Project Grant DESC0026533
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Illinois $500,000 on April 15, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to investigate intertwined electronic and elastic degrees of freedom in correlated materials. Work is performed in Urbana, Illinois through April 14, 2027. The award is structured as a Project Grant, a form of assistance funding supporting basic research in the physical sciences as part of the Office of Science's...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Illinois $759,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to fund research on understanding mechanisms of irradiation-induced crystallization. Work will be performed in Urbana, Illinois, with a period of performance extending through January 31, 2028. The award is a Project Grant, the assistance type supporting basic research in the physical sciences that advances...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Illinois $792,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to investigate ion transport and fouling mechanisms in heterogeneous ion-exchange membranes under electric fields. The project runs through December 31, 2027, with work performed in Urbana, Illinois. This is a Project Grant, a form of assistance funding supporting fundamental scientific research in the physical sciences.
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The University of Chicago $900,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for multiscale simulation of energy transduction in biomolecular systems. The project runs through July 31, 2027, with performance at the university's Chicago, Illinois campus. This Project Grant supports basic research in the physical sciences as part of the Office of Science's portfolio, which sponsors nearly 29,000...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Illinois $333,333.47 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on pathways toward energy-efficient quantum computing. The award runs through September 14, 2027, with performance in Urbana, Illinois. The University of Illinois passed a sub-award to The Research Foundation For The State University of New York, operating as Stony Brook University, on July...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $212,782 to the University of Illinois on September 1, 2026, to develop silicon carbide coatings by high power impulse magnetron discharge with positive kick for molten salt corrosion resistance of fusion reactor components, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The project runs through August 31, 2027, with work performed in Urbana, Illinois. The Office of Science supports basic research across the physical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $470,221 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for February 28, 2027. The award funds research titled "Probing New Topological Phases with Response Functions," conducted at the institution's Urbana, Illinois campus. This project represents fundamental scientific research in materials science and condensed matter physics,...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The University of Chicago $1.14 million on June 1, 2026, for a project grant in non-equilibrium generative artificial intelligence for inferring and classifying dissipative steady states and chemical dynamics. The award supports basic research in the physical sciences under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). Performance runs through May 31, 2027, at the university's Chicago, Illinois campus. The assistance type...
- Illinoisrocstar LLC was awarded a $206,431 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant will support innovative research on reduced-order models for subsurface radionuclide transport in nuclear waste management through April 26, 2023. The Office of Science Program aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through basic...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $450,000 to Iowa State University of Science and Technology on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a spatial generative Bayesian computation framework for inferring turbulence-microphysics interactions. The award is a Project Grant assistance type with a period of performance extending through May 31, 2027. Work is performed at Iowa State University's facilities in Ames, Iowa....
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $520,000 to the University of Illinois on July 1, 2026, for the project "Isolating Hot Hole Dynamics in Plasmonic Photocatalysis via Ultrafast Emission Microscopy" under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award funds research to isolate and characterize hot hole dynamics in plasmonic photocatalysis using ultrafast emission microscopy techniques. Work is performed in Urbana, Illinois through June 30, 2027. The University of Illinois, as a land-grant research institution with established relationships across the federal research portfolio, serves as the prime recipient. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports basic research in the physical sciences, funding extramural grants and contracts at over 300 institutions and 17 DOE national laboratories. Awards are subject to scientific merit review and evaluated on scientific and technical merit, appropriateness of method, competency of personnel and resources, and budget reasonableness.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $520.0k | 7/27/26 |