Project Grant 2554723
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $420,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University (Award Date: September 1, 2025; Completion Date: August 31, 2028) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This research grant supports theoretical investigations into low-energy nuclear physics, focusing on improved quantitative understanding of the strong interaction responsible for binding protons and neutrons...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences) awarded The Ohio State University $149,997 in project grant funding effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2029. This project addresses fundamental research in non-abelian additive combinatorics, specifically investigating how subsets of symmetry groups behave when their elements are multiplied together. The research will develop new...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded The Ohio State University a project grant of $247,797 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award funds fundamental research investigating how geometric confinement and interfacial shear induce polar order and reconfigurable dipole lattices in apolar nematic liquid crystals (LCs). The research combines...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded The Ohio State University a collaborative project grant of $199,758 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance research in higher-dimensional holomorphic dynamics. The award, effective August 15, 2025, through July 31, 2028, is jointly funded through a Memorandum of Understanding between the NSF and the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Ohio State University received $157,021 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a project grant awarded January 1, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2028. The project delivers quantitative mathematical analysis and modeling of high-contrast composite materials—substances with significant spatial variations in electrical and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Kent State University received a $369,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award supports theoretical research and education focused on advancing understanding of nonlinear quantum effects in disordered interacting electronic systems. The research deliverables include developing a...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), provides $284,000 to The Ohio State University from August 15, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The award will support research into non-perturbative analysis of physical and mathematical models, with a focus on developing methods to extract information from limited data with high accuracy and confidence outside the range of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $275,000 project grant to the University of California, Davis, effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2027, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This award supports fundamental research on quantum states of matter, topological invariants, and spectral gaps—investigating the mathematical and physical properties of specially entangled quantum systems that...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Princeton University received a $490,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award supports experimental research investigating quantum-enhanced metrology using interacting spin models realized in molecular tweezer arrays. The research team will develop and demonstrate methods for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to Princeton University effective November 1, 2025, through July 31, 2027, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This research initiative develops novel mathematical methods and semiclassical analysis tools to understand the electronic and physical properties of twisted two-dimensional semiconductors and twisted bilayer graphene....
The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University (awarded June 15, 2026, with completion targeted for May 31, 2029) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). This project delivers fundamental research and educational outcomes in quantum symmetries of topologically ordered quantum spin systems. The primary research deliverables include development of operator algebra approaches to study superselection sectors in topologically ordered systems, establishment of rigorous connections between higher category theory and quantum spin systems, and advancement of fermionic and anyonic operator algebra theory. These mathematical and theoretical physics contributions address quantum information science priorities and provide foundational knowledge applicable to quantum error correction codes for quantum computation. The award also funds integrated research training for both graduate and undergraduate students at Ohio State's Columbus campus, supporting workforce development in advanced mathematical physics and quantum information science. The project leverages techniques from operator algebras and higher category theory to advance understanding of quantum symmetries—a fundamental mechanism for characterizing physical and mathematical systems. By connecting superselection theory, quantum information approaches, and higher-dimensional categorical frameworks, this research strengthens the Nation's scientific enterprise in a critical emerging field while developing the next generation of researchers in mathematical and physical sciences.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 6/2/26 |