Project Grant 1841475

This $148,988 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will enable the University of California Santa Cruz to modify the existing STRABOSPOT digital data system to develop a collaborative environment for researchers to collect and analyze geological data more efficiently. The project will create "group-level workflows" to facilitate collaborative research on subduction zones, a key focus area for the SZ4D (Subduction Zones in Four...

This $904,704 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to identify and evaluate sites for a next-generation gravitational-wave observatory called Cosmic Explorer (CE). CE will build on the success of the existing LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave detection facilities to push the reach of gravitational-wave astronomy to the edge of the observable universe. The award funds...

This $307,943 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will enhance the IceCube Neutrino Observatory's search for extremely high-energy neutrinos above 100 PeV. The University of Maryland, College Park will develop new techniques, such as machine learning algorithms and improved energy/directional reconstruction, to better separate neutrino signals from atmospheric backgrounds. This will enable IceCube to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $116,552 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) to develop open-source cyberinfrastructure for publishing and reusing minimally compressed measurement data from large physics experiments. The project aims to build tools that enable measurements directly on uncompressed or minimally compressed data, addressing limitations in current...

This $3 million National Science Foundation project grant supports research and development activities critical to the success of gravitational-wave astronomy through the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)-Virgo-KAGRA network. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will deliver several data analysis elements for low-latency detection of transient gravitational waves from binary neutron star and black hole...

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...

This $2,275,504 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports the development of open-source, accessible software infrastructure to enable multi-messenger astrophysics research. The award, effective January 1, 2025, will be led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and include sub-awards to the University of Minnesota, Montclair State University, and the University of California, Berkeley. The...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $477,375 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to identify and evaluate potential sites for the Cosmic Explorer (CE), a next-generation gravitational-wave observatory. The award supports research to locate and assess viable locations for the CE facility, which will be substantially larger than the existing LIGO...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), supports research into the composition and anisotropy of cosmic rays using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the South Pole. The $180,000 award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, aims to enhance measurements of cosmic ray properties such as mass composition, energy, and arrival directions. The project leverages data...

This Project Grant award, valued at $366,596 and provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049), supports research to identify and evaluate potential sites for the Cosmic Explorer (CE), a next-generation gravitational-wave observatory in the U.S. Using geographic information systems and community engagement, the University of Oregon will lead efforts to select the most promising CE locations, with an initial focus on the...