Project Grant N629092512063

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to fund the "UPR-UW PREM: Center for Advancing Research and Training for STEM Success." This 6-year award, effective September 1, 2024, brings together researchers from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) at Mayagüez, UPR Medical Sciences Campus, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center...

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...

This $1,749,826 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) aims to advance the state of the art in carbon materials and devices by connecting 18 research networks across 10 countries. The "Broadening Carbon Ring" network of networks will fill knowledge gaps, accelerate carbon materials discovery, and create manufacturing toolboxes to explore frontier carbon device applications and train...

This $200,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports the Center for Interfacial Electrochemistry of Energy Materials (CIE2M) partnership. The partnership, involving researchers at the University of Puerto Rico and Universidad Ana G. Méndez, aims to advance the development of nanomaterials for sustainable renewable energy, with a focus on solar energy and energy storage technologies. Key research thrusts...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program supports a collaborative research and education initiative between Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) and the University of Chicago (UChicago). The overarching goal is to broaden participation in materials science and engineering careers by engaging undergraduate students in cutting-edge research. The grant funds two primary research thrusts: 1)...

This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) program supports an international research and education collaborative between the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan. The "IRES: Materials Innovation Collaborative" project provides U.S. undergraduate and graduate students with 5-10 week research experiences at OIST,...

This $304,098 National Science Foundation project grant supports the acquisition of an x-ray diffraction system at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. The system will advance research and education activities in physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering. It enables over nine research groups to conduct diffraction techniques and studies of nanomaterials, thin films, and low diffracting materials. The university offers training and workshops to undergraduate students using this...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research provides $203,812 to Florida International University from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022 to support research on Poly-Conjugated Oligomers for noninvasive functional protein delivery. The award funds development of P-COs, or Poly-Conjugated Oligomers, for delivering proteins noninvasively as part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The program aims to advance these...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of South Carolina $395,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research on mechanochemistry of metallocenes from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Professors Chuanbing Tang of the University of South Carolina and Stephen L. Craig of Duke University will develop a class of metal-containing polymers that respond chemically to mechanical stress through common...

This $1,425,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (DMR) under the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our Future (DMREF) program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to develop programmable soft materials design and synthesis capabilities. The research aims to integrate molecular design codes, automated synthesis, and structural analysis to create an artificial intelligence-driven materials design platform with...