Project Grant 2107768
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $407,957 to the University of Virginia under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a three-year project grant running from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is advanced supercomputer simulation research investigating the interactions between red giant stars and their orbiting planetary and brown dwarf companions during the late...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Iowa State University of Science and Technology received a $269,197 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027. The award supports a comprehensive theoretical investigation into the puzzling behavior of cool, pulsating white dwarfs—particularly the sudden cessation of pulsations and episodic outbursts observed in...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Pittsburgh to support "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WHITE DWARFS IN BINARIES ACROSS THE H-R DIAGRAM WITH THE APOGEE-GALEX-GAIA CATALOG", under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The goal of this 3-year project is to assemble an observational sample of thousands of post mass-transfer binary systems containing white dwarfs, by...
- This $124,781 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Wisconsin System, Division of University of Wisconsin - Madison, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The goal of this 3-year project is to assemble a comprehensive observational catalog of thousands of post-mass transfer binary systems containing white dwarf stars. The research team...
- The University of Oklahoma received a $368,640 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research services focusing on constraining the evolutionary pathways of white dwarfs through crystallization studies, investigations into cooling anomalies, and analyses of white dwarf mergers. Products and services to be delivered include a new...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $496,984 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2028, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This research initiative focuses on identifying and characterizing hypervelocity white dwarfs—stellar remnants ejected from Type Ia supernovae explosions—to constrain the progenitor channels...
- The University of Virginia received a $243,026 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences on August 15, 2021 to complete the project by July 31, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Spectral and Radiation Hydrodynamic Models of Photospheric Radius Expansion X-ray Bursts" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This program promotes progress in the mathematical and physical sciences to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Villanova University received a $289,158 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) awarded July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Faculty Catalyst (AFC) program. The award supports research to develop novel methodologies for identifying accreting compact objects, including Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and X-ray Binary Sources...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Division of Astronomical Sciences (part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049) awarded $232,034 to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on August 1, 2025, for a three-year project (completion date: July 31, 2028) investigating the astrophysics of helium-ignited binary white dwarf Type Ia supernovae. The research will deliver advanced three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations utilizing state-of-the-art computational...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Indiana University, in collaboration with Northern Arizona University, received a $300,202 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences) awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project delivers computational modeling and theoretical analysis aimed at explaining the orbital characteristics of eccentric warm Jupiters—a class of...
Valparaiso University received a $217,400 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2024. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Specifically, the grant will fund Valparaiso University's project "Understanding Close White Dwarf Binaries Using Planetary Nebula Central Stars." Over the three-year period, the university will analyze central stars of planetary nebulae to better comprehend close binary systems containing white dwarf stars, advancing knowledge in stellar and galactic astrophysics. Findings from the research could provide insight into major astrophysical questions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $217.4k | 8/19/21 |