France And Chicago Collaborating in The Sciences
France and Chicago Collaborating in the Sciences (FACCTS)* is designed to enhance science at the University of Chicago by encouraging closer relations between researchers in the Physical Sciences Division (PSD), The Biological Sciences Division (BSD), and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) and high-level research teams and institutions of higher education in France. The FACCTS program accomplishes this goal by providing seed funding for new and potentially fruitful project-based collaborations. Through a partnership with Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab, researchers at these two national laboratories are also eligible for FACCTS support, and are encouraged to apply.
Deadlines and Key Dates (2023 Funding Cycle)
- October 3, 2022: FACCTS application becomes live
- November 21, 2022 (at 11:59 pm CST): Deadline for Argonne-based researchers to submit (1-page) pre-proposal
- December 9, 2022: Responses sent to all Argonne-based researchers who submitted pre-proposals. (Up to five Argonne-based researchers will be invited to submit a full application.)
- February 7, 2023 (at 11:59 pm CST): Deadline for FACCTS proposals from UChicago, Fermilab, and Argonne National Laboratory applicants
- May 12, 2023: Notification given to all applicants
- July 1, 2023: Funds become available to award recipients
Past Projects Funded
Since the inception of the FACCTS Program in 2008, seed funding totaling over $2,500,000 has been disbursed to support more than 170 different research projects undertaken collaboratively by scientists from the Chicago (UChicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermilab) and France. Below are highlights and a search-able spreadsheet with information on all projects supports through the FACCTS program.
ANL-based awards, total of $412,224
Fermilab-based awards, total of $110,951
Biological Sciences Division awards, total of $878,110
Physical Sciences Division awards, total of $1,023,922
The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering awards, total of $125,000
Total Campus-based awards, total of $2,027,032
National Lab-based awards, total of $523,175
All FACCTS awards since 2008, total of $2,550,207
Project Title
Chicago P.I
Department
Lab or Division
Key Individual in France
Institution in France
Amount of Award
Year
Systems Analysis of Plant Defenses Promoted by Endogenous Bioactive Metabolites
Jean Greenberg
Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
BSD
Claire Parent
University of Franche-Comté
$15,000.00
2021
Discovering Common Principles for Biological Prediction
Stephanie Palmer
Organismal Biology & Anatomy
BSD
Thierry Mora
Ecole Normale Supérieure
$15,000.00
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
$15,000.00
2021
A Novel Collaborative Approach to Studying Parasite Invasion
Aaron Turkewitz
Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
BSD
Maryse Lebrun
University of Montpellier
$10,000.00
2021
Biodiversity, Conservation and Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes in French Polynesia
Mark Westneat
Organismal Biology & Anatomy
BSD
Serge Planes
University of Perpignan, CBETM
$13,000.00
2021
Functional Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles with Elastin-Like Peptide Segments
Matthew Tirrell
PME
PME
Sébastien Lecommandoux
University of Bordeaux, CNRS
$25,000.00
2021
Collaboration for Thin-Sheet Mechanisms
Thomas Witten
Physics
PSD
Benoît Roman
Laboratoire PMMH, CNRS
$14,600.00
2021
Probing the Pertinent Interactions of Endophilin and Actin in Vesicle Scission using In Vitro and Coarse Grained Methods
Gregory Voth
Physics
PSD
Patricia Bassereau
Institut Curie (Paris)
$20,000.00
2021
Geometric Theory of Quantum Hall States
Paul Wiegmann
Physics
PSD
Semyon Klevtsov
University of Strasbourg, CNRS
$20,000.00
2021
Modeling Modern Network Traffic: From Data Representation to Automated Machine Learning
