Project Grant 2619103
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded the Regents of the University of Minnesota $393,694 on August 15, 2026, to develop new methods for controlling and directing the collective motion of active fluids through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project addresses the control of bacterial turbulence—the spontaneous formation of large-scale flow patterns in suspensions of self-propelling particles such as...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded the Regents of the University of Minnesota a $340,743 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) beginning September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative delivers multiscale experimental investigations and physics-based modeling services to quantify how microbial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $323,821 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This collaborative research project investigates substrate-mediated control of drop impact dynamics through systematic examination of how substrate mechanical properties—including...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded $285,773 through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Minnesota's Office of Sponsored Projects Administration for a three-year project running from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The project focuses on experimental investigation of microscopic dynamics in bacterial turbulence as a model system for studying emergent collective...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $535,000 to the University of Missouri at Kansas City on July 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to establish a predictive framework for the formation and functional use of lipid-based lyotropic liquid crystalline gels that assemble at liquid-liquid interfaces. The award funds research into in situ forming lipid-based gels for drug delivery, tissue repair, and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Washington to conduct research on liquid-liquid phase separation in lipid membranes. The 4-year project aims to: 1) test if asymmetric lipid vesicles phase separate similar to flat membranes; 2) develop new methods to determine lipid ratios in coexisting membrane phases and analyze lipid compositions of vesicles; and 3) use Raman imaging and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded the Regents of the University of Minnesota $399,978 on July 15, 2026, to conduct research on efficient mixing of viscous liquids in variable-viscosity free shear flows. The award is a Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research addresses energy consumption in industrial mixing applications, which accounts for nearly 1.5 percent of total U.S. energy...
- This $333,567 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a collaborative research effort at Saint Louis University to determine the role of lipids in regulating lymphatic permeability. The project aims to develop an integrated computational and experimental approach to understand how lipids and the CD36 translocase regulate lymphatic vessel integrity and cell signaling. Researchers will use a systems biology methodology...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $117,303 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. The grant supports collaborative research to advance the fundamental understanding of how sunlight-induced photochemical degradation processes impact the fate of synthetic organic pollutants like pesticides and pharmaceuticals in surface water systems...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the Regents of the University of Minnesota $569,999 on July 1, 2026, to investigate fusion and fragmentation mechanisms in block copolymer micelles under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The research examines how amphiphilic block copolymers self-assemble into nanoscale micelles and whether resulting structures reach equilibrium or become trapped in metastable states. Understanding these mechanisms aims to...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Augsburg University $307,710 on August 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to characterize interfacial energy and liquid-condensed/liquid-expanded domain morphology in two-dimensional lipid systems. The project will develop and apply a non-perturbative fluorescence microscopy method to measure line tension at lipid phase boundaries and examine how lipid composition and additives such as cholesterol affect interfacial properties and monolayer pattern formation. Specific research aims include generalizing line tension measurements across phospholipid monolayers of varying composition, determining how linactants affect line tension and growth instabilities, and studying the growth of single liquid-condensed domains. Work will examine how phospholipid headgroup charge, chain length, and surfactant structure influence line tension and morphology. Results are intended to support rational design and fabrication of lipid interfaces for pharmaceutical drug delivery, biosensors, lab-on-a-chip devices, and other biological and materials applications. The project includes student researcher training and development of educational materials. Performance occurs at Minneapolis, Minnesota through July 31, 2029. Augsburg University, a tax-exempt private nonprofit based in Minneapolis, will deliver the research and training activities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $307.7k | 7/16/26 |