Project Grant DENE0009455

Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $393,875 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029. The award funds the acquisition of a cryogen-free, variable-temperature measurement system capable of characterizing electronic and quantum materials across a temperature range from 0.3 Kelvin to 325 Kelvin...

Federal Grant Award Summary Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) received a $749,998 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), awarded on July 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 14, 2026. The grant funds the acquisition and installation of a new state-of-the-art high-performance computing (HPC) cluster to replace VCU's aging 9-year-old FENN cluster dedicated to biomedical research. The...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $610,000 will fund the development of a secondary ion mass spectrometer with multicharged ion sources at Old Dominion University from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2026. The project aims to advance fundamental understanding and applications of multicharged ion interactions under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports basic research and education in these fields. Specifically, the university will develop...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia has been awarded $425,000 under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop advanced quantum photodetectors with enhanced performance capabilities. Commencing October 1, 2025, and concluding September 30, 2028, this Project Grant funds research to design and fabricate single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) utilizing the AlInAsSb material system. The primary deliverable is a novel segmented detector...

This $535,686 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the acquisition of a comprehensive X-ray scattering system for in situ studies at the University of California, Davis through August 2025. The system will transform research, education, and outreach in materials characterization across California's Central Valley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, the state-of-the-art instrument serves as a flagship tool for advanced materials...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $882,615 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) on August 1, 2024. The grant funding supports a 3-year research project focused on developing a benchmark model for a near real-time radionuclide composition measurement system using microcalorimetry for advanced nuclear reactors. As part of this grant, VCU will collaborate with the University of Florida...

Project Grant Summary The University of Virginia received a $1,197,054 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the project titled "Quantum Spin States of New Ti-Based Kagome Antiferromagnets." The award, dated August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2026, funds fundamental scientific research conducted at the university's Charlottesville, Virginia facility. This...

This three-year, $499,912 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research will support research into developing high-efficiency light emitters from earth abundant elements for optoelectronic technologies. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers will synthesize low-dimensional silicon-tin and silicon-germanium-tin nanoalloys to produce size and composition tunable nanoparticles with superior...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University received a $270,000 Project Grant award effective March 1, 2026, with completion targeted for October 31, 2027. This collaborative research initiative, supported by the Division of Chemistry's Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry Program, investigates the molten salt synthesis of metal oxide...

This federal Project Grant award of $900,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy through the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.121). The funding will support research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027 to advance nuclear energy science and technology. The grant focuses on maintaining existing nuclear reactor capabilities,...