# Center: NSF Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry

> **NSF 01002627DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT** · Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO) · $19,800,000

## Abstract

The ability to use electrons as chemical reagents in oxidation reactions (removing electrons) or reduction reactions (adding electrons) has long held the potential to revolutionize the way in which we synthesize everything from pharmaceuticals to new materials to agricultural products. The approach offers a simple, clean way to access new chemistry that is not available with other methods. Yet in spite of this potential and growing interest, there remain very few cases where the approach is viable at useful scales and across a range of substrates. For this reason, the CSOE team brings together synthetic chemists, surface chemists, electroanalytical chemists, theorists, materials scientists, and chemical engineers to understand the detailed processes that are central removing electrons from and adding electrons to molecules. In this way, the discoveries, new methodologies, and techniques developed in CSOE enable safer and more selective ways to build molecules in both academia and industry. Other broader impacts include graduate and postdoctoral training in team science and entrepreneurship and outreach efforts to K-12 students and science centers. Chemistry is one of our Nation’s largest and most productive industries, and the CSOE is committed to recruiting and training the talented work force needed for it to thrive. 

The mission of the NSF Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry (CSOE) is to make synthetic organic electrochemistry mainstream through the invention 

## Key facts

- **NSF award ID:** 2503773
- **Awardee organization:** Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)
- **SAM.gov UEI:** Y6MGH342N169
- **PI:** Shelley D Minteer
- **Primary program:** 01002627DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
- **All programs:** Artificial Intelligence (AI), CAS-Critical Aspects of Sustainability, Advanced Manufacturing, Sustainable Chemistry, REU SUPP-Res Exp for Ugrd Supp, COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGING
- **Estimated total:** $19,800,000
- **Funds obligated:** $3,800,000
- **Transaction type:** Cooperative Agreement
- **Period:** 09/01/2025 → 08/31/2030

## Primary source

NSF Award Search: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2503773

## Citation

> US National Science Foundation, Award 2503773, Center: NSF Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nsf/2503773. Licensed CC0.

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