FACCTS Grants Awarded since 2008
| Project Title | Chicago PI | Department | Lab or Division | Key Individual in France | Institution in France | Award Amount | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanistic Dissection of Asymmetric Cell Division | Michael Glotzer | Molecular Genetics & Cellular Biology | BSD | Anne Royou | University of Bordeaux, CNRS, IBGC, UMR 5095 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Formation in the Nematode C. Elegans | Paschalis Kratsios | Neurobiology | BSD | Berangère Pinan-Lucarre | University of Lyon1, INSERM U1314, CNRS UMR5284 | $20,000 | 2024 |
| CNRS-UChicago Collaborations to Catalyze Leadership of Biological Physics Community | Margaret Gardel | Physics, Molecular Engineering and Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology | BSD/PSD/PME | Aleksandra Walczak | ENS Paris, CNRS | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Surfaces, Ribbon Graphs, and Counting Problems | Aaron Calderon | Mathematics | PSD | Anton Zorich | Institute of Mathematics Paris Diderot (Jussieu) | $8,250 | 2024 |
| Generative AI Techniques for High-Fidelity Network Traffic Traces | Nick Feamster | Computer Science | PSD | Francesco Bronzino | ENS Lyon, CNRS | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Smart Scheduling in Serverless Environments: Unveiling the Role of Data in Performance and Resilience | Ian Foster | Computer Science | PSD | Loris Marchal | ENS Lyon, CNRS | $14,000 | 2024 |
| Training in Soft Adaptive Networks in the Presence of Hydrodynamic Stresses | Heinrich Jaeger | Physics | PSD/PME | Severine Atis | CNRS, Institut Pprime, Section 10 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Simulating Cosmic Dawn | Harley Katz | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Karl Joakim Rosdahl | CNRS, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Reading the Records of an Ancient Planetary Climate Transformation using Mars Rovers, Mars Orbiters, and Models | Edwin Kite | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Nicolas Mangold | CNRS-LPG, (Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences) | $17,000 | 2024 |
| Can We Understand the Mechanism for Superconductivity in SrTiO3 ? | Peter Littlewood | Physics | PSD/PME | Benoit Fauque | Collège de France, Institut de Physique, CNRS, JEIP | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Integrated Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Imaging Applied to Viral Evolution | Gregory Voth | Chemistry | PSD | Delphine Muriaux | University of Montpellier, CNRS | $17,500 | 2024 |
| Cosmological Solutions to the Hierarchy Problem, and their Experimental Tests | Liantao Wang | Physics | PSD | Raffaele-Tito D’Agnolo | l'École Normale Supérieure, CEA, IPhT, Saclay | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Biological Mechanisms Behind Export of Abundant Open-Ocean Phytoplankton to the Deep Sea | Alexandra Worden | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Anne-Claire Baudoux | Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne University | $36,000 | 2024 |
| Accelerated Discovery of Metal Aerogel/MOF Cathode and Anode Catalysts for Fuel Cells and CO2 Electrolyzers: A High-Throughput Approach | Ahmed Farghaly | Argonne | Argonne/PME | Frédéric Jaouen | CNRS, Institute of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Sciences of Montpellier | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Visualizing Metal Deposition and Dissolution Processes in Anode-Free Lithium Batteries using Operando X-ray and Microscopy Techniques | Daniel Abraham | Argonne | Argonne | Arnaud Demortière | University of Picardie, Jules Verne, France. | $40,000 | 2024 |
| PETSc for Exascale Computing on Aurora and Beyond | Junchao Zhang | Argonne | Argonne | Pierre Jolivet | Sorbonne Université, CNRS, LIP6 | $40,000 | 2024 |
| Photon Counting in a Magnetic Field to Accelerate Axion Dark Matter Searches | Raphael Cervantes | Fermilab | Fermilab | Patrice Bertet | CEA Saclay | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Understanding Dark Matter from Observations of Stellar Streams with Rubin Observatory | Alex Drlica-Wagner | Fermilab National Accelorator Laboratory | Fermilab | Johann Cohen-Tanugi | Université de Montpellier | $19,500 | 2023 |
| Collaborative Studies of Iron-Hydrogen Alloy as a Model of Earth’s Core | Andrew Campbell | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Razvan Caracas | Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris | $17,650 | 2023 |
| Cooperative Nitrogen Reduction by Heterobimetallic Active Sites on Electron Reservoir Supports | David Kaphan | Argonne National Laboratory | ANL | Clément Camp | Laboratory of Catalysis, Polymerization, Processes and Material (CP2M) | $40,000 | 2023 |
| Cost-Aware Feature Engineering and Model Selection for Network Traffic | Nick Feamster | Computer Science | PSD | Francesco Bronzino | ENS Lyon | $22,500 | 2023 |
| Discovering Common Principles for Prediction Across Scales and Systems in Biology* | Stephanie Palmer | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | Physics | Aleksandra Walczak | Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, PSL-École Normale Supérieure | $30,000 | 2023 |
| Dualities for the Design and Control of Metamaterials | Vincenzo Vitelli | Physics | PSD | Michel Fruchart | PSL-ESPCI Paris | $30,000 | 2023 |
