Project Grant N629092312080

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $700 Project Grant to support public diplomacy programs in Poland. The grant was awarded on September 30, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and national security interests by informing and influencing foreign audiences. This particular award will likely support...

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $126,453 Project Grant to Wittenberg University under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad program (CFDA 84.021) on July 7, 2023. The grant supports an overseas project in Poland that explores the tension between democratic pluralism and nationalistic exclusion of the "other." This initiative contributes to the development and improvement of modern foreign language and area studies in the United...

This $399,562 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Mississippi State University to understand how natural and synthetic polyelectrolytes (charged polymers) respond to applied electric fields. The key objectives are to (1) investigate the electroformation and deposition of polyelectrolyte complexes and (2) elucidate the electric field-induced adhesion and dissociation of oppositely charged...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund participation in the Seattle Snowmass Summer Study 2022 conference. The award recipient, the University of Washington Grant & Contracts Division, will use the funding to support attendance of early career researchers and students, as well as members of underrepresented groups, at the conference from July 17-26, 2022. The Snowmass conference is a field-wide...

This $448,967 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) supports the "Collaborative Research to Yield Stimulating Transnational Activities in Lattice Dynamics (Crystal Dynamics)" program led by the University of Rochester. The program provides undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary materials science research at prestigious Italian institutions, including the...

This $401,029 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research by Dr. Eszter Boros at Stony Brook University to develop new discrete luminescent lanthanide complexes that can be efficiently excited using Cherenkov radiation. The goal is to create more sensitive and accurate optical imaging probes for deep cancer detection by visualizing small amounts of tumor tissue under the skin. Key technical objectives...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded a $299,798 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Oklahoma. The grant supports the development of an integrated software platform to simulate polariton photochemical and photophysical processes. Key elements include: Implementation of software modules in open-source electronic structure packages to provide ab initio quantum mechanics...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $320,000 to develop methods for measuring the molecular weight and polydispersity of polyelectrolytes. Professors Ralph H. Colby of Pennsylvania State University and Louis A. Madsen of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will establish robust general techniques for determining these parameters in polyelectrolytes, which are...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry aims to develop novel polymeric materials based on segmented polar-polyolefin copolymers with complex architectures. Professors Eva Harth at the University of Houston and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski at Carnegie Mellon University are collaborating on this 3-year effort, which seeks to advance energy storage materials and plastic upcycling capabilities. The key products and services to be delivered...

This $683,990 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research on the interactions between polarized electron beams and chiral molecules. The primary objectives are to: Study collisions between polarized electrons, which have their spins aligned, and chiral molecules like DNA to investigate the dynamics and magnetic effects of these interactions. This research may provide insights into the...