Project Grant DESC0025640

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $360,000 to Colgate University from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The funding supports research by Anthony Chianese and Jason Keith of Colgate University to improve the activity and selectivity of ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogenation reactions through mechanistic understanding. Specifically, the researchers aim to develop highly...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support catalytic carbonylation and C-H functionalization reactions research using rhenium complexes at North Carolina State University. Professor Elon Ison and his team will pursue examination of C-H bond activation by rhenium(III) acetate complexes, understanding mono- and double carbonylation reactions with rhenium complexes,...

Graham Dobereiner of Temple University will develop organomolybdenum catalysts for the z-selective isomerization of terminal alkenes under this $383,284 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Dobereiner aims to advance rational design of homogeneous catalysts by establishing computational models to control stereochemical outcomes of alkene reactions. His work will strengthen interactions between academic chemistry and...

Under a $529,170 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program (CFDA 47.049), Professor Robert Paton and his research team at Colorado State University (CSU) will develop new computational workflows to accelerate the discovery and optimization of highly selective catalysts. The project aims to advance mechanistic understanding and establish new quantitative descriptors for three key catalyst and ligand classes - hydrogen-bond donors,...

This three-year, $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry and Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the development of sustainable catalysts and dehydrocoupling chemistry at Arizona State University. Principal Investigator Ryan J. Trovitch will study trends in earth-abundant metal catalysts to synthesize value-added chemicals and polymers more efficiently. Initial work will target precursors for semiconductor manufacturing. The project...

Under a $293,308 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Purdue University is conducting research to develop new chiral catalysts for enantioselective photoredox-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The project aims to design efficient photochemical reactions to synthesize specific enantiomers of chiral organic molecules, which have important applications in...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports Professor Stefan Bernhard of Carnegie Mellon University in developing data-driven, automated methodologies to study and control light-driven catalytic processes. The $575,000 award, spanning September 2024 to August 2027, aims to advance sustainable chemistry through new approaches to photocatalytic hydrogen generation from bio-based feedstocks like...

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA #47.049) to Professors Eranda Nikolla of the University of Michigan and Will Medlin of the University of Colorado Boulder. The grant will fund their collaborative research to study the role of surface-bound ligands on metals in the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide, an important chemical product. The researchers will systematically...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $550,000 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The award will support research at the University of Pennsylvania aimed at developing new base metal complexes capable of efficiently activating aliphatic C-H bonds through two complementary objectives. First, ligand scaffolds will be created to...

This $434,507 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of new photocatalytic materials for treating water contaminated with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by Professors Thomas Senftle and Rafael Verduzco of Rice University. Under this three-year award beginning July 1, 2023, the researchers will apply computational and experimental methods to design covalent organic frameworks (COFs) capable of adsorbing and photochemically degrading PFAS. As modular...