Project Grant DESC0026496
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $550,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027. The award funds research into ab initio quantum electrodynamics (QED) approaches to investigate polariton transport processes, representing fundamental scientific inquiry aligned with the Office of Science's mission to advance...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $1.75 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded on August 15, 2025, for research titled "Molecules to Materials: Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Activation and Transfer in Redox-Active Mixed Metal Oxides." The two-year project, extending through August 14, 2027, focuses on fundamental scientific research in materials science and catalytic processes relevant to energy...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $553,901 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the period August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027. The research project, titled "Structure-Function Relationships That Dictate the Mechanism of Small Molecule Activation on the Surfaces of Ternary Spinel Oxide Electrocatalysts," focuses on fundamental scientific research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $389,845 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, effective August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award funds research into levitated optomechanics, a novel platform that uses focused laser light (optical tweezers) to suspend and control nanoscale beads in ultra-high vacuum. The research team will...
- The University of Rochester received a $556,160 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2027. The project, titled "Precise Control of Tungsten Carbide in Joule Reactors via Natural Language Processing," supports fundamental scientific research conducted at the university's Rochester, New York facility. This award falls under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, which serves as the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University received an $875,000 project grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. The project, titled "Programmable Floquet Algorithms for Materials Research: Enhanced Qubit Coherence and Entangled State Preparation on Quantum Hardware," will be conducted at Cornell's Ithaca, New York...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rochester Institute of Technology received a $249,556 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences directorate (CFDA 47.049) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The project develops a novel computational method that integrates machine learning with quantum theory to accelerate simulations of strongly correlated materials. The core innovation employs dimensionality reduction techniques to construct compact...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rochester received a $302,934 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award supports research on "Modern Developments of Optimization Methods via Inexact Proximal Point Framework," which advances fundamental mathematical and computational approaches relevant to Air Force scientific and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Arizona received a $875,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. The award supports research titled "Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics and Microscopic Thermodynamics with Optically Levitated Nanoparticles," to be conducted at the institution's Tucson, Arizona facility. This project contributes to the Office of Science's mission as the nation's largest...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), effective September 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026. The award supports fundamental scientific research titled "Generating Long-Range Spin Interactions Using Rydberg Excitons," which falls within the Office of Science's core mission of sponsoring...
The University of Rochester received a $799,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The award supports fundamental scientific research investigating quantum decoherence and new physics searches in high-energy systems utilizing quantum information science tools. This project represents the Office of Science's investment in basic research aimed at advancing understanding of quantum phenomena with potential applications to energy, national security, and scientific discovery. The research will be conducted at the University of Rochester's facility in Rochester, New York. As a major federal research institution with extensive expertise in advanced scientific inquiry and technology development, the university will deliver hypothesis-driven research outcomes aligned with the Office of Science's mission to sponsor cutting-edge scientific discovery across multiple disciplines. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program typically funds project grants in the $250,000 to $1.5 million range over one- to four-year periods, with awards subject to peer review evaluation based on scientific merit, methodological appropriateness, personnel competency, and budget reasonableness.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $799.0k | 6/26/26 |