Project Grant 2544622
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $500,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031. The project will deliver fundamental research and development of nature-inspired, three-dimensionally architected photonic surfaces designed to nondestructively map structural properties of fibrous tissue through...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $600,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2030. This CAREER award funds a comprehensive research initiative investigating X-chromosome inactivation dynamics in myofibroblasts using engineered hydrogels to understand sex-specific...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a CAREER grant to San Diego State University Research Foundation on April 1, 2025, in the amount of $637,665 to support faculty early-career research through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award funds a five-year research initiative (completion date: March 31, 2030) focused on developing an innovative layered cooling crystallization additive...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $574,808 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2030. This CAREER award supports fundamental research to understand and control cellular heterogeneity in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell populations through advanced...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Funding Agency & Program: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Engineering Education and Centers, Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Award Details: San Francisco State University received a $650,000 Project Grant (CAREER award) effective August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2030. Products and Services: This project delivers research, educational resources, and faculty development services focused on improving engineering...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Details: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded $179,471.00 to Trustees of Tufts College on November 15, 2025, with a completion date of October 31, 2026. This CAREER award supports fundamental research on active fluids—self-propelling particle suspensions that convert local energy sources into locomotion. Products and Services: The primary deliverables include: (1) a comprehensive computational...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $487,634 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) effective December 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award funds fundamental research into nanoscale interactions between stimuli-responsive nanoparticles and enzymes. The principal deliverables include the development of enzyme-sensitive...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $220,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) under the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program, awarded December 15, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2027. The funded research will develop innovative approaches to engineer instructive microenvironments (niches) that guide individual stem cells toward precise regeneration of damaged tissues. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded the University of New Hampshire a $635,061 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. The award supports fundamental research to advance understanding of how soft elastic materials containing internal fluids behave under mechanical stress. The primary deliverable is a predictive theoretical and computational...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $330,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops a quantitative framework connecting particle-level cohesion to the macroscopic flow and rheology of immersed granular...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded a $500,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara on August 15, 2026, with a completion date of July 31, 2031. This project grant, issued under CFDA 47.041 (Engineering), funds fundamental research into solute and particle transport mechanisms within granular microgels—three-dimensional hydrogel particle systems with potential applications in cancer research and cell culture modeling. The research will employ both experimental methodologies and computational modeling to elucidate transport phenomena in these multiscale poroelastic substrates, addressing current limitations in oxygen and nutrient delivery that constrain long-term cell studies in engineered culture environments. Beyond its research objectives, this CAREER award integrates workforce development and educational outreach components. The project will engage high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in the research program, contributing to the development of a skilled biotechnology workforce. Additionally, the award supports outreach initiatives spanning from activities designed to cultivate scientific curiosity in children through structured educational programs for high school students. These educational and engagement components align with NSF Engineering's broader mission to advance innovation and excellence in engineering research while strengthening the nation's technical capabilities in biotechnology and biomedical engineering.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $500.0k | 7/15/26 |