Project Grant FA86552417390

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to study highly electron-deficient carbon, boron and silicon compounds. The goal of this 3-year research project, which falls under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), is to isolate and characterize compounds containing main group elements with as few as 4 or 5 valence electrons. This builds on prior work demonstrating that...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Princeton University $499,999 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. Under this Project Grant, Princeton University will study selective oxidation reactions central to pharmaceutical, fine chemical, and other chemical industry processes. Specifically, the university will design advanced catalysts with high reactivity, selectivity, and...

Under a $293,308 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Purdue University is conducting research to develop new chiral catalysts for enantioselective photoredox-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The project aims to design efficient photochemical reactions to synthesize specific enantiomers of chiral organic molecules, which have important applications in...

This $309,414 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, supports research at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G) to develop a new class of photocatalysts that can transform cheap, unreactive raw materials into value-added chemicals. The goal is to control the photochemical process and reaction selectivity by modulating the energy of the light...

This $472,369 National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry Project Grant will support research into novel fluorinated functional groups as environmentally benign replacements for persistent and toxic compounds used in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Professor John T. Welch of the University at Albany will investigate the chemical reactivity and polar hydrophobicity of tetrafluoro(trifluoromethyl)sulfanes. Seventh through twelfth grade students from underrepresented and economically...

This $650,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry supports the research of Dr. Raphael Florentino Ribeiro of Emory University. The award, effective December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2028, aims to develop new theoretical approaches and computational methods for investigating chemical phenomena in microenvironments that confine light and interact strongly with matter. The research will computationally explore strategies to achieve...

This $851,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and educational activities under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from February 2022 through January 2027. Frederique Deiss of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will study redox reactions and single particle detection using electrochemiluminescence and microfluidics. The research aims to develop single-entity electrochemistry methods using electrochemiluminescence in droplets...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a $598,196 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop collaborative human-robot systems for organic synthesis procedures in chemical research and development laboratories. The three-year award beginning September 15, 2022 will support research integrating robotics, chemistry, and human-computer interaction to classify, model, and evaluate the efficacy of collaborative...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $575,000 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to study the development of new silicon-based molecules and their use as catalysts for efficient organic synthesis and renewable polymer production. The 3-year project, led by Professor Annaliese Franz, aims to design innovative multi-functional silanol ligands with unique properties that can enable the creation of...

This $1.22 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research between the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and New Iridium, Inc. to develop and evaluate scenarios for collaborative human-robot teams in organic synthesis procedures. Over a four-year period ending in August 2026, the project aims to classify, model, and assess the efficacy of robotic assistance in various...