Project Grant 2310211
- This $442,985 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to uncover the growth mechanisms of supermassive black holes. The key objectives are to: 1) Determine the merger rates of supermassive black holes and relate them to gravitational wave observations; 2) Investigate the growth of supermassive black holes during their peak activity period (known as "cosmic noon") and its connection to accretion...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $496,234 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund collaborative research to explore the formation and growth of supermassive black holes through variability and transients observations. Researchers will use data from the Young Supernova Experiment imaging survey to identify intermediate mass black holes and study...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049, provides $506,976 to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. to support research on supermassive black holes. The primary objectives are to map the flows of gas into and out of the centers of accreting supermassive black holes using a combination of reverberation mapping and X-ray spectroscopy techniques. This research will address key questions about how black...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $153,355 Project Grant to the University of Alaska Anchorage under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance the understanding of the relationship between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies. The 3-year award will support a comprehensive study of the regions surrounding black holes in a large sample of nearby active galactic nuclei. Key activities include measuring the distribution and motions of molecular,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) in the amount of $159,547 supports a collaborative research effort to study the growth mechanisms of supermassive black holes. The research aims to determine the merger rates of these black holes and relate them to gravitational wave observations, investigate black hole growth during the peak period of activity, and map the complete history of black hole accretion. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $382,463 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to conduct collaborative research on detecting signatures of warped accretion disks and jets around supermassive black holes. The 3-year project leverages recent improvements to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) array and advances in machine learning-based image reconstruction algorithms, as well as...
- This $124,631 federal Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports a collaborative research project to study supermassive black holes and relativistic jets. The 5-year project, starting September 1, 2024, will be conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan. Key objectives include determining the number of binary supermassive black holes in the early universe, studying the structure and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $377,113 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to uncover the secrets behind the growth of supermassive black holes located at the centers of galaxies. The project aims to 1) determine the merger rates of supermassive black holes and relate these to gravitational wave observations, 2) investigate the growth of supermassive black holes during the peak period of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $328,865 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration to conduct research under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The goal of the research is to improve understanding of the mechanisms of accretion onto supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN) through echo mapping and radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $500,133 Project Grant to the University of Arizona under the Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. Through this grant, the research team will conduct a systematic study of the diverse outflows that occur during tidal disruption events, when a star is scattered into the gravitational pull of a supermassive black hole. The researchers will use radio and millimeter observations to track the evolution of...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $104,875 awarded on January 1, 2023 will fund research into measuring fluctuations in radiation from active supermassive black holes and the resulting echoes from surrounding gas clouds. Led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), this two-year project will use reverberation mapping with multi-object spectroscopy to measure black hole masses on an unprecedented scale. Specifically, the team will monitor thousands of active supermassive black holes billions of light years away over five years to infer the spatial extent of surrounding gas clouds and precisely determine black hole masses. This will advance understanding of the cosmic evolution of supermassive black holes and their relationships with host galaxies. Broader impacts include incorporating research findings into STEM educational outreach programs to encourage participation from underrepresented groups.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $104.9k | 12/21/22 |