Project Grant 2541697
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University received a $316,536 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) for the period April 1, 2026 through February 29, 2028. This project advances fundamental science in integrating carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and conversion into a single unit membrane-based process. The primary deliverable...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $533,612 Project Grant awarded August 15, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. This award funds research to establish structure-activity relationships in disordered (oxy)hydroxide electrocatalysts for hydrogen generation through water-splitting applications. The project combines experimental and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University received a $500,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. The project, titled "FLEX-MEG: Flexible Quantum MEG with Physics-Aware Compressed Sensing for Scalable, Real-Time Neural Imaging," will develop wearable brain-imaging technology...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University received a $236,075 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), with performance commencing December 1, 2025 and concluding November 30, 2026. This collaborative research project, led by researchers Casey O'Brien and William Schneider, delivers fundamental scientific research and educational services focused on clarifying the mechanisms by...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant of $691,938 to The University of Mississippi, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This award supports fundamental research into nanoporous metal electrodes for advanced electrocatalysis, with emphasis on hydrogen production and carbon...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Houston System received a $549,771 CAREER Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041) awarded June 1, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2030. This research initiative focuses on developing pore-free metal-carbon mixed ionic-electronic conductor (C-MIEC) interlayers to address corrosion challenges in solid-state lithium metal batteries for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University System received a $294,605 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning September 1, 2025 and concluding August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, led by Professor Hans Lischka at Texas Tech University in partnership with Professor Miklos Kertesz at Georgetown University, develops and applies high-level computational...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded $509,627 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York on December 1, 2025, through a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant focused on predictive design and control of electrode/electrolyte interfaces for improved electrocatalysis. The project, administered by the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, will generate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $635,530 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded June 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2030. This CAREER award funds research on breaking chemical scaling relations to enable efficient catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into higher-value fuels and chemicals using electrochemical cells powered by renewable energy sources. The project combines...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $191,000 Project Grant through its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), a Hispanic-serving and minority-serving institution. This 2-year EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) grant aims to establish an atomic-scale understanding of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanocrystal catalysts through in-situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)...
Texas Tech University is developing computational methods and machine-learning models to understand metal degradation mechanisms in water electrolysis electrocatalysts under a $613,347 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 Engineering program). The primary deliverables include predictive computational frameworks using artificial intelligence and electronic structure simulations to model oxygen evolution reaction pathways and surface corrosion processes in acidic environments. These research outputs will enable the design of longer-lasting, earth-abundant electrocatalyst materials to replace expensive and scarce metals currently used in water-splitting technologies, thereby reducing hydrogen production costs and supporting sustainable energy development. Beyond the core research products, the award includes educational and workforce development components targeting undergraduate research opportunities and computational materials design training, with particular emphasis on expanding participation in West Texas rural communities. The project period extends from the March 15, 2026 award date through February 28, 2031, positioning the research to contribute to U.S. energy security, advanced manufacturing capabilities, and economic competitiveness through the advancement of affordable clean hydrogen production technologies.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $613.3k | 4/8/26 |