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NSF program EchemS-Electrochemical Systems (764400): 178 awards, $66.3M to 102 organizations
178 NSF awards ($66.3M) under the program element EchemS-Electrochemical Systems (764400) to 102 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-03.
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- Program element code
- 764400
- Directorate
- Directorate for Engineering
- Division
- Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems
Awards
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| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Rational design of redox-responsive materials for critical element separations | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $1,600,000 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Xiao Su | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Molecular Structures and Electrochemical Activity of Supersaturated Electrolytes for High-Energy-Density Redox Flow Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $849,999 | July 15, 2024 | June 30, 2029 | Trung V Nguyen | nsf.gov |
| Charge transfer at abiotic-biotic interface for photosynthetic biohybrids | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $755,000 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Peidong Yang | nsf.gov |
| Single-particle electrochemistry to identify fundamental barriers to magnesium ion intercalation in transition metal oxides | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $699,146 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Robert F Klie | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Uncovering Molecular Design Principles Linking Additive Chemistry to Zn Anode Structure and Interfacial Electrochemistry | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $695,630 | April 1, 2026 | March 31, 2031 | Yuting Luo | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: High-Throughput Screening of Electrolytes for the Next Generation of Rechargeable Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $693,477 | July 15, 2026 | September 30, 2027 | Tao Li | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Advancing Electrocatalysis with Monolithic Nanoporous Electrodes: A Study of Redox Transport and Confinement | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $691,938 | June 1, 2026 | May 31, 2031 | Vignesh Sundaresan | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Experimental Determination and Fundamental Theory of Mesoscopic Transport and Intrinsic Kinetics in CO2 Electrocatalysis | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $680,000 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | Carlos G Morales-Guio | nsf.gov |
| Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Blend Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $677,034 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Daniel T Hallinan | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Redox Chemistry in Electrochemical Cells from First Principles | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $674,985 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Tod A Pascal | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Elucidating the Correlative Interfacial Solvation, Nucleation, and Growth Processes in Battery Electrolytes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $661,936 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | Yingjie Zhang | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Materials, Electrolyte, and Interphase Design for Rechargeable Fluoride-Ion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $660,000 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2031 | Ruoqian Lin | nsf.gov |
| NSF-DFG Confine: Structure, dynamics, and electrochemical stability of concentrated electrolytes in confined spaces | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $650,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Joelle Frechette | nsf.gov |
| Stability and Transport Properties of Ultrahigh Charge Density Hydrocarbon Membranes for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $650,000 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Jovan Kamcev | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Tuning Interfacial Ion Assembly to Engineer Electrochemical Reactions for a Sustainable Future | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $626,148 | January 15, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | Matthew A Gebbie | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Identifying reaction mechanisms for the formation of stable interphases in lithium metal batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $623,708 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | Jeffrey Lopez | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Understanding Intermediate Sulfur Phases for Enhanced Energy Storage | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $619,838 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2031 | Ankun Yang | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Multifunctional electrolyte design and descriptors for lithium metal batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $616,363 | January 15, 2022 | December 31, 2026 | Chibueze Amanchukwu | nsf.gov |
| CAS-Climate: Electroadsorption Kinetics on Transition Metals: Measurement and Mechanism | NSF | Chemistry Section | 2022 | $602,000 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Jin Suntivich | nsf.gov |
| Understanding electrochemical hydrogenation reactions over post-transition metal electrodes: the role of incidental mediators and metastable phases | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $599,434 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2026 | Adam P Holewinski | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Understanding Spontaneous Internal Short Circuit Caused Thermal Runaway of Lithium-ion Batteries through In Situ Diagnosis | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $598,181 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2028 | Guangsheng Zhang | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Unveil the Electrical Double Layer Structure in Battery Electrolyte Systems | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $594,788 | February 1, 2023 | January 31, 2028 | Feifei Shi | nsf.gov |
