This $546,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) is funding research by Michigan State University to advance electrocatalytic ammonia splitting technologies that can enable a "nitrogen economy". The 2-year project, running from August 2024 to August 2026, aims to develop innovative approaches to efficiently split ammonia using electrocatalysts, which could support the sustainable production of hydrogen...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $327,690.82 Project Grant to Michigan State University under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant titled "TOWARDS EXACT FINITE TEMPERATURE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE IN SOLIDS AND MOLECULES" will fund research to advance fundamental scientific understanding in areas such as physical sciences, energy systems, computational modeling, and environmental research. The award period runs from March 1,...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Army Materiel Command's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) provides $155,000.00 to Michigan State University (MSU) to conduct research on "ELECTROCHEMISTRY: NEEC STUDIES WITH AN ISOMERIC RARE ISOTOPE BEAM". The award period runs from January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2028. As an 1862 Land Grant College and state-controlled institution of higher learning, MSU will leverage its extensive expertise in fields...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $620,000 project grant to Michigan State University to support research on the "Dynamic Maintenance and Interrelationship of Distinct Plastoquinone Pools." The research, which commenced on Dec 15, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by Jun 14, 2026, will investigate fundamental scientific questions related to energy systems and environmental research. As a prominent public land-grant...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $486,000.00 to Michigan State University for the development of novel diagnostics and tuning techniques for high-intensity multiple-charge heavy-ion beams in accelerators. The award has an effective date of August 16, 2024 and a completion date of August 15, 2026. The project aims to advance scientific understanding and technological innovation in the field of...
The Department of Energy awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Michigan State University (MSU) for the project "DYNAMIC SPACE-TIME MEMORY CURATION FOR TRACEABLE WAFER-SCALE AGENT-BASED MODELS". The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, supports fundamental scientific research and technology development in areas like advanced computing, materials science, and quantum information...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $200,000.00 to Michigan State University to conduct research on "AI-Driven High-Throughput Molecular Dynamics for High Energy-Density Science". The award, with a period of performance from August 15, 2024 to August 14, 2025, will support the university's work to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas related to quantum...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $2,000,000 project grant to the University of Michigan under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025. The grant funds research titled "EFRI DCHEM: Distributed Solar Energy Harvesting for Carbon-Free Ammonia Synthesis." Specifically, the University of Michigan will develop techniques to harvest solar energy across distributed locations for carbon-free ammonia synthesis. Ammonia production...
The Department of Energy awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. The grant supports research on "CATALYTIC UPGRADING OF RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS", with a focus on developing ligands, metal complexes, investigating catalytic reactions, and examining reaction mechanisms, as well as the investigation of photochemical activation of...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112) provides $257,000.00 to Michigan State University to conduct fundamental scientific research relevant to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The key objectives of the 3-year project are to: (1) establish optimized protocols for synthesizing and characterizing trivalent...