The National Science Foundation awarded a $120,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, operating as State University College, a non-profit organization. This funding supports research activities led by Professor Matthew Lippert at SUNY Old Westbury over the 3-year period from August 2023 to July 2026. The research funded by this grant uses string theory models and gauge/gravity duality...
This $415,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Lehigh University into string theory, gravity, and strongly coupled matter through June 2025. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), professors Sera Cremonini and Timm Wrase will conduct research to further understanding of string theory and address fundamental questions about basic interactions in nature and the cosmological history of the universe. Their work will explore...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $1,460,685 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support fundamental research in interactions and cosmology from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. This grant will fund research exploring major problems in particle physics and the evolution of the universe, with the goal of increasing scientific knowledge as outlined by the Mathematical and Physical...
New York University was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research in high energy physics and cosmology from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Funding will support NYU's research efforts to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to the University of Illinois from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. This award supports theoretical research in relativity and relativistic astrophysics under NSF's "Windows on the Universe" Big Idea program. The research addresses key topics including the physics of compact objects, the generation of gravitational waves and associated electromagnetic signals, the stability and evolution of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded to the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $135,000 in funding from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 for research activities led by Professor Sophia Domokos. The research aims to use the phenomenon of holographic duality to better understand and categorize structures formed by the strong interactions between elementary particles, such as protons and...
This $170,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research by professors at the City College of the City University of New York (CCNY) and Lehman College of CUNY. The research project aims to advance the understanding of fundamental physical concepts such as quantum entanglement and the relationship between gravity and the curvature of space-time. Specific areas of focus include...
This $630,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports fundamental research activities at Johns Hopkins University. The award funds the work of Professors Marc Kamionkowski, David E. Kaplan, Surjeet Rajendran, and Ibrahima Bah in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. The research aims to advance new ideas for cosmological observations, fundamental physics searches, and mathematical tools to understand...
This $1.2 million National Science Foundation Project Grant supports theoretical physics research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey through July 2025. Funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), this award provides support for Professor Edward Witten and postdoctoral researchers to advance fundamental understanding of particle physics, astrophysics, and geometry through gauge theory, string theory, and other models. Key activities...
This $450,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics Project Grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, will fund theoretical research and modeling to further the understanding of neutrinos and their role in multi-messenger astrophysics. Key focus areas include the physics of neutrinos from core collapse supernovae, predictions of the diffuse flux of cosmological supernovae, and interpretation of the observed flux of TeV-PeV neutrinos from outside our galaxy. The research aims to develop...