This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) provides $397,864 to Jackson State University (JSU) to support research on "Optical Laser Lithography Fabrication System and Local Multiferroelectric Properties of Van der Waals Materials and Their Heterostructure". The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2025. As a...
This Federal Project Grant award of $115,006.00 was provided by the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to Jackson State University (JSU) effective September 1, 2024. The award supports a research project that will run through August 31, 2025. As a historically black university and minority institution, JSU has extensive experience supporting various federal agency initiatives across STEM education, scientific...
This $490,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a partnership between Jackson State University (JSU) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) for research and education in materials science.
The key products/services to be delivered under this 6-year grant include:
Developing a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research team to solve real-world problems through innovative...
This $1,500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) will enable Jackson State University (JSU) to develop multi-dimensional cybersecurity programs. The goal is to train the next generation of cyber-scientists dedicated to securing critical U.S. infrastructure. This 3-year award, running from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will allow JSU to leverage its expertise as a minority-serving,...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, provides $1,172,000.00 to Jackson State University (JSU) to enhance the capabilities of JSU-TV. The key objectives are to upgrade JSU-TV's equipment to industry standards, implement a comprehensive training program for students, and establish clear metrics for success. The grant award period runs from...
Jackson State University was awarded a $412,380 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from June 2021 through May 2024 examining the fine structure of exciton levels in lead chalcogenide nanocrystals. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the Nation's scientific enterprise through increased understanding of...
This $1,000,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Jackson State University's efforts to improve research and educational infrastructure related to 3D printable nanocomposites for biotechnology applications. Specifically, the University will provide opportunities for underrepresented minority participants to gain STEM research experience and education on materials design. Key deliverables include significantly expanding the...
The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a 1-year, $3,698,053 Project Grant to Jackson State University (JSU) under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The grant will fund activities to strengthen the management, fiscal operations, and academic quality of this minority-serving institution, particularly in expanding educational opportunities for underrepresented student populations. Key focus areas include curriculum development, faculty...
This NSF Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $299,769 to Jackson State University (JSU) will provide a fellowship opportunity for an assistant professor and a graduate student to visit Emory University for 6 months to learn advanced ultrafast spectroscopy techniques. The goal is to enhance JSU's research capacity in understanding perovskite solar cell passivation and charge transport processes affected by organic functional groups. The project will support hands-on...
Jackson State University was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to modernize numerical flow solvers with heterogeneous computing from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The university will create a general-purpose library of optimized parallelization functions and routines for mesh-based numerical solvers. This library will ease the burden of parallelizing such...