Lowell Observatory received a $486,836 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences on August 15, 2021 to fund research titled "CIRCUMSTELLAR DISK EVOLUTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANET FORMATION IN THE BINARY ENVIRONMENT" through July 31, 2024. The award is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and increase knowledge of major problems confronting the nation. Under the grant, Lowell Observatory researchers will conduct research and analysis on the evolution of circumstellar disks and implications for planet formation in binary star systems over the three-year period of performance ending in July 2024.
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