Project Grant 2407091
- Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $507,339 to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on September 1, 2025, for a three-year project exploring the extreme magnetized universe using the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) survey. The research team will discover and characterize polarized radio transients—including long-period...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $596,025 will support the development of a small aperture telescope pathfinder to advance studies of the polarized cosmic microwave background. Funded under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), the award will allow the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to build and test a prototype instrument called the Polarized Small Aperture Telescope. This pathfinder will evaluate technologies for measuring the cosmic microwave background...
- Federal Grant Award Summary: Frontier Science with the Event Horizon Telescope Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $2.61 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for one year of continued operations of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) as a frontier science facility. The award, issued on October 1, 2025 and completing September 30, 2026, supports the EHT's...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Arizona State University received a $561,949 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences program) on August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The project develops advanced optical intensity interferometry technology using single-photon detectors coupled to small telescopes to achieve micro-arcsecond angular resolution for astronomical observations....
- This $599,987 Project Grant, awarded September 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to expand the Radio Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole (RNO-G), a facility designed to detect ultra-high energy neutrinos through radio signals generated by neutrino interactions with polar ice. The primary deliverables include the design, construction, and installation of new modular observatory stations...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory received a $427,364 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences (Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049) for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will develop improved microwave continuum measurements of protoplanetary disks to advance understanding of solid evolution during planet formation. The project...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $570,112.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award supports the development and enhancement of the open-source PyFHD software package to enable direct imaging radio telescopes and precision cosmology. The key products and services to be delivered include: Adding new functionalities to PyFHD to facilitate data...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The SETI Institute received a $222,693 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research award supports the development of pulsar timing instrumentation, algorithms, and observational pipelines for integration with the DSA-2000 (Deep Synoptic Array-2000) radio telescope to advance gravitational wave detection...
- The University of Arizona was awarded a $982,845 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on September 1, 2021 to develop the next generation 211-373 GHz receiver for the Arizona Radio Observatory's sub-millimeter telescope. The grant is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields and strengthens the Nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major problems. Under this...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $356,087 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant, awarded on December 1, 2024, supports the "ASPIRE - A Legacy Survey of Quasars in the Epoch of Reionization" research project. The project will perform a detailed characterization of 25 distant quasars observed less than one billion years after the Big Bang using...
This $1,277,558 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support the development of an advanced, multi-frequency receiver for the South Pole Telescope as part of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: No sub-awards are planned under this grant. The project period runs from Sep 1, 2024 through Aug 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.3m | 7/10/24 |