The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $126,509 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, to expand the currently operating Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G). Through this 2-year award, the University of Nebraska will continue building the RNO-G array beyond the initial 7 stations, improve drill reliability and efficiency to rapidly install new stations, construct and install instrumentation, commission the stations, study radio wave propagation in ice, and operate the RNO-G stations in science data-taking mode. This award supports NSF's Windows on the Universe Big Idea by enabling observations of ultra-high energy neutrinos, which can provide unique astrophysical insights when combined with other cosmic messengers like photons, cosmic rays, and gravitational waves. The University of Nebraska will engage students and a broad range of stakeholders in this multi-messenger astrophysics research.
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