Project Grant 0969400

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines to conduct a study on the highest energy cosmic rays using the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO). This project will leverage innovative techniques to study the PAO detector and atmospheric systematic uncertainties, enabling a deeper understanding of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) sources...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. This award supports research on Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) utilizing data from the Pierre Auger Observatory, the world's largest cosmic ray detector spanning 3,000 square kilometers in Argentina. The...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $448,521 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Michigan Technological University. The award supports research to enhance the neutrino sensitivity of the Pierre Auger Observatory, the world's largest operating cosmic ray observatory located in Argentina. The research aims to improve detection of ultra-high energy photons and neutrinos to elucidate the nature of cosmic ray acceleration sites and advance...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $249,804 project grant to Michigan Technological University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to enhance the neutrino sensitivity of the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant will support efforts to strengthen the Observatory's ability to detect neutrinos and thereby increase scientific understanding of major problems confronting the nation, as outlined in the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) provides $285,627 to fund the continued operation of the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) experiment at the South Pole. ARA is a neutrino astrophysics observatory designed to detect ultra-high energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources. The grant supports ongoing operations and data collection for the five-station ARA detector, as well as development of...

This Project Grant award, valued at $171,330, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences to the University of Wisconsin System. The grant funds the continued operation and development of the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) experiment, a cutting-edge neutrino astrophysics observatory located at the South Pole. The key products and services delivered through this award include: Ongoing operation and data collection for the ARA experiment,...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $574,603 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The funding supports the development of advanced analysis methods for measuring the energy spectrum and mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA). Key activities include...

This $599,987 Project Grant, awarded September 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to expand the Radio Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole (RNO-G), a facility designed to detect ultra-high energy neutrinos through radio signals generated by neutrino interactions with polar ice. The primary deliverables include the design, construction, and installation of new modular observatory stations...

This $2.53 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund upgrades to instrumentation and capabilities at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Peru. Cornell University will receive funding to replace outdated systems like tube amplifiers and an ionospheric sounder with modern solid-state units, as well as acquire a final tube amplifier and new optical camera. These technical upgrades aim to improve resilience, extend the lifetime of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $3,904,416 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to develop, fabricate, and install the optical alignment systems for the initial seven medium-sized telescopes for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory. This project supports U.S. CTA scientists in this work, which will be conducted at the telescope sites in La Palma, Spain, Paranal, Chile, and...