The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $478,283 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on September 1, 2021 to complete work by August 31, 2024. The grant funds the WOU-MMA: HIGH-ENERGY EMISSION FROM NEUTRON STAR MERGERS project under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation by promoting...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $501,418 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WOU-MMA: NEW ADVANCEMENTS TO ENABLE MULTI-MESSENGER NEUTRINO ASTROPHYSICS WITH THE RADIO NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY IN GREENLAND" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Under this award, Penn State will conduct research to develop new detection techniques that enable multi-messenger neutrino astrophysics using the Radio...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $229,944 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on September 1, 2021 to support research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) through August 31, 2024. The award will fund collaborative research between Penn State University researchers and their partners to advance understanding of detailed mechanistic pathways of surface catalysis using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy through a...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $135,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics on September 15, 2021 to fund research related to solitons and quantum field theory through August 31, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems through support of mathematical and physical sciences research and education activities....
The Pennsylvania State University received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics on September 1, 2021. The two-year award funds research titled "EAGER:LARGE-SCALE BEHAVIOR AND COLLECTIVE EFFECTS IN CONCENTRATED BACTERIAL SUSPENSIONS IN MUCUS" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research examining the large-scale behavior and collective effects of concentrated bacterial suspensions...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $317,977 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 project, titled "THE FINAL STEP: ESTABLISHING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN BLACK-HOLE GROWTH AND HOST-GALAXY PROPERTIES DURING THE LAST HALF OF COSMIC TIME," aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing understanding of major problems...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $414,595 in funding to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) from August 15, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The award supports a research program led by the Principal Investigator to study the long-term growth of supermassive black holes and their relationship to host galaxy properties and cosmic environment. The research will utilize a large sample of 1.3...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research on January 15, 2022 to support research titled "EXACT MODEL FOR EXTREMELY CORRELATED ELECTRONS IN A MAGNETIC FIELD." The two-year project will advance understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical sciences through developing an exact model to describe strongly correlated electron behavior under an applied magnetic field. The...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on July 1, 2021 to fund the MATHEMATICAL QUESTIONS IN KINETIC THEORY project through June 30, 2024. Under this award, Penn State will conduct research into major problems confronting the Nation in mathematical and physical sciences, as part of the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, the...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $475,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to develop catalytic cyclization/coupling reactions for new chemical space under the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The award will support research from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024 to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing understanding of major problems through the discovery of new catalytic reactions that...