Nicholas Feamster
Computer Science
PSD
Francesco Bronzino
University of Savoie Mont Blanc
$15,000.00
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
$25,000.00
2021
Activity Induced Phase Separation
Vincenzo Vitelli
Physics, James Franke Institute
PSD
David Martin
University of Paris
$25,000.00
2021
Liquid Inks for Near-Infrared Lasers
Benjamin Diroll
Nanomaterials, Spectroscopy
ANL
Sandrine Ithurria
ESPCI (Paris)
$40,000.00
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 Divison
ANL
Simon Kimber
Université de Bourgogne
$32,000.00
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)
$19,791.00
2021
Reconfigurable Optical Matter Materials and Driven Optofluidics
Norbert Scherer
Chemistry
PSD
Delphine Coursault
University of Bordeaux
$20,000.00
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
$20,000.00
2020
Causality in Fundamental Physics
Clay Cordova
Physics
PSD
Eric Perlmutter
IPhT Saclay
$5,000.00
2020
A Novel Method to Detect Dark Matter and Neutrinos
Paolo Privitera
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Antoine Letessier-Selvon
LPNHE
$17,600.00
2020
Water Vapor and Ice Clouds over the Asian Monsoon
Elisabeth Moyer
Geophysical Sciences
PSD
Sergey Khaykin
UVSQ, LATMOS
$4,000.00
2020
ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Upgrade
Mark Oreglia
Physics
PSD
David Calvet
Universit_ de Blaise Pascal
$20,000.00
2020
Evolution-based Engineering of Protein Function
Rama Ranganathan
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BSD
Olivier Rivoire
$15,000.00
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
$20,000.00
2020
Dynamic Control of Force Generation in Early Ascidian Embryos
Edwin Munro
Cell & Molecular Biology
BSD
Patrick Lemaire
CRBM, Montpellier
$19,000.00
2020
Actin Cytoskeleton Self-Organization In Confined Reaction Volumes
David Kovar
Cell & Molecular Biology
BSD
Laurent Blanchoin
CEA Grenoble
$24,300.00
2020
Protein-Protein Recognition and Synatogenesis
Benoit Roux
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BSD
Christophe Chipot
Universit_ de Lorraine, INC
$20,000.00
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
$16,000.00
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
$20,000.00
2020
Quantum Device Simulator
Martin Suchara
Computational Science
ANL
Cyril Allouche
ATOS
$40,000.00
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
$40,000.00
2020
SiPM Technology in Liquid Argon High Voltage System
Flavio Cavanna
Neutrino Science
Fermilab
Dominique Duchesneau
IN2P3, LAPP
$17,000.00
2020
A genetic scan to dissect climate adaptation in phytopathogenic bacteria
Joy Bergelson
Ecology & Evolution
BSD
Fabrice Roux
CNRS (Toulouse)
$20,000.00
2019
Systems analysis of plant defenses promoted by endogenous bioactive metabolites
Jean Greenberg
Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
BSD
Claire Parent
CNRS, Universit_ de Franche-Comt_
$20,000.00
2019
Biodiversity, Conservation and Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes in French Polynesia
Mark Westneat
Organismal Biology & Anatomy
BSD
Serge Planes
CNRS,, Universit_ de Perpignan
$21,900.00
2019
Rapid phylogenomic placement of microbial genomes from metagenomes
A. Murat Eren
Medicine, Committee on Microbiology
BSD
Damien Eveillard
Universit_ de Nantes
$9,500.00
2019
Exploring new Dark Matter scenarios with Xenon-based Detectors
Luca Grandi
Physics
PSD
Luca Scotto Lavina
Laboratoire LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3 (Paris)
$14,818.00
2019
Active Chiral Fluids
William Irvine
Physics
PSD
Denis Bartolo
ENS (Lyon)
$20,000.00
2019
Boosting discoveries at the LHC with Lund jet plane measurements and machine learning
David Miller
Physics
PSD
Reina Camacho Toro
CNRS, CERN
$21,000.00
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)
$12,100.00
2019
Tropical mathematics of deep learning
Lek-Heng Lim
Statistics
PSD
St_phane Gaubert
$20,000.00
