Back in August, we paused the 2020 OSU Materials Research Seed Grants Program (MRSGP) for the 2020-2021 academic year due to the uncertainties the COVID-19 pandemic caused.
Given the tremendous value of the MRSGP for materials research at OSU, we worked hard to support exciting new research projects, especially by junior faculty, in this challenging time.
We’re pleased to announce that after a thorough internal and external review process, we’re granting 5 EMRG awards to fund exceptionally promising, innovative materials research on campus.
The OSU MRSGP provides internal research funding opportunities designed to achieve the greatest impact for seeding and advancing excellence in materials research of varying scopes.
Funding and management partners
- The Center for Emergent Materials (CEM), an NSF MRSEC [NSF DMR-2011876]
- The Center for Exploration of Novel Complex Materials (ENCOMM)
- The Institute for Materials Research (IMR)
2020 Exploratory Materials Research Grant
EMRG Grants ($45,000 each) enable nascent and innovative materials research to emerge to the point of being competitive for external funding.
- “Boosting Neuromorphic Computing Using Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymers”
- PI: Xiaoxue Wang, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Co-PI: Wu Lu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- “Computational Design and Fabrication of Tunable 4D Shape-shifting and Highly Stretchable Ultra-light Architected Materials”
- PI: Alok Sutradhar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- PI: Alok Sutradhar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- “Sustainable Organic Electrode Materials”
- PI: Shiyu Zhang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- PI: Shiyu Zhang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- “Investigating Charge Transport Behavior and Electrical Coupling Effect in Si Thin-Film Electronics with ssDNA Interfaces during Biosensing”
- PI: Jinghua Li, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- PI: Jinghua Li, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- “Interaction of Ultrafast Lasers with Quantum Materials”
- PI: Alexandra Landsman, Department of Physics
- Co-PI: Mohit Randeria, Department of Physics
2020 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program Request for Proposals
We’re pleased to announce the 2020 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program Request for Proposals (RFP).
This enhanced seed program leverages resources and best practices of:
- The Center for Emergent Materials (CEM)
- The Center for Exploration of Novel Complex Materials (ENCOMM)
- The Institute for Materials Research (IMR)
The three Funding Tiers of the 2020 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program are:
- Multidisciplinary Team Building Grants: (MTBGs)
- Provide funds up to $60,000/year per award in direct costs
- Requires one PI and one Co-PI
- May have unfunded collaborators with the goal of forming multidisciplinary materials research teams that can compete effectively for federal block-funding opportunities, like the NSF MRSEC program
- Exploratory Materials Research Grants (EMRGs):
- Provide funds up to $40,000/year per award in direct costs
- Requires one PI
- May have Co-PIs and/or unfunded collaborators with the goal of enabling nascent and innovative materials research to emerge to the point of being competitive for external funding
- Interdisciplinary Research Groups Grants (IRGs):
- Proposals are not being requested in this RFP.
- The Center for Emergent Materials (CEM): A National Science Foundation funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) is currently undergoing a renewal review