Block Grant 2201SCKSNP

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $118,659 to support the continued development of the Supernovae Early Warning System (SNEWS) network. SNEWS is a collaborative effort between neutrino and dark matter detectors globally to provide automated early alerts of impending supernovae in our galaxy. Funding will support upgrades to the SNEWS 2.0 system to enhance detection capabilities, development of an amateur astronomer...

This $249,278 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the continued development of the Supernovae Early Warning System (SNEWS) network. SNEWS is an international collaboration between neutrino and dark matter detectors designed to provide automated early alerts of impending supernovae in our galaxy to the astronomical community. Under this award, a collaborative group of scientists from multiple institutions will work to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support the participation of U.S. scientists in the Dynamics of Emissions, Nucleation, and Aerosols to Predict Land-Atmosphere-Climate Interactions (DENALI) field campaign in Alaska. The $100,000 award will fund the deployment of a CAPS NOX-NO2 instrument at the Delta Junction site in Alaska from May 2025 to August 2025. This instrument will supplement the suite of instruments being utilized by...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) provides $350,000 in funding to the Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation. The grant supports the expansion and enhancement of the tribe's air monitoring activities over a 4-year period from October 2024 to September 2028. The key objectives of the project are to...

This $418,995 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports the continuation of the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) project, a global network of 20 telescopes operated by the University of Hawaii and Ohio State University. The ASAS-SN project aims to provide nightly monitoring of the entire visible sky to a magnitude of 18, enabling the discovery and observation of approximately 300 supernovae per year. This data serves...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) provides $101,025 in funding to Kawerak, Inc., a nonprofit tribal consortium in Nome, Alaska. The award supports logistics, facilitated engagement with tribal partners, collaborative transfer of traditional knowledge, and technical assistance related to resources that may be subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) within the...

This $165,079 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports the continued development of the Supernovae Early Warning System (SNEWS) network. SNEWS is an international collaboration between neutrino and dark matter detectors designed to provide automated early alerts of impending supernovae in our galaxy to the astronomical community. The awardee, North Carolina State University, will work with experimentalists and phenomenologists to...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049, provides $127,128 to Rice University to continue developing a next-generation Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS) through August 2025. The collaborative effort aims to enhance SNEWS 2.0's detection capabilities for neutrinos emitted prior to and during core-collapse supernovae within the Milky Way galaxy. Upgrades will improve automated early alerts of impending supernovae to...

This $365,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674), supports the Salamatof Forestry and Fire LLC crew in enhancing and expanding the Kenai Peninsula Strategic Fuel Break project. The key activities include mechanical mastication to reduce hazardous fuels, hand thinning treatments in areas inaccessible to heavy equipment, and the...

The National Park Service Pacific West Region awarded a $204,898 cooperative agreement to Klamath Bird Observatory to support landbird monitoring, analysis, and reporting activities across Klamath Network parks from September 2021 through September 2026. This award will fund the sixth round of visits by the recipient to conduct point count surveys and gather population data on landbird species located within all National Park System units overseen by the Klamath Network, in alignment with the...