| Dynamic Coupling of Adhesion and Contractility during Morphogeneis | Edwin Munro | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Thomas Lecuit | Collège de France | $22,500 | 2023 |
| Evolution of the Human Skull: Exploring Gracilization and Robusticity of the Lower Jaw in Humans and Chimpanzees* | Zewdi Tsegai | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Sélim Natahi | Collège de France | $25,000 | 2023 |
| International Multidisciplinary Network on Personalized Cancer Chronotherapy: Fostering Collaborative Projects Through Chicago-Paris Partnership* ° | Esra Tasali | Medicine | BSD | Francis Lévi | Paul Brousse Hospital, Paris | $30,000 | 2023 |
| Microwave Single Photon Detection for Spin and Microwave-Optical Entanglement | Xu Han | Argonne National Laboratory | ANL | Patrice Bertet | CEA at U Paris-Saclay, CNRS (UMR 3680) | $40,000 | 2023 |
| Models with Higher-Order Interactions in Ecology, Evolution and Epidemiology | Stefano Allesina | Ecology & Evolution | BSD | Francois Massoi | Université de Lille | $15,500 | 2023 |
| Neural Basis of Robust Motion Detection by the Mammalian Retina | Wei Wei | Neurobiology | BSD | Olivier Marre | Institut de la Vision, INSERM DR2 | $18,000 | 2023 |
| Open Quantum Systems Dynamics in Noisy-Intermediate-Scale Quantum Systems | Aashish Clerk | PME | PME | Marco Schiro | Ecole Polytechnique; College de France | $30,000 | 2023 |
| Optimization of the Pressure during Cycling for Positive Electrode with Solid Electrolyte | Ying Shirley Meng | PME | PME | Alejandro A. Franco | Paul Brousse Hospital, Paris | $15,000 | 2023 |
| Statistical Properties of Graph Neural Network Embeddings | Claire Donnat | Statistics | PSD | Olga Klopp | ESSEC Business School | $19,500 | 2023 |
| The Evolutionary Design of Proteins* | Rama Ranganathan | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | PME | Olivier Rivoire | PSL-ESPCI | $20,000 | 2023 |
| Building and Validating the Computer Model for DUNEVertical Drift Detector | Kenneth Herner | Applications Physics | Fermilab | Elisabetta Pennacchio | CERN | $20,000 | 2022 |
| DAMIC-M: Searching for Dark Matter under the French Alps | Paolo Privitera | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Olivier Deligny | Institut Juliot-Curie (IJCLab) | $20,000 | 2022 |
| Detecting, Explaining, Mitigating Model Drift in Operational Networks | Nick Feamster | Computer Science | PSD | Francesco Bronzino | University of Savoie Mont Blanc | $15,000 | 2022 |
| Developing Next Generation Tools for Large-Scale Computational Science | Jonathan Ozik | Computational Science | ANL | Mickael Binois | Université Côte d'Azur, Inria Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée | $39,960 | 2022 |
| Foundational Models and Efficient Algorithms for Scheduling with Variable Capacity Resources | Andrew Chien | Computer Science | PSD | Yves Robert | ENS-Lyon | $22,500 | 2022 |
| HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Access Retention and Education Research (HIV PrEP-ARER) | Aniruddha Hazra | Medicine | BSD | Jean-Michel Molina | University of Paris Diderot, Hôpitaux de Paris | $25,000 | 2022 |
| Holography in Quantum Gravity | David Kutasov | Physics | PSD | Monica Guica | Institut de Physique Theorique, CEA/Paris-Saclay | $24,000 | 2022 |
| Large-Scale Simulations for Next Generation Cosmological Modeling | Chihway Chang | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Francois Lanusse | CEA Saclay | $24,750 | 2022 |
| Nano X-ILIGHT: Nano X-ray to Image Bacterial Cells at the Intracellular Level and Grasp Hg Transformations in the Environment | Si Chen | Physics | ANL | Marie-Pierre Isaure | University of Pau | $39,500 | 2022 |
| Novel Quantum Phenomena in Ultracold Atoms with Tunable Two- and Three-Body Interactions | Cheng Chin | Physics | PSD | Thomas Bourdel | Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique | $24,000 | 2022 |
| Novel Rare-Earth-ion Doped Thin Film Crystals via Hybrid Epitaxial Growth | Tian Zhong | PME | PME | Alexandre Tallaire | ENSCP, Chimie Paristech | $12,500 | 2022 |
| QBRICKS for Quantum Compilation | Robert Rand | Computer Science | PSD | Benoit Valiron | Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec | $20,000 | 2022 |
| Single-Chain Magnets Encapsulated in Molecular Frameworks | John Anderson | Chemistry | PSD | Ie-Rang Jeon | Université de Rennes | $25,000 | 2022 |
| The Higgs Boson Mass from Cosmology, and its Experimental Tests | Liantao Wang | Physics | PSD | Raffaele D'Agnolo | Université Paris-Saclay, (CEA) | $24,300 | 2022 |
| The Total Synthesis of Sclerocitrin as Fueled by Novel Radical Cyclization Cascades | Scott Snyder | Chemistry | PSD | Stephane Quideau | University of Bordeaux | $17,000 | 2022 |
| Water Decontamination Using a Plasma-in-Liquid Technique: Application to PFAS Treatment (WIPE-PFAS) | Junhong Chen | PME | PME | Arlette Vega Gonzalez | Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédes et des Matériaux | $30,000 | 2022 |
| A Novel Collaborative Approach to Studying Parasite Invasion | Aaron Turkewitz | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Maryse Lebrun | University of Montpellier | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Activity Induced Phase Separation | Vincenzo Vitelli | Physics, James Franke Institute | PSD | David Martin | University of Paris | $25,000 | 2021 |
