Project Grant DESC0026677

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 Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of South Carolina $150,000 on June 1, 2026, to support research elucidating flavor content of nucleons in nuclei under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The project runs from June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027, and is performed in Columbia, South Carolina. This is a project grant, the assistance type used by Office of Science for extramural basic research support across its portfolio of nearly...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Clemson University $900,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to enhance predictability of aerosol and cloud forcing on light scattering and gross primary production in southeastern U.S. forests, wetlands, and croplands. Work is performed in Georgetown, South Carolina, with a period of performance through August 31, 2027. The Office of Science, the nation's largest federal sponsor of...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Southern California $517,405 on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct in situ spectroscopy of photoelectrochemical processes at semiconductor-liquid interfaces. The project runs through June 30, 2027, with performance at USC's Los Angeles, California location. This project grant funds basic research into photoelectrochemical processes, contributing to the Office of...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $1.095 million to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to fund research on photoinduced spin-polarized charge transfer and transport in chiral molecular nanoribbons. The project runs through June 30, 2027, with performance at Columbia University in New York, New York. The assistance type is a Project Grant. This award supports basic...

<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>

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Southern California $199,859 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on leveraging unconventional symmetries for noise-resilient quantum memories. Work is performed in Marina Del Rey, California through September 14, 2027. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports extramural grants and contracts advancing fundamental scientific...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded the University of South Carolina $314,000 on April 1, 2026, for collaborative research on solvent effects in TiO2-catalyzed aldol condensation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research combines laboratory experiments and computer modeling to determine how solvent properties influence aldol condensation reactions that convert small molecules into larger molecules...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $749,604 to the University of Southern California on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop theoretical framework and quantum-chemistry tools for first-principles studies of the Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect. The award funds research conducted at USC's Los Angeles, California campus through July 31, 2027. The project supports basic research in the physical sciences,...

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $729,888 on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to uncover ambipolar photocurrent generation mechanisms in non-fullerene electron acceptors. Work is performed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a period of performance through June 30, 2027. The award is classified as a Project Grant.</p>