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Collaborative Research: RAPID: Assessing the impact of firefighting foam spill on PFAS pollution in Brunswick Maine
US · ME · Brunswick NSF · grant
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals that can contaminate the environment and affect public health. Because of the health concerns, there is a critical need to understand how humans are exposed to PFAS compoun…
Posted May 21, 2026
Collaborative Research: ERASE-PFAS: Thermal Regeneration of PFAS-laden Granular Activated Carbon presents an Opportunity to Break the Forever PFAS Cycle
US NSF · grant
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are fluorinated organic chemicals that have emerged as priority pollutants during the last two decades due to increasing concerns about their persistence, stability, and toxicity as they accumulate…
Posted May 21, 2026
Collaborative Research: Transformation of Phenols to Aliphatic Disinfection Byproducts: Identifying Critical Factors and Strategies that Minimize Intermediate Halophenols
US NSF · grant
Chlorine is used to kill harmful germs in drinking water. However, chlorine can also react with other substances in the water, like dissolved organic matter (DOM), creating unwanted byproducts called disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Phenolic…
Posted May 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence and Questionable Research Practices in Academic Publishing: An Incubation Project
US NSF · grant
This incubation project provides scientists with a platform to develop best practices for the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in research. The project will identify Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) as they pertain t…
Posted May 21, 2026
PERSISTENCE PATHWAYS: CHANGING RESEARCH LABS TO PERSIST IN ENGINEERING GRADUATE EDUCATION
US NSF · grant
The US requires more highly trained engineers to meet the problem-solving needs of the next century. Improved graduate education systems are one way to increase the degree completion of graduate engineering students. About half of engineeri…
Posted May 21, 2026
Collaborative Research: Tailoring the Catalytic Properties of Pd Single Atoms Using Covalent Organic Frameworks
US NSF · grant
Catalysts are used widely in industrial processes to improve energy efficiency and direct chemical reactions toward desired products. The project examines novel catalyst designs for an important class of industrial reactions – selective hy…
Posted May 21, 2026
MCA: Deciphering an Invasion: Understanding how invasive traits shape genomic structure and adaptive potential during rapid population growth and range expansion
US NSF · grant
A population’s ability to adapt to new or changing environmental conditions can be an important factor impacting species success. Adaptation is frequently associated with high levels of genetic variation, and when populations with limited g…
Posted May 21, 2026
Leveraging Epitaxial Growth to Deconvolute Particle Size and Density Effects in Thermal Catalysis
US NSF · grant
Management of waste plastics and other polymeric materials has become a critical environmental issue in recent years. Effective mitigation has generated research and development efforts to “up-cycle” waste plastic to more valuable chemical…
Posted May 21, 2026
CAREER: Unveiling the Stability, Rheology, and Topology of Active Fluids
US NSF · grant
This CAREER award involves emerging field of active fluids, which are a new class of liquid materials made up of densely packed suspensions of particles that can propel themselves by converting energy from locally available fuel into locomo…
Posted May 21, 2026
CAREER: Vapor-Liquid Separation for Sustainable Condensation Heat Transfer
US NSF · grant
Improving the performance of condensation heat transfer reduces size, weight, and cost in refrigeration, air conditioning, heat exchangers, and thermal management systems. To achieve a large heat transfer coefficient, condensates on a surfa…
Posted May 21, 2026
S-STEM Vertical Mentoring Learning Community
US NSF · grant
This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income student with demonstrated financial need at …
Posted May 21, 2026
Postdoctoral Fellowship: OPP-PRF: Linkages among Sea Ice, Phytoplankton, and Carbon in the Marginal Ice Zone
US NSF · grant
The West Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest warming regions in Antarctica, impacting carbon fluxes from the atmosphere to the ocean through effects on phytoplankton blooms, the microscopic marine plants that form the base of the food…
Posted May 21, 2026
Collaborative Research: Studies of light-responsive novel metal and lanthanide-based nanocomposites: X-ray radiation enhancing and radioluminescence properties
US NSF · grant
Non-Technical Summary Materials at the nanoscale have evidenced a wide and remarkable set of properties that make them suitable for many applications. The behavior of nanomaterials under various external stimuli, such as temperature, me…
Posted May 21, 2026
PFI-TT: A Novel Wireless Sensor for Continuous Monitoring of Patients with Chronic Diseases
US NSF · grant
The broader impact of this Partnerships for Innovation - Technology Translation (PFI-TT) project is in advancing battery-free, wireless, implantable sensors, with a particular focus on monitoring patients with early-stage heart failures. Ba…
Posted May 21, 2026
ENG-SEMICON: Quantum inspired ab initio simulation of thermal transport near heterojunctions
US NSF · grant
A major challenge in designing modern semiconductor devices is removing heat they generate during routine operations. Heat accumulation reduces device performance, shortens its lifespan, and increases the energy required for cooling. This p…
Posted May 21, 2026
How do stress-adapted microbial communities enhance the tolerance of trees to cold, heat and drought?
