Project Grant N629091612224

This $299,832 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) will provide 10-week international research experiences for undergraduate students from Chapman University and the surrounding region. The program aims to (1) expose students to heterogeneous catalysis research, (2) increase participation of underrepresented students in STEM, and (3) prepare the next generation of international researchers. Students will...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $428,182 in funding to the University of California, Irvine to research methods for improving the sustainability and efficiency of industrial propylene production. The primary objectives are to: (1) determine the effects of localized induction heating on propane dehydrogenation (PDH) activity, (2) elucidate the surface reconstruction of platinum catalysts...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is focused on developing more efficient ways to produce valuable organic chemicals outside of living cells, a process known as cell-free biomanufacturing. The $2,996,108 project will run from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028 and is being led by the University of California, Irvine. The key objectives are to create membrane-less coacervate droplets that...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides support for the Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress to be held in Chicago from June 16-20, 2025. The SRI Congress is the world's largest annual event focused on sustainability science and innovation, bringing together research, government, business, and civil society leaders from over 100 countries to advance progress toward sustainability. The award...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will provide $400,000.00 in funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop a sustainable electrochemical recycling method for recovering and reusing important industrial homogeneous catalysts. The project aims to: (i) design nanostructured, high-accessibility electrosorbents for recovering various palladium-based homogeneous catalysts, (ii) investigate the nanoscale...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA 47.041 "Engineering" program provides $450,000 in funding to The Trustees of Princeton University to develop a novel "Multi-Attribute Urban Sensing Technology (MUST)" platform. The key products and services to be delivered include: A prototype vehicle-mounted multi-sensor system integrating 360-degree cameras, high-resolution LiDAR, GPS, and innovative environmental/air pollution sensors to collect granular...

This $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to advance electrocatalytic technologies for capturing and converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable fuels like methane and ethylene. The award to Clemson University's Division of Research will fund research to utilize captured (bi)carbonate ions rather than pure CO2 gas as the feedstock for the electrochemical reduction process. This approach seeks to improve the energy...

The National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering awarded Iowa State University a $300,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 47.079 program titled "Office of International Science and Engineering" for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. The grant will support the establishment of the INSPIRE site, which will provide unique international research and educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students in collaboration with the Swiss...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program grant (CFDA 47.083) provides $600,000 to Princeton University from September 2024 to August 2029 to develop a new non-equilibrium electrochemical plasma catalysis (NE-EPC) system for efficient, distributed, and electrified ammonia synthesis from water, nitrogen, and renewable electricity. The project aims to investigate a novel plasma-assisted Mars–van Krevelen mechanism, develop advanced electrochemical membrane materials,...