| Elements: MISPR: An Open-Source Computational Framework for Electrolyte and Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces | NSF | Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | 2025 | $589,062 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Nav Nidhi Rajput | nsf.gov |
| Tailoring Quasi-Solid-State 'Water-in-Swelling-Clay' Electrolytes for High-Voltage, Durable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $587,580 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2026 | Guoping Xiong | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Establishing Structure-property Relationships in Anion Exchange Membranes to Empower Water Electrolysis | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $582,747 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2031 | Zhongyang Wang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ECO-CBET: Coupled homogeneous and heterogeneous processes for an environmentally sustainable lignin-first biorefinery | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $570,373 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Will Medlin | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Decoupling electrodeposition from corrosion for precise tuning of metal deposits in high energy batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $569,000 | July 1, 2022 | December 31, 2027 | Yuzhang Li | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Enabling High-performance Na-ion Battery Cathodes Via Structural Pillaring | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $559,276 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2027 | Hao Liu | nsf.gov |
| CAS-SC: Understanding Synergistic Effects of Organic Mixtures for Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation for Fuel Production | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $557,722 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Nirala Singh | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Fundamentals and Applications of Electrochemically Active Nanofluids for Energy Storage and Conversion | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $556,579 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2029 | Sujat Sen | nsf.gov |
| Elements: Open-Source Battery Electrode Simulation Toolkit using MFEM (BESFEM) | NSF | Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | 2023 | $555,077 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Hui-Chia Yu | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Understanding the Fundamentals of Capture and Recycle of CO2 in Metal-CO2 Electrochemical Cells | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $555,000 | July 1, 2025 | December 31, 2030 | Shuya Wei | nsf.gov |
| Engineering and Evaluating the End-Group Assisted Electrodeposition of Conformal Polymer Electrolytes for Ultrathin-Film Batteries | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $551,296 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | Joerg G Werner | nsf.gov |
| Zero-gap Bipolar Membrane Electrolysis for Chemical Production | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $550,000 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Nirala Singh | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Understanding the Formation of Pore-Free Interlayers through Automated in situ Diagnosis to Tame Lithium Metal | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $549,771 | June 1, 2025 | May 31, 2030 | Zheng Fan | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Unraveling Chemical and Structural Dynamics in Multi-step Multi-electron Conversion Reactions | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $549,589 | May 1, 2026 | April 30, 2031 | Golareh Jalilvand | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Organic Structure and Interphase Engineering for Fast-Charging, High-Temperature and Sustainable Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $546,366 | March 15, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Chao Luo | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Computational Insights into Interfacial Chemistries in Nonaqueous Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $540,025 | March 1, 2025 | February 28, 2030 | Md Mahbubul Islam | nsf.gov |
| NSF-DFG MISSION: Surface analysis & Correlative imaging using Operando Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SCOPE-SIMS) | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $539,921 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Sibani L Biswal | nsf.gov |
| Actively Regulated Electrochemical Interfaces for Robust All-Solid-State Batteries Using Physics-Informed Learning | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $539,885 | August 15, 2026 | July 31, 2029 | Zeeshan Ahmad | nsf.gov |
| Understanding interphase layer formation at the cathode/solid-electrolyte junction | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $537,725 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Matthias J Young | nsf.gov |
| GOALI: Engineering Mechanically Stable Interfaces Through Short-Range Molecular Rearrangement Driven by Inhomogeneous Li Ion Transfer Kinetics | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $535,317 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | Erik G Herbert | nsf.gov |
| Impact of Graphite Crystallinity and Surface Chemistry on Potassium-ion Intercalation Dynamics | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $529,011 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Lauren E Marbella | nsf.gov |
| Discovering and Leveraging Catalytic Possibilities Offered by Superprotonic Electrolytes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $527,896 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Sossina M Haile | nsf.gov |
| Enabling Sulfur-Based Beyond-Lithium Metal Batteries via a Mechanistic Understanding of Advanced Hybrid Cathodes and Borate Electrolytes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $518,111 | July 15, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | CHUNMEI BAN | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Electrochemically Mediated Carbon Dioxide Separation via Non-Aqueous Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $515,720 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2028 | Yayuan Liu | nsf.gov |
