Project Grant DESC0026680
- 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 $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 $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 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 $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,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the University of Illinois $328,679 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate grain boundary dynamics in irradiated compositionally complex carbides. The research integrates material synthesis, irradiation experiments, advanced microscopy, machine learning, and multiscale modeling to examine how radiation alters the chemistry and structure of grain boundaries in...
- The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded Microcvd Corp, a minority-owned for-profit Asian-Pacific American organization, a $250,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a new manufacturing method for silicon carbide (SiC) fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites. This grant, with a period of performance from July 10, 2023 to July 9, 2024, supports the Office of Science's mission to advance scientific discoveries and...
- 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 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...
- 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 $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 sciences, with this award targeting fundamental advancement in materials science and engineering relevant to fusion energy systems. The University of Illinois, a major public research institution, receives the assistance as a Project Grant from a portfolio spanning physical sciences, engineering, and energy research across multiple federal agencies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $212.8k | 8/11/26 |