Project Grant 2553642
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBETS) awarded $420,000 to the University of California Santa Cruz under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a three-year project period beginning August 1, 2025 and concluding July 31, 2028. The project will develop photodynamic bactericidal agents based on single-atom photocatalysts (SAPs) to address waterborne pathogen contamination and provide a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $709,645 CAREER grant (CFDA 47.041 Engineering program) to the University of Massachusetts Amherst on May 1, 2026, with a completion date of April 30, 2031. This project grant funds fundamental research and development of UV-emitting glass (UEG) technology to prevent bacterial biofilm attachment on wet surfaces. The primary deliverables include...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded $550,000 to the University of Colorado on July 1, 2025, for a five-year CAREER project (completion date: June 30, 2030) focused on developing innovative pressure-driven distillation technology for advanced water treatment. The project will deliver research and development of high-performance water treatment membranes with tailored surface structures designed to facilitate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $349,600 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This award funds research investigating the impact of halogenating agents—specifically chlorine dioxide (Cl₂), hypochlorous acid (Cl₂O), bromine chloride (BrCl), hypobromous acid (BrOCl), and bromine...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $296,561 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029. This collaborative research project will develop a mechanistic and predictive framework linking microscale biofilm-pipe interface processes to disinfectant decay rates,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of South Florida received a $448,380 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 15, 2025 through June 30, 2028. This research initiative aims to redesign activated carbon block (ACB) point-of-use (POU) water filters through investigation of water quality tradeoffs, filter performance mechanisms, and consumer...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative will develop a mechanistic and predictive framework that links microscale biofilm-pipe interface processes to disinfectant decay rates and localized corrosion in drinking...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California at Riverside received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded May 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2028. This GOALI (Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry) project, conducted in partnership with the Orange County Water District, will develop and investigate the Short-wavelength UV-driven water photolysis (SHARP) process for destruction of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Stevens Institute of Technology received a $245,018 collaborative research project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) awarded on November 15, 2025, with completion targeted by January 31, 2028. This project will deliver research products addressing disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation in drinking water treatment. The primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Colorado received a $597,676 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The project will develop analytical methods and tools to detect and track modified oligonucleotides—short strands of genetic material used in emerging therapeutic...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded the University of Colorado a $435,320 Project Grant (CFDA 47.041, Engineering program) effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2029, to develop integrated ultraviolet (UV) and antimicrobial blue light (ABL) water disinfection technologies. This collaborative research project, conducted in partnership with Tel Aviv University, will deliver scientific research and technical analysis focused on optimizing combined UV and ABL wavelengths to inactivate viruses and bacteria across varying water quality conditions without chemical additives such as chlorine. The primary deliverables include identification of optimal UV and ABL wavelength combinations for microbial inactivation, evaluation of integrated disinfection effectiveness in decentralized water infrastructure systems (household storage tanks, community water tanks, rainwater harvesting systems, and piped distribution), and development of chemical-free water treatment methodologies that address limitations of UV-only systems by leveraging ABL's capacity to generate reactive oxygen species for permanent pathogen inactivation. The research will advance water quality and safety outcomes for point-of-use and decentralized water treatment applications where existing chlorine-based disinfection presents operational or chemical residual concerns.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $435.3k | 5/28/26 |