Project Grant 2607612
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $512,564 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is the selective synthesis, characterization, and development of oxynitride-based materials that combine metal ions with both oxygen and nitrogen atoms to achieve novel functionality. The research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Arizona State University received a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award supports research and development of rational design methodologies for three-dimensional protein assemblies utilizing non-canonical amino acids (NCAAs)—non-natural amino acids with novel chemical functional...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project, titled "Modeling and Control for Robotic and Programmable High-Dimensional Shape-Morphing Structures," delivers fundamental research outputs and scientific models for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Details: Colorado State University received a $548,590 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029. Products and Services: This award funds theoretical research and educational initiatives focused on multipoletronics—an emerging framework that leverages spin multipole moments in collinear and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded Colorado School of Mines $672,000 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2031. This CAREER award funds development of a data-driven, multiscale computational framework designed to quantify pathway complexity during stochastic, out-of-equilibrium biomolecular assembly. The primary deliverable is an integrated...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award Colorado State University received a $525,400 Project Grant awarded August 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), specifically administered by the Division of Chemistry. Under this award, Professor Charles Henry's team is developing chemically modified laser-induced graphene (LIG) electrodes for advanced sensing applications. The primary deliverables include high-performance...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Under a $510,000 Project Grant awarded September 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Colorado State University's Professor Amy Prieto is developing an efficient synthetic toolkit for manufacturing nanocrystals of semiconducting materials composed of non-toxic, earth-abundant elements. The research focuses on stoichiometric control of atom-economical reactions to produce phase-pure ternary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Colorado School of Mines received a $538,427 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029. This REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) Site award funds an undergraduate research program designed to train the next generation of scientists and engineers in materials science and data analytics. The program...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Colorado State University's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology a Project Grant of $462,342 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Molecular Biosciences. Effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028, this award will support intensive 10-week summer training programs for undergraduate students, with 10 students per year...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a collaborative research project grant of $350,000 to Princeton University, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This project grant supports fundamental research on the design, kinetics, and reconfigurable assembly of multicomponent colloidal crystals. The primary deliverables...
Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division received a $360,004 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The award funds research to develop machine learning (ML)-driven protein design protocols for creating advanced crystalline materials composed of protein and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) building blocks. These designed crystals function as three-dimensional molecular scaffolds capable of capturing and holding biological molecules in fixed, repeating patterns, enabling rapid structure determination via X-ray crystallography. The resulting atomic-level structural data will accelerate molecular biotechnology advancement and generate experimental datasets to improve next-generation ML models for predicting protein-DNA sequence interactions. In addition to research deliverables, the award integrates a multi-level education component designed to develop the next generation of biomolecular engineers. Products include undergraduate research experiences through the Scott Undergraduate Research Experience Program and NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates initiatives, as well as an annually updated biomolecular engineering and synthetic biology course teaching cutting-edge ML methods for protein design. A cascading mentorship model connects graduate students, undergraduates, and younger researchers, delivering integrated research and educational outcomes that support NSF's mission to advance scientific knowledge and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $360.0k | 6/23/26 |