Project Grant DESC0026473
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $450,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of February 28, 2027. The grant supports fundamental research into tunable dielectrics and novel multiferroics in driven quantum materials. This research falls within the Office of Science's portfolio of basic research in advanced...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded the University of Nebraska a $2.5 million Project Grant on August 15, 2025, to conduct fundamental research on "Emergent Interface Phenomena Enabled by Ferroelectric Oxide Thin Films and Membranes." The two-year research initiative, scheduled for completion by August 14, 2027, focuses on investigating novel interface behaviors and properties arising at the boundaries of ferroelectric oxide...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Princeton University received a $700,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective January 15, 2026, with a completion date of January 14, 2027. The award funds fundamental research investigating the principles of intercalation chemistry within transition metal dichalcogenides, a materials science initiative performed at Princeton's campus in Princeton, New Jersey. Intercalation chemistry—the insertion of atoms or...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of South Carolina received a $693,004 Project Grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The award supports fundamental research focused on developing the crystal chemistry of complex neptunium, plutonium, and americium oxides. This work contributes to the Office of Science's mission as the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Utah received a $960,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) on August 1, 2026, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. This Fiscal Year 2025 Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research Award supports university-based scientific research and infrastructure development aligned with the nation's nuclear energy mission. The award...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgetown University received a $602,695 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) for the project titled "Actinide-Oxo Cluster Chemistry: Trends in Periodicity, Structure, and Behavior," effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The project supports fundamental scientific research in materials science and chemical processes, advancing the nation's basic research portfolio in the physical sciences....
- Federal Grant Award Summary Oklahoma State University received a $440,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the period of September 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027. The award supports fundamental scientific research titled "Atomic-Scale Understanding of Irradiation-Induced Order/Disorder Transformations in High-Entropy Oxides," to be conducted at the university's Stillwater,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded University of Wisconsin - Madison a $600,000 Project Grant effective September 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, to support fundamental research on chemically induced phase transformation (CHIPT) of two-dimensional graphene into ultrathin three-dimensional diamond. This basic research initiative aligns with the Office of Science's mission as the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison Division, received a $249,699 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) on March 25, 2026, with a completion date of March 24, 2027. This award supports scientific infrastructure for consolidated innovative nuclear research, consistent with the Office of Nuclear Energy's...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded $500,000 in Project Grant funding to the University of Wisconsin–Madison (operating as Tandem Press) on May 1, 2026, for a one-year research initiative titled "Micellization Thermodynamics in Soft-Hard Zwitterionic Additives for Halide Electrochemical Materials." This award, funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports fundamental research in...
The University of Wyoming received a $906,022 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded March 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for February 28, 2027. The grant funds research titled "Exploring Actinide Nanocrystal Growth Towards Defining 5f Surface Chemistry," conducted at the university's Laramie, Wyoming campus. This project supports fundamental scientific research in materials science and chemical processes, aligned with the Office of Science's mission as the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences. The research investigation focuses on synthesizing and characterizing actinide nanocrystals to advance understanding of 5f electron surface chemistry—a specialized area of nuclear materials science with potential applications in energy and nuclear research. As a typical Office of Science Project Grant, the award supports a one-year basic research initiative subject to scientific merit review and peer evaluation criteria including technical merit, methodological appropriateness, researcher competency, and budget reasonableness. The university, as a land-grant research institution with substantial federal research infrastructure, serves as the prime recipient responsible for executing the research and maintaining auditable records of all costs incurred.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $906.0k | 5/28/26 |