Transport Phenomena (TP)
This grant funds fundamental research on the transport of mass, momentum, energy, and species in fluids and solids, supporting advances in engineering, energy, biotechnology, microelectronics, combustion, and wildfire mitigation.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: Proposals accepted anytime
Funding Amounts: No minimum or maximum; typical NSF awards range from $100,000–$500,000 over 3–5 years, but amounts vary by project scope.
Summary: Supports fundamental research on the transport of mass, momentum, energy, and species across scales, with broad applications in engineering and science.
Description
The Transport Phenomena (TP) program funds fundamental research aimed at understanding, modeling, and controlling the transport of mass, momentum, energy, and species across multiple scales. The program welcomes proposals that use experimental, theoretical, or computational approaches and encourages innovative work that advances national priorities such as artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, microelectronics, energy, quantum science, and more.
Research topics of interest include:
- Dynamics of single- and multiphase systems (e.g., flow separation, turbulence, drag reduction, cavitation, instabilities, reactive flows)
- Microscale–macroscale connections in fluid and material properties
- Physicochemical phenomena at fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interfaces (e.g., adsorption/desorption, rheology, wetting, capillarity, electrokinetics, porous media, particle self-assembly)
- Thermodynamics and thermal transport (e.g., conduction, diffusion, convection, phase transitions, radiation) in various systems
- Combustion science, including chemical kinetics, turbulence-chemistry interactions, sustainable fuels, pollutant control, and diagnostics
- Wildland fire behavior, including prevention, mitigation, and prediction at the wildland-urban interface
The program encourages interdisciplinary and partnership-based research, including collaborations with federal agencies, industry, and international organizations.
