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Congressman Olver, Dr. Katharine Covert (NSF), Professor S. Thayumanavan

Under the Mass CREST umbrella, the Chemistry Department at UMass Amherst recently launched the Center for Fueling the Future, a National Science Foundation Chemical Bonding Center focused on cutting-edge hydrogen fuel cell science. The three-year, $1.5 million grant funds the Center's quest to better understand proton transfer, a critical component of fuel cells. 

The Center for Fueling the Future is one of seven NSF Chemical Bonding  Centers in the nation and one of only two that focus on clean, renewable energy research. Such centers are designed to provide scientists opportunities to address "big questions" in basic chemical research that have potentially high scientific and societal impact.

This first phase of research serves as a springboard to a $15 million, 5-year second phase. ...more