The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $1,049,424 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the period of September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The grant, titled "TENSOR-COMPRESSED SUSTAINABLE PRE-TRAINING OF EXTREME-SCALE FOUNDATION MODELS," will support fundamental scientific research aimed at advancing U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $563,319.06 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara on January 1, 2025 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant will support fundamental scientific research to develop advanced macrocyclic chelators for rare earth element separations, with a project period running through December 31, 2025. The research aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities...
The University of California, Santa Barbara was awarded a $499,871 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2026. The grant funds the "RCN: ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF A DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SCIENCE COMMUNITY AND RESEARCH AGENDA" project being conducted by UC Santa Barbara's Office of Research. The project aims to promote progress in the...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command has awarded a $700,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The four-year award, effective October 1, 2024, will support UCSB's research on the sustainable photobiocatalytic synthesis of functional materials. This fundamental research aims to expand scientific knowledge and develop innovative capabilities in...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $1,930,500 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for the project "HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-RESOLUTION, LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW 3D MICROSCOPY OF BACTERIAL DYNAMICS". The award period is from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. Through this funding, UCLA will conduct advanced scientific research focused on developing innovative 3D...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The award period is from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2027 to support fundamental research in fields that have the potential to contribute technologies for Department of Defense missions. As an educational institution and research organization, UCSB will...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $320,146 Project Grant from the U.S. Army under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on February 1, 2024. Through this funding, UCSB will conduct fundamental and unclassified research across diverse scientific areas, including quantum computing, photonics, materials science, biotechnology, climate research, and defense-related basic research. As a leading research university, UCSB has extensive expertise in these...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to fund a research project titled "Coupling Sensor Networks and HPC Facilities with Advanced Wireless Networks for Near-Real-Time Simulation of Digital Agriculture." The award period runs from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025. The funding will support UCSB's research to advance the integration of sensor...
The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $296,508 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on December 1, 2021. The grant supports research under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to study alkane-based metabolic coupling between phytoplankton and marine Group II Euryarchaeota. This two-year project will enhance understanding of the integrated Earth system by investigating the basic biochemical interactions between these...
The Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will fund fundamental and unclassified research on probing driven quantum gases and enhancing professional development pathways at a minority serving institution over a 4-year period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027. As a public research university and...