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
$15,000.00
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 Th_orique
$22,000.00
2019
Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of Charge Density Waves in an External Magnetic Field
Peter Littlewood
IME, James Franck Institute
IME
George Batrouni
$18,000.00
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)
$24,000.00
2019
In situ recrystallization study of polycrystalline materials by total scattering
Peter Kenesei
Argonne National Laboratory
ANL
Andras Borbely
Ecole des Mines (Saint-Etienne)
$19,980.00
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
$15,160.00
2019
Conormal and Arc Spaces in the Deformation Theory of Singularities
Antoni Rangachev
Mathematics
PSD
Bernard Teissier
Institut Mathematique de Jussieu
$23,200.00
2018
Broadband Higher-Order Mode-Based Beam Diagnostics at IOTA/FAST
Daniel Broemmelsiek
IOTA/FAST
Fermilab
Olivier Napoly
CEA Saclay
$15,000.00
2018
Negative Capacitance in Ferroelectric Nanostructures
Saidur Bakaul
Material Science
ANL
Wilfrid Prellier
CNRS, Caen
$40,000.00
2018
Binomial Checkpointing for Machine Learning
Paul Hovland
Computer Science
ANL
Guillaume Aupy
INRIA Bordeaux
$15,000.00
2018
Statistical Data Fusion for Large Heterogeneous Datasets
Julie Bessec
Computational Statistis
ANL
Philippe Naveau
LSCE, CNRS
$20,000.00
2018
Hybrid Quantum Many-Body Light-Matter Systems: From Theory to Quantum Simulation
Aashish Clerk
IME
IME
Marco Schiro
CEA Saclay
$20,000.00
2018
Laser-Driven Experiments of Compressible Magnetized Turbulence
Petros Tzeferacos
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Alexis Casner
University of Bordeaux
$20,000.00
2018
Joint Research on the Novel Quantum Materials in the Gaseous Phase
Cheng Chin
Pysics, James Franck Institute
PSD
Jean Dalibard
$24,000.00
2018
Discovering Common Principles for Biological Prediction
Stephanie Palmer
Organismal Biology
& Anatomy
BSD
Thierry Mora
Ecole Normale Sup_rieure
$20,000.00
2018
Random Monoallelic Inactivation and Human Autosomal Dominant Diseases*
Marcelo Nobrega
Human Genetics
BSD
Edith Heard
$15,000.00
2018
A Novel Collaborative Approach to Studying Parasite Invasion
Aaron Turkewitz
Molecular Genetics &
Cell Biology
BSD
Maryse Lebrun
Universit_ de Montpellier
$14,200.00
2018
Hard X-ray Window on Ultrafast Charge Transfer in the Liquid Phase
Linda Young
Physics
PSD
Marc Simon
Universit_ Pierre et Marie Curie & Sorbonne Universit_s
$20,850.00
2018
Climate Calculations to Identify the Best Target Planets to Search for Life in the Next Two Years*
Dorian Abbot
Geophysical Sciences
PSD
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
$16,000.00
2018
Structural and Biochemical Characterization of RomR, a Regulator of Bacterial Cell Motility
Sean Crosson
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BSD
Institut de Microbiologie de M_diterran_e Aix-Marseille University
$17,750.00
2018
Coherent x-ray studies of phase transitions in the complex oxides
Dillon Fong
Materials Science Division
ANL
Hubert Renevier
SUBATECH, Nantes, IN2P3, CNRS
$20,000.00
2017
Scalable data movement for data-centric supercomputing
Venkatram Vishnwanath
Leadership Computing Facility
ANL
Emmanuel Jeannot
INRIA Bordeaux
$20,000.00
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, Universit_ de Lorraine
$20,000.00
2017
Exploring adaptive responses to pH variability in the face of ocean acidification
Catherine Pfister
Ecology & Evolution
BSD
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
CNRS
$24,900.00
2017
Testing how eye movements affect the neural code for natural motion
Jason MacLean
Neurobiology
BSD
Olivier Marre
Universit_ Pierre et Marie Curie
$15,000.00
2017
Evolution of resistance genes in plants
Joy Bergelson
Ecology & Evolution
BSD
Fabrice Roux
CNRS, INRA
$10,160.00
2017
Harnessing space and time in the transmission dynamics of vector-transmitted infections
Mercedes Pascual
