The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,039,367 Project Grant to the University of Virginia under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for work running from March 15, 2022 to February 28, 2026. The award will support the development of an artificial intelligence-driven framework for the design and discovery of complex materials, with a focus on energetic materials of strategic importance to the Department of Defense and Department of Energy. Key activities include...
This federal Project Grant award of $596,618.00, provided by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112), supports fundamental scientific research at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) related to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile. Specifically, the grant funds research to predict the quantitative systematic relationships between...
This $335,707 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports collaborative research at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to investigate the dynamics of short-range order in multi-principal element alloys. The project will leverage artificial intelligence techniques to analyze atom probe tomography data and develop a mathematical model for the evolution of short-range ordering in these advanced...
The University of Virginia received a three-year $296,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to conduct research titled "Collaborative Research: Microscopic Mechanisms and Kinetics of Laser-Induced Phase Explosion." The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in engineering research and education.
Through this funding, researchers at the University of Virginia will...
This $213,557 Project Grant award, made by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112), supports fundamental scientific research at The Johns Hopkins University relevant to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. Specifically, the research focuses on areas critical to stockpile stewardship, including materials properties under extreme conditions, low...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (CFDA 81.112 Stewardship Science Grant Program) supports Michigan State University (MSU) in developing advanced models of nuclear fission based on nuclear density functional theory and its time-dependent extensions. The key products and services to be delivered include:
Conducting global calculations of (i) fission yields used in astrophysical simulations of r-process nucleosynthesis...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $600,000.00, was provided by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112). The grant was awarded to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) on October 1, 2024, with a final completion date of September 30, 2027.
The Stewardship Science Grant Program supports fundamental academic research relevant to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the project "EXPLORATION OF RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR SEEDING MECHANISMS IN LASER- AND PULSED-POWER-DRIVEN INERTIAL FUSION PLATFORMS" from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance energy...
This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports target fabrication and pre-implosion diagnostics research for laser inertial confinement fusion using two-photon polymerization and cryogenic coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, is being executed by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing...
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...