Project Grant 2612168
- Federal Grant Award Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $560,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. The award supports Dr. C. Adrian Figg's research to develop photocatalytic methods for precisely placing single vinyl ether units within polymer chains. The primary deliverable is the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $638,363 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2030. The award supports fundamental research investigating cation inversion in high entropy spinel oxides (HESOs) and the relationship between atomic-level compositional complexity...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award Overview The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded $539,227 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a CAREER grant effective July 1, 2025, through July 31, 2029. The award supports Dr. Shabnam Hematian's research in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry to develop wavelength-tunable photocatalysts for selective photooxidation...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The award funds fundamental research to elucidate nickel delivery pathways in methanogenic archaea—microorganisms that produce methane through...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University received a $333,263 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences (CFDA 47.050 – Geosciences) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The award funds the acquisition of a high-temperature pyrolysis thermal conversion elemental analyzer (TC/EA) and a coupled gas source isotope ratio mass spectrometer (GS-IRMS) for the Biogeochemistry Stable Isotope Laboratory...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Georgia Institute of Technology received a $600,000 project grant effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028 to develop methodologies for steady-state synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals under one-shot injection conditions. Led by Professor Younan Xia at Georgia Tech in collaboration with Professor Emmanouil Mavrikakis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (awarded a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $450,000 Project Grant award effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079). The award supports POLY-ABROAD, an International Research and Experiences for Students (IRES) collaborative exchange program that facilitates advanced polymer science research training for U.S. undergraduate and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, received a $325,000 Project Grant award effective August 1, 2025, through September 31, 2028, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Principal Investigator Professor Jason Bates and Co-Principal Investigator Professor Brandon Bukowski are conducting collaborative research to advance heterogenized...
- This $625,300 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports fundamental research by Professors Amanda Morris and Alan Esker at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) on the electronic and ionic transport properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The research aims to advance the understanding of charge transport mechanisms in MOFs, which can enable the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program administered by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is conducting a three-year research project (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028) with a total obligation of $540,000. Professors Smith and Schleife are developing and investigating a novel synthetic methodology for manufacturing nanocrystals based on alkoxy reactions that...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University received a $270,000 Project Grant award effective March 1, 2026, through the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049, Division of Chemistry) to support collaborative research investigating molten salt synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles. The research team, led by Yuanbing Mao at Illinois Institute of Technology and Tao Li at Northern Illinois University in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, will deliver in situ monitoring and characterization of nanoparticle growth processes using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering techniques. The project aims to elucidate nucleation and growth mechanisms in molten salt synthesis to advance scalable production methods applicable to clean energy, photonics, and pharmaceutical applications. In addition to fundamental research deliverables, the award supports educational products and workforce development services through October 31, 2027. The institutions will integrate nanochemistry and advanced characterization coursework into graduate curricula and develop undergraduate research experiences. The collaborative team commits to broadening participation in STEM through targeted recruitment of underrepresented students, including women and minority populations, and will conduct outreach presentations to K-12 students to increase awareness of nanochemistry and materials science research opportunities.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $270.0k | 2/25/26 |