Ecology & Evolution
BSD
Richard Paul
Institut Pasteur
$16,000.00
2017
Dark matter and satellite galaxies in the era of LSST
Alex Drlica-Wagner
Particle Astrophysics
Fermilab
Johann Cohen-Tanugi
Universit_ de Montpellier, CNRS
$15,000.00
2017
Heterogeneous models with propagation on networks
Andrei Tarfulea
Mathematics
PSD
Jean-Michel Roquejoffre
Universit_ Paul Sabatier Toulouse
$9,740.00
2017
Black holes in string theory
Emil Martinec
Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute
PSD
Iosif Bena
CEA Saclay
$20,000.00
2017
Investigating filopodia formation through an interdisciplinary approach
Gregory Voth
Chemistry
PSD
Patricia Bassereau
Institut Curie
$16,400.00
2017
Magnetic sponges
John Anderson
Chemistry
PSD
Jeon Ie-Rang
Universit_ de Rennes
$15,000.00
2017
Development of a kg-size dark matter detector based on the CCD technology
Paolo Privitera
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Mariangela Settimo
IN2P3 / CNRS
$7,200.00
2017
Multiscale matrix decompositions for machine learning
Risi Kondor
Computer Science
PSD
R_mi Gribonval
INRIA Rennes
$12,000.00
2017
Active chiral fluids
William Irvine
Physics
PSD
Denis Bartolo
ENS Lyon
$20,000.00
2017
GRAND CHENE: new high energy neutrino observatories
Angela Olinto
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Kumiko Kotera
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
$16,000.00
2016
From Serre's conjectures to a p-adic local Langlands program
Bao Le Hung
Mathematics
PSD
Laurent Fargues
Universit_ de Paris VI Jussieu
$12,000.00
2016
Mapping spatio-temporal dynamics of NO production in caveolae in live cells
Yamuna Krishnan
Chemistry
PSD
Christophe Lamaze
$20,000.00
2016
Hybrid silicon nanolasers
Chad Husko
Center for
Nanoscale Materials
ANL
Xavier
Checoury
Universit_ Paris-Sud
$40,000.00
2016
Notch and Tcf-1 signaling: Do they cooperate in the generation of innate lymphocytes?
Fotini Gounari
Medicine, Rheumatology
BSD
Rachel Golub
Universit_ de Paris 7
$15,000.00
2016
Investigating neural mechanisms for sensing body movement
Melina Hale
Organismal Biology & Anatomy
BSD
Claire Wyart
Universit_ Pierre et Marie-Curie
$24,000.00
2016
N6-methyladenosine RNA modification and cancer stem cells
Tao Pan
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BSD
Alexandre David
Institut de G_nomique Fonctionnelle
$17,000.00
2016
Assembly, characterization and data analysis of the most massive CCD array ever built
Yann
Guardincerri
Particle Physics
Division
Fermilab
Antoine
Letessier-
Selvon
Universit_s de Paris VI & VII
$14,000.00
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
Universit_ Pierre et Marie Curie
$20,000.00
2016
Towards a unified, robust space-time model of application resilience
Andrew Chien
Computer Science
PSD
Yves Robert
Ecole Normale Superiere Lyon
$16,000.00
2016
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
Universit_ de Lille, CNRS, ENS Lyon
$32,644.00
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
$15,000.00
2015
Micropatterning of actin cytoskeleton competition
David Kovar
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BSD
Alph_e Michelot
CNRS, Universit_ de Grenoble
$14,800.00
2015
Optogenetic analysis of cell division and tissue morphogenesis
Michael Glotzer
Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
BSD
Thomas Lecuit
IBDM, CNRS, Universit_ d'Aix-Marseille
$20,000.00
2015
Dynamic spatiotemporal brain analyses using high-performance electrical neuroimaging
Stephanie Cacioppo
Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
BSD
Paolo Bartolomeo
INSERM
$7,500.00
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
$15,000.00
2015
Aaron Silberstein
Mathematics
PSD
Pierre Lochak
Universit_ de Paris VI Jussieu
$12,000.00
2015
Architectures and dynamical evolution of observed planetary systems
Daniel Fabrycky
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Jacques Laskar
CNRS, ASD, Observatoire de Paris, IMCCE
