Project Grant R43AT010583

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $480,000 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to improve the separation of complex biological samples by exploring the use of mixed-mode gradient stationary phases for liquid chromatography (LC). This 3-year project, funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to develop new approaches to strategically modify particle-packed silica columns with functionalized...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded Chemfinity Technologies, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in Brooklyn, NY, a $138,738 project grant under the NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances Basic Research and Education program (CFDA 93.143). The goal of the project is to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of Chemfinity's patented membrane-based ion-capture electrodialysis (IC-ED) technology for the remediation of acid mine drainage (AMD)...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,497.00 to CF Technologies, Inc. to conduct research and development on chromatographic separation of rare earth elements. CF Technologies, a for-profit manufacturer and small disadvantaged business, specializes in CO2 extraction, fractionation, separation and chromatography. Through this one-year grant awarded on July 10, 2023, the company will research and...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training program provides $306,860 to Mixedlcmedia LLC, a small disadvantaged business, to develop and evaluate a prototype ultra-low flow liquid chromatography platform based on their proprietary porous layer open-tubular (PLOT) and monolithic nanocolumn technologies. The goal is to create a commercialization-ready LC system that enables deep proteomic...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $290,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop accurate molecular models for chromatographic systems. This 2-year collaborative research aims to: (i) predict retention orders in chromatographic systems without adjustable parameters, (ii) provide microscopic-level insights into separation processes, and (iii) utilize this...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering), supports collaborative research by an international team of scientists from the U.S. and Germany. The $273,999 award, granted to The Trustees of Princeton University, aims to shed new light on the interfacial layer dynamics that occur during the chromatographic separation of nanomaterials. The research team...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $446,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, for a research project titled "Ultrafast Affinity Extraction - Fundamental Studies and Use in Environmental Applications". This 3-year project aims to develop new high-performance separation methods based on ultrafast affinity extraction to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to support research under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to advance a sustainable chemistry-based approach for extracting lithium ions from hypersaline aqueous brines, which have lower lithium-ion concentrations compared to other alkali metal cations. The...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems award of $566,667 aims to develop an integrated technology platform that captures and transforms nitrate, a major water pollutant, into useful products. The four-year project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ECO-CBET: A PHOTOCAPACITIVE/ELECTROLYTIC REACTOR FOR CARBON NEUTRAL PRODUCTION OF CLEAN WATER AND VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM NITRATE CONTAMINATED WATERS", will be led by...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $333,179 Project Grant through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Montana to develop novel materials and approaches for liquid chromatography. Specifically, the research team led by Christopher P. Palmer and Orion Berryman is synthesizing and characterizing new chromatographic stationary phase materials that utilize halogen bonding as the interaction and retention mechanism. This research aims to...