This department is offering a grant to optimize a new polymer system for preserving deteriorating marble and limestone, field testing novel two-component epoxy adhesives for joining stone with enhanced properties, and engaging students in cultural heritage polymeric coating development. The project aims to scale-up sol-gel coatings and conduct field trials with NCPTT, and explore an adhesive system incorporating aliphatic epoxy resins, various curing agents, epoxy-functionalized POSS, and sol-gel components for enhanced durability and water vapor transmission.
Opportunity ID: 306756
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P18AS00389 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Polymers and Adhesives for Stone Conservation |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.945 — Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 02, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Notice of intent to partner with North Dakota State University. No applications will be accepted. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Notice of intent to partner with North Dakota State University. No applications will be accepted. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 13, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $41,500 |
| Award Ceiling: | $41,500 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Notice of intent to partner with North Dakota State University. No applications will be accepted. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | A. Project Goals â¿¿ 1. Optimize and field test a new polymer system for preservation of deteriorating marble and limestone that was developed with federal funding. 2. Explore the synthesis of novel two-component epoxy adhesives for joining stone that has the required adhesive properties but improved durability and water vapor transmission compared to current commercial epoxy adhesives. 3. Substantially involve graduate and undergraduate students in the development of polymeric coating systems for cultural heritage. B. Project Objectives â¿¿ 1. Novel sol-gel coatings were developed in previous projects and will undergo field trials. Working with NCPTT, locations for field trials will be identified. Coating formulation will be scaled-up and applied at those sites. 2. The adhesive system to be explored will be comprised of an epoxy resin, amine curing agent, a sol-gel component and reactive POSS for nano-reinforcement. a) Aliphatic epoxy resins will be explored. b) A large variety of curing agents will be screened c) Small amounts of epoxy-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) will be explored as an additive. d) A sol-gel component will be incorporated to form a hybrid sol-gel adhesive system. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
JOHN BECHTOLD
John_Bechtold@nps.gov Email:John_Bechtold@nps.gov |
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