$8,450.00
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
$12,250.00
2015
DAMIC: A novel dark matter experiment
Paolo Privitera
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Antoine Letessier-Selvon
IN2P3, CNRS, Universit_s de Paris VI & VII
$17,000.00
2015
Tracer applications of noble gas radionuclides to hydrological systems in the Paris basin
Reika Yokochi
Geophysical Sciences
PSD
Bernard Marty
Ecole Nationale Sup_rieure de G_ologie, CNRS
$18,000.00
2015
Evaluation of fuel displacement
potential of advanced vehicles
through electrification
Aymeric Rousseau
Energy System
Division
ANL
IFP Energies
Nouvelles
$20,000.00
2014
Multi-scale modeling study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon oxidationn
Stephen Klippenstein
Chemical Sciences & Engineering
ANL
Andr_ Nicolle
IFP Energies
Nouvelles
$8,600.00
2014
Predicting the thermodynamics of
protein association with a computational
microcalorimeter
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BSD
Christophe Chipot
Universit_ de
Lorraine
$16,000.00
2014
Generating virtual textures to
understand tactile perception
Slimane Bensmaia
Organismal Biology
& Anatomy
BSD
Vincent Hayward
Universit_ Pierre et Marie Curie
$16,000.00
2014
Spectral characterization of ecological
networks
Stefano Allesina
Ecology & Evolution
BSD
Elisa Th_bault
Institute of Ecology Paris, CNRS
$8,000.00
2014
Mechanisms of diastolic dysfunction in
sickle cell disease
Victor Mor-Avi,
Amit Patel
Medicine
BSD
Nadjia Kachenoura
INSERM
$7,000.00
2014
Dark matter detection with Argon: Study
of light and charge production
mechanisms at low-energy
Luca Grandi
Physics
PSD
Davide Franco
APC Paris, CNRS
$15,000.00
2014
Protein-mediated remodeling of
biological membranes
Gergory Voth
Chemistry
PSD
Patricia Bassereau
Institut Curie
$8,000.00
2014
Inexpensive multi-channel psec-resolution
digitizers for particle physics and medical imaging
Henry Frisch
Physics
PSD
Maxim Titov
CEA Saclay
$8,000.00
2014
Geometry and string theory
Savdeep Sethi
Physics
PSD
Ruben Minasian
CEA Saclay
$16,000.00
2014
Probing efficient cosmic-ray
acceleration in young supernovae using
the Cherenkov telescope array
Vikram Dwarkadas
Astronomy &
Astrophysics
PSD
Matthieu Renaud
CNRS, Universit_
de Montpellier 2
$8,000.00
2014
Integrated multiscale model of biological
formation
John Reinitz
Statistics, Ecology & Evolution, Molecular
Genetics
PSD, BSD
Ovidiu Radulescu
University of
Montpellier 2
$15,000.00
2014
Pathogen-host interactions during attachment of coxiella to human cells
Howard Shuman
Infectious Disease
BSD
Matteo Bonazzi
UMR 5236, CNRS
$10,000.00
2013
Microtubule function in cellular quiescence
Mohan Gupta
Molecular Genetics &
Cell Biology
BSD
Isabelle Sagot
CNRS, Universit_ de Bordeaux
$16,000.00
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
$10,000.00
2013
Cancer and translation: crosstalk between signaling pathways
Tao Pan
Molecular Genetics &
Cell Biology
BSD
Alexandre David
Institut de G_nomique Fonctionnelle
$5,000.00
2013
Mapping the direction selective circuit in the retina
Wei Wei
Neurobiology
BSD
Deniz Dalkara
Institut de la Vision
$4,000.00
2013
International collaboration on isotopic studies of ice clouds
Elisabeth Moyer
Geophysical Sciences
PSD
Bernard Legras
Laboratoire de M_t_orologie Dynamique
$15,000.00
2013
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 P_trographiques
et G_ochimiques, Nancy, CNRS
$9,000.00
2013
Protein-mediated remodeling of biological membranes
Gregory Voth
Chemistry
PSD
Patricia Bassereau
Institut Curie
$12,000.00
2013
Interacting particle methods for enhanced sampling of molecular systems
Jonathan Weare
Mathematics
PSD
Tony Lelievre
Ecole des Ponts
$12,000.00
2013
Mechanics of active polymer networks
Margaret Gardel
Physics
PSD
Martin Lenz
UMR 8626,
Universit_ Paris-Sud, CNRS
$13,000.00
2013
Collaborative tool development for adjoining MPI codes
Paul Hovland
Computation Institute
PSD