| Biodiversity, Conservation and Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes in French Polynesia | Mark Westneat | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Serge Planes | University of Perpignan, CBETM | $13,000 | 2021 |
| Challenging the Orthodoxy of ‘Materials Design’: Hard X-ray Probes of the Origin of Thermoelectric Properties | Raymond Osborn | X-ray scattering group, Materials Science Division | ANL | Simon Kimber | Université de Bourgogne | $32,000 | 2021 |
| Characterization of Radiation Damage Effects in High-Energy Neutrino Target Graphite using Low-Energy Heavy Ions | Frederique Pellemoine | Accellerator Division | Fermilab | Clara Grygiel | GCIMAP-CIRIL-GANIL (Caen) | $19,791 | 2021 |
| Collaboration for Thin-Sheet Mechanisms | Thomas Witten | Physics | PSD | Benoît Roman | Laboratoire PMMH, CNRS | $14,600 | 2021 |
| Discovering Common Principles for Biological Prediction | Stephanie Palmer | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Thierry Mora | Ecole Normale Supérieure | $15,000 | 2021 |
| Exploring Adaptive Responses to pH Variability in the Face of Ocean Acidification | Cathy Pfister | Ecology & Evolution | BSD | Jean-Pierre Gattuso | Laboratoire d’Oceanographie de Villefranche | $15,000 | 2021 |
| Functional Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles with Elastin-Like Peptide Segments | Matthew Tirrell | PME | PME | Sébastien Lecommandoux | University of Bordeaux, CNRS | $25,000 | 2021 |
| Geometric Theory of Quantum Hall States | Paul Wiegmann | Physics | PSD | Semyon Klevtsov | University of Strasbourg, CNRS | $20,000 | 2021 |
| International Collaboration in High-Altitude Measurements of Water Vapor and Cirrus Clouds over the Asian Monsoon | Elisabeth Moyer | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Sergey Khaykin | LATMOS/IPSL | $25,000 | 2021 |
| Liquid Inks for Near-Infrared Lasers | Benjamin Diroll | Nanomaterials, Spectroscopy | ANL | Sandrine Ithurria | ESPCI (Paris) | $40,000 | 2021 |
| Modeling Modern Network Traffic: From Data Representation to Automated Machine Learning | Nicholas Feamster | Computer Science | PSD | Francesco Bronzino | University of Savoie Mont Blanc | $15,000 | 2021 |
| Probing the Pertinent Interactions of Endophilin and Actin in Vesicle Scission using In Vitro and Coarse Grained Methods | Gregory Voth | Chemistry | PSD | Patricia Bassereau | Institut Curie (Paris) | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Systems Analysis of Plant Defenses Promoted by Endogenous Bioactive Metabolites | Jean Greenberg | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Claire Parent | University of Franche-Comté | $15,000 | 2021 |
| A Novel Method to Detect Dark Matter and Neutrinos | Paolo Privitera | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Antoine Letessier-Selvon | LPNHE | $17,600 | 2020 |
| Actin Cytoskeleton Self-Organization In Confined Reaction Volumes | David Kovar | Cell & Molecular Biology | BSD | Laurent Blanchoin | CEA Grenoble | $24,300 | 2020 |
| ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Upgrade | Mark Oreglia | Physics | PSD | David Calvet | Université de Blaise Pascal | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Causality in Fundamental Physics | Clay Cordova | Physics | PSD | Eric Perlmutter | IPhT Saclay | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Causality in Fundamental Physics | Clay Cordova | Physics | PSD | Eric Perlmutter | IPhT Saclay | $5,000 | 2020 |
| Distribution and Genomic Variation of Wolbachia Mobile Genetic Elements in Natural Mosquito Populations Worldwide | A. Murat Eren | Medicine, Committee on Microbiology | BSD | Julie Reveillaud | Montpellier University, INRA | $16,000 | 2020 |
| Dynamic Control of Force Generation in Early Ascidian Embryos | Edwin Munro | Cell & Molecular Biology | BSD | Patrick Lemaire | CRBM, Montpellier | $19,000 | 2020 |
| Evolution-based Engineering of Protein Function | Rama Ranganathan | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Olivier Rivoire | Collège de France | $15,000 | 2020 |
| ILLINOIS: Thermotropic Ionic Liquid Crystal: Encoding Dimensionality-Controlled & Nanoconfined Ionic Transport | Paul Nealey | Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering | PME | Patrice Rannou | CNRS, Alps-Grenoble University | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Long Time Asymptotics and the Soliton Resolution Conjecture for Nonlinear Wave and Dispersive Models | Carlos Kenig | Mathematics | PSD | Frank Merle | University of Cergy-Pontoise, IHES | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Metabolism-mediated Regulation of Gene Expression in Male Germ Cell Development and Cancer | Yingming Zhao | Cancer Research | BSD | Saadi Khochbin | CNRS, INSERM, Grenoble-Alps University | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Protein-Protein Recognition and Synatogenesis | Benoit Roux | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Christophe Chipot | Université de Lorraine, INC | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Quantum Device Simulator | Martin Suchara | Computational Science | ANL | Cyril Allouche | ATOS | $40,000 | 2020 |
| Reconfigurable Optical Matter Materials and Driven Optofluidics | Norbert Scherer | Chemistry | PSD | Delphine Coursault | University of Bordeaux | $20,000 | 2020 |
| SiPM Technology in Liquid Argon High Voltage System | Flavio Cavanna | Neutrino Science | Fermilab | Dominique Duchesneau | IN2P3, LAPP | $17,000 | 2020 |
