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.

Program Information

Checklist for Application

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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
Project Title	Chicago P.I	Department	Lab or Division	Key Individual in France	Institution in France	Amount of Award	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).