This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $446,497 to Rice University to conduct collaborative research on space weather in young stellar systems using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory - Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA). The research team will make radio observations of approximately 2,000 young stellar systems less than one billion years old using the...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $574,603 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The funding supports the development of advanced analysis methods for measuring the energy spectrum and mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA). Key activities include...
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $625,319 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences on October 1, 2021 to fund the research project "A NEW PROBE OF THE MAGNETIC INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM" through September 30, 2024. Under this award, Caltech researchers will develop new techniques to study the magnetic properties of gas and dust between star systems, known as the interstellar medium. The work supports the goals of...
This Project Grant award, totaling $824,005.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) with a period of performance from March 15, 2025 to February 28, 2030. The award will support routine radio observations of solar activity using two world-class solar radio telescope arrays at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory. The project aims to advance the understanding of solar phenomena, such as solar flares,...
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) was awarded a $342,093 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences. The grant supports research titled "Early Dynamical Instabilities in Extrasolar Planetary Systems" from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant funds research under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This program aims to promote progress in the mathematical and...
This $212,120 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) funds research into the impacts of atmospheric waves and geomagnetic disturbances on space weather conditions. Led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with Clemson University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025, the research will advance...
This $350,381 project grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences' Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research between the California Institute of Technology and other institutions to open the infrared sky to multi-messenger astrophysics. Key products and services include conducting time-domain surveys with the Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer telescope at Palomar Observatory to search for...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $586,081 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop novel "photonic lanterns" - a key technology for isolating and characterizing exoplanets by suppressing interference from their host stars. The grant supports the advancement of this technology to enable the characterization of hundreds of exoplanets,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $347,617 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the California Institute of Technology to conduct research on Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027. The award will support gathering and analyzing data on FRBs discovered with the new Deep Synoptic Array telescope and optical observations of FRB host galaxies. Funding will also support...
This $305,598 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund collaborative research between the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Alabama, Huntsville to study solar flare-producing active regions. The researchers will leverage high-resolution observations from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope and other ground-based and space-based telescopes, along...