Project Grant DESC0026093
- The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $455,612 Project Grant to Louisiana State University (LSU) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) with a start date of September 1, 2025 and a completion date of August 31, 2026. The grant supports fundamental scientific research on "CHARGE FLUCTUATIONS AT NANOSCALE SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES AND ITS COUPLING TO REACTIVITY AND EMERGENT COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA." As a leading public research university,...
- 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) is funding research at Louisiana State University (LSU) on "Pathways to Assembly of Anisotropic Particles in AC Electric Fields". The project period runs from September 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027. As a leading public research university, LSU will leverage its multidisciplinary scientific expertise to conduct advanced research in this...
- This $349,200 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports Louisiana State University's (LSU) development of novel catalysts for converting natural gas and carbon dioxide into value-added chemicals. LSU is exploring new synthesis methods and characterization techniques to create well-defined supported bimetallic and intermetallic catalysts for the tandem catalytic conversion of light alkanes and carbon dioxide....
- This $2,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) was made to Louisiana State University (LSU) on July 15, 2025. The funding supports research on the "Structure and Decay of Rare Isotopes Influencing Stellar Explosions" over a 12-month project period ending July 14, 2026. As a leading research university with broad scientific and technical capabilities, LSU will leverage its expertise to conduct...
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $971,992 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Louisiana State University (LSU) to conduct research on "Neutron Scattering and Quantitative Modeling of Hybridized Quasi-Particles in Quantum Magnets". The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, supports LSU's fundamental scientific research to advance understanding of complex quantum phenomena and...
- This $406,343 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports a comprehensive, statewide initiative in Louisiana to build strategic research and development capacity for converting agricultural residues into liquid transportation fuels. The project, led by the Louisiana State University (LSU) Agricultural Center, aims to enhance the efficiency of thermochemical conversion and electrocatalytic upgrading processes to...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Louisiana State University a $685,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of April 15, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds research titled "CAREER:CAS:CONFINED NANO-ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE STABILIZATION OF MOLECULAR ELECTROCATALYSTS" to investigate using confined nano-environments to stabilize molecular electrocatalysts. As the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to...
- This Project Grant award of $2,941,672.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research initiative led by Louisiana State University (LSU) and the LSU AgCenter. The project aims to develop methods for converting agricultural residues into liquid transportation fuels using electricity-driven thermochemical conversion and electrocatalytic upgrading. Key objectives include: Advancing biomass-derived fuel technologies...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $606,790.00 and provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), supports research on the role of grain boundary complexion transformations on long-range interfacial diffusion effects. The research, conducted by Louisiana State University, examines how changes in the atomic-scale structure and chemistry of grain boundaries within ceramic materials can affect the movement of...
- Louisiana State University received a $422,203 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The award funds a three-year collaborative research project titled "Transition Metal Alloys: Emergent Properties for Near-Infrared Hot-Carrier Optoelectronics." The project aims to advance fundamental understanding of material properties that enable novel optoelectronic devices operating in the near-infrared spectrum. This work supports the...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $535,746 Project Grant to Louisiana State University (LSU) on August 1, 2025 for the project "CONTROLLING TANDEM CATALYSIS VIA SURFACE INTERMEDIATE TUNNELING". The award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports fundamental scientific research across disciplines including energy sciences, environmental research, and advanced computing. Through this grant, LSU will conduct research focused on understanding and controlling tandem catalysis processes, which involve the sequential activation of chemical intermediates. The project aims to leverage surface intermediate tunneling to enable more efficient and selective catalytic transformations with potential applications in energy and chemical technologies. As a leading public research university, LSU will leverage its multidisciplinary expertise and specialized capabilities to advance this scientific inquiry, with the grant supporting the work through July 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $535.7k | 9/24/25 |