Project Grant N629092112054

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $2,000 to fund a 2-day workshop focused on the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI). The workshop will bring together MGI grantees and program managers from various federal agencies, including the NSF, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and National Institute of Standards and Technology. The goal is to assess the current...

This $155,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) supports fundamental research at Iowa State University to understand how nanoparticle self-assembly can be integrated into laser/powder-based additive manufacturing (AM) of multimodal metallic materials. The overall goal is to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms governing nanoparticle self-assembly behavior, microstructure evolution, and property enhancements in AM of...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $328,450 in funding to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) to investigate the molten salt synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles. The collaborative research team plans to use advanced X-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques to study the nucleation and growth mechanisms of nanoparticles produced through molten salt...

This $416,841 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program supports research by professors Farnaz A. Shakib and Mengqiang Zhao at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to develop electrically conductive and magnetically bi-stable coordination polymers (Bi-CCPs). The goal is to create a new class of tunable, high-conductivity materials suitable for applications like electronic switches, quantum sensors, and...

The University of Alabama received a $104,250 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research on June 1, 2021 to support the "Opportunities in Experiment, Computation, Theory and AI Virtual July 2021 Workshop with Focus on Metals and Alloys" project. The workshop will focus on advancing understanding of major problems in metals and alloys research, in alignment with the goals of the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences...

Northwestern University received a $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on October 1, 2021 to support collaborative research titled "DMREF: ACCELERATED DATA-DRIVEN DISCOVERY OF ION-CONDUCTING MATERIALS." The award will fund research through September 30, 2025 under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant aims to advance the discovery of new ion-conducting materials through accelerated data-driven methods. As outlined in...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $566,234 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The grant supports research investigating a novel approach for synthesizing high-entropy transition metal borides using microwave-induced plasma. This non-conventional process is expected to offer advantages over traditional...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the design, discovery, and deployment of electronic phase transition materials at the University of Notre Dame. The goal is to deliver new classes of insulator-to-metal transition (IMT) materials that can enable low-power computing systems and advanced communication technologies like 6G. The interdisciplinary research team will develop...

This $199,280 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund a workshop for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered materials discovery at the University of South Dakota (USD). The goal is to unite researchers from nine EPSCoR jurisdictions with experts in AI, engineering, materials science, physical science, and data science to create a world-class, data-driven materials research platform. The workshop will leverage...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $237,916 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2025. The funding will support research and training to establish a framework for the hierarchical assembly of battery materials using acoustic fields. Specifically, the awardee will elucidate structure-property relationships of nanoparticle networks in materials fabricated through field-assisted...