Project Grant DENA0004218
- The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Jackson State University $7.573 million on August 31, 2026, under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to increase research capacity as part of the HBCU/MI Pilot Program. The award funds research and research-related activities at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, with a period of performance through August 30, 2031. The program...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) provides $115,006.00 to Jackson State University to support research and development initiatives with potential defense and civilian applications. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will fund sophisticated research, training, and specialized technical services across multiple disciplines including STEM,...
- Award Summary Jackson State University received a $390,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award supports theoretical and computational research on strong light-matter interactions in hybrid nanoscale plasmonic systems, specifically focusing on metal-dielectric structures conjugated with large ensembles of quantum emitters such as dye molecules and...
- Jackson State University was awarded a $412,380 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from June 2021 through May 2024 examining the fine structure of exciton levels in lead chalcogenide nanocrystals. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the Nation's scientific enterprise through increased understanding of major...
- This Project Grant award from the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) provides $999,916.00 to Jackson State University to conduct research on "Phase Transition and Ferroelectricity in the Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials and Their Heterostructure". The research will be performed from April 14, 2025 through April 13, 2029. As a historically black university with extensive federal grant experience,...
- This $1,000,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Jackson State University's efforts to improve research and educational infrastructure related to 3D printable nanocomposites for biotechnology applications. Specifically, the University will provide opportunities for underrepresented minority participants to gain STEM research experience and education on materials design. Key deliverables include significantly expanding the...
- The U.S. Department of Defense is providing a $619,818 Project Grant to Jackson State University (JSU) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant, with a performance period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029, will fund research and development of high-energy and lightweight lithium-ion batteries with porous semiconducting amorphous chalcogenide-based xero- and aerogels. As a historically Black university and minority-serving...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Jackson State University $500,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) for computational research into metal halide perovskites and machine learning applications in optoelectronic materials design. The project supports research investigating how light illumination affects the performance of metal halide perovskites in solar cells and optoelectronic devices. The work integrates...
- Jackson State University was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to modernize numerical flow solvers with heterogeneous computing from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The university will create a general-purpose library of optimized parallelization functions and routines for mesh-based numerical solvers. This library will ease the burden of parallelizing such solvers...
- Jackson State University received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities to support research examining spontaneous nucleation strategies for producing high-quality perovskite films for solar cells. The three-year award, made under the federal Integrative Activities program (CFDA #47.083), aims to advance fundamental understanding of perovskite precursor preparation and film growth processes without using antisolvent methods....
The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration awarded Jackson State University $4.676 million on August 1, 2026, under the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (CFDA 81.123) to establish the Mississippi Consortium for Research and Education in Integrated Nanomaterials. The award funds curriculum development and student recruitment and retention in STEM fields across the consortium's member institutions. Jackson State University, Tougaloo College, and Alcorn State University will develop and introduce new nanomaterials coursework in existing undergraduate and graduate programs. The recipient will establish a sustainable pipeline for students from the three institutions to Los Alamos National Laboratory through summer internships, long-term visits, and co-mentoring by LANL collaborators. Jackson State University will host a summer institute at its campus to recruit and mentor high school students from Jackson Public School District in partnership with the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. The award supports experiential learning through seminars, workshops, symposiums, and peer-reviewed journal publications focused on nanomaterials science and engineering. The period of performance runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031. Place of performance is Orlando, Florida. The assistance type is a project grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $4.7m | 8/13/26 |