Project Grant 80NSSC23K0452

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $1,482,618 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a next-generation charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor optimized for astronomical spectroscopy. The project aims to demonstrate the ability to readout a 4096x4096 pixel CCD image in a few minutes instead of hours, which will significantly improve the...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award of $429,000 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) will enhance the Gravitational-Wave Event Portal, a platform that provides public access to data from gravitational wave detectors like LIGO and Virgo. The award has two components: Expanding the Event Portal database to include hundreds of anticipated compact object merger detections, broadening it to include events discovered outside the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA collaboration, and...

Incom, Inc. was awarded a $199,057 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop LAPPDs for LHCB ECAL and other high rate, high radiation applications. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through June 27, 2022. Under this award, Incom, Inc. will develop large-area picosecond photodetector (LAPPD) technologies for use in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCB) experiment's electromagnetic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $490,337 to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The primary objective of this project is to develop novel data-driven machine learning techniques to enhance the computational performance and accuracy of numerical simulations for modeling relativistic plasma flows in...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, provides $523,083 to Georgia Tech Research Corp to develop an innovative model of how dual active galactic nuclei (DAGN) shine at radio wavelengths. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a model of DAGN activity at radio wavelengths, building on predictions from cosmological...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA # 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $291,962 to the Cal Poly Corporation at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo to conduct research using the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory and Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope prototype. The key products and services supported by this 3-year award include: Analyzing VERITAS data to improve the understanding of very-high-energy gamma-rays produced in active...

This $315,225 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) with a period of performance from November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2026. The grant supports a collaborative research project involving Dartmouth College, the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), and SRI to develop a new data infrastructure for sharing and archiving heterogeneously-derived data products from the Swarm-Over-Poker...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $360,620 to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a three-year project spanning August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The research team will develop computational cosmology products utilizing the PRIYA simulation suite—a comprehensive multi-resolution hydrogen distribution model—combined with...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences provides $587,441 to the University of Delaware over 3 years, from August 2023 to July 2026. The purpose is to adapt time-domain data analysis tools previously used in other scientific fields for application in astronomy, specifically for searches of Earth-like exoplanets around distant stars. The key deliverables include: Developing new variance-suppressing power spectrum estimators, like the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics (CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $170,165 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to support the conceptual design of the laser interferometers for the Cosmic Explorer gravitational wave observatory. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Producing a parametric conceptual optical design for the Cosmic Explorer interferometers, which will inform...