Project Grant 2308390
- This $271,496 National Science Foundation project grant supports collaborative research on dwarf galaxies over cosmic time. The University of Arizona will investigate dwarf galaxy populations within five million parsecs and halfway across the observable universe using wide-field, high-resolution multi-object spectrometers in both hemispheres. An integral field unit spectrograph constructed with prior NSF funding, IFUM, will obtain the first measurements of star formation rates, metallicity,...
- This $391,640 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, will support research conducted by the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside) to develop advanced galaxy prediction models for the faint and low surface brightness universe. The key focus areas include: Generating predictions for the number, stellar/luminosity function, sizes, and radial distribution of satellite galaxies...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $332,168 to the University of California Santa Cruz under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on dwarf galaxy composition and dark matter distribution. Commencing September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2028, this three-year project will analyze a dataset of 100,000 dwarf galaxies from the Merian Survey to characterize their...
- This $338,402 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The objective of the award is to develop a comprehensive model that predicts the population of dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way as a function of dark matter properties and early universe dynamics. This will enable near-field measurements of small-scale matter clustering, yielding...
- This $481,026 collaborative research award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a three-year project (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028) at the University of Arizona to develop and deploy artificial intelligence-powered tools for detecting faint dwarf galaxies in large astronomical datasets. The primary deliverable is an innovative convolutional neural network image...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $329,659 to the University of California, Irvine to conduct collaborative research on the formation of disk galaxies over cosmic time. The research aims to understand the physics behind the transition from early, non-disk galaxies to the disk-shaped galaxies we observe today, including the roles of galaxy potentials, interstellar medium evolution, and other...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $242,456 Project Grant to the University Enterprises Corporation at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) to study ultrafaint dwarf galaxies and develop a mentorship education curriculum. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant include: Analyzing existing spectroscopic data from five ultrafaint dwarf galaxies to measure metallicities and chemical abundances,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $273,175 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Magellanic Dwarfs as a Key Laboratory for Dwarf Galaxy Formation" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funding will support research collaborations examining dwarf galaxies in the Magellanic Clouds to advance understanding of dwarf galaxy...
- This $153,169 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research project at Saint Martins University that aims to study the disintegration of globular clusters and their contribution to the metal-poor bulge of the Milky Way galaxy. The research team, comprising investigators from four primarily undergraduate institutions, will obtain detailed observations of 3,000 stars to measure their...
- This three-year, $357,003 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support continued investigations of nearby dwarf galaxies as well as expanded studies of dwarf galaxies in galaxy groups within a radius of five million parsecs. Key deliverables include mapping dark matter halos within Milky Way satellites via multi-epoch spectroscopy; analyzing detailed chemical abundance patterns at low metallicities characteristic of...
The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded San Jose State University Research Foundation a $378,953 Project Grant to conduct research on the origins and properties of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs). Through this 3-year grant, the researchers will integrate photometric, spectroscopic, and cosmological simulation data to investigate UDG star formation histories, chemical abundances, dark matter content, and globular cluster populations. Key goals include determining if there are distinct UDG families, exploring evolutionary connections between UDGs and other dwarf galaxies, and identifying more examples of these puzzling low-surface brightness galaxies. Undergraduate students will have opportunities to participate in this high-impact research project, which aligns with the objectives of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and enhance understanding of major scientific problems.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $379.0k | 7/13/23 |