Project Grant DESC0026506
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $550,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of February 28, 2027. The project, titled "Correlation Effects of Wigner Crystalline Excitons in Moire Heterostructures," supports fundamental scientific research to advance understanding of quantum phenomena in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California's Department of Contracts and Grants Division received a $484,048 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) on March 15, 2026, for the initiative titled "SEA-CROGS: Scalable, Efficient and Accelerated Causal Reasoning Operators, Graphs and Spikes for Earth and Embedded Systems." The award, with a completion date of March 14, 2027, funds fundamental research in computational science...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $199,859 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049: Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) awarded September 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 14, 2026. The grant supports fundamental scientific research in quantum information science through a project titled "Leveraging Unconventional Symmetries for Noise-Resilient Quantum Memories." Research...
- 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 South Carolina received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. The award funds basic research on "Elucidating Flavor Content of Nucleons in Nuclei," a fundamental physics investigation aligned with the Office of Science's core mission to advance understanding of the natural universe and support basic research in the physical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $647,636 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. Principal Investigator Anna Krylov will develop novel coupled-cluster electronic structure methods to advance theoretical spectroscopy modeling capabilities in both core and valence domains, with particular...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $472,209 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This research project investigates distinctive structures and phase transitions in nanoscale particles and clusters using the photoelectric effect as a measurement tool. The research team will apply...
- This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports fundamental scientific research on "BOOTSTRAPPING QUANTUM GRAVITY" at the University of Southern California (USC). The funding will advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through basic scientific discovery and the development of advanced computational and experimental capabilities in areas such as particle physics,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $665,000 Project Grant award dated April 1, 2026, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with German institutions through the NSF-Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) framework, focuses on the rational design and development of tunable anisotropic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) effective November 1, 2025, through October 31, 2028. This collaborative research project will investigate fundamental mechanisms underlying plasma-enhanced electrostatic precipitation (PE-ESP) technology designed to reduce diesel particulate...
The University of Southern California received a $517,405 Project Grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The award supports in situ spectroscopy research of photoelectrochemical processes at semiconductor-liquid interfaces, to be conducted at USC's Los Angeles campus. This research falls within the Office of Science's portfolio of fundamental scientific investigations spanning advanced scientific computing, materials science, and energy-related chemical processes. The project delivers basic research findings and experimental data characterizing photoelectrochemical phenomena through advanced spectroscopic methods, contributing to the nation's scientific discovery capability in support of energy applications. As a major research university with significant federal research infrastructure, USC's Department of Contracts and Grants Division administers the award and maintains compliance with DOE financial assistance requirements, including auditable records substantiation and adherence to peer-review merit evaluation standards established through the Portfolio Analysis and Management System (PAMS).Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $517.4k | 7/15/26 |