This $359,907 three-year project grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support research by the University of Alabama to characterize the chemical short-range order in multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), also known as high-entropy alloys. The research aims to evaluate two key hypotheses: 1) that short-range order in MPEAs reaches a stable state independent of fabrication conditions, and 2) that the relaxation...
The University of Alabama was awarded a $999,189 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to enhance quantum networking research capabilities in Alabama. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, with a completion date of August 31, 2025, will fund the integration of RF photonic controls for high-frequency cryogenic links in the GHz-THz bands to support advancements in quantum networking. This research aims to transform the...
The University of South Alabama received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a "MEMRISTOR ENABLED NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEM WITH ROBUST IMMUNITY TO NON-IDEAL PROPERTY". The award, with a project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas such as quantum information...
This $800,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports fundamental research to harness nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) for advanced computational materials modeling. The primary awardee, Lehigh University, will focus on integrating NMF with diffusion models to efficiently process and interpret large materials science datasets, enabling the clustering of similar materials and...
This federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports fundamental scientific research on "EXCITON SELF-TRAPPING IN LOW-DIMENSIONAL ORGANIC METAL HALIDE HYBRID MATERIALS FROM GW/BETHE-SALPETER CALCULATIONS AND MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED FORCE FIELDS" at the University of California, Merced. The award period runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. The Department of Energy's Office...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $407,355.00 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research on "Geometrically Frustrated Magnets with Exotic Archimedean Lattices". The award period runs from August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025. The research aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas such as materials science and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $668,800.00 to The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for a 2-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The funding supports research on the "Synthesis, Reactivity, and Electronic Study of Supported and Unsupported Actinide-Arene Complexes." This fundamental scientific research aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security...
The Department of Defense awarded a $595,401 Project Grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to Alabama A&M University. The grant, awarded on September 9, 2024, will fund the acquisition of a thin film deposition system, laser marker, and optical and chemical characterization systems to be used in energy harvesting and energy storage research, enhancing the STEM education of students at the university. The funding supports the...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $640,000 Project Grant to Alabama State University (ASU) on February 1, 2025 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, titled "COLLABORATION TO INTRODUCE NEUTRON DIFFRACTION TO ENHANCE RESEARCH EDUCATION BY INCREASING LAB ACCESS (CINDERELA)", will support fundamental scientific research and educational initiatives at ASU, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The project aims...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on September 1, 2024. The funding supports the "FAR-QU: FUNDAMENTAL ALGORITHMIC RESEARCH TOWARDS QUANTUM UTILITY" project, which aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in quantum information science. The University of New...