| Engineering Double Perovskite Oxynitrides for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Activation | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $515,389 | July 15, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Umit S Ozkan | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Identifying and Controlling Interfacial and Structural Instabilities in Transition Metal Oxide Cathodes for Na-ion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $512,905 | October 1, 2023 | March 31, 2028 | Omer O Capraz | nsf.gov |
| Engineering principles for sustainable organic electrode materials | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $512,568 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Shiyu Zhang | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Predictive design and control of the electrode/electrolyte interface for improved electrocatalysis | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $509,627 | December 1, 2025 | May 31, 2029 | Ian T McCrum | nsf.gov |
| CDS&E: Agentic AI Framework for Autonomous Reaction-Transport Mechanism Discovery in Electrochemical Systems | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $500,000 | July 15, 2026 | June 30, 2029 | Can Li | nsf.gov |
| Current-Collector-Optional Measurements to Quantify Precious Metal and Polarization Impacts on Oxygen Surface Exchange Coefficients | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $497,142 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Jason D Nicholas | nsf.gov |
| Elucidating the Interfacial Solvation Structures on Sodium Metal Anodes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $491,623 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Fang Liu | nsf.gov |
| Understanding the Structural Transformations of Aluminum Foil Anodes during Electrochemical De(alloying) for Sustainable Lithium-ion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $489,453 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Arumugam Manthiram | nsf.gov |
| Engineering Fuel Cell Electrodes to Overcome Ion Transport Limitations using Low-cost, Efficient Lignin-based Ionomers | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $489,134 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Shudipto K Dishari | nsf.gov |
| Designing Electrochemical Photoreactors from Single and Ensemble Multijunction Si Particles | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $486,160 | March 1, 2025 | February 29, 2028 | James F Cahoon | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Understand electro-reduction of Fe ions and oxides in aqueous electrolytes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $480,083 | August 1, 2026 | August 31, 2030 | Tao Gao | nsf.gov |
| Solvation Dynamics in Dual-Solvent Systems for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance at Ultra-Low Temperatures | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $476,689 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Ahmad Amiri | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Structural Implications of Anion Redox in Li-Rich Sulfide Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $474,147 | February 1, 2024 | January 31, 2029 | Kimberly A See | nsf.gov |
| Scalable Nanomanufacturing of Organic Electronics Using Laser Patterning in a Continuous Solvent Flow Liquid Cell | NSF | Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation | 2022 | $470,298 | September 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Adam J Moule | nsf.gov |
| Rational design of fast-charging, composite electrodes with next-generation materials and complex architecture | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $467,544 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2028 | Brian W Sheldon | nsf.gov |
| Multifunctional Zwitterionic Solid Polymer Electrolytes for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $464,665 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2026 | Sangil Kim | nsf.gov |
| Orthogonalizing metal mediators and catalytic sites for high rate ammonia synthesis | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $464,519 | October 1, 2026 | September 30, 2029 | Karthish Manthiram | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Coupling between Interfacial Electrostatics and Surface Structures at Transition-Metal Oxide/Liquid Interfaces | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $457,500 | October 1, 2026 | September 30, 2029 | Vitaly Alexandrov | nsf.gov |
| Microstructured Re-Entrant Interface Superomniphobic Porous Cathodes for High-Performance Non-Aqueous CO2 Flow Electrolysis | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $454,577 | October 1, 2024 | September 30, 2027 | Joshua M Spurgeon | nsf.gov |
| Water-Stable Selenophene-Based Quasi-2D Organometal Halide Perovskite/Si Tandem Solar Water-Vapor-Splitting from Ambient Humidity | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $448,399 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2029 | Joshua M Spurgeon | nsf.gov |
| Modulating H2O Activity Promotes CO2 Reduction to Multi-Carbon Products | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $439,600 | March 15, 2025 | December 31, 2026 | Anthony S Hall | nsf.gov |
| Improving the Performance of Aqueous Zinc-Based Batteries with Magnetic Fields | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $436,090 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Jeffrey G Bell | nsf.gov |
| MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of an Accelerating Rate Calorimeter System for Multidisciplinary Research, Education and Outreach | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $432,400 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Lei Chen | nsf.gov |
| CAREER:Engineering Interphases for Li-Mediated Nitrogen Reduction at Ambient Conditions | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $422,441 | October 1, 2021 | March 31, 2025 | Karthish Manthiram | nsf.gov |
