Project Grant DESC0026631

Lehigh University received a $389,917 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2025. The grant supports the collaborative research project "MICROSTRUCTURE BY DESIGN: INTEGRATING GRAIN GROWTH EXPERIMENTS, DATA ANALYTICS, SIMULATION, AND THEORY" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project aims to advance understanding of major problems in...

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The University of Kentucky Research Foundation $900,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to fund research on defects and degradation chemistry at organic-inorganic interfaces. The award is a Project Grant assistance type with a period of performance through January 31, 2028. Work is performed in Lexington, Kentucky.</p>

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Trustees of Princeton University $700,000 on January 15, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support fundamental research into intercalation chemistry within transition metal dichalcogenides. The award funds basic research advancing understanding of natural phenomena in materials science. Performance occurs at Princeton, New Jersey, with a period of performance ending January 14, 2027.</p>

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded New Mexico State University $350,000 on January 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to study non-trivial aspects of nuclear structure via electromagnetic probe. The award, a project grant, funds research conducted at the recipient's Las Cruces, New Mexico facility through December 31, 2026. The Office of Science program supports basic research in the physical sciences across nearly 29,000 researchers...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Rutgers, The State University $400,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a comprehensive DFT+DMFT platform for computing strain and vibrational properties in correlated materials. The award funds computational research in materials science, with performance at Rutgers' New Brunswick, New Jersey campus through June 30, 2027. The project grant supports fundamental scientific research...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Virginia $540,000 on June 1, 2026, as a Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a rare-earth genome for quantum materials. The award covers the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027, with place of performance in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Office of Science, the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences, supports fundamental...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Brown University $549,247 on March 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to uncover dynamical phases of out-of-equilibrium quantum matter with neutron scattering. The project period runs through February 28, 2027, with work performed in Providence, Rhode Island. Florida State University serves as a sub-recipient, developing theory for experimental observations through high-performance computing...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Yale University $150,241.39 on January 15, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support elucidation of molecular descriptors for high entropy alloys in heterogeneous catalysis. The project runs through January 14, 2027, with work performed in New Haven, Connecticut. The funding is classified as a Project Grant, a form of assistance supporting fundamental scientific research in the physical sciences as...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Rhode Island $999,938 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research into the evolution and adaptation of biomineralization mechanisms in foraminifera protists. The award is a Project Grant with a period of performance through January 31, 2028, and work is performed in Kingston, Rhode Island. The Office of Science, the Nation's largest federal sponsor of basic...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Denver $585,900 on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research on magnon heat and spin transport in metallic magnetic thin films and nanostructures. The project runs through February 29, 2028, with work performed at the university's Denver, Colorado campus. This Project Grant supports fundamental research in materials science within the Office of Science's...