Project Grant DESC0026616

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded North Carolina State University $390,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on the interplay and entanglement of electronic and nuclear motions in light-driven photochemical and photophysical transformations. The award is a Project Grant with a period of performance through June 30, 2027, and work is performed in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p>

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $514,643 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049: Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2026. This award supports research on &quot;Strong and Remote Coupling with Magnon-Based Interconnects in an Opto-Electronic-Magnonic Platform,&quot; conducted at the institution's Chapel Hill, North Carolina...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded North Carolina State University $311,617 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for research on randomized optimal acquisition of heterogeneous data in misspecified problems. The project runs through September 14, 2027, with performance at the recipient's Raleigh, North Carolina campus. This Project Grant supports basic research within the Office of Science's portfolio, which funds...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded North Carolina State University $300,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to re-envision how to perform time evolution on quantum computers for chemical applications. The project runs through August 31, 2027, with work performed in Raleigh, North Carolina. This Project Grant supports fundamental research in quantum computing methods applicable to chemistry, building on the Office of...

Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $546,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of January 31, 2027. The grant supports research on electron-deficient conjugated polymers with prototypical bond topologies, fundamental materials science research conducted at the university's Raleigh, North Carolina facility....

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $550,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to establish operando pump-probe microscopy as a new approach for probing ultrafast charge-carrier dynamics in electrically contacted semiconductor nanostructures. Professor James Cahoon and his students will develop the experimental framework to directly observe how electrons and holes move,...

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of South Carolina $625,381 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support photochromic catalysis research on platforms with on-demand mixed-valence metal oxidation states. Work is performed in Columbia, South Carolina, with a performance period extending through July 31, 2027.</p>

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of South Carolina $999,978 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support stimuli-responsive actinide coordination chemistry research. Performance runs through January 31, 2028, at the university's Columbia, South Carolina campus. The project grant funds fundamental research in actinide chemistry, advancing scientific understanding within the Department of Energy's basic...

The Office of Naval Research awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $263,719 on December 1, 2025, under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to support research in wave-particle active matter. The award runs through November 30, 2030, with performance in North Carolina. UNC-CH is the ultimate recipient; the University of North Carolina System Office holds the parent entity relationship. The Office of Sponsored Research administers the award on behalf...

The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $166,258 on January 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate light-induced ferroelectric polarization in hybrid halide perovskites. The research team will develop methods to control ferroelectricity in hybrid perovskites using light rather than electricity, addressing limitations in traditional ferroelectric characterization...