We are pleased to announce that after a thorough internal and external review process, 4 Exploratory Materials Research Grants (EMRGs), 2 Multidisciplinary Team Building Grants (MTBGs), and 2 Proto-IRG Grants have been selected to fund exceptionally promising, innovative materials research on campus.

The OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program (MRSGP) provides internal research funding opportunities designed to achieve the greatest impact for seeding and advancing excellence in materials research of varying scopes. It is jointly funded and managed by the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM), an NSF MRSEC [NSF DMR-2011876], the Center for Exploration of Novel Complex Materials (ENCOMM), and the Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research (IMR). Congratulations to this year’s awardees!

EMRGs – ($50,000 each) enable nascent and innovative materials research to emerge to the point of being competitive for external funding:

1. “Site-Controlled InGaN/GaN Quantum Dots in GaN Nanowires for Single Photo Emission”
   PI: Shamsul Arafin; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2. “Epitaxial Strain Control of Ferroelectricity for Advanced Microelectronics”
   PI: Kaveh Ahadi; Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Electric and Computer Engineering
3. “Polar Instabilities in Locally Polar Superconductors”
   PI: Salva Salmani-Rezaie; Department of Materials Science and Engineering
4. “Design & Synthesis of Functional Covalent Organic Frameworks for the Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Chemical Fuels & Feedstocks”
   PI: Psaras McGrier; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

MTBGSs – ($70,000 each) forming multidisciplinary materials research teams that can compete effectively for federal block-funding opportunities, such as the NSF MRSEC program:

1. “Polymer-Based Enzymatic Nanomaterials”
   PI: David Wood; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
   Co-PI: Davita Watkins; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry“Signal Transducing Nanodevice Assemblies for Triggered Materials Self-assembly”
   PI: Carlos Castro; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 Proto-IRGs – ($100,000 each) forming multidisciplinary materials research teams that can compete effectively for federal block-funding opportunities, such as the NSF MRSEC program:

1. Topological States Beyond Crystaline Materials”
   PI: Jinwoo Hwang; Department of Material Science and Engineering
   Co-PI; Yuan-Ming; Department of Physics
   Co-PI; Jyoti Katoch; Department of Physics
2. “In situ Control of Band Gaps & Intersubband Transition of 2D Semiconductors”
   PI: Jeanie Lau; Department of Physics
   Co-PI; Roberto Myers; Department of Material Sciences and Engineering
   Co-PI; Wolfgang Windl; Department of Material Sciences and Engineering

 On behalf of the integrated materials research community at Ohio State,

Sincerely,

Fengyuan Yang                         P. Chris Hammel                       Steven A. Ringel

Director, ENCOMM                    Director, CEM                           Executive Director, IMR