| Straight out of the Asteroid Belt to the Inelastic Lines at the Advanced Photon Source | Ercan Alp | X-Ray Science Division | ANL | Mathieu Roskosz | Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle | $40,000 | 2020 |
| Water Vapor and Ice Clouds over the Asian Monsoon | Elisabeth Moyer | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Sergey Khaykin | UVSQ, LATMOS | $4,000 | 2020 |
| A genetic scan to dissect climate adaptation in phytopathogenic bacteria | Joy Bergelson | Ecology & Evolution | BSD | Fabrice Roux | CNRS (Toulouse) | $20,000 | 2019 |
| Active Chiral Fluids | William Irvine | Physics | PSD | Denis Bartolo | ENS (Lyon) | $20,000 | 2019 |
| An Additive Manufacturing Approach to On-demand Single Photon Sources and Quantum Networks | Gary Wiederrecht | Nanoscience & Technology Division | ANL | Renaud Bachelot | University of Technology (Troyes) | $24,000 | 2019 |
| Analyzing Immune Cell Migration Dynamics at the Scale of the Whole Organism in Mice | Nicolas Chevrier | IME | IME | Walczak Aleksandra | ENS (Paris), CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique | $22,000 | 2019 |
| Biodiversity, Conservation and Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes in French Polynesia | Mark Westneat | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Serge Planes | CNRS,, Université de Perpignan | $21,900 | 2019 |
| Boosting discoveries at the LHC with Lund jet plane measurements and machine learning | David Miller | Physics | PSD | Reina Camacho Toro | CNRS, CERN | $21,000 | 2019 |
| Collaborative studies of mineral and melt properties in Earth's core and core-mantle boundary | Andrew Campbell | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Razvan Caracas | CNRS, ENS (Lyon) | $12,100 | 2019 |
| Connecting the beam dynamics code TRACEWIN to the PIP-II Injector Test at Fermilab. | Jean-Paul Carneiro | Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory | Fermilab | Didier Uriot | CEA-Saclay | $15,160 | 2019 |
| Exploring new Dark Matter scenarios with Xenon-based Detectors | Luca Grandi | Physics | PSD | Luca Scotto Lavina | Laboratoire LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3 (Paris) | $14,818 | 2019 |
| Improving Prospects for CMB Science by Strengthening the SPT-Planck Connection | Thomas Crawford | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Silvia Galli | Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Planck DPC | $15,000 | 2019 |
| In situ recrystallization study of polycrystalline materials by total scattering | Peter Kenesei | Argonne National Laboratory | ANL | Andras Borbely | Ecole des Mines (Saint-Etienne) | $19,980 | 2019 |
| Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of Charge Density Waves in an External Magnetic Field | Peter Littlewood | IME, James Franck Institute | IME | George Batrouni | CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur | $18,000 | 2019 |
| Rapid phylogenomic placement of microbial genomes from metagenomes | A. Murat Eren | Medicine, Committee on Microbiology | BSD | Damien Eveillard | Université de Nantes | $9,500 | 2019 |
| Systems analysis of plant defenses promoted by endogenous bioactive metabolites | Jean Greenberg | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Claire Parent | CNRS, Université de Franche-Comté | $20,000 | 2019 |
| Tropical mathematics of deep learning | Lek-Heng Lim | Statistics | PSD | Stéphane Gaubert | CNRS, École Polytechnique | $20,000 | 2019 |
| A Novel Collaborative Approach to Studying Parasite Invasion | Aaron Turkewitz | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Maryse Lebrun | Université de Montpellier | $14,200 | 2018 |
| Binomial Checkpointing for Machine Learning | Paul Hovland | Computer Science | ANL | Guillaume Aupy | INRIA Bordeaux | $15,000 | 2018 |
| Broadband Higher-Order Mode-Based Beam Diagnostics at IOTA/FAST | Daniel Broemmelsiek | IOTA/FAST | Fermilab | Olivier Napoly | CEA Saclay | $15,000 | 2018 |
| Climate Calculations to Identify the Best Target Planets to Search for Life in the Next Two Years* | Dorian Abbot | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | François Forget | Institut Pierre Simon Laplace | $16,000 | 2018 |
| Conormal and Arc Spaces in the Deformation Theory of Singularities | Antoni Rangachev | Mathematics | PSD | Bernard Teissier | Institut Mathematique de Jussieu | $23,200 | 2018 |
| Discovering Common Principles for Biological Prediction | Stephanie Palmer | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Thierry Mora | Ecole Normale Supérieure | $20,000 | 2018 |
| Hard X-ray Window on Ultrafast Charge Transfer in the Liquid Phase | Linda Young | Physics | PSD | Marc Simon | Université Pierre et Marie Curie & Sorbonne Universités | $20,850 | 2018 |
| Hybrid Quantum Many-Body Light-Matter Systems: From Theory to Quantum Simulation | Aashish Clerk | IME | IME | Marco Schiro | CEA Saclay | $20,000 | 2018 |
| Joint Research on the Novel Quantum Materials in the Gaseous Phase | Cheng Chin | Pysics, James Franck Institute | PSD | Jean Dalibard | Collège de France | $24,000 | 2018 |
| Laser-Driven Experiments of Compressible Magnetized Turbulence | Petros Tzeferacos | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Alexis Casner | University of Bordeaux | $20,000 | 2018 |