INRIA Sophia Antipolis
$5,000.00
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
Universit_ de Rennes
$18,000.00
2012
Development of innate lymphoid cells
Barbara Kee
Pathology
BSD
James Di Santo
Institut Pasteur
$4,000.00
2012
The epigenetic role of the nuclear membrane
Elizabeth McNally
Medicine, Human
Genetics
BSD
INSERM,
CNRS
$5,000.00
2012
Erin Adams
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BSD
Marc Bonneville
CNRS, Universit_ de Nantes
$2,000.00
2012
Imaging biomarkers in cerebrovascular
malformations
Issam Awad
Surgery,
Neurology,
Cancer Center
BSD
Pierre Labauge, Nicolas Menjot de Champfleur
$12,000.00
2012
Global analysis of long distance signaling
components of stress responses in Arabidopsis
Jocelyn Malamy
BSD
Sylvie Dinant
INRA Versailles
$8,000.00
2012
Relationship of early mobilization and pain in the Intensive Care Unit
John Kress
Medicine
BSD
Samir Jaber
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier
$7,500.00
2012
Mechanical stretch induced microparticles
formation by lung endothelial cells
Konstantin Birukov
Medicine
BSD
Chantal Boulanger
INSERM
$9,000.00
2012
Testing prediction as a design principle in the retina
Stephanie Palmer
Organismal Biology
& Anatomy
BSD
Olivier Marre
Universit_ Paris VI
$14,000.00
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, Universit_ Paris VI, Ecole
Polytechnique
$13,000.00
2012
Controlled VM placement in Infrastructure clouds
Katarzyna Keahey
PSD
Fr_d_ric Desprez
ENS Lyon, INRIA
$2,000.00
2012
Establishing a laboratory curriculum in
Astronomy and Physics for undergraduate students of University of Chicago and Universit_ Paris Diderot, Paris 7
Paolo Privitera
Astronomy &
Astrophysics,
Physics
PSD
Thomas Condreau
Universit_ Paris Diderot, Paris 7
$16,000.00
2012
Seeding a Franco-Chicago collaboration in exascale storage for computational science
Rob Ross
Computation
Institute
PSD
Gabriel Antoniu
INRIA
$10,000.00
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
$14,000.00
2012
Accurate estimation of protein-ligand binding constants from computer simulations
Benoit Roux
Biochemistry
& Molecular Biology
BSD
Christophe Chipot
CNRS, Universit_ Henri Poincar_ Nancy
$15,500.00
2011
Cholesterol metabolism as target for cancer therapies
Ralph Weichselbaum
Oncology
BSD
Marc Poirot
INSERM,
Institut Claudius Regaud
$12,000.00
2011
Exotic quantum states of atoms at nano-kelvin temperature
Cheng Chin, Kathryn Levin
Physics, James Franck
Institute
PSD
Christophe Salomon
ENS Paris
$18,000.00
2011
Support for undergraduate attendance and organizing for workshops on Psec timing in France and Chicago
Henry Frisch
Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute
PSD
Universit_ Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS
$20,000.00
2011
Probing dark energy with type ia supernovae
Josh Frieman
Astronomy &
Astrophysics
PSD
Julien Guy
CNRS-IN2P3, Universit_s de Paris VI and VII
$8,000.00
2011
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
$5,000.00
2011
Modulation of the mechanics and motor control of feeding behavior of small primates
Callum Ross
Organismal Biology and Anatomy
BSD
Anthony Herrel
CNRS, MNHN
$15,500.00
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
$8,000.00
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
$15,000.00
2010
Harnessing endogenous neuroprotection with erythropoietin
Steven Roth
Anesthesia and Critical Care
BSD
Myriam Bernaudin
CERVOxy, CYCERON- Caen
$12,000.00
2010
Viral defense pathways in human autoimmunity
Timothy Niewold
Medicine, Rheumatology
BSD
Mustapha Si-Tahar
Institut Pasteur
$5,000.00
2010
Development of asymmetric Diels-Alder catalysts for synthesis of densely functionalized molecules
Hisashi Yamamoto
Chemistry
PSD
St_phane Quideau
Universit_ de Bordeaux
$5,000.00
2010
Probing dark energy with type Ia supernovae
Joshua Frieman
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Julien Guy
Universit_s Paris VI et VII
