Frontier Center awards funding to six projects joining researchers from US and India

The IIT Bombay-Ohio State Frontier Center announced nearly $380,000 in funding to six collaborative research teams through its third round of awards under the Frontier Center Scholars Program.

The IIT Bombay-Ohio State Frontier Science and Engineering Research Center is a joint research center operated by the Institute for Materials Research (IMR) at The Ohio State University and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It builds on both institutions’ research strengths in renewable energy, electronics, photonics, materials, and quantum information technology.

Teams set to receive funding bring together investigators with complementary expertise from India and the U.S. to enable unique projects that push the frontier of science and engineering research beyond what could be accomplished by a single institution. Funding costs are shared by Ohio State and IIT Bombay.

Each supported project under the Frontier Center Scholars Program is carried out by a team that includes a pair of principal investigators, one from Ohio State and one from IIT Bombay, and one or two graduate students.

This year, the Frontier Center is thrilled to expand the scope and impact of its Research Scholar program, with four of the funded projects supporting two doctoral students who will be supported for a semester of research at their partner university. These expanded teams will be awarded additional time and funding support.

Last year, eight collaborative research teams received funding through the second round of Frontier Center Scholar Grants. Those teams are now conducting research across a wide range of areas related to AI, infrared detectors, photovoltaics and more.