US NSF · grant
Tree species can occur across wide ranges that vary greatly in temperature and precipitation. How can a single tree species tolerate such a wide range of conditions? It is increasingly recognized that microbial associates can affect how pla…
Posted May 21, 2026
LEAPS-MPS: Unveiling the Origin of Carbon Dot Fluorescence Using Density Functional Tight Binding
US NSF · grant
In this project, managed by the Division of Chemistry at the NSF, Professor Duchimaza Heredia and students at Emmanuel College will use computer simulations to understand why carbon dots fluoresce. Carbon dots are formed by a polymerization…
Posted May 21, 2026
CAREER: Nanoscale Interactions of Stimuli-responsive Nanoparticles with Enzymes
US NSF · grant
Living cells use enzymes to perform numerous biological functions. These enzymes work on cellular targets which are extremely small in size, oftentimes measured at the nanometer (one billionth of a meter) length scale. This CAREER project a…
Posted May 21, 2026
REU Site: UT Rio Grande Valley REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science (AMCADS)
US NSF · grant
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley REU Program in Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science (AMCADS) will engage eight talented students in mathematics each summer for a nine-week immersive research experience. Students …
Posted May 21, 2026
Collaborative Research: Structure, Dynamics, and Catalysis with Dilute Bimetallic and Single Atom Alloy Nanoparticles
US NSF · grant
With support from the Chemical Catalysis program in the Division of Chemistry, David Flaherty (Georgia Institute of Technology), David HIbbitts (University of Florida), and Ayman Karim (Virginia Polytechnical Institute) will examine the con…
Posted May 21, 2026
CAREER: Statistical mechanics and knot theory in algebraic combinatorics
US NSF · grant
A mathematical knot is obtained by taking a piece of rope, tangling it in some way, and then joining the ends. A classical question in knot theory asks whether two knots can be obtained from each other by continuously transforming the rope.…
Posted May 21, 2026
AF: Small: Towards New Relaxations for Online Algorithms
US NSF · grant
We all are regularly asked to make decisions in the face of uncertainty: we decide how best to drive to work or how and at what prices to buy and sell things (everything from houses to groceries). And our computers make such choices as well…
Posted May 21, 2026
Conference: NSF Student Travel Support for the 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2026)
US NSF · grant
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is one of the world’s premier venues for foundational and applied research in artificial intelligence (AI). The AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-26), to b…
Posted May 21, 2026
MCA: Leveraging nutritional ecophysiology and modeling to improve understanding of how environmental nutrients mediate the impacts of global change on locust swarms
US NSF · grant
This project will improve our ability to predict and manage agricultural pest outbreaks by linking the study of how insects use nutrients with how nitrogen changes in the environment. Locusts are grasshoppers that can transform into large s…
Posted May 21, 2026
Collaborative Research: The Organizational Climate Challenge: Promoting the Retention of Students from Underrepresented Groups in Doctoral Engineering Programs
US NSF · grant
Developing the US engineering doctoral workforce is a significant opportunity to build and improve the US economy and global leadership. The long-term vitality of the US workforce relies on the full range of engineering career pathways bein…
Posted May 21, 2026