| Negative Capacitance in Ferroelectric Nanostructures | Saidur Bakaul | Material Science | ANL | Wilfrid Prellier | CNRS, Caen | $40,000 | 2018 |
| Random Monoallelic Inactivation and Human Autosomal Dominant Diseases* | Marcelo Nobrega | Human Genetics | BSD | Edith Heard | Collège de France | $15,000 | 2018 |
| Statistical Data Fusion for Large Heterogeneous Datasets | Julie Bessec | Computational Statistis | ANL | Philippe Naveau | LSCE, CNRS | $20,000 | 2018 |
| Structural and Biochemical Characterization of RomR, a Regulator of Bacterial Cell Motility | Sean Crosson | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Tâm Mignot | Institut de Microbiologie de Méditerranée Aix-Marseille University | $17,750 | 2018 |
| Active Chiral Fluids | William Irvine | Physics | PSD | Denis Bartolo | ENS Lyon | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Black Holes in String Theory | Emil Martinec | Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute | PSD | Iosif Bena | CEA Saclay | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Coherent X-ray Studies of Phase Transitions in the Complex Oxides | Dillon Fong | Materials Science Division | ANL | Hubert Renevier | SUBATECH, Nantes, IN2P3, CNRS | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Dark Matter and Aatellite Galaxies in the Era of LSST | Alex Drlica-Wagner | Particle Astrophysics | Fermilab | Johann Cohen-Tanugi | Université de Montpellier, CNRS | $15,000 | 2017 |
| Development of a Kg-Size Dark Matter Detector Based on the CCD Technology | Paolo Privitera | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Mariangela Settimo | IN2P3 / CNRS | $7,200 | 2017 |
| Evolution of Resistance Genes in Plants | Joy Bergelson | Ecology & Evolution | BSD | Fabrice Roux | CNRS, INRA | $10,160 | 2017 |
| Exploring Adaptive Responses to PH Variability in the Face of Ocean Acidification | Catherine Pfister | Ecology & Evolution | BSD | Jean-Pierre Gattuso | CNRS | $24,900 | 2017 |
| Harnessing Space and Time in the Transmission Dynamics of Vector-Transmitted Infections | Mercedes Pascual | Ecology & Evolution | BSD | Richard Paul | Institut Pasteur | $16,000 | 2017 |
| Heterogeneous Models with Propagation on Networks | Andrei Tarfulea | Mathematics | PSD | Jean-Michel Roquejoffre | Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse | $9,740 | 2017 |
| Investigating Filopodia Formation through an Interdisciplinary Approach | Gregory Voth | Chemistry | PSD | Patricia Bassereau | Institut Curie | $16,400 | 2017 |
| Magnetic Sponges | John Anderson | Chemistry | PSD | Jeon Ie-Rang | Université de Rennes | $15,000 | 2017 |
| Multiscale Matrix Decompositions for Machine Learning | Risi Kondor | Computer Science | PSD | Rémi Gribonval | INRIA Rennes | $12,000 | 2017 |
| Novel Hybrid Simulation Methods for the Modeling of the Protein Assemblies in the Respiratory Chain | Benoit Roux | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | BSD | Chris Chipot | CNRS, Université de Lorraine | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Scalable Data Movement for Data-Centric Supercomputing | Venkatram Vishnwanath | Leadership Computing Facility | ANL | Emmanuel Jeannot | INRIA Bordeaux | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Testing How Eye Movements Affect the Neural Code for Natural Motion | Jason MacLean | Neurobiology | BSD | Olivier Marre | Université Pierre et Marie Curie | $15,000 | 2017 |
| Assembly, Characterization and Data Analysis of the Most Massive CCD Array Ever Built | Yann Guardincerri | Particle Physics Division | Fermilab | Antoine Letessier-Selvon | Universités de Paris VI & VII | $14,000 | 2016 |
| From Serre's Conjectures to a P-adic Local Langlands Program | Bao Le Hung | Mathematics | PSD | Laurent Fargues | Université de Paris VI Jussieu | $12,000 | 2016 |
| GRAND CHENE: New High-Energy Neutrino Observatories | Angela Olinto | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Kumiko Kotera | Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris | $16,000 | 2016 |
| Hybrid Silicon Nanolasers | Chad Husko | Center for Nanoscale Materials | ANL | Xavier Checoury | Université Paris-Sud | $40,000 | 2016 |
| Investigating Neural Mechanisms for Sensing Body Movement | Melina Hale | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Claire Wyart | Université Pierre et Marie-Curie | $24,000 | 2016 |
| Mapping Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of NO Production in Caveolae in Live Cells | Yamuna Krishnan | Chemistry | PSD | Christophe Lamaze | Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou | $20,000 | 2016 |
| N6-Methyladenosine RNA Modification and Cancer Stem Cells | Tao Pan | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Alexandre David | Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle | $17,000 | 2016 |
| Notch and Tcf-1 Signaling: Do they Cooperate in the Generation of Innate Lymphocytes? | Fotini Gounari | Medicine, Rheumatology | BSD | Rachel Golub | Université de Paris 7 | $15,000 | 2016 |
| Self-Organization of Gold Nanoparticles by Smectic Topological Defects, for the Emergence of New Opt | Juan De Pablo | Institute for Molecular Engineering | IME | Emmanuelle Lacaze | Université Pierre et Marie Curie | $20,000 | 2016 |
| Towards a Unified, Robust Space-Time Model of Application Resilience | Andrew Chien | Computer Science | PSD | Yves Robert | Ecole Normale Superiere Lyon | $16,000 | 2016 |
