Project Grant 2407636

Award Date 9/1/24
Completion Date 8/31/27
Dollars Obligated $119K
Federal Grant Program
47.049
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Madison, WI 53715, USA
Similar Awards
This $145,866 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences will fund a collaborative research initiative on "Polarimetric Asteroseismology of Massive Hot Stars." The project aims to determine the interior structures of these stars by observing seismic waves and applying a new polarimetric technique. The research team, comprising astronomers from Florida Gulf Coast University, Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy, SETI...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $422,670 Project Grant to the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy (MIRA) to support a collaborative research effort on "Polarimetric Asteroseismology of Massive Hot Stars". This research project, funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, aims to determine the interior structures of massive hot stars by applying a new technique called polarimetric asteroseismology. The collaboration...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $444,772 provides funding from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 to study the evolution of magnetic complexity in old sun-like stars under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Principal investigators Metcalfe and Van Saders from the University of Hawaii at Manoa will take polarized spectra of 12 stars using the Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument at the Large Binocular Telescope and the...
This three-year National Science Foundation project grant of $189,753 awarded on September 1, 2022 supports research into the evolution of magnetic complexity in older sun-like stars under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Principal investigators Metcalfe and Van Saders will obtain polarized spectra of 12 stars using the Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument at the Large Binocular Telescope and the Las Cumbres Observatory's Network of Robotic...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, with a total funding amount of $441,642, supports research to deepen the understanding of the final stages of stellar evolution, specifically focusing on red giants and their mass-shedding processes. The key objectives of this 2-year research project, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, are to: Employ very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations,...
This $363,623 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research effort between the City University of New York Queens College and Penn State Scranton. The primary objective is to develop and apply a new "seismic technique" that combines precision measurements of pulsating white dwarf stars with Gaia parallax data to accurately determine their masses and effective...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences project grant of $248,151 will support high resolution optical interferometry studies of interacting binary star systems to better understand stellar evolution and the formation of neutron stars and black holes. Led by Dr. [PI name] at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the team will use the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy array to collect interferometric data on known symbiotic binary stars over a...
This Project Grant award of $562,230.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), will fund a detailed study of red supergiant stars using optical interferometry. The project, titled "A Detailed Look into the Lives of Red Supergiants with Optical Interferometry," will leverage high-resolution imaging from optical interferometry to examine the surface activity and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences provides $304,225 to the University of Florida and the University of Chicago from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The funding supports research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to advance understanding of stellar formation history through non-local thermodynamic equilibrium modeling of elemental abundances in metal-poor red giant stars. Specifically, the universities will...
This $153,169 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research project at Saint Martins University that aims to study the disintegration of globular clusters and their contribution to the metal-poor bulge of the Milky Way galaxy. The research team, comprising investigators from four primarily undergraduate institutions, will obtain detailed observations of 3,000 stars to measure their...

This Project Grant award of $118,673 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research project focused on "Polarimetric Asteroseismology of Massive Hot Stars." A team of astronomers from the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy, Florida Gulf Coast University, SETI Institute, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with international partners, will use a global network of highly sensitive polarimeters to study the interior structures of approximately 10 beta Cephei and slowly pulsating B-type stars. The goal is to determine the stars' interior structures by observing the surface oscillations caused by seismic waves, which will enable better calibration of stellar evolution models. The project will engage college undergraduates, high school students, and citizen scientists, providing hands-on experience in observational astronomy and data analysis. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027.

Generated 6/17/25, 3:31 AM