| Unconventional Electrocatalytic Deuteration of Organic Molecules | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $409,969 | February 1, 2025 | January 31, 2028 | Yujie Sun | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Developing Advanced Magnesium Electrolytes Toward Low Cost, High Energy Density Mg Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $405,718 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Gang Li | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Sulfur-Carbon-Solid Electrolyte Interface of Lithium/Sulfur Solid-State Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $400,932 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Yoon Hwa | nsf.gov |
| Mechanistic Investigation of Metal Sulfide Electrodes for High-Energy Non-Aqueous Anion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $398,405 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Xiulei Ji | nsf.gov |
| Vapor Deposited Polymers for High Energy Density Halide Ion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $397,101 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Trisha L Andrew | nsf.gov |
| Elucidating Solvation Structures for Rational Design of Solvent-in-Salt Electrolytes for High Voltage Batteries Alkali-Metal Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $396,687 | June 15, 2026 | August 31, 2027 | Tao Li | nsf.gov |
| Mechanism Study of Superfast (De)lithiation Process of Conversion Materials | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $396,048 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Jian Xie | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Selective Electrochemical Removal of Scale-Forming Mg2+ Ions in Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Water Pretreatment | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $395,886 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Xiaowei Teng | nsf.gov |
| Mechanistic Design Principles of Metal/Sodium-Salt Composites as Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $392,665 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Xiulei Ji | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Electrochemical pumping with high-temperature ionomers for challenging gas separations | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $386,545 | December 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Christopher G Arges | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Material Simulation-driven Electrolyte Designs in Intermediate-temperature Na-K / S Batteries for Long-duration Energy Storage | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $386,258 | February 1, 2024 | January 31, 2027 | Yuan Yang | nsf.gov |
| Regulating Electrode-Electrolyte Interface via Patterned Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $384,954 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Christopher Li | nsf.gov |
| Advancing Trivalent Indium-Based Battery Systems: From Plating Behavior to Ion Insertion Chemistry | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $380,701 | March 1, 2025 | February 29, 2028 | Xianyong Wu | nsf.gov |
| Polarization Dynamics and Coupled Critical Electrochemical Limits in Ceramic Electrolytes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $371,630 | October 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Peng Bai | nsf.gov |
| Uncovering Molecular Crowding Effects for Rational Design of Electrolytes in Zinc-Ion Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $370,413 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Laisuo Su | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Connection Between Electrical Double Layer and Interfacial Reactivity in WiSEs | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $368,557 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Rosa M Espinosa-Marzal | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Elucidating the Impact of Microstructural Defects on Mechanical and Ionic Properties in Composite Electrodes for All-Solid-State Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $368,192 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Andrej Singer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Molecular Structures and Electrochemical Activity of Supersaturated Electrolytes for High-Energy-Density Redox Flow Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $367,840 | July 15, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Nirala Singh | nsf.gov |
| Opto-charge Microscopy (OCM): Resolving Particle Dynamics in Electrochemical Network Materials | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $367,582 | January 1, 2027 | December 31, 2029 | Kejie Zhao | nsf.gov |
| GOALI: Coordination of Multi-Stakeholder Process Networks in a Highly Electrified Chemical Industry | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $361,820 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2026 | Qi Zhang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Data-driven investigation of redox heterogeneity and dynamics in composite electrodes of batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $360,001 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Yijin Liu | nsf.gov |
| Monovalent Cation Exchange Membranes with Extreme Selectivities and Permeance Enabled by Quaternized and Crosslinked Ultrathin Films | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $354,061 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Wyatt E Tenhaeff | nsf.gov |
| Catalyst-ionomer interactions in electrochemical systems | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $353,495 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2027 | Svitlana Pylypenko | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding the discharge mechanism at solid/aprotic interfaces of Na-O2 battery cathodes to enhance cell cyclability | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $352,111 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Eranda Nikolla | nsf.gov |
