Project Grant 2213812
- The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $891,952 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to support the project "Precision Measurement of the 1S-2S Interval in Positronium" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. This award under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA #47.049) will fund research to precisely measure the energy difference between the ground state and first excited state of positronium, an exotic atom...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $277,644 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to conduct theoretical studies of collisions involving electrons, positrons, and positronium atoms, and to investigate the control of these processes using laser fields. This grant, funded under NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to advance the fundamental understanding of antimatter and its applications in fields such as technological...
- This $270,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research by the University of California, Berkeley to study the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. The principal investigator will investigate the role of theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics in explaining this asymmetry by calculating the electric dipole moments of protons and neutrons. The project will use a new method...
- This $240,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) to Franklin And Marshall College supports research to calculate high-precision corrections to the energy levels of positronium, a unique atomic system composed of an electron and positron. The project will involve undergraduate students in advanced theoretical and computational methods to explore the consequences of any discrepancies between high-precision experimental and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $990,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of California, Irvine, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. Principal Investigators Jonathan L. Feng, Manoj Kaplinghat, and Tim M.P. Tait will conduct theoretical research and model development addressing fundamental questions in particle physics and cosmology. The research encompasses physics...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics provides $100,000 to support theoretical atomic physics research involving few-body charged particle systems, with a focus on positronium and positron-helium scattering calculations. The Principal Investigator, a female full professor at the University of North Texas, will use the three-year award ending August 2025 to compute scattering properties and cross sections for positronium-electron and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $578,000 two-year Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds the development of an ultrafast, ultrasensitive, and high resolution direct electron detector for next-generation electron back-scattered diffraction of metallic and beam-sensitive materials. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to increase scientific knowledge and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences, provides $180,000 in funding to Northern Illinois University to conduct research on particle physics and advance the understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter. The key activities under this award include: Studying particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland to enhance the understanding of the Higgs boson and search for new...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $640,000 to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on June 15, 2025, for a project concluding May 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, conducted jointly with General Atomics and the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Romania, focuses on developing gamma-ray sources through high-intensity...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $660,000 supports research into nuclear, particle, and weak interaction physics related to extreme conditions in the cosmos from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), key products include modeling how atomic nuclei and elementary particles behave in extreme temperatures and densities found in cosmic events like the Big Bang and stellar collapse. Insights gained will provide...
This National Science Foundation Mathematical and Physical Sciences project grant of $300,000 awarded to Gabriel Cecchini at the University of California, Riverside from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 will support research and broader impacts activities related to the observation of the positronium ion and development of spin-polarized positron beam technology. Under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, Dr. Cecchini will pursue creation and observation of the positronium ion for the first time, advancing fundamental understanding of quantum electrodynamics. Additionally, improvements to the positron source will enable development of a new angle-resolved positronium emission spectrometer. Dr. Cecchini will mentor students and engage with local educators and underrepresented groups to broaden participation in STEM. This award furthers the NSF's mission to advance science and involves intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 4/18/22 |