Project Grant DESC0026412

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The University of Kentucky Research Foundation $900,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to fund research on defects and degradation chemistry at organic-inorganic interfaces. The award is a Project Grant assistance type with a period of performance through January 31, 2028. Work is performed in Lexington, Kentucky.</p>

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Lehigh University $760,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for research on dynamic grain boundaries as effective defect sinks in irradiated nanoceramics. The award funds fundamental materials science research through the project period ending March 31, 2028. Performance occurs at Lehigh University's research facility in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania.</p>

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Mississippi State University $999,092 on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct high precision studies of hadron structure functions at the future Electron-Ion Collider. The award is a project grant with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027, and work is performed at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi.</p>

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded New Mexico State University $350,000 on January 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to study non-trivial aspects of nuclear structure via electromagnetic probe. The award, a project grant, funds research conducted at the recipient's Las Cruces, New Mexico facility through December 31, 2026. The Office of Science program supports basic research in the physical sciences across nearly 29,000 researchers...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Ohio State University $790,482 on August 1, 2026, to conduct high-temperature electrocatalytic C-H functionalization research under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). Work is performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2027. The award is classified as a Project Grant, the standard assistance type under the Office of Science program, which supports basic research across the physical...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Ohio State University $1.155 million on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop higher-dimensional qudits toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. Work is performed in Columbus, Ohio, with performance concluding December 31, 2027. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports basic research across the physical sciences through extramural grants to researchers at...

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy awarded Kansas State University $150,315 on March 9, 2026, under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to support scientific infrastructure in consolidated innovative nuclear research. The award obligates $150,315 and carries a period of performance through March 18, 2027. Work is performed in Manhattan, Kansas.</p>

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Texas A&amp;M University $321,329 on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on the dynamics of open molecular systems near exceptional points. The award runs through August 31, 2027, with work performed in College Station, Texas. The project is classified as a Project Grant, a form of assistance typical of the Office of Science's portfolio supporting basic research in the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of New Mexico $875,000 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct randomized protocols for robust quantum optimal control and noise characterization. The award funds research at the University's Albuquerque, New Mexico campus, with a period of performance through September 14, 2027. This is a project grant, a form of assistance funding supporting basic research in the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The University of Mississippi $475,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for intensity frontier studies. The award funds research activities at the University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, with a period of performance extending from the award date through March 31, 2027. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports basic research in the physical sciences, with...