This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, titled "CAREER: TOWARDS AN ACCESSIBLE RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY IN RURAL MIDWEST", provides $302,906 in funding to Winona State University over 5 years starting on Aug 1, 2024. The project aims to build local expertise and capabilities at the predominantly undergraduate university to support an accessible radio astronomy observatory in the rural Midwest region. Key products and services to be delivered include:
- Hiring 3 student researchers annually to gain hands-on experience in areas such as high performance computing, electronic design, RF testing, system engineering, data analysis, statistics, and algorithmic development
- Establishing a Midwest Minnesota site for the Long Wavelength Array (LWA) Swarm observatory, which is a novel concept for building multiple independent radio interferometers across the continent
- Conducting demonstrations and experiments to enhance future proposals for building a larger-scale radio astronomy facility, providing opportunities for U.S. researchers to perform ad hoc instrumentation tests and host a station for a continental-scale interferometer
This award is funded through the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, which supports fundamental and applied research across scientific disciplines to advance knowledge and address national priorities.
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