Project Grant 2108400
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 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), awarded on August 1, 2025, with completion targeted by July 31, 2027. This award supports two primary research initiatives to advance the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detector capabilities. First, the project will design, test, and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences provides $229,131 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to develop a new research and education partnership in astronomy with Texas Southmost College (TSC). The partnership will engage Hispanic community college students in South Texas in multi-messenger and time domain astronomy research, including observational techniques, data analysis, and machine learning. Key activities...
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was awarded $499,191 under a Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support the renewal of its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site in physics. Over the three-year period from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2026, the site will provide research experiences for twelve undergraduates and one teacher annually in areas such as...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) will provide $298,093 to the University of Arizona (Arizona Board of Regents) from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026 to conduct collaborative research on gravitational wave events and associated electromagnetic counterparts. Specifically, the project will carry out comprehensive discovery and follow-up observations of gravitational wave events detected by...
- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has been awarded a $299,842 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences division (CFDA 47.049). The grant is focused on advancing understanding of black holes, gravitational waves, and gravitational lensing, which are key predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity. Key activities include: Developing new theoretical models to study strong gravitational lensing of gravitational waves, including the...
- This $694,951 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund the development of the "Treasure Trove" - a tool to help astronomers rapidly assess and prioritize potential counterparts to gravitational wave and neutrino events. The University of Arizona and Northwestern University-led team will leverage astronomical archives and real-time data to contextualize incoming transient detections, allowing them to discard...
- 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 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $324,072 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site program through March 2025. The program will engage eight students over nine weeks in collaborative research projects involving applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, and computational and data science. Students will gain skills in numerical methods and coding to apply theoretical models to physical and biological...
- This $195,088 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports a collaborative research and education partnership between the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Texas Tech University (TTU). The two-year program aims to break disciplinary and cultural barriers in multi-messenger astrophysics, with a focus on exploring neutron star astrophysics. Key aspects include: Developing pathways for deaf/hard-of-hearing and...
- This $210,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research by the University of Virginia to advance gravitational wave physics and astrophysics. The key goals are to: (i) Compute persistent gravitational wave signals from binary black hole mergers using new conservation law models, and assess their detection prospects. (ii) Improve modeling of the gravitational wave memory effect to better understand its...
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley received a three-year, $414,434 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support the development of the TOROS Project software pipeline to enable optical follow-up observations of gravitational-wave events in the southern hemisphere through June 2024. The TOROS Project aims to coordinate electromagnetic observations of astrophysical events detected by gravitational-wave observatories like LIGO and Virgo in order to better understand astronomical phenomena like neutron star mergers and stellar-mass black hole mergers. By developing an automated software pipeline, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will help process gravitational-wave data and rapidly communicate observation targets to partner optical telescopes, facilitating multi-messenger astronomy research through coordinated electromagnetic and gravitational-wave observations of the southern sky.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 3/14/23 | ||
| Not listed | $414.4k | 7/14/21 |