$2M NSF Grant for Self-Driving Labs Will Accelerate Discovery
A collaborative research team led by NC State University has received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its multidisciplinary work on self-driving laboratories (SDL).
By Lauren Marlier
A collaborative research team led by NC State University has received a $2 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for its multidisciplinary work on self-driving laboratories (SDL).
The grant comes through the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future program. According to the NSF, this submission cycle has been the most competitive to date.
“This NSF grant allows us to push the boundaries of how science is done,” said Milad Abolhasani, Alcoa Professor and University Faculty Scholar in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He is the principal investigator for the grant, which involves researchers from NC State, Brown University and the University at Buffalo. Their research is at the forefront of developing research platforms powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.