Project Grant 2554731
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $625,685 Project Grant, awarded September 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports fundamental research on intermetallic compounds and the discovery of new solid-state materials with emergent properties. The award funds Professor Fredrickson's research group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to develop scientific principles connecting...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded $537,483 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to Professor Randall Goldsmith for development of an advanced chemical measurement system. The three-year project (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028) will deliver a novel single-molecule electrometry platform capable of real-time measurement of time-varying charge on individual...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Chemistry, awarded a $581,473 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award funds fundamental research by Professor Shannon Stahl investigating metal-catalyzed oxidation mechanisms for converting hydrocarbons into chemical building blocks using atmospheric oxygen. The research deliverables include mechanistic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry is funding a three-year project grant totaling $517,033, awarded August 1, 2025, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Professor Alexandra Velian at the University of Washington will develop atomically precise transition metal chalcogenide clusters designed to function as catalytic platforms that mimic defect sites found in inorganic heterogeneous catalysts. The research deliverables...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded $450,000 to Professor Marcel Schreier at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029. The primary deliverable is fundamental research into electrocatalytic conversion of light hydrocarbons found in natural gas—specifically methane, ethane, and propane—into higher-value chemical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, awarded $780,000 to the University of California, Berkeley to support research on electronic and topological complexity in nanocarbon materials. Led by Professor T. Don Tilley, this four-year project (August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2029) will develop synthetic methodologies for the efficient preparation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Professor Jeremy May's research group at the University of Houston is developing novel heavy metal-free chemical reactions for synthesizing complex molecular structures through electrophilic deboronation methodologies, supported by a $400,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project, which commenced September 1, 2025, and will conclude August 31, 2028,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry is supporting fundamental research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) with a $600,000 project grant awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. Professor Helen Blackwell will investigate the chemical signals that gram-positive bacteria use for cell-cell communication through quorum sensing (QS), specifically...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Professor Jared Lewis of Indiana University's Department of Chemistry received a $599,999 Project Grant awarded July 15, 2026, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds research through June 30, 2029, to develop artificial metalloenzymes (ARMs) that combine generative artificial intelligence design with directed evolution techniques. The project creates new...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Professor Gregory Friestad at the University of Iowa Department of Chemistry is conducting fundamental research in synthetic organic chemistry supported by a $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award, which commenced September 1, 2025 and concludes August 31, 2028, supports the development of novel synthetic...
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a Project Grant of $575,431 to Dr. John Berry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (CFDA 47.049: Mathematical and Physical Sciences) effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. The project focuses on designing and synthesizing heterotrimetallic compounds containing chains of directly connected metal atoms that function as molecular-scale electrical wires. The research delivers new synthetic methodologies for creating extended metal atom chains with tunable electron delocalization and charge transport properties, employing advanced spectroscopic methods, single-molecule conductance measurements, magnetic characterization, crystallography, and quantum chemical calculations to determine how molecular and electronic structures influence electronic communication through metal atom chains. The award supports fundamental research directly applicable to NSF priority areas in semiconductors and microelectronics, addressing the challenge of electron transport control at the molecular scale as conventional semiconductor technologies approach physical limits. In addition to generating new knowledge and synthetic methods, the project provides comprehensive interdisciplinary training for undergraduate and graduate students in synthesis, spectroscopy, crystallography, computational chemistry, and materials characterization. The research includes collaborative work with external research groups to validate the information transmission capabilities of newly synthesized compounds, along with educational outreach activities designed to communicate scientific discoveries to broad audiences and encourage participation in science.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $575.4k | 7/9/26 |