Project Grant 2607653
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $540,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This award funds research and development of tunable and reconfigurable terahertz (THz) filter architectures utilizing integrated optical control mechanisms as an alternative to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $479,971 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded April 1, 2026, with completion targeted for March 31, 2029. The primary deliverables include the development of a device-ready, wafer-based platform utilizing controlled formation of large-area ultrathin single-crystal gold microplates. The...
- Federal Project Grant Summary The University of Massachusetts Lowell received a $301,350 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on June 15, 2026, for collaborative U.S.-Ireland research and development partnership titled "HERCULES: Photonically-Driven Reconfigurable Terahertz Reflectarrays for High Performance Beam Steering and Forming." The project, scheduled for completion by May 31, 2029, will develop large-scale terahertz...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $419,999 project grant awarded May 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), with completion expected April 30, 2028. The research addresses the characterization of viable norovirus fate during water and wastewater treatment operations. Primary deliverables include laboratory-based infectious norovirus measurements using human intestinal enteroid (HIE) cells and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $240,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The award funds research to develop a novel functional spatial regression framework that integrates physics-informed models with data-driven predictions through partial differential equation (PDE) smoothing. The primary deliverables include the establishment...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $259,977 Project Grant award from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on March 23, 2026, with a completion date of March 22, 2027. This award supports on-wafer load pull testing research for ultra-wide band gap (UWBG) radio frequency (RF) devices, with no indirect costs charged to the federal government. The research will be conducted at...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received an $880,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2026. The award funds research conducted by Notre Dame's High Energy Physics Group as a member institution of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The group delivers...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $467,769 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research award, shared with the University of Washington under the direction of Professors Hartland and Masiello, delivers experimental and theoretical research on vibrational coupling and energy...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $120,000 Project Grant award on March 23, 2026, from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a Defense agency, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The three-year award, with an ultimate completion date of March 22, 2029, supports fundamental research into atomic-scale insights regarding the sensitivity and selectivity of two-dimensional material chemical sensors. This new...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame received a $214,978 project grant award dated August 11, 2025, from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support research on YAlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) for high-performance, high-temperature electronics. The three-year award, scheduled for completion by August 10, 2028, funds fundamental scientific investigation into...
The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $400,001 project grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective June 15, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2029. This collaborative U.S.-Ireland research and development partnership, titled "HERCULES: Photonically-Driven Reconfigurable Terahertz Reflectarrays for High Performance Beam Steering and Forming," aims to develop large-scale terahertz reflectarray antenna technology using innovative photonically-driven unit cells based on spatially resolved photoconductivity modulation. The project will deliver research findings, novel antenna designs, and technical methodologies for advanced beam steering and forming capabilities in next-generation wireless communication networks. The research will generate products and services with broad applicability across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, including tools and techniques applicable to medical imaging, security screening, and chemical/biological sensing. Additionally, the project incorporates significant educational components through integration of research findings into university curricula, student involvement at all levels, and STEM outreach to local schools. This project exemplifies the NSF Engineering program's emphasis on fundamental and applied research that advances innovation while fostering workforce development in critical engineering disciplines.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $400.0k | 6/2/26 |