Project Grant 2209424
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Michigan State University to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma, a novel phase of matter that forms at extremely high temperatures or densities. The research, funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will use lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) simulations to investigate how heavy quark bound states respond to the quark-gluon plasma medium and the behavior of the strong force at...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Michigan State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The grant funds research on "Unveiling Meson and Nucleon Structure with Lattice QCD," which employs computational simulations to advance understanding of fundamental particle physics. The research...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $314,999 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Michigan State University (MSU) for the research activities of Professor C.-P. Yuan. The project aims to develop theoretical methods to extract critical information from Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) theory, which is essential for interpreting experimental data from the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Key objectives include extracting updated parton distribution...
- This $300,000 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports fundamental research in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) using lattice QCD simulations with advanced computational methods. The research will deliver theoretical predictions and computational modeling of multi-hadron interactions, including nucleon-pion scattering, nucleon-nucleon interactions, and three-meson systems....
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $736,406 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to study quantum chromodynamics at the Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) experiment at CERN. The research aims to advance understanding of how strong force bound states like protons are created and how their dynamics evolve. Key activities include: Measurements comparing hadron production from light...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $120,650 from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026 to the University of California, Berkeley to develop optimized software for lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) computations on modern GPU-accelerated supercomputer systems. The project aims to advance the computational capabilities for studying the physics of hadron-hadron interactions, including...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $600,000 project grant to Michigan State University from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research titled "Searching for New Physics in the High Luminosity Era at the LHC" to be conducted in Switzerland. Through this funding, Michigan State University researchers will investigate major problems in particle physics using data from CERN's Large...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $565,000 Project Grant to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to conduct research advancing the understanding of the quark-gluon structure of the fundamental building blocks of the atomic nucleus - protons, neutrons, pions, and kaons. The award, funded through NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), has two primary goals: 1) to deepen the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) understanding of pions and kaons, and 2) to provide...
- This Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports research by Michigan State University to develop new theoretical techniques for predicting the behavior of extended nuclear matter under a wide range of conditions, such as those found in the interiors of stars. The project aims to generalize techniques previously used to describe properties of atomic nuclei at zero temperature to the problem of extended nuclear matter at finite...
- This Project Grant award of $360,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at George Washington University to study the properties of three-particle quantum systems using lattice QCD (Quantum Chromodynamics) methods. The project aims to improve the theoretical understanding of how strong nuclear forces bind nucleons together in atomic nuclei, by developing new three-body QCD...
This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics will support research into mapping the structure of hadrons using lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) simulations at Michigan State University from August 2022 through July 2025. LQCD allows for direct simulation of quantum chromodynamics on spacetime lattices using supercomputers, enabling the study of hadronic systems' properties from first principles with controlled uncertainties. The awardee will pursue two main research directions: precision LQCD calculations of nucleon couplings and moments with studies of lattice systematics, and investigating non-singlet hadron structure using quasi- and pseudo-parton distribution methods to address major theoretical uncertainties in global fits, such as assumptions of strange-antistrange symmetry and the gluon structure of nucleons and mesons. This award is aligned with the goals of the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing fundamental knowledge and understanding of major problems in these fields.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 6/24/22 |