Project Grant 2555467
Award Date 8/15/26
Completion Date 7/31/29
Dollars Obligated $257K
Federal Agency
Federal Grant Program
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Little Chute, WI 54911, USA
Similar Awards
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $685,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The five-year award beginning March 1, 2021 will support research titled "CAREER: ELECTRON-PRIMED PHOTOCATALYSIS AS A PLATFORM TO EXPAND ARYL RADICAL REACTIONS." The university's Research and Sponsored Programs division will deliver products and services focused on using electron-primed...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison $600,000 on July 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop lanthanide coordination complexes that emit yellow and red light for non-invasive biological imaging and disease diagnosis. Professor Eszter Boros and her research group will design and synthesize europium-based chelates incorporating Cherenkov-emitting radioisotopes as photon producers, enabling...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded $450,000 to the University of California, San Diego on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new photocatalytic materials and methods for light-driven chemical reactions. Professor Andrew Pun's research group at UC San Diego's Department of Chemistry is designing persistent organic radical molecules that harness low-energy red light to drive chemical transformations, replacing...
- This $550,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry's Chemical Structure, Dynamics & Mechanisms B Program supports research by Professor Etienne Garand at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The project aims to (i) directly quantify the singlet-triplet gap in azaphenalene molecules via cryogenic anion photoelectron spectroscopy, (ii) develop a semi-empirical model to estimate the inverted singlet-triplet gap, and (iii) measure the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $575,000 project grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the use of light in organic synthesis. Under this 3-year award effective July 1, 2024, Professor Tehshik Yoon and his team will design novel photocatalysts that can interact directly with small molecules to control how they react and form more complex products. The research aims to transform discovery in pharmaceutical...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Pennsylvania $650,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate biosynthetic pathways and establish new chemical synthesis methodology. Dr. Dirk Trauner will study how living organisms build complex molecules and apply those insights to develop efficient synthetic routes for biologically active compounds. The research focuses on biosynthetically inspired...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin–Madison Division, $650,000 on July 15, 2026, for research in organic chemistry under harsh reaction environments, supported through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Professor Robert J. McMahon of the Department of Chemistry leads the investigation of organic compound behavior under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, or...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison $575,431 on August 1, 2026, to support electron delocalization research in linear heterotrimetallic compounds under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Dr. John Berry's research group will design and synthesize new molecules containing chains of directly connected metal atoms that function as molecular-scale electrical wires and electronic components. The work establishes...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $600,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct fundamental synthetic chemistry research on d-block and p-block element molecules, reagents, and precursors. Dr. Christopher C. Cummins and his research team will explore synthesis and characterization of strained, phosphorus-rich organic molecules, with particular focus on...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Louisiana State University $700,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop photoswitchable rotaxane molecules that reversibly modulate physical and electrical properties of cell-like membranes using light-driven conformational changes. The research, led by Professor Víctor García-López in the Department of Chemistry, aims to achieve high-precision control of ion transport...