that do not reach equilibrium and whose properties depend on their...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a collaborative project grant of $408,933 to The Pennsylvania State University, with a performance period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This research initiative develops a predictive framework for controlling order-disorder phenomena in mixed-chalcogen semiconductors through integrated computer modeling,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) awarded on September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. This award supports mathematical analysis and computational research on singular and ill-posed problems arising in continuum mechanics, with direct applications to fluid mechanics and elasticity phenomena. The project delivers fundamental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $416,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded September 15, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. The award supports theoretical and computational research to advance fundamental understanding of anyons—exotic particles that exhibit properties intermediate between fermions and bosons—within...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received a $699,570 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. This project delivers fundamental research aimed at understanding creep deformation mechanisms in disordered materials such as sand, toothpaste, and mud through novel experimental methods and theoretical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant of $618,863 to The Pennsylvania State University, with an award date of July 1, 2025, and a project completion date of June 30, 2030. Under this Engineering program grant (CFDA 47.041), Penn State will develop an interdisciplinary research framework to improve the structural resilience and recovery of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. This collaborative research award, conducted in partnership with the Binational Science Foundation (BSF) and involving researchers based in the United States and Israel, supports fundamental...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $388,868 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded July 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2031. The award funds fundamental research into dislocation ensemble evolution in polycrystalline metallic alloys during plastic deformation. Primary research deliverables include advanced characterization of material defect organization across nanoscale and microscale length scales using next-generation synchrotron X-ray light sources and machine learning techniques to elucidate damage initiation mechanisms—critical for high-performance applications in aerospace propulsion, space travel, and nuclear power generation. In addition to core research outputs, the award supports translational and educational components. Penn State will partner with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Dutton Institute to develop and deploy measurement guidelines for synchrotron X-ray characterization techniques intended for industry adoption. The project includes development of instructional materials and online educational resources to train a global workforce of graduate students and professionals in X-ray characterization methodologies, with training workshops to be hosted at synchrotron users' meetings. These combined research, industry translation, and workforce development activities position the award to advance both fundamental materials science understanding and practical deployment of U.S. synchrotron research capabilities.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $388.9k | 7/1/26 |