Project Grant 2108168
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $202,066 Project Grant 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 the collaborative research project "COSMIC SHEAR ON EXTREMELY LARGE SCALES WITH THE DARK ENERGY CAMERA" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The research aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $291,840 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Chicago. The grant supports collaborative research to develop and apply new techniques for precisely measuring the motions of faint stars using ground-based survey telescopes, including the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the NSF's 4-meter Blanco Telescope. The research aims to provide the most accurate measurements of the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $532,327 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences (Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049) beginning September 1, 2025 and concluding August 31, 2028. This award funds research into the chemical abundances of halo stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) V to reconstruct the Milky Way's early galactic assembly and identify signatures of the first supernovae in...
- The University of Chicago received a $557,317 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences to study the formation and evolution of ultra-faint satellite galaxies surrounding the Milky Way. The project, funded from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, will use imaging data from the DECam Local Volume Exploration (DELVE) survey to perform a rigorous census of these elusive galaxies. By combining observational data with cosmological simulations,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award provides $251,928 to the University of Chicago to conduct collaborative research on combining galaxy and cosmic microwave background surveys to obtain precise and robust constraints on cosmology - the distribution of matter throughout the universe. The research team will analyze complementary measurements of galaxy positions, gravitational lensing of galaxies, gravitational lensing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2027. This award supports research and analysis of gravitational-wave sources detected through the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), with the catalog expected to expand from 90 confirmed...
- The University of Chicago was awarded a $950,736 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE SEARCH FOR LIGHT DARK MATTER WITH DAMIC" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant will support research to search for light dark matter using the DAMIC (Dark Matter In CCDs) experiment at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. The DAMIC experiment aims...
- The University of Chicago was awarded a $1,414,527 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Under the award, the University will conduct a uniform survey of TESS M dwarf planets using the MAROON-X...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $502,863 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences (Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049) for a collaborative research initiative with Princeton University running from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award funds large-scale multidimensional kinetic simulations and computational modeling of particle acceleration in astrophysical collisionless...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. This award supports collaborative research continuation of the XENONnT experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, a dark matter detection initiative utilizing a dual-phase time projection...
The University of Chicago received a $366,748 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 supports collaborative research on cosmic shear measurements on extremely large scales using the Dark Energy Camera. This award falls under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major challenges. The University of Chicago will leverage the Dark Energy Camera to take precise measurements of the subtle distortions of distant galaxy shapes caused by the warping of space-time, revealing information about the influence of dark energy and constraints on cosmological models.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $366.7k | 7/1/21 |