| Understanding and management of (bi)carbonate salt formation in CO2 reduction electrolyzers for long-term operation stability | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $350,000 | April 15, 2025 | March 31, 2028 | Sibani L Biswal | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Connection Between Electrical Double Layer and Interfacial Reactivity in WiSEs | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $350,000 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Martin Z Bazant | nsf.gov |
| Zwitterionic polymer-based electrolyte engineering for alkali metal ion batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $349,067 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Matthew Panzer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Designing Solid Boosters and Electrolytes for Redox-Targeting Flow Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $338,643 | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 | Patrick Cappillino | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Redox Electrolyte Co-design for Enhanced Solubility and Stability (RECESS) | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $335,959 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Chad Risko | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Redox Electrolyte Co-design for Enhanced Solubility and Stability (RECESS) | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $335,956 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Scott K Shaw | nsf.gov |
| CAS-Climate: Understanding the fundamental redox chemistry and transport of chloroaluminate anions in ionic liquid electrolytes to develop earth-abundant aluminum ion battery | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $330,743 | March 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Ruigang Wang | nsf.gov |
| Engineering 2D transition metal dichalcogenide electrodes with tunable band structures for enhanced capacitive performance | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $326,110 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2028 | Shawn D Pollard | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Environmentally Sustainable Anode Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage using Particulate Matter Waste from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $321,793 | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2028 | Omer O Capraz | nsf.gov |
| GOALI: Development of Next Generation MXene-based Li-S Batteries with Practical Operating Temperatures | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $321,634 | February 15, 2024 | September 30, 2027 | Vibha Kalra | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding the Reversible Formation of Sodium Hydrosulfide in Hybrid Electrolytes for High-Energy Density Storage | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $319,875 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2025 | Rui Qiao | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Fundamental understanding of interface dynamics in solid electrolyte batteries with liquid metal anode | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $316,286 | July 1, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Likun Zhu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Metastability in Nanostructured Metal Oxides via Electrochemically Driven Amorphous-to-Crystalline Phase Transformations | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $313,520 | October 1, 2026 | September 30, 2029 | Hui Xiong | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership: Full Atomistic Understanding of Solid-Liquid Interfaces via an Integrated Experiment-Theory Approach | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $310,000 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2025 | Yingjie Zhang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Interfacial Structural Dynamics in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries with Non-Newtonian Quasi-Solid-State Electrolytes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $306,539 | March 1, 2026 | February 28, 2029 | Yijin Liu | nsf.gov |
| NSF-BSF: Engineering alpha-SnWO4 Photoanode Interfaces for Efficient Solar-to-Fuel Conversion | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $306,319 | August 15, 2026 | July 31, 2029 | Vitaly Alexandrov | nsf.gov |
| NSF-BSF: Physical-Chemical Stabilization of Electrodeposition through Fundamental Interfacial Studies | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $306,199 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Emily M Ryan | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: New Lithium Oxy-ThioBorate Solid State Electrolytes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $300,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Steve W Martin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: SUSCHEM: Engineering Polymer-Nanocatalyst Membranes for Direct Capture of CO2 and Electrochemical Conversion to C2+ Liquid Fuel | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $300,000 | October 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Shouheng Sun | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Elucidating the Impact of Microstructural Defects on Mechanical and Ionic Properties in Composite Electrodes for All-Solid-State Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $299,463 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Linqin Mu | nsf.gov |
| Surface Engineered and Highly Redox Active Polar Oxide Host Materials Immobilizing Lithium Polysulfides for Long-Life and High-Performance Li-S Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $296,729 | March 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Ruigang Wang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Interfacial Structural Dynamics in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries with Non-Newtonian Quasi-Solid-State Electrolytes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $296,112 | March 1, 2026 | February 28, 2029 | Guoping Xiong | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Data-driven investigation of redox heterogeneity and dynamics in composite electrodes of batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $296,023 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Kejie Zhao | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Engineering Atomically Dispersed Metal-Site Air Cathodes via Electrospinning at Multi-Scales for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $292,207 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2027 | Ling Fei | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership: Full Atomistic Understanding of Solid-Liquid Interfaces via an Integrated Experiment-Theory Approach | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $290,000 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2026 | Narayana R Aluru | nsf.gov |
