Northwestern University received a $506,226 Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to support the project "UNLOCKING THE CRYO-DOMAIN: BIO-CRYO-TOMOGRAPHY FROM MICRO TO ATOMIC SCALE" from February 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant is funded through the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), which supports basic research related to improving Army programs and operations. Under this award,...
This $120,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) is supporting research by Northwestern University to develop dynamic and responsive macromolecular materials leveraging cutting-edge liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The grant will enable Northwestern University to advance fundamental materials science knowledge with...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,264,645.00 and awarded on February 28, 2025, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research at Northwestern University to develop, characterize, and evaluate the properties of functional synthetic materials. Key focus areas include advanced materials, semiconducting paramagnetic covalent organic frameworks for organic electronics and spintronics,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431), provides $150,000.00 to Northwestern University to conduct fundamental research on "PRODUCT ANALYSIS FOR ELECTROCATALYTIC CO2 REDUCTION SPECIES." The award, effective from December 16, 2024 to December 15, 2025, aims to expand scientific knowledge and technological capabilities in areas critical to...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command awarded a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement to Northwestern University under the Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) on January 30, 2025. The agreement supports an integrated approach of advanced manufacturing to enhance power density in Army aviation and propulsion systems. The research aims to generate innovative scientific discoveries and technological capabilities that could address long-term national security challenges and enhance...
Northwestern University received a $395,980 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated September 15, 2022 through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the acquisition of a scanning electron microscope for structural and mechanical characterization of bio-, meta- and low dimensional materials. This equipment will allow Northwestern researchers to analyze material properties at the nano- and...
The Northwestern University project "Elimination of Chemical Threats via Reactive Metal-Organic Frameworks" received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The grant was awarded on August 23, 2022 under the Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction program (CFDA 12.351) to support basic, applied, and advanced research efforts that advance understanding of sciences to combat weapons of mass destruction. Specifically, the grant will...
This federal Project Grant award of $299,260.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant, titled "Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Designer Quantum Materials", is focused on investigating the emergent macroscopic quantum mechanical properties of magnetic metal-organic framework (MOF) materials. The award was granted to The Johns Hopkins University, a leading research...
Northwestern University will receive $588,549 from the Department of the Army Medical Command under a Project Grant award to develop site-specific nanofiber-coated regulatory T cells for inducing tolerance in vascularized composite allotransplants. The work will be carried out from September 2021 through September 2024 under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). This program aims to transform military and public health through innovative biomedical research,...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $465,614 Project Grant to Northwestern University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a period of performance from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, will fund the development of a "Digital, Multiscale, Adaptive Assembly Platform for Multifunctional Material Systems." This research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific...