Project Grant 2617983
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Houston System received a $549,770 CAREER Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) effective March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2030. The award supports fundamental research to understand and control nonreciprocal thermal radiation exchange between surfaces—a phenomenon where heat transfer is unequal in opposite...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $303,958 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 15, 2025 through July 31, 2030. The project develops computational methods and hardware systems to enable deep-tissue optical imaging by decoding light scattering in biological tissue. Key deliverables include: (1) novel hardware systems in...
- This $383,762 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports a CAREER award at the University of Illinois focused on advancing nanoscale radiative heat transfer research. The four-year project, which commenced July 1, 2025 and concludes June 30, 2029, will deliver a novel experimental technique enabling the study of near-field radiative heat transfer...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Utah State University received a $487,692 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective August 15, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The project develops and demonstrates an ultrafast, deep-ultraviolet (DUV) transient grating spectroscopy technique to measure nanoscale heat transport properties in wide- and ultrawide-bandgap semiconductor materials. The primary deliverable is a nondestructive,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Arlington received a $300,000 Project Grant award effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This collaborative research initiative will develop an integrated optical-electrical nanopore biosensing platform to enable single-particle quantification and quality control...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (ENG), CFDA 47.041, awarded a CAREER grant of $501,234 to the University of Texas at Dallas, effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031. This project grant supports fundamental research in monolithic three-dimensional (3D) oxide semiconductor nanoelectronics designed to advance energy-efficient computing hardware. The research addresses critical performance limitations in current chip architecture by...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award, totaling $560,000, will support research at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to develop new methods for investigating nanoscale thermal transport phenomena. The research will combine ultrafast optical measurement techniques with nanoscale spatial resolution to probe energy carriers, such as electrons and phonons, in both equilibrium and non-equilibrium regimes. The goal is to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Tyler received a $525,920 Project Grant awarded on June 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This CAREER award will fund development of next-generation smart hip implants equipped with real-time load monitoring sensors through May 31, 2030. The project delivers advanced biomedical device technology...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Dallas, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative develops semiconductor technologies and hardware architectures for wafer-scale sub-terahertz (sub-THz) reflectarray systems capable of electrical needle beam forming and steering. The primary deliverables include advanced device...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $550,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. This project grant funds research and development of Josephson Junction Field Effect Transistors (JJFETs) to enable modular quantum computing architectures. The primary deliverable is the design and validation of compact, efficient, and...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $196,571 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) under the Engineering program, awarded July 15, 2026, with completion targeted for December 31, 2027. This CAREER award funds development of a novel super-resolution nanothermometry technique that enables non-invasive, far-field optical temperature mapping with sub-diffraction-limited spatial resolution. The research addresses critical performance and reliability challenges in modern nanotechnology devices—including semiconductors, data storage systems, and light-emitting diodes—by enabling thermal characterization of nanoscale temperature heterogeneities across diverse material types and operating conditions, from extreme temperatures to harsh chemical environments. The principal investigator and research team will develop and deploy a custom imaging and spectroscopy system adapted from the Nobel Prize-winning Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) super-resolution imaging technique, leveraging upconverting nanoparticles as luminescent nanomaterials. Unlike existing contact-based thermometry approaches that perturb samples or lack requisite spatial resolution, this technique delivers contactless temperature measurement suitable for challenging environments and diverse sample form factors. The project's outputs—the optical nanothermometry methodology, custom instrumentation, and resulting thermal characterization data—advance NSF's mission to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research while providing tools for optimizing performance and reliability across thermal-dependent technologies.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $196.6k | 7/13/26 |