Project Grant W911NF261A144

This $550,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports fundamental research on exciton dynamics in proximized chiral heterostructures over a three-year period (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028). The research investigates how chirality—a geometric property lacking mirror image symmetry—transfers from hybrid chiral perovskites to two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $114,924 Project Grant (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) effective May 1, 2026, to organize and conduct the Materials Data and Artificial Intelligence Biennial Principal Investigator Workshop. The workshop, scheduled for August 2026 in Washington, DC, will convene awardees and partners from the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University a $299,596 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on February 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2026. The grant funds a national conference on Low-Dimensional Materials and Electronics designed to convene leading experts from universities, semiconductor companies, and national laboratories to establish a coordinated roadmap...

The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded $320,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a collaborative research project on combinatorial solution processing of optical phase change materials. The researchers will develop a high-throughput synthesis and characterization paradigm for accelerated discovery and customization of multi-component phase change alloy thin films tailored for...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the design, discovery, and deployment of electronic phase transition materials at the University of Notre Dame. The goal is to deliver new classes of insulator-to-metal transition (IMT) materials that can enable low-power computing systems and advanced communication technologies like 6G. The interdisciplinary research team will develop...

This $535,686 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the acquisition of a comprehensive X-ray scattering system for in situ studies at the University of California, Davis through August 2025. The system will transform research, education, and outreach in materials characterization across California's Central Valley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, the state-of-the-art instrument serves as a flagship tool for advanced materials...

Materials Modifications Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Fairfax, Virginia, received a $206,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on July 8, 2025. The award supports research and development of advanced silicon carbide composite materials for nuclear fuel cladding applications, with a performance period of one year concluding July 7, 2026. This project represents a continuation...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded $344,454 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Illinois Chicago for a collaborative research project beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2028. This project grant supports integrated computational and experimental research to discover solid electrolyte materials that enable fast ion transport of multivalent ions (calcium and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded a $392,017 Project Grant to the Long Beach Research Foundation California State University to support the project "RUI: NEW ULTRASTABLE CRYSTALLINE POROUS MATERIALS" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise....

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded $480,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program on October 1, 2025, for a collaborative research project titled "Accelerated Discovery of Perovskite Nanomaterials Using Distributed Self-Driving Labs." The project, which extends through September 30, 2029, aims to deliver lead-free metal halide...