Project Grant 2542484
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Alabama received a $118,686 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology of India and four additional U.S. universities, focuses on developing a transformative framework for metastability engineering in refractory...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Alabama received a $190,000 collaborative research project grant awarded October 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our Future (DMREF) project aims to develop machine-learning accelerated design methodologies for creating tough, hierarchically heterogeneous ceramic composites with...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Alabama received a $582,747 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2031. This project grant funds fundamental research to establish structure-property relationships in anion exchange membranes designed to improve water electrolysis technology for hydrogen production. The research will employ modular polymer synthesis...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Professor Igor Fedin at the University of Alabama received a $500,412 CAREER grant awarded August 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Division of Chemistry, specifically the Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry (MSN) program. The primary deliverable is the development of a universal electrochemical monitoring tool designed to probe the synthesis of nanoscale materials from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Alabama received a $240,146 Project Grant award dated August 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This collaborative research initiative will develop specialized microfluidic devices designed to investigate how physical deformation affects cellular proliferation and motility in individual cells and cell...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Alabama $1.59 million under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program through the EPSCOR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) to support STEM workforce development in materials research. The award, obligated on July 15, 2025, funds three-year stipend and cost-of-education allowances for 10 graduate fellows whose research aligns with the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Alabama received a $199,814 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This award supports research to develop accurate, efficient, and stable numerical methods for solving reversible-irreversible thermodynamically consistent partial differential equations (RITC-PDEs). The project will deliver a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded $374,996 to the University of Alabama on September 1, 2025, to acquire an advanced Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) system integrated with nanoscale imaging and spectroscopic analysis capabilities. The LabRam Odyssey system combines Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Raman spectroscopy, Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS), and Tip-Enhanced Photoluminescence (TEPL) technologies to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Alabama received a $148,127 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning July 1, 2025 and concluding June 30, 2028. The award funds research focused on developing efficient and reliable algorithms for solving balanced graph cut problems, which partition collections of objects into groups based on interaction patterns. This...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Alabama received a $599,981 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (Engineering, CFDA 47.041), awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2031. This grant funds research on scalable adaptive control methodologies designed to enable safe and reliable operation of autonomous systems in dynamic and uncertain environments. The core...
The University of Alabama received a $685,101 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), awarded July 15, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2031. The award funds fundamental research investigating grain boundary segregation spectra in aluminum alloys, with specific focus on understanding how varying elemental accumulation at grain boundaries affects local structural transitions and precipitation behavior. The research addresses a critical gap in materials science by moving beyond simplified uniform segregation models to elucidate spatially heterogeneous segregation effects, thereby providing essential knowledge for controlling microstructural features and enhancing alloy performance in structural applications. Deliverables under this award include development of research findings that contribute to construction of an open-access interface database for the broader materials research community, enabling future alloy development efforts. The award integrates substantial educational components designed to introduce students to the interdisciplinary role of interfaces in materials processing, composition, microstructure, and properties, while equipping students with knowledge and competencies needed for advanced alloy development work. The research is conducted at the University of Alabama's Tuscaloosa campus and leverages the institution's Office for Sponsored Programs infrastructure to execute this complex, multidisciplinary materials science initiative.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $685.1k | 7/8/26 |