GRANTS – Zhou Lin Group in Quantum Chemistry

National Science Foundation (NSF)

2026-2031 GCR: Growing Convergence Research (co-PI, $3,300,000 in total and $446,194 for UMass Amherst) with Mingjiang Tao (WPI), Xijin Zhang (George Mason), Jian Luo (UCSD), Xudong Fan (SUNY Buffalo), Carrick M. Eggleston (WPI), Yan Wang (WPI), John C. Beverley (SUNY Buffalo), and Monique L van Hoek (George Mason). “Collaborative Research: GCR: Bioengineered Approaches to Recover Critical Minerals and Produce Sustainable Silicon-Based Materials from Silicon-Rich Wastes.”
2025-2027 ACED: Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery (lead-PI, $500,000 in total) with Hui Guan (UMass CICS). “ACED: Revolutionizing Instrumental Analysis Using Foundation Models.” [NSF] [News]

2026-2029 Cottrell Scholar Award (single-PI, $120,000). “Understanding Fischer–Tropsch-Type Catalysis in Space: Spectroscopic Analysis Empowered by Generative Artificial Intelligence.” [RCSA] [News]
2022-2024 Scialog® Team Award in Negative Emission Science (PI, $165,000 in total and $55,000 for UMass Amherst), with Yayuan Liu (Johns Hopkins) and Sen Zhang (U Virginia). “Carbon Dioxide–Methane Coupling with Electric-Field-Polarized Microelectrodes.” [RCSA]

2023-2025 Doctoral New Investigator Award (single-PI, $110,000). “Nuclear Quantum Effects in Photocatalytic Direct Methane Oxidation Driven by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfers.” [ACS]

2024 Greenhouse Gas Removal Ideation Prize (Phase I) (PI, $4,000 in total and $4,000 for UMass Amherst), with Xin Xu (Arizona State) and Shuya Wei (U New Mexico). “Precise Methane Oxidation on a Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite Membrane.” [Experiment Foundation]

2022-2024 ADVANCE Collaborative Research Seed Grant (PI, $15,000 in total) with Hui Guan (UMass CICS). “Accelerating Fragment-Based Quantum Chemistry via Machine Learning.” [UMass Amherst]
2021-2022 Faculty Success Fellowship (single-PI, $4,000). [UMass Amherst]
2020-2026 Start-Up Fund (single-PI, $640,000).