Project Grant 2539860
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms-B and Chemical Catalysis federal Project Grant, awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $262,012 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop a fundamental understanding of how catalyst structure and properties impact the performance of catalytic systems for the hydrogenation of polar carbonyl bonds. The goal is to advance the...
- This Project Grant award of $560,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the work of C. Adrian Figg of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The research aims to develop methods for precisely placing chemical groups within polymer chains to better understand the relationship between polymer structure and material properties. This will involve using light-activated catalysts to control the...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $525,000 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University for a research project titled "Exploiting Spin in Photo-Induced Chemistry: Fundamental Explorations of High-Spin and Low-Spin Transition Metals in Long-Lived Charge Separated States and Oxidative Catalysis." Professors Amanda Morris and Gordon Yee will explore the...
- The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) will receive $312,500 from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to expand the capabilities of the open-source Chronus Quantum software platform. The project will develop new computational methods in Chronus Quantum to simulate chemical processes exhibiting quantum behavior, including time-resolved spectroscopy capabilities to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $447,870 Project Grant to Lehigh University for a 3-year research project titled "Untangling Photoreactivity of Oxide Nanoparticles." The project, funded under NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will use computational modeling methods to study the photophysical and photochemical properties of titanium dioxide nanoparticles. The research aims to build systematic nanotitania models to...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $480,528 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research on July 1, 2021 to support fundamental investigations into metal-organic framework redox-hopping charge transport. The award will fund research through June 30, 2024 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the Nation's...
- This $360,000 National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry project grant supports the Students Transforming Energy and Environmental Research (STEER) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2026. The grant delivers collaborative research experiences for 10 undergraduate students per summer for three years to pursue projects emphasizing energy and the environment within the Mathematical and...
- Professor Kutateladze of the University of Denver will use a $575,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to further develop photoassisted approaches for the synthesis of complex heterocyclic molecules with potentially useful therapeutic properties. Over a three-year period from September 2023 through August 2026, his research aims to expand the synthetic photochemistry toolbox, specifically excited state intramolecular...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $249,988 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new photocatalysts for green oxidation processes. Professor Shabnam Hematian and her research team will study catalytic processes using light and oxygen to generate value-added chemicals from hydrocarbons. Specifically, the team will develop oxo-bridged heterobinuclear systems containing different metal...
- This $462,226 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry will support Professor Rory Waterman of the University of Vermont in studying more efficient ways to form chemical bonds using metal compounds activated by light, a process called photocatalysis. The key objectives are to investigate a new photocatalysis phenomenon discovered in Prof. Waterman's group, develop photocatalytic approaches to forming carbon-element bonds (e.g. phosphorus,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $198,641 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The purpose of this 4-year grant is to support the development of a new class of photocatalysts that can selectively oxidize inexpensive raw materials into value-added chemicals using light energy and ambient oxygen as sustainable reagents. The research aims to control the photochemical outcomes and reaction selectivity by modulating the energy of the light source. This work has the potential to enable faster and more tunable chemical reactions relevant for pharmaceutical and fine chemical synthesis. The grant will also provide interdisciplinary training in photochemistry, synthesis, spectroscopy, redox processes, and kinetics for scientists at all levels, as well as engagement opportunities for high school, community college, and undergraduate/graduate students to promote interest and retention in the chemistry field.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $198.6k | 8/27/25 |