| NSF-BSF: Unraveling Link between Interfacial Properties and Chemo-Mechanical Performance of Na-ion Cathode Materials via Surface Modification Approaches | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $288,357 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Omer O Capraz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: An Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach to Reveal Adsorption-Catalysis Cathode Design Principles for Na-S Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $285,942 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Md Mahbubul Islam | nsf.gov |
| Mastering the solid/liquid equilibrium controlling the stability of novel sulfochloride intercalation materials | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $282,179 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Alexis Grimaud | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Collaborative Research: An Engineering Design Approach for the Tandem Catalysis of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) using Nanoporous Bi-layer Structures | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $273,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Sunghwan Lee | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Selective Electrochemical Removal of Scale-Forming Mg2+ Ions in Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Water Pretreatment | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $271,826 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Christoffer H Turner | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Photoelectrosynthetic Aminoxyl Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $269,038 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2026 | Gyu Leem | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Biphasic Charge Carriers for Flow-Based Electrochemical Energy Storage | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $268,134 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Susan Fullerton | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Sulfur-Carbon-Solid Electrolyte Interface of Lithium/Sulfur Solid-State Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $263,814 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | James E Penner-Hahn | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Fundamental understanding of interface dynamics in solid electrolyte batteries with liquid metal anode | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $261,619 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Lei Chen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: SUSCHEM: Engineering Polymer-Nanocatalyst Membranes for Direct Capture of CO2 and Electrochemical Conversion to C2+ Liquid Fuel | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $259,494 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Jie He | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Biphasic Charge Carriers for Flow-Based Electrochemical Energy Storage | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $258,304 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Ellen M Matson | nsf.gov |
| ERI: Interphase Evolution and Electrochemical Behavior for Highly Reversible Zinc Metal Anodes | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $254,632 | July 1, 2023 | December 31, 2025 | Lin Ma | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Coupling between Interfacial Electrostatics and Surface Structures at Transition-Metal Oxide/Liquid Interfaces | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $253,700 | October 1, 2026 | September 30, 2029 | Jin Suntivich | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Cathode Materials for Aluminum Batteries: Understanding Factors Influencing Al Ion Intercalation into MXenes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $251,861 | October 1, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | Majid Beidaghi | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Engineering the Chemistry at Solid-Solid Interfaces of Li-O2 Battery Cathodes | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $251,731 | October 1, 2022 | December 31, 2024 | Eranda Nikolla | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding the discharge mechanism at solid/aprotic interfaces of Na-O2 battery cathodes to enhance cell cyclability | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $248,120 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Jeffrey Greeley | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Electrochemical pumping with high-temperature ionomers for challenging gas separations | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $241,823 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2024 | Christopher G Arges | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Material Simulation-driven Electrolyte Designs in Intermediate-temperature Na-K / S Batteries for Long-duration Energy Storage | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $241,299 | February 1, 2024 | January 31, 2027 | Tengfei Luo | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: CDS&E: Computational Exploration of Electrically Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks as Cathode Materials in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $240,000 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Farnaz A shakib | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding the Reversible Formation of Sodium Hydrosulfide in Hybrid Electrolytes for High-Energy Density Storage | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $226,968 | October 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Tao Li | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Designing Solid Boosters and Electrolytes for Redox-Targeting Flow Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $223,712 | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 | Ertan Agar | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Characterization of Transport Properties and Microstructures of Battery Electrolytes via In Situ Spectroscopy | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $210,564 | August 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | Zhange Feng | nsf.gov |
