Project Grant 2603950
- The National Science Foundation awarded Georgetown University a $283,869 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund collaborative research on aggregation mechanisms in carbon nanomaterials based on pi-conjugated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the nation's scientific enterprise through increased understanding of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Southern California $575,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a new class of semiconducting organic polymers for flexible electronics applications. The project focuses on transforming everyday plastics into electrically conductive polymers that can be printed into thin films and integrated into electronic devices such as solar cells, transistors, and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Georgia TECH Research Corporation, also known as the Office of Sponsored Programs, for the period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027. The grant aims to develop a framework to expand polymer physics concepts and enable the predictable and controlled self-assembly of multi-component plastic semiconducting inks that can lead to targeted device...
- The University of Southern California will reimagine the platform for semiconducting polymers under a $464,024 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry. The grant falls under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Through this three-year award...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $540,712 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2026. The grant funds research investigating the structure-function relationships that govern the performance of organic semiconductors in neuromorphic computing devices. Specifically, the university will explore kinetics, nonlinearity, and geometric scaling by investigating ion...
- The Georgia Tech Research Corporation was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise. The three-year award, running from July 2021 through June 2024, will support research into side-chain driven assembly of polymer semiconductors. The grantee will leverage...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $600,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop data-driven materials-by-design strategies for organic mixed ionic-electronic conductive polymers and devices. The project integrates molecular design, advanced characterization, device engineering, and artificial intelligence across U.S. and Canadian research institutions to...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $482,500 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research exploring chemically functionalized polymers for nanoscale structures and interfaces from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. Professor Todd Emrick and his team will work to advance fundamental aspects of polymeric and sustainable chemistry by discovering unique combinations of polymers and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded Columbia University $495,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to establish predictive design principles for solid polymer electrolytes by systematically connecting molecular architecture, ion transport, and interfacial behavior. The research team will design new families of polymers with controlled molecular-shape variations to measure how each variation changes ion transport...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the University of Southern California $472,641 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new methods for forming and studying single-molecule electronic circuits using technologically relevant electrode materials beyond gold. The research addresses the challenge of miniaturizing conventional silicon-based circuits by advancing molecular electronics—the use of...
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded Georgetown University $538,686 on August 15, 2026, to develop innovative semiconducting polymer materials for microelectronics, sensing, and energy technologies under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Prof. Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli will synthesize and characterize azaacene-based semiconducting polymers, establishing molecular design principles that govern electronic and mixed conduction—the coordinated movement of electrical charges and ions. The research combines molecular design, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and electronic device measurements to determine how variations in polymer topology and redox-programmed conjugation affect charge transport, conductivity, charge-storage capacity, and device operation. The resulting design rules will support development of next-generation organic electronic materials for transistors, sensors, bioelectronics, and energy-storage technologies. The award runs through July 31, 2029, with place of performance at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The project includes interdisciplinary research opportunities for high school, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers and will engage K–12 students through partnerships with local schools to broaden STEM participation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $538.7k | 8/10/26 |