Project Grant 80NSSC24K1624

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under CFDA # 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences, supports researchers at Washington University in St. Louis to conduct studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN) with simultaneous TeV gamma-ray and X-ray observations. The $374,999 award, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will enable the team to complete and deliver a public legacy dataset of AGN observations, including a first...

This $457,976 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to develop a novel framework for constraining models of baryonic feedback in the universe. The research team at the University of Chicago will apply artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to data from cosmic microwave background and galaxy surveys to gain insights into the...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program, provides $276,648 to the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois to investigate strategies for optimizing human-machine collaboration in citizen science projects. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: (1) improve the classification efficiency of known data types across multiple domains, including for sparsely represented classes,...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics provides $590,584 to Michigan Technological University to advance understanding of gamma-ray astrophysics through analysis of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory and integration with multi-messenger data. Researchers will analyze gamma-ray emission measurements from hundreds of GeV to beyond 100 TeV to improve knowledge of cosmic ray acceleration and interactions in the universe....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to advance multi-messenger astronomy by enhancing computational frameworks for gravitational wave follow-up of gamma-ray bursts. The $150,000 award, effective from July 15, 2025 through June 30, 2028, will support the development of improved analysis pipelines across observational timescales and novel search techniques targeting post-gamma-ray burst remnant...

This $328,623 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) will fund a 4-year collaborative research program led by investigators at Louisiana State University, Harvard University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and University of Maryland, College Park. The research aims to improve our understanding of explosive transients, such as gamma-ray bursts and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $303,516 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) for a 4-year research program focused on studying explosive transients in the universe. The research team will combine data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time with observations from space-based gamma-ray burst monitors and ground-based gravitational-wave...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $297,985 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to transform the Madrigal global database of upper-atmosphere measurements into an open, accessible platform for space physics research and education. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: Developing an AI-powered virtual assistant to guide users in data discovery, analysis, and...

This $371,451 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support research to improve the understanding of extragalactic gamma-ray photons from blazars and the detection of these photons by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: The project will study the creation of gamma-ray photons within blazars, quantify the interactions of the...

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign will undertake a project funded by a $328,618 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The university will characterize enigmatic transient astrophysical events through observations from its new Young Supernova Experiment survey, which aims to identify rare and unusual transients. It will detail the progenitors and explosions...