This Project Grant award, totaling $218,423, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to South Dakota State University (SDSU) from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029. The grant supports a collaborative research initiative to advance germanium (Ge) material research and detector technology using artificial intelligence (AI) and innovative fabrication techniques. Led by SDSU, this statewide project includes six South Dakota institutions and...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports a collaborative research initiative led by the University of South Dakota (USD) to advance germanium (Ge)-based detector technology. The $337,678 award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029, aims to enhance the detection of low-energy particles and improve the accuracy of medical imaging. The project will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and innovative...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $1,562,289 to the University of South Dakota (USD) to advance germanium-based science and technology for detecting low-energy particles. The 4-year project (7/1/2025 - 6/30/2029) will leverage artificial intelligence and innovative fabrication techniques to enhance germanium material research and detector technology. Key objectives include improving the detection of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $145,770 to Dakota State University to advance germanium-based science and technology for detecting low-energy particles. The project aims to enhance the detection of low-energy particles and improve the accuracy of medical imaging through AI-driven germanium crystal growth and detector technology development. Key focus areas include improving the detection of dark matter...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $184,934 to the University of South Dakota (USD) from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The funding supports research and development on large-size germanium (Ge) ring-contact detectors for the upcoming LEGEND-1000 experiment, which aims to detect neutrinoless double-beta decay. The principal investigator and graduate/undergraduate students will conduct this...
This $169,803 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and development activities related to neutrino detection technologies through January 2024. Funded under the NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), the award to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will advance the ANNIE (Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment) neutrino detector and explore technologies for future large-scale neutrino experiments. Specific activities include developing...
The University of South Dakota received a three-year, $281,575 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop novel germanium detectors and materials through the acquisition of a sputtering system. Funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), this award will support progress in the physical sciences by strengthening the institution's scientific research enterprise. The sputtering system will be used at the University's facilities in...
This $187,441 National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award supports a collaborative research effort to investigate the feasibility of using mineral detection (MD) to study dark matter interactions. The project brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers from engineering, physics, geosciences, and materials science to establish a convergence framework for this approach. The goal is to determine if MD can match or exceed the sensitivity of...
This Project Grant award of $180,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports the "Discovery of Composition-Enriched Cosmic Ray Anisotropy with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory" research project at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. The project leverages the IceCube Neutrino Observatory to examine extensive air showers from cosmic ray collisions, aiming to improve understanding of cosmic ray mass...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences grant (CFDA 47.050) will provide $490,000 to the Carnegie Institution For Science to acquire an advanced X-ray detector, the EIGER2 S CdTe 9M, for the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The new detector will enhance the institution's capabilities to conduct in-situ, high-pressure and high-temperature studies of the structure and composition of Earth and planetary materials, including minerals, melts, and iron alloys. This...