Project Grant 2637965
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, awarded a $301,463 project grant to the University of Missouri System's Missouri University of Science & Technology. The grant supports computational chemistry research conducted by Professor Greg Tschumper's group to study non-covalent molecular interactions and their applications for organic semiconductor devices. The project will employ high-accuracy quantum mechanics-based methods...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of New Hampshire $594,094 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop photocatalytic systems with extended charge carrier lifetimes for fuel generation and chemical manufacturing. Professor Christine Caputo is engineering structural variants of carbon nitride, a visible-light-harvesting semiconducting polymer, and introducing synthetic functionalization with boryl...
- This $447,122 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, funds research at Washington University in St. Louis to study the nanoscale structure and catalytic activity of single-atom photocatalysts. Professor Bryce Sadtler and his team will use advanced single-molecule fluorescence microscopy techniques to visualize how the distribution and coordination of individual metal atoms on...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Columbia University a $442,564 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new microscopy techniques for imaging ultrafast chemical transformations between molecules separated by large distances. Principal Investigator Milan Delor and his research group will leverage polaritons, which are part-light part-matter particles, to significantly increase the sensitivity of optical...
- This $600,000 National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry Project Grant supports research into elucidating exciton transport in hierarchical organic materials through time-resolved electronic and vibrational spectroscopy/microscopy. Led by researchers at Montana State University and the University of Miami, the award will fund investigation of energy transport in light-harvesting superstructures comprised of stacked aromatic dyes covalently bonded together with molecular tethers. By...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Missouri System $470,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop and apply spectroscopic methods for detecting short-lived reactive intermediates in low-temperature, supersonic flows. Professor Arthur Suits and his research team will advance two complementary experimental platforms: uniform-flow photoacoustic spectroscopy (UF-PAS) as a universal infrared...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded $342,109 to the University of California, Santa Barbara, effective July 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027. This CAREER grant supports fundamental research and development of optically-responsive organic materials that undergo reversible phase transitions between solid and liquid states when stimulated by light. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded $365,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Macalester College, with an award date of June 15, 2025 and completion target of May 31, 2028. The project, led by Professor Dennis Cao, focuses on the development and characterization of pyrazoloindazole organic dye compounds that interact with near-infrared (NIR) light. The primary deliverables include the synthesis...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) for a 3-year project. The objective is to establish light-activated reactions that form transition metal hydride complexes, which are critical for producing fuels and commodity chemicals. The research activities will study the electronic structure and photochemistry of...
- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Lei Zhu at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University. The grant supports research to develop photosensitive organic compounds with interesting emission or photochemical properties. The goal is to understand the factors, structural or environmental, that control the behaviors of these compounds in response to...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Missouri System $366,250 on August 1, 2026, to advance time-resolved optical microscopies for visualizing photochemical charge-transfer processes in solar light-harvesting materials. The award, made under the CAREER program within the Mathematical and Physical Sciences assistance listing (CFDA 47.049), supports research by Elham Ghadiri and her group at Wake Forest University to develop femtosecond optical microscopy techniques that capture photoinduced reaction dynamics occurring at femtosecond timescales across nanometer-scale heterogeneities in semiconductors composed of earth-abundant elements. The research targets fundamental understanding of complex photochemical processes in solar energy conversion materials with potential to establish design criteria for efficient light-harvesting systems used in clean energy generation and storage. In partnership with the Wake Forest University Sustainability Program, the group will conduct community outreach using research-based educational platforms to educate audiences of all ages about sustainable solar devices and their role in climate change mitigation. The period of performance runs through January 31, 2028, with place of performance in Columbia, Missouri.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $366.3k | 7/31/26 |