Project Grant 2108180
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $500,133 Project Grant to the University of Arizona under the Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. Through this grant, the research team will conduct a systematic study of the diverse outflows that occur during tidal disruption events, when a star is scattered into the gravitational pull of a supermassive black hole. The researchers will use radio and millimeter observations to track the evolution of...
- This $442,985 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to uncover the growth mechanisms of supermassive black holes. The key objectives are to: 1) Determine the merger rates of supermassive black holes and relate them to gravitational wave observations; 2) Investigate the growth of supermassive black holes during their peak activity period (known as "cosmic noon") and its connection to accretion...
- This $318,259 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund research into tidal disruption events involving supermassive black holes. A collaborative team from the University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Berkeley, and Northwestern University will conduct computational modeling and numerical experiments to advance understanding of key physical processes governing stellar tidal disruptions and the subsequent...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $496,234 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund collaborative research to explore the formation and growth of supermassive black holes through variability and transients observations. Researchers will use data from the Young Supernova Experiment imaging survey to identify intermediate mass black holes and study...
- This three-year, $314,904 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research on tidal disruption of stars by massive black holes at Northwestern University. The researchers will bring together experts in hydrodynamics, general relativity, and radiative transfer to address gaps in understanding tidal disruption events (TDEs) through multi-scale modeling and numerical experiments isolating key processes....
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $153,355 Project Grant to the University of Alaska Anchorage under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance the understanding of the relationship between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies. The 3-year award will support a comprehensive study of the regions surrounding black holes in a large sample of nearby active galactic nuclei. Key activities include measuring the distribution and motions of molecular,...
- This $517,162 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will enable researchers at the University of Colorado to conduct a comprehensive study on the formation and evolution of pairs of supermassive black holes in the centers of large galaxies. The key objectives are to: 1) Determine how these supermassive black hole pairs evolve and grow in conjunction with their host galaxies, 2) Investigate the impact of galaxy...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $538,767 Project Grant to the University of Florida (UF) to conduct research under the federal Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The goal of this 3-year project is to address key gaps in understanding the co-evolution of supermassive black holes, galaxies, and gravitational-wave sources in the early universe. Using state-of-the-art cosmological simulations, the researchers will study the impact of...
- This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $491,956 to Washington State University to conduct collaborative research exploring the formation and growth of supermassive black holes through variability and transients studies. The researchers will use observations from the Young Supernova Experiment to search for active and quiescent supermassive black holes in...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $377,113 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to uncover the secrets behind the growth of supermassive black holes located at the centers of galaxies. The project aims to 1) determine the merger rates of supermassive black holes and relate these to gravitational wave observations, 2) investigate the growth of supermassive black holes during the peak period of...
The University of Utah will receive $299,637 from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences through August 2024 to conduct the project "COUNTING THE UNSEEN: MASSIVE BLACK HOLE DEMOGRAPHICS FROM TIDAL DISRUTION EVENTS" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Through this Project Grant award, the University will survey galaxies to detect tidal disruption events, where stars are ripped apart by massive black holes. Analysis of these events will provide data to estimate the demographics and properties of dormant massive black holes throughout the universe. This research supports the program's goals of advancing mathematical and physical sciences knowledge and understanding of major problems to strengthen the national scientific enterprise.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 8/22/22 | ||
| Not listed | $99.6k | 8/19/21 |