| ERI: High-Entropy Lithium-Garnet Ceramic Solid-State Electrolytes for Energy Storage | NSF | Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation | 2024 | $200,000 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Zhezhen Fu | nsf.gov |
| ERI: Carbon electrodes with controlled surface topology for desalination and water disinfection. | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $200,000 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Adam Wood | nsf.gov |
| ERI: Understanding the Vibration-induced Integrated Degradation in the Li-ion battery | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $200,000 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2027 | Yuanyuan Xie | nsf.gov |
| ERI: Hydrogen-Assisted and Defect Induced Growth of Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Energy Storage | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $199,963 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Ashish N Aphale | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Collaborative Research: An Engineering Design Approach for the Tandem Catalysis of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) using Nanoporous Bi-layer Structures | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2022 | $185,080 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Sujat Sen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Biphasic Charge Carriers for Flow-Based Electrochemical Energy Storage | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $179,996 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Timothy Cook | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Chemical Network Based Understanding and Prediction of Electrolyte Decomposition in Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2025 | $177,037 | October 1, 2024 | October 31, 2027 | Brett M Savoie | nsf.gov |
| GOALI: Development of Next Generation MXene-based Li-S Batteries with Practical Operating Temperatures | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $166,888 | October 1, 2022 | May 31, 2024 | Vibha Kalra | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Metastability in Nanostructured Metal Oxides via Electrochemically Driven Amorphous-to-Crystalline Phase Transformations | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $166,775 | October 1, 2026 | September 30, 2029 | Mark J DelloStritto | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Developing Advanced Magnesium Electrolytes Toward Low Cost, High Energy Density Mg Batteries | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $164,997 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | Dmitry Bedrov | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: Redox Enzyme Embedded Functional Nanofibers for Coupled Wastewater Treatment and CO2 Electrochemical Conversion Processes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $147,600 | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 | Sandeep Kumar | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Engineering Atomically Dispersed Metal-Site Air Cathodes via Electrospinning at Multi-Scales for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2025 | $137,790 | November 15, 2024 | December 31, 2025 | Gang Wu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding and Tailoring the Anode-Electrolyte Interfacial Layers on the Stabilization of Lithium Metal Electrode | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $124,827 | January 1, 2023 | February 28, 2025 | Yue Zhou | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Photoelectrosynthetic Aminoxyl Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $124,566 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Benjamin Sherman | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: CDS&E: Computational Exploration of Electrically Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks as Cathode Materials in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $120,000 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | MohammadReza MomeniTaheri | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Combining Electrode Engineering with Electrochemical Modeling to Enable Atmospheric CO2 Capture | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $119,205 | October 1, 2025 | March 31, 2027 | David G Kwabi | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Engineering Atomically Dispersed Metal-Site Air Cathodes via Electrospinning at Multi-Scales for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $115,746 | October 1, 2022 | December 31, 2024 | Gang Wu | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Research Needs in Engineering of Electrochemical Conversions | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2024 | $94,479 | September 15, 2024 | August 31, 2025 | Thomas Zawodzinski | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Predictive design and control of the electrode/electrolyte interface for improved electrocatalysis | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2024 | $91,739 | June 1, 2024 | January 31, 2026 | Ian T McCrum | nsf.gov |
| Fundamental Understanding of SEI Effects on Li Dendrite Formation and Growth | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $81,210 | October 1, 2022 | July 31, 2024 | Farzad Mashayek | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Understand electro-reduction of Fe ions and oxides in aqueous electrolytes | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2025 | $69,917 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2026 | Tao Gao | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: High-Throughput Screening of Electrolytes for the Next Generation of Rechargeable Batteries | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $66,523 | October 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Tao Li | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Photoelectrosynthetic Aminoxyl Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $55,180 | January 1, 2026 | May 31, 2027 | Gyu Leem | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding the Reversible Formation of Sodium Hydrosulfide in Hybrid Electrolytes for High-Energy Density Storage | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2026 | $55,052 | July 15, 2026 | October 31, 2026 | Tao Li | nsf.gov |
