This Project Grant award, totaling $200,000, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award supports a postdoctoral research fellowship for Virginia Bailey at Georgia State University to study the quark-gluon plasma, a hot and dense nuclear matter, using jet probes from the newly constructed sPHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The research aims to enhance understanding of the small-scale structure and global properties of the quark-gluon plasma, with the broader goal of increasing participation in STEM fields, particularly among underrepresented groups, through mentoring, student research opportunities, and networking activities at the host institution. No sub-awards are planned under this grant, which has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2027.
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