Project Grant 2621829
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $431,993 project grant to the University of Virginia under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2025 related to lattice instability and room temperature hyper-diffusion in metastable phase-transforming alloys. The University of Virginia will investigate major problems confronting the Nation by promoting progress in mathematical and physical sciences through increasing...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Virginia $476,230 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct computational investigations of self-assembly under time-oscillatory interaction potentials. Professor Kateri Dubay will lead a team employing computational simulations to determine how nano-scale materials assemble themselves when interactions between them change over time. The research investigates...
- This $563,899 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund research at the University of Virginia from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The research aims to advance fundamental understanding of the role and properties of crystal lattices in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide materials across variable length and time scales. Specifically, the researchers will...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the University of Illinois $344,494 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop first-principles thermodynamic models for defect phase diagrams in solid materials. The award is a five-year project grant with performance through August 31, 2031, conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The research advances theoretical and computational...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded Brown University $390,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a high-throughput experimental platform for studying how ions direct the assembly of polymers into multiscale organized networks. The research team will use automated material handling and imaging to rapidly explore thousands of material combinations, quantitatively assess how different ingredients...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded Virginia Commonwealth University $200,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop mathematical analysis of nonlocal interaction models with applications in nuclear fission, triblock copolymers, and lipid bilayers. The project pursues three mathematical objectives: introducing a particle model to investigate nuclear fission dynamics numerically and deriving...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded the University of Virginia $232,098 on October 1, 2025, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on topologically protected magnetic phases in Heusler alloys. The research combines experimental and theoretical approaches to identify materials with non-collinear magnetic structures that possess topological properties, with applications in...
- The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University $486,349 on February 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop an integrated experimental, computational, and machine learning framework for predicting corrosion resistance in high-entropy alloys. The research addresses materials design in harsh environments by combining laboratory measurements, physics-based descriptors,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Program award provides $263,999 to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA) to conduct computational and theoretical research aimed at designing peptide-functionalized surfaces with tunable nanoscale patterns. The research, funded through the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, seeks to understand how molecules change their behaviors when tethered to a surface and how these molecular behaviors...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $410,440 Project Grant to the University of Virginia under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site focused on advanced materials synthesis from September 2021 through August 2024. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and increase knowledge of major problems, this REU Site will provide research...
The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the University of Virginia $116,441 on January 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate defects in block copolymer structures using advanced microscopy and machine learning. The recipient will characterize and classify defects that form during block copolymer processing, determine how processing conditions create or minimize specific defect classes, and analyze how each defect type influences material properties. Work performed in Charlottesville, Virginia is scheduled to conclude June 30, 2026. The research aims to enable manipulation of precisely positioned defects to enhance existing technological applications and create new capabilities—such as using molecular-mirror defects to control light propagation in non-mirror-symmetric structures—by combining high-resolution 3D microscopy visualization with statistical analysis of large datasets to identify rare defect events.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $116.4k | 4/1/26 |