| Applications of Birational Anabelian Geometry to Grothendieck-Teichmüller Theory, Algebraic Cycles, and Galois Theory. | Aaron Silberstein | Mathematics | PSD | Pierre Lochak | Université de Paris VI Jussieu | $12,000 | 2015 |
| Architectures and Dynamical Evolution of Observed Planetary Systems | Daniel Fabrycky | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Jacques Laskar | CNRS, ASD, Observatoire de Paris, IMCCE | $8,450 | 2015 |
| Clues on Terrestrial Core Formation from Tin Nuclear Resonant Analysis using Inelastic X-Ray Scattering | Esen Alp, Michael Hu | X-Ray Science Division | ANL | Mathieu Roskosz, Caroline Fitoussi | Université de Lille, CNRS, ENS Lyon | $32,644 | 2015 |
| DAMIC: A Novel Dark Matter Experiment | Paolo Privitera | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Antoine Letessier-Selvon | IN2P3, CNRS, Universités de Paris VI & VII | $17,000 | 2015 |
| Dark Matter Detection with Noble Liquids: Study of Light and Charge Production Mechanisms at Low-Energy | Luca Grandi | Physics | PSD | Davide Franco | APC Paris, CNRS | $12,250 | 2015 |
| Development of a Generic Computational/ Experimental Approach to Discover New Metabolic Pathways | Christopher Henry | Computation Institute | BSD | Matthieu Jules | Micalis Institute, INRA Jouy-en-Josas | $15,000 | 2015 |
| Dynamic Spatiotemporal Brain Analyses using High-Performance Electrical Neuroimaging | Stephanie Cacioppo | Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience | BSD | Paolo Bartolomeo | INSERM | $7,500 | 2015 |
| Micropatterning of Actin Cytoskeleton Competition | David Kovar | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Alphée Michelot | CNRS, Université de Grenoble | $14,800 | 2015 |
| Optogenetic Analysis of Cell Division and Tissue Morphogenesis | Michael Glotzer | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Thomas Lecuit | IBDM, CNRS, Université d'Aix-Marseille | $20,000 | 2015 |
| R&D on Giant Double-Phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Detectors for Future Neutrino Experiments | Giulia Brunetti | Neutrino Division | Fermilab | Dario Autiero | Institut de Physique Nucleaire Lyon | $15,000 | 2015 |
| Tracer Applications of Noble Gas Radionuclides to Hydrological Systems in the Paris Basin | Reika Yokochi | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Bernard Marty | Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie, CNRS | $18,000 | 2015 |
| Dark Matter Detection with Argon: Study of Light and Charge Production Mechanisms at Low-Energy | Luca Grandi | Physics | PSD | Davide Franco | APC Paris, CNRS | $15,000 | 2014 |
| Evaluation of Fuel Displacement Potential of Advanced Vehicles through Electrification | Aymeric Rousseau | Energy System Division | ANL | François Badin | IFP Energies Nouvelles | $20,000 | 2014 |
| Generating Virtual Textures to Understand Tactile Perception | Slimane Bensmaia | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Vincent Hayward | Université Pierre et Marie Curie | $16,000 | 2014 |
| Geometry and String Theory | Savdeep Sethi | Physics | PSD | Ruben Minasian | CEA Saclay | $16,000 | 2014 |
| Inexpensive Multi-Channel PSEC-Resolution Digitizers for Particle Physics and Medical Imaging | Henry Frisch | Physics | PSD | Maxim Titov | CEA Saclay | $8,000 | 2014 |
| Integrated Multiscale Model of Biological Formation | John Reinitz | Statistics, Ecology & Evolution, Molecular Genetics | PSD, BSD | Ovidiu Radulescu | University of Montpellier 2 | $15,000 | 2014 |
| Mechanisms of Diastolic Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease | Victor Mor-Avi, Amit Patel | Medicine | BSD | Nadjia Kachenoura | INSERM | $7,000 | 2014 |
| Multi-scale Modeling Study of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Oxidation | Stephen Klippenstein | Chemical Sciences & Engineering | ANL | André Nicolle | IFP Energies Nouvelles | $8,600 | 2014 |
| Predicting the Thermodynamics of Protein Association with a Computational Microcalorimeter | Benoît Roux | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Christophe Chipot | Université de Lorraine | $16,000 | 2014 |
| Probing Efficient Cosmic-ray Acceleration in Young Supernovae using the Cherenkov Telescope Array | Vikram Dwarkadas | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Matthieu Renaud | CNRS, Université de Montpellier 2 | $8,000 | 2014 |
| Protein-Mediated Remodeling of Biological Membranes | Gergory Voth | Chemistry | PSD | Patricia Bassereau | Institut Curie | $8,000 | 2014 |
| Spectral Characterization of Ecological Networks | Stefano Allesina | Ecology & Evolution | BSD | Elisa Thébault | Institute of Ecology Paris, CNRS | $8,000 | 2014 |
| Calibration and Applications of Isotope Fractionation of Zoned Minerals in Terrestrial and Extra-Terrestrial Material | Frank Richter | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Marc Chaussidon | Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, Nancy, CNRS | $9,000 | 2013 |
| Cancer and Translation: Crosstalk between Signaling Pathways | Tao Pan | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Alexandre David | Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle | $5,000 | 2013 |
| Collaborative Tool Development for Adjoining MPI Codes | Paul Hovland | Computation Institute | PSD | Laurent Hascoët | INRIA Sophia Antipolis | $5,000 | 2013 |
