Project Grant 2621810
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of South Carolina received a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) awarded July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2029. The project deliverables focus on developing an experimental-computational framework to characterize damage magnitude and mechanisms in mesostructured fiber-reinforced composite materials. The primary...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $599,999 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. The award supports the BRITE PIVOT research initiative focused on advancing the manufacturing, mechanics, and actuation of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE)-based architected...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $546,713 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2030. This project grant supports fundamental research to develop scalable manufacturing techniques for high-resolution, liquid metal-based stretchable electronics. The primary deliverable is a novel patterning approach that combines colloidal...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a CAREER grant to San Diego State University Research Foundation on April 1, 2025, in the amount of $637,665 to support faculty early-career research through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award funds a five-year research initiative (completion date: March 31, 2030) focused on developing an innovative layered cooling crystallization additive...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Clemson University received a $250,120 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is the development of specialized microfluidic devices designed to investigate the effects of cellular deformation on cell proliferation and motility....
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $649,274 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030. The award supports research to characterize the structural, dynamic, and packaging parameters governing multiple fold propagation behaviors in deployable shell structures....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $600,258 Project Grant to the University of Chicago effective May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2028, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This award supports fundamental research to develop a unified elastic framework with new theoretical and computational models that explain mechanical instabilities in self-assembled monolayers under compressive...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This collaborative research project grant of $317,248 was awarded on September 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award, which runs through August 31, 2028, supports fundamental research at the University of Illinois to develop a hierarchical analytical framework for understanding and optimizing fracture resistance in mechanical metamaterials (MMMs)....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of South Carolina received a $532,285 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded February 15, 2026, with completion targeted for January 31, 2030. This collaborative research project delivers fundamental scientific knowledge regarding dynamic relaxation phenomena in magnetic nanostructures, specifically investigating how...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $200,000 to the University of South Carolina under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for an Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project titled "Liquid Crystal Disclination as a New Design Paradigm for Nano-Architected Mechanical Metamaterials." The award, effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2028, supports research and development of a scalable bottom-up nanofabrication strategy that utilizes self-organized liquid crystal defect networks as templates for creating lightweight, damage-tolerant porous polymer lattices. The primary research deliverable involves demonstrating a novel manufacturing approach that uses chiral blue phase liquid crystals and controlled photopolymerization to produce nano-architected polymer materials with combined architectural and nanoscale feature advantages, potentially advancing applications in energy technologies, protective systems, and resilient structures. In addition to fundamental research outputs, the project includes significant educational and workforce development components. The University of South Carolina will deliver integrated training for graduate and undergraduate students in polymer synthesis, liquid-crystal science, nanofabrication techniques, nanoscale characterization methods, and micromechanical testing. The award also supports STEM participation expansion through undergraduate research opportunities and pre-college outreach activities, aligning with the NSF Engineering program's emphasis on developing a diverse and skilled engineering workforce while advancing technical innovation in advanced manufacturing and materials science.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 5/29/26 |