{"id":16,"date":"2020-04-24T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/zlinqcgroup\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:26:59","slug":"grants-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/zlinqcgroup\/grants-and-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"GRANTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Science Foundation (NSF)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2026-2031\u00a0<strong>Collaborative Research: GCR: Growing Convergence Research<\/strong>\u00a0(co-PI,\u00a0<strong>$3,300,000<\/strong>\u00a0in 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). &#8220;GCR: Bioengineered Approaches to Recover Critical Minerals and Produce Sustainable Silicon-Based Materials from Silicon-Rich Wastes.&#8221; #OIA-2617770 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/show-award?AWD_ID=2617770\">NSF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025-2027\u00a0<strong>ACED: Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery<\/strong>\u00a0(lead-PI,\u00a0<strong>$500,000<\/strong>\u00a0in total) with Hui Guan (UMass CICS). &#8220;ACED: Revolutionizing Instrumental Analysis Using Foundation Models.&#8221; #IIS-2435822 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/show-award?AWD_ID=2435822\">NSF<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/natural-sciences\/news\/chemistry-zhou-lin-nsf-spectroscopic-analysis\">News<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/websites.umass.edu\/zlinqcgroup\/files\/2026\/07\/NSF_Official_logo_CMYK-1021x1024.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:180px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2026-2029\u00a0<strong>Cottrell Scholar Award<\/strong>\u00a0(so-PI,\u00a0<strong>$120,000<\/strong>). &#8220;Understanding Fischer\u2013Tropsch-Type Catalysis in Space: Spectroscopic Analysis Empowered by Generative Artificial Intelligence.&#8221; #CS-CSA-2026-111 [<a href=\"https:\/\/rescorp.org\/cottrell-scholars\/2026-cottrell-scholars\/\">RCSA<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/news\/article\/zhou-lin-named-2026-cottrell-scholar\">News<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022-2024\u00a0<strong>Scialog\u00ae\u00a0Team Award in Negative Emissions Science<\/strong>\u00a0(PI,\u00a0<strong>$165,000<\/strong>\u00a0in total and $55,000 for UMass Amherst), with Yayuan Liu (Johns Hopkins) and Sen Zhang (U Virginia). &#8220;Carbon Dioxide\u2013Methane Coupling with Electric-Field-Polarized Microelectrodes.&#8221; #SA-NES-28462 [<a href=\"https:\/\/rescorp.org\/2022\/01\/over-1-2m-awarded-to-8-scialog-negative-emissions-science-teams\/\">RCSA<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/websites.umass.edu\/zlinqcgroup\/files\/2026\/07\/rcsa-logo.svg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:425px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2023-2025\u00a0<strong>Doctoral New Investigator Award<\/strong>\u00a0(so-PI,\u00a0<strong>$110,000<\/strong>). &#8220;Nuclear Quantum Effects in Photocatalytic Direct Methane Oxidation Driven by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfers.&#8221;<em>\u00a0<\/em>#66004-DNI6 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/dam\/acsorg\/funding\/grants\/prf\/about\/2022-grants-listing-rev.pdf\">ACS<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/websites.umass.edu\/zlinqcgroup\/files\/2026\/07\/PRF-Logo-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bezos Earth Fund<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024&nbsp;<strong>Greenhouse Gas Removal Ideation Prize (Phase I)<\/strong>&nbsp;(PI,&nbsp;<strong>$4,000<\/strong>&nbsp;in total and $4,000 for UMass Amherst), with Xin Xu (Arizona State) and Shuya Wei (U New Mexico). &#8220;Precise Methane Oxidation on a Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite Membrane.&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiment.foundation\/ghg-removal-prize-results\">Experiment Foundation<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/websites.umass.edu\/zlinqcgroup\/files\/2026\/07\/Bezos-Earth-Fund-logo-975x417-1.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:424px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2022-2024&nbsp;<strong>ADVANCE Collaborative Research Seed Grant<\/strong>&nbsp;(PI, $<strong>15,000<\/strong> in total) with Hui Guan (UMass CICS). &#8220;Accelerating Fragment-Based Quantum Chemistry via Machine Learning.&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/news\/article\/advance-seed-grant-awards-2021-22\">UMass Amherst<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021-2022\u00a0<strong>Faculty Success Fellowship<\/strong>\u00a0(so-PI, <strong>$4,000<\/strong>). 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