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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded an $800,000 grant to Alabama State University to conduct research in chemistry and material sciences during a three-year project, titled “Collaboration to Introduce Neutron Diffraction to Enhance Research Education by increasing Lab Access" (CINDERELA). The project’s goal is to develop new materials and to train University students in neutron diffraction as an analytical technique to confirm the structure of synthesized solids.
Dr. Robert L. Green, chairman of ASU’s Department of Physical and Forensic Sciences, will serve as the principal investigator for the grant and as the scientific expert on the project’s experimental technique.
"This award is a part of the Department of Energy’s Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) program, which is focused on building research capacity at academic institutions, like Alabama State, which have been historically underrepresented in the realm of science," Green said.
He explained that ASU and similar institutions that were awarded funding had to be classified as non-R1 Minority Serving Institutions, or as an Emerging Research Institution and partner with a DOE national laboratory or scientific user facility.