| Efficacy Assessment of Folinic Acid and Thyroid Hormone Systematic Treatment on the Psychomotor Development of Young Children with Down Syndrome | Peter Smith | Pediatrics | BSD | Franck Sturtz | Institut Jérôme Lejeune Paris, Université de Limoges | $10,000 | 2013 |
| Interacting Particle Methods for Enhanced Sampling of Molecular Systems | Jonathan Weare | Mathematics | PSD | Tony Lelievre | Ecole des Ponts | $12,000 | 2013 |
| International Collaboration on Isotopic Studies of Ice Clouds | Elisabeth Moyer | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Bernard Legras | Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique | $15,000 | 2013 |
| Mapping the Direction Selective Circuit in the Retina | Wei Wei | Neurobiology | BSD | Deniz Dalkara | Institut de la Vision | $4,000 | 2013 |
| Mechanics of Active Polymer Networks | Margaret Gardel | Physics | PSD | Martin Lenz | UMR 8626, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS | $13,000 | 2013 |
| Microtubule Function in Cellular Quiescence | Mohan Gupta | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Isabelle Sagot | CNRS, Université de Bordeaux | $16,000 | 2013 |
| Pathogen-Host Interactions during Attachment of Coxiella to Human Cells | Howard Shuman | Infectious Disease | BSD | Matteo Bonazzi | UMR 5236, CNRS | $10,000 | 2013 |
| Protein-Mediated Remodeling of Biological Membranes | Gregory Voth | Chemistry | PSD | Patricia Bassereau | Institut Curie | $12,000 | 2013 |
| Combining Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction and Optical Spectroscopy to Study Lightactivated Functions in Materials and Biological Systems | Keith Moffat | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Eric Collet | Université de Rennes | $18,000 | 2012 |
| Controlled VM Placement in Infrastructure Clouds | Katarzyna Keahey | Computation Institute | PSD | Frédéric Desprez | ENS Lyon, INRIA | $2,000 | 2012 |
| Development of Innate Lymphoid Cells | Barbara Kee | Pathology | BSD | James Di Santo | Institut Pasteur | $4,000 | 2012 |
| Establishing a Laboratory Curriculum in Astronomy and Physics for Undergraduate Students of University of Chicago and Université Paris Diderot, Paris 7 | Paolo Privitera | Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics | PSD | Thomas Condreau | Université Paris Diderot, Paris 7 | $16,000 | 2012 |
| Generation and Turbulent Amplification of Cosmological Magnetic Fields in Laser-Driven Experiments | Don Lamb | Astronomy & Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute | PSD | Alessandra Ravasio | CNRS, CEA, Université Paris VI, Ecole Polytechnique | $13,000 | 2012 |
| Global Analysis of Long Distance Signaling Components of Stress Responses in Arabidopsis | Jocelyn Malamy | Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology | BSD | Sylvie Dinant | INRA Versailles | $8,000 | 2012 |
| Imaging Biomarkers in Cerebrovascular malformations | Issam Awad | Surgery, Neurology, Cancer Center | BSD | Pierre Labauge, Nicolas Menjot de Champfleur | Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier | $12,000 | 2012 |
| Mechanical Stretch Induced Microparticles Formation by Lung Endothelial Cells | Konstantin Birukov | Medicine | BSD | Chantal Boulanger | INSERM | $9,000 | 2012 |
| Molecular Mechanisms Behind Vγ 9Vδ 2 T-Cell Activation. | Erin Adams | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Marc Bonneville | CNRS, Université de Nantes | $2,000 | 2012 |
| Relationship of Early Mobilization and Pain in the Intensive Care Unit | John Kress | Medicine | BSD | Samir Jaber | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier | $7,500 | 2012 |
| Seeding a Franco-Chicago Collaboration in Exascale Storage for Computational Science | Rob Ross | Computation Institute | PSD | Gabriel Antoniu | INRIA | $10,000 | 2012 |
| Studies of Diffuse Gas and Cosmic Rays near the Galactic Center | Takeshi Oka | Astronomy & Astrophysics, Chemistry | PSD | Maryvonne Gerin | Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, ENS | $14,000 | 2012 |
| Testing Prediction as a Design Principle in the Retina | Stephanie Palmer | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Olivier Marre | Université Paris VI | $14,000 | 2012 |
| The Epigenetic Role of the Nuclear Membrane | Elizabeth McNally | Medicine, Human Genetics | BSD | Gisèle Bonne | INSERM, CNRS | $5,000 | 2012 |
| A New Proxy to Trace Redox Conditions in the Earth | Nicolas Dauphas | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Janne Blichert-Toft, Mathieu Roskosz | CNRS, UST Lille, ENS Lyon | $5,000 | 2011 |
| Accurate Estimation of Protein-Ligand Binding Constants from Computer Simulations | Benoit Roux | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Christophe Chipot | CNRS, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy | $15,500 | 2011 |
| Cholesterol Metabolism as Target for Cancer Therapies | Ralph Weichselbaum | Oncology | BSD | Marc Poirot | INSERM, Institut Claudius Regaud | $12,000 | 2011 |
| Exotic Quantum States of Atoms at Nano-Kelvin Temperature | Cheng Chin, Kathryn Levin | Physics, James Franck Institute | PSD | Christophe Salomon | ENS Paris | $18,000 | 2011 |
| Probing Dark Energy with Type ia Supernovae | Josh Frieman | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Julien Guy | CNRS-IN2P3, Universités de Paris VI and VII | $8,000 | 2011 |
| Support for Undergraduate Attendance and Organizing for Workshops on Psec Timing in France and Chicago | Henry Frisch | Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute | PSD | Jean-François Genat | Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS | $20,000 | 2011 |
