NSF · US
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)
Deadline
Rolling — no fixed date
Award
$4,000,000 total ($2,605,928 to WVU + $1,394,072 to University of Delaware)
Announced
August 17, 2026
What this means for your lab
CreaTec MBE (thin film growth) and PREVAC UHV surface prep. Project engineers epitaxial oxide heterostructures via molecular beam epitaxy, with synchrotron spectroscopy and electron microscopy characterization of altermagnets and spin-orbit-torque materia
Who can apply
NSF EPSCoR RII Focused EPSCoR Collaboration between EPSCoR-jurisdiction institutions West Virginia University (lead) and University of Delaware, building shared materials-growth, nanofabrication, and characterization infrastructure across both campuses.
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