The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to pursue two lines of investigation related to cluster algebras and cluster varieties. The first line of investigation involves constructing cluster structures on braid varieties, Richardson varieties, and related geometric spaces that have applications in representation theory and...
This $330,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research into quantum groups, W-algebras, and Brauer-Kauffmann categories, with a focus on understanding the underlying mathematical symmetries that govern natural phenomena. The principal investigator will develop emerging theories and applications of I-quantum groups, including exploring braid group actions, Drinfeld presentations, and...
This Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award supports research in algebraic combinatorics, which investigates combinatorial structures arising in algebra and geometry. Specifically, the project aims to develop new combinatorial techniques in classical incidence geometry and further the theory and applications of cluster algebras. The research will involve...
This $299,996 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports fundamental mathematical research by a team at Utah State University. The project aims to develop new algebraic and geometric tools to formalize and advance the mathematical theory underlying quantum physics, particularly in low-dimensional topology and the theory of quantum invariants. The key products and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences Project Grant for $281,433 awarded to Claremont McKenna College supports research in pure and applied knot theory. The project aims to connect quantum topology with hyperbolic geometry and apply knot theory techniques to the study of knotted biopolymers. Key research focus areas include: Investigating how quantum invariants of knots relate to the geometric properties of knots and 3-dimensional spaces, with potential...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award in the amount of $241,311 provides funding from June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2025 to support research into arithmetic questions in the theory of linear algebraic groups at Michigan State University. The principal investigator will investigate the arithmetic, geometric, and structural aspects of algebraic groups over higher-dimensional fields, with a focus on various finiteness properties. Specific objectives include establishing finiteness...
Michigan State University was awarded a three-year, $365,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on "Generalized Cluster Structures on Poisson Varieties and Applications" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. Under this award, the University will perform mathematical research into generalized cluster structures and their applications, advancing the program's goals of...
This is a $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant will support research by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to investigate conformal field theories and their applications to the geometry of higher-dimensional algebraic varieties, as well as advancements in the theory of homological blocks for knots and 3-manifolds. The project aims to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $172,247 to support collaborative research on small quantum groups, their categorifications, and topological applications. The research aims to bridge the gap between 3D topological quantum field theories and our 4D universe, with a focus on developing homological invariants of 3D and 4D manifolds. The project will involve students and postdocs,...
This Project Grant award of $149,002 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award will fund research at the University of Iowa to extend the foundations of representation theory of finite dimensional associative algebras to the setting of algebras in tensor categories. This work aims to broaden participation in mathematics by engaging a diverse group of doctoral students in...