Project Grant DESC0026609

<p>The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration awarded Cornell University $600,000 on March 2, 2026, for participation in the Joint Program in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award funds research activities under the project grant assistance type, with performance at Cornell's Ithaca, New York campus through March 1, 2029. Cornell's Office of Sponsored Programs administers the award.</p>

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Cornell University $992,581 on September 1, 2026, for a Project Grant (CFDA 81.049, Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) to develop a two-dimensional phonon shield to eliminate correlated errors in superconducting qubits. Performance takes place in Ithaca, New York, with a completion date of December 31, 2027. Cornell's Office of Sponsored Programs administers the award.</p>

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Cornell University $1.612 million on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to identify and eliminate defects in sapphire substrates that cause decoherence in superconducting qubits using thermal laser epitaxy. The award is a Project Grant. Work is performed in Ithaca, New York, with a performance period through December 31, 2027. Cornell's Office of Sponsored Programs administers the award.

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $956,250 to Columbia University on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for advancing edge physics and modeling towards fusion pilot plants. The award funds research activities at Columbia's campus in New York, New York, with a performance period running through July 31, 2027. This project grant supports basic research within the Office of Science's portfolio of extramural research spanning the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Cornell University $946,988 on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop DIPAX, a differentiable computational framework integrating physics and artificial intelligence for inverse modeling at exascale. The award supports research and development activities at Cornell's Ithaca, New York campus through August 31, 2027. The project grant funds basic research in computational methods and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $1.04 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research on &quot;Bioinspired Morphogenesis of Functional Bicontinuous Materials.&quot; The award, effective September 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, supports fundamental scientific research conducted at Cornell's Ithaca, New York campus. Under this award, Cornell will...

Federal Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $567,308 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded on August 15, 2025, for research titled &quot;Engineering Correlated Phases in Higher-Order Moire Quantum Matter.&quot; The project, scheduled for completion by February 14, 2027, will be conducted at Cornell's Ithaca, New York facility. This award supports fundamental scientific research...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $595,438 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) effective August 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for February 14, 2027. The award funds research titled &quot;Searching for Topological Superconductors with Ultrasound,&quot; to be conducted at Cornell's Ithaca, New York campus. This project represents part of the Office of Science's...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Cornell University $515,000 on August 1, 2026, for open-system vibronic dynamics with trapped ions under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The project runs through July 31, 2027, with performance in Ithaca, New York. This Project Grant funds basic research in quantum science, advancing the theoretical and experimental understanding of how vibronic (vibrational and electronic) dynamics evolve in trapped-ion systems...

Cornell University received a $657,535 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective September 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026. The project, titled &quot;Interrogating Competitive Co-adsorption of Small Molecules Relevant to Separations Using Metal-Organic Frameworks,&quot; supports fundamental scientific research investigating how small molecules competitively adsorb onto metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for industrial separation applications. This...