| Participant Support for the Eighth Triennial Conference on Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation (FOMMS 2022) | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $48,375 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2023 | Jeffrey R Errington | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Identifying and Controlling Interfacial and Structural Instabilities in Transition Metal Oxide Cathodes for Na-ion Batteries | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $42,095 | August 1, 2022 | November 30, 2023 | Omer O Capraz | nsf.gov |
| CAS-Climate: Understanding the fundamental redox chemistry and transport of chloroaluminate anions in ionic liquid electrolytes to develop earth-abundant aluminum ion battery | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $39,507 | August 1, 2022 | May 31, 2024 | Ruigang Wang | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Organic Structure and Interphase Engineering for Fast-Charging, High-Temperature and Sustainable Batteries | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2022 | $30,704 | May 1, 2022 | March 31, 2024 | Chao Luo | nsf.gov |
| Elucidating Solvation Structures for Rational Design of Solvent-in-Salt Electrolytes for High Voltage Batteries Alkali-Metal Batteries | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2024 | $26,834 | September 1, 2024 | July 31, 2026 | Tao Li | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Gordon Research Conference on Batteries-Ventura | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2024 | $20,000 | January 15, 2024 | June 30, 2024 | Kelsey B Hatzell | nsf.gov |
| Travel: Symposium on Science and Technology Driving the Bioeconomy 2024 | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $19,000 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2026 | Christopher M Saffron | nsf.gov |
| Travel: Symposium on Science and Technology Driving the Bioeconomy 2023 | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $18,000 | June 1, 2023 | January 31, 2024 | Christopher M Saffron | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Pore-Scale Multiphase Mass Transfer in Porous Electrodes | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $16,000 | November 1, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Xianglin Li | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Fundamental understanding of interface dynamics in solid electrolyte batteries with liquid metal anode | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $13,178 | August 1, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | Likun Zhu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Photoelectrosynthetic Aminoxyl Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $11,216 | June 1, 2023 | November 30, 2026 | Clara J Choi | nsf.gov |
| Modulating H2O Activity Promotes CO2 Reduction to Multi-Carbon Products | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $10,400 | January 1, 2024 | April 30, 2025 | Anthony S Hall | nsf.gov |
| Effects of electrode microstructure and Li2O2 growth on Li-air battery performance | NSF | Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | 2023 | $8,000 | October 1, 2022 | June 30, 2024 | Ying Sun | nsf.gov |
Organizations
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 31 | $10,505,531 |
| 2025 | 0 | $0 | 40 | $13,975,851 |
| 2024 | 0 | $0 | 47 | $12,216,681 |
| 2023 | 0 | $0 | 43 | $13,973,545 |
| 2022 | 0 | $0 | 44 | $14,025,380 |
Open federal funding opportunities
From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.
| Open opportunity | Number | Agency | Listing | Closes | Award ceiling | Why it matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets) | 26-512 | NSF | 47.041 | November 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) | 20-558 | NSF | 47.041 | November 10, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 25-540 | NSF | 47.041 | November 17, 2026 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | 23-520 | NSF | 47.041 | January 21, 2027 | $1 million | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) | 24-573 | NSF | 47.041 | January 26, 2027 | $1.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.041 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.041 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC) | 26-524 | NSF | 47.041 | February 11, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | 26-506 | NSF | 47.041 | March 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) | 24-586 | NSF | 47.041 | April 6, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows | 24-528 | NSF | 47.041 | April 13, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED) | 24-564 | NSF | 47.041 | April 13, 2027 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) | 25-533 | NSF | 47.041 | April 14, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) | 24-588 | NSF | 47.041 | June 1, 2027 | $3.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | 22-586 | NSF | 47.041 | July 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | 23-601 | NSF | 47.041 | August 18, 2027 | $500,000 | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) | 24-590 | NSF | 47.041 | September 16, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science | 24-503 | NSF | 47.041 | October 13, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) | 23-598 | NSF | 47.041 | October 19, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
| Transport Phenomena (TP) | PD-26-366Y | NSF | 47.041 | August 20, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.041 as 178 awards here |
Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.