$10,000.00
2010
Isotopic anomalies in meteorites and calibration of iron isotope oxybarometry
Nicolas Dauphas
Geophysical Sciences
PSD
Mathieu Roskosz
Universit_ de Lille
$5,000.00
2010
Development of a novel detection technique for ultra-high energy cosmic rays
Paolo Privitera
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Tiina Suomijarvi
Universit_ de Paris XI, IPN Orsay
$15,000.00
2010
Evolution of retinoic acid signaling in deuterostomes
Christopher Lowe
Organismal Biology & Anatomy
BSD
Michael Schubert
ENS Lyon, CNRS
$10,000.00
2009
Brain mechanisms of learning and memory
David Freedman
Neurobiology
BSD
Guilhem Ibos
Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive, Lyon
$5,000.00
2009
Plant organelle targeting by bacterial effectors
Jean Greenberg
Molecular Genetics
BSD
Nemo Peeters
INRA
$10,000.00
2009
Paul Sereno
Anatomy
BSD
Ronan Allain
Museum national d'histoire naturelle
$9,000.00
2009
The Structural basis of actin bundle selection by myosin X
Ronald Rock
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BSD
Anne Houdusse
Institut Curie
$7,500.00
2009
The mystery of hidden QSOs and hidden galaxies
Don York
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
C_line P_roux
CNRS, Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille
$10,000.00
2009
Development of asymmetric Diels-Alder catalysts for synthesis of densely functionalized molecules
Hisashi Yamamoto
Chemistry
PSD
St_phane Quideau
Universit_ de Bordeaux
$10,000.00
2009
Stochastic geometry in physics
Ilya Gruzberg & Paul Wiegmann
Physics, James Franck Institute
PSD
Denis Bernard & Michel Bauer
CNRS, ENS Paris, Saclay
$18,000.00
2009
History of cosmic rays: 1911 to 1953
James Cronin
Astronomy & Astrophysics
PSD
Pierre Binetruy
Universit_ de Paris VII
$10,000.00
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, Universit_ des Sciences et Technologies de Lille
$10,407.00
2009
An Integrated analysis of early lymphopoiesis
Barbara Kee
Pathology
BSD
Ana Cumano
Institut Pasteur, INSERM
$8,000.00
2008
Genetic studies of complex traits in large genealogies
Carole Ober
Human Genetics
BSD
INSERM, Universit_ Paris-Sud
$8,000.00
2008
Evolutionary impacts of human subsistence modes in Central Africa
Molly Przeworski
Human Genetics
BSD
Luis Quintana-Murci
Institut Pasteur
$15,000.00
2008
Cross-linguistic study of aphasia treatment
Steven Small
Neurology
BSD
INSERM
$10,000.00
2008
The roles of anthrax secretome on anthrax pathogenesis
Wei-Jen Tang
Cancer Research
BSD
Institut Pasteur
$6,600.00
2008
Ethical principles in neonatology in Europe and North America
William Meadow
Pediatrics
BSD
V_ronique Fournier
$7,000.00
2008
Charge transport and photoconductivity in III-V nanocrystal solids
Dmitri Talapin
Chemistry
PSD
Peter Reiss
CEA Grenoble
$10,000.00
2008
Coherent diffraction "lens-less" imaging
Eric Isaacs
Physics
PSD
Virginie Chamard
Universit_ Paul C_zanne Aix-Marseille
$5,000.00
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
$10,000.00
2008
Probes of stellar nucleosynthesis in the laboratory
Nicolas Dauphas
Geophysical Sciences
PSD
Marty Bernard
ENSG, ENS-Lyon
$9,607.00
2008
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Department
Lab or Division
Key Individual in France
Institution in France
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Year
*This program is administered by the France Chicago Center (FCC), and is made possible with the generous financial support of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation; the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research; Université PSL; The Division of Biological Sciences; the Division of the Physical Sciences; The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; the Office of Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in the United States; Argonne National Laboratory; Fermilab Accelerator National Laboratory; and FCC’s Support Council in the Sciences (Confrères).