Project Grant 2308181
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $337,029 Project Grant to Northwestern University for the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WOU-MMA: SEARCHES AFTER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES USING ARIZONA'S OBSERVATORIES (SAGUARO)" project. The grant, which runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, supports an electromagnetic observing campaign associated with gravitational wave detector observations. Key activities include comprehensive...
- This $694,951 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund the development of the "Treasure Trove" - a tool to help astronomers rapidly assess and prioritize potential counterparts to gravitational wave and neutrino events. The University of Arizona and Northwestern University-led team will leverage astronomical archives and real-time data to contextualize incoming transient detections, allowing them to discard...
- The University of Arizona was awarded a $875,403 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on August 15, 2021 to complete work by July 31, 2024. The grant supports the WOU-MMA: An Integrated Time Domain System for Discovery and Fast Follow-up of Gravitational Wave Events and Other Transients project under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project aims to develop an integrated time domain system to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Arizona received a $385,958 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research with Carnegie Mellon University examining the formation and development of binary compact objects that produce gravitational wave events. Spanning September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, the research will deliver a novel...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $303,516 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop software and conduct research on explosive transients in the distant universe. The 4-year research program, running from March 2025 to August 2028, will leverage data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the Interplanetary Network, and the International Gravitational Wave Network to enable new...
- This $328,623 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) will fund a 4-year collaborative research program led by investigators at Louisiana State University, Harvard University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and University of Maryland, College Park. The research aims to improve our understanding of explosive transients, such as gamma-ray bursts and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $888,328 in funding to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The grant supports an international program led by UCSC researchers to study the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events, with the key goals of: 1) discovering and characterizing new electromagnetic counterparts, 2) producing improved...
- This $374,699 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund a 4-year collaborative research program led by investigators at Louisiana State University, Harvard University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and University of Maryland, College Park. The research aims to improve the understanding of explosive transients in the distant universe by...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Arizona received a $481,026 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system utilizing convolutional neural network image classification technology to detect and catalog faint dwarf...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Colorado received a $498,731 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award funds research to detect and characterize gravitational waves across a broad frequency spectrum (nanohertz to attohertz) through astrometric analysis of extragalactic proper motions. Using...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) will provide $298,093 to the University of Arizona (Arizona Board of Regents) from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026 to conduct collaborative research on gravitational wave events and associated electromagnetic counterparts. Specifically, the project will carry out comprehensive discovery and follow-up observations of gravitational wave events detected by advanced gravitational wave detectors, with the goal of identifying electromagnetic counterparts such as "kilonova" emissions from neutron star mergers. The investigators will use a network of telescopes, including a new discovery telescope, to rapidly detect and observe these transient events, and will analyze the color and spectroscopic evolution of the observed kilonovae to better understand the physical properties and processes involved. The project will also study the host galaxies and stellar environments of the kilonovae to constrain the pathways leading to compact object mergers. Additionally, the project includes an educational component to introduce students at a Hispanic-Serving community college to Python programming and STEM career paths.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $298.1k | 8/14/23 |