Project Grant 2542045
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded $330,000 to the University of Maryland, College Park, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a collaborative research project running from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The project develops an autonomous experimental framework that enables machine learning (ML) agents to coordinate multiple laboratory instruments—including scanning probe...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) awarded a CAREER grant of $548,927 to The Washington University in University City, Missouri, effective April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2031. This project grant funds integrated research and education activities centered on engineering bichromatic moiré superlattices through the controlled stacking of atomically thin...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $444,647 Project Grant award 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 scheduled for August 31, 2028. This award supports experimental research investigating emergent high-field behavior in actinide quantum materials, specifically uranium ditelluride. The research focuses on...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $300,000 project grant awarded August 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This Exploratory Research (EAGER) award supports fundamental research into scalable synthesis methodologies for nanotwinned metals and alloys—advanced materials that combine exceptional strength with formability and ductility. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Florida State University's Sponsored Research Administration division received a $360,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences program) awarded June 1, 2026, with completion anticipated by May 31, 2031. The award supports fundamental research into electronic and optical phenomena in moiré materials—layered structures...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded $599,462 to Stony Brook University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct fundamental research on electrostrictive ceramic materials. The project, initiated July 1, 2025 and extending through June 30, 2029, delivers advanced characterization and atomic-level understanding of dynamic elastic dipoles in non-classical electrostrictors, with a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a CAREER grant totaling $798,732 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on September 1, 2025, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award supports a five-year research project through August 31, 2030, focused on developing an analog quantum simulation platform using superconducting fluxonium qubits to investigate quantum many-body phenomena. The research will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a CAREER grant totaling $264,141 to the University of Colorado Boulder effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. This project grant supports fundamental research investigating the mechanical properties of ultrathin polymer films using recently developed analytical techniques. The principal investigator will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the University of Maryland, College Park received a $570,000 Project Grant awarded January 1, 2026, with completion anticipated by December 31, 2028. Professor Yuhuang Wang is developing innovative chemical strategies for synthesizing and precisely placing organic color-centers on single-walled carbon nanotubes using programmable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), the National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to the University of California, Berkeley to support a five-year research project (March 15, 2025 – February 28, 2030) led by Professor Hendrik Utzat. This CAREER award, administered through the Chemical Structure and Dynamics program in the Division of Chemistry, delivers fundamental research and development services focused on...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded $425,696 to the University of Maryland, College Park under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a five-year CAREER grant spanning July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The project delivers fundamental research investigating ferroelectric polarization oscillations in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals dihalide materials through advanced near-field optical techniques operating at terahertz frequencies. Research products include experimental characterization of ferrons (coherent electric polarization oscillations) in transition metal dihalides, enhanced understanding of ferroelectricity mechanisms in 2D materials, and methodological advances in nanophotonic investigation techniques that enable sub-wavelength resolution studies of atomically thin materials. Beyond core research deliverables, the award supports educational and workforce development products including a scientific communication workshop designed to enhance researchers' ability to present emerging scientific findings to diverse audiences. This integrated research and education approach advances fundamental knowledge applicable to emergent technologies in photonics and quantum computing while building human capital in quantum science—priorities aligned with the NSF's emphasis on strengthening the nation's scientific enterprise through both intellectual merit and broader impacts.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $425.7k | 3/26/26 |