| Development of a Novel Detection Technique for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays | Paolo Privitera | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Tiina Suomijarvi | Université de Paris XI, IPN Orsay | $15,000 | 2010 |
| Development of Asymmetric Diels-Alder Catalysts for Synthesis of Densely Functionalized Molecules | Hisashi Yamamoto | Chemistry | PSD | Stéphane Quideau | Université de Bordeaux | $5,000 | 2010 |
| Harnessing Endogenous Neuroprotection with Erythropoietin | Steven Roth | Anesthesia and Critical Care | BSD | Myriam Bernaudin | CERVOxy, CYCERON- Caen | $12,000 | 2010 |
| Isotopic Anomalies in Meteorites and Calibration of Iron Isotope Oxybarometry | Nicolas Dauphas | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Mathieu Roskosz | Université de Lille | $5,000 | 2010 |
| Membrane Dynamics and Trafficking of Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid Precursor Protein and Beta-Secretase | Gopal Thinakaran | Neurobiology | BSD | Marie-Claude Potier | Centre de Recherche de l'ICM, Paris | $8,000 | 2010 |
| Modulation of the Mechanics and Motor Control of Feeding Behavior of Small Primates | Callum Ross | Organismal Biology and Anatomy | BSD | Anthony Herrel | CNRS, MNHN | $15,500 | 2010 |
| Probing Dark Energy with Type Ia Supernovae | Joshua Frieman | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Julien Guy | Universités Paris VI et VII | $10,000 | 2010 |
| The Genetic Basis for Fine-Scale Recombination Rate Variation in Mice and Humans | Molly Przeworski | Human Genetics, Ecology & Evolution | BSD | Bernard De Massy | CNRS | $15,000 | 2010 |
| Viral Defense Pathways in Human Autoimmunity | Timothy Niewold | Medicine, Rheumatology | BSD | Mustapha Si-Tahar | Institut Pasteur | $5,000 | 2010 |
| Brain Mechanisms of Learning and Memory | David Freedman | Neurobiology | BSD | Guilhem Ibos | Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive, Lyon | $5,000 | 2009 |
| Development of Asymmetric Diels-Alder Catalysts for Synthesis of Densely Functionalized Molecules | Hisashi Yamamoto | Chemistry | PSD | Stéphane Quideau | Université de Bordeaux | $10,000 | 2009 |
| Dinosaurs Adrift: Saharan Fossils Reveal Africa’s Lost World” | Paul Sereno | Anatomy | BSD | Ronan Allain | Museum national d'histoire naturelle | $9,000 | 2009 |
| Evolution of Retinoic Acid Signaling in Deuterostomes | Christopher Lowe | Organismal Biology & Anatomy | BSD | Michael Schubert | ENS Lyon, CNRS | $10,000 | 2009 |
| Fossil Isotopes in Meteorites and Redox-Controlled Kinetic Isotope Fractionation in Melts | Nicolas Dauphas | Geophysical Sciences, Enrico Fermi Institute | PSD | Marc Chassidon, Bernard Marty, Mathieu Roskosz | CNRS, ENS, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille | $10,407 | 2009 |
| History of Cosmic Rays: 1911 to 1953 | James Cronin | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Pierre Binetruy | Université de Paris VII | $10,000 | 2009 |
| Plant Organelle Targeting by Bacterial Effectors | Jean Greenberg | Molecular Genetics | BSD | Nemo Peeters | INRA | $10,000 | 2009 |
| Stochastic Geometry in Physics | Ilya Gruzberg & Paul Wiegmann | Physics, James Franck Institute | PSD | Denis Bernard & Michel Bauer | CNRS, ENS Paris, Saclay | $18,000 | 2009 |
| The Mystery of Hidden QSOs and Hidden Galaxies | Don York | Astronomy & Astrophysics | PSD | Céline Péroux | CNRS, Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille | $10,000 | 2009 |
| The Structural Basis of Actin Bundle Selection by Myosin X | Ronald Rock | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | BSD | Anne Houdusse | Institut Curie | $7,500 | 2009 |
| An Integrated Analysis of Early Lymphopoiesis | Barbara Kee | Pathology | BSD | Ana Cumano | Institut Pasteur, INSERM | $8,000 | 2008 |
| Charge Transport and Photoconductivity in III-V Nanocrystal Solids | Dmitri Talapin | Chemistry | PSD | Peter Reiss | CEA Grenoble | $10,000 | 2008 |
| Coherent Diffraction "Lens-less" Imaging | Eric Isaacs | Physics | PSD | Virginie Chamard | Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille | $5,000 | 2008 |
| Cross-Linguistic Study of Aphasia Treatment | Steven Small | Neurology | BSD | Jean-François Démonet | INSERM | $10,000 | 2008 |
| Development of Ultra-Precise Time-of-Flight Measurements for Particle Physics and Medical Imaging | Henry Frisch, Chin-Tu Chen | Radiology, Physics | PSD | Patrick Le Du, Christophe Royon | DAPNIA, CEA Saclay | $10,000 | 2008 |
| Ethical Principles in Neonatology in Europe and North America | William Meadow | Pediatrics | BSD | Véronique Fournier | Hôpital Cochin (Paris) | $7,000 | 2008 |
| Evolutionary Impacts of Human Subsistence Modes in Central Africa | Molly Przeworski | Human Genetics | BSD | Luis Quintana-Murci | Institut Pasteur | $15,000 | 2008 |
| Genetic Studies of Complex Traits in Large Genealogies | Carole Ober | Human Genetics | BSD | Françoise Clerget-Darpoux | INSERM, Université Paris-Sud | $8,000 | 2008 |
| Probes of Stellar Nucleosynthesis in the Laboratory | Nicolas Dauphas | Geophysical Sciences | PSD | Marty Bernard | ENSG, ENS-Lyon | $9,607 | 2008 |
| The Roles of Anthrax Secretome on Anthrax Pathogenesis | Wei-Jen Tang | Cancer Research | BSD | Michèle Mock | Institut Pasteur | $6,600 | 2008 |