Project Grant 2503256
- This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research that leverages the recent detection of gravitational waves to provide new insights into black holes, neutron stars, and the expansion of the universe. The funded research aims to analyze the rapidly growing catalog of gravitational wave sources, which is expected to expand from the current 90 confirmed events to over 300 by 2027. By studying the population...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to The Trustees of Princeton University. This award supports research to develop a novel Bayesian search method for detecting the cosmological stochastic gravitational-wave background in the presence of astrophysical foregrounds. The project aims to lay the groundwork for data analysis strategies needed for next-generation gravitational-wave...
- This $210,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research by the University of Virginia to advance gravitational wave physics and astrophysics. The key goals are to: (i) Compute persistent gravitational wave signals from binary black hole mergers using new conservation law models, and assess their detection prospects. (ii) Improve modeling of the gravitational wave memory effect to better understand its...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award provides $180,000.00 to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The primary goal of the project is to develop novel numerical simulations and data-driven models to predict gravitational wave signals from mergers of black holes and neutron stars. This research will test Einstein's general relativity under extreme conditions and help maximize...
- This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on gravitational wave physics and astrophysics with the LIGO observatory. The project aims to develop methods for confidently identifying weak gravitational wave signals from astrophysical sources in the detector data, and to interpret the results for the scientific community. The project will be deeply involved in assembling...
- This $989,321 National Science Foundation project grant supports research in gravitational-wave physics and astrophysics conducted by the California Institute of Technology. Funded through the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), this award will advance the discovery and analysis of gravitational-wave signals detected by the LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA detectors during fiscal years 2023 through 2025. Key activities include identifying gravitational-wave events from compact...
- This $498,731 federal Project Grant was awarded on September 1, 2025 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Colorado (CU) to conduct an astrometric approach to detecting and characterizing gravitational waves spanning a wide range of frequencies. The project aims to disentangle various motions in the universe, from the expansion and acceleration of the universe to the orbits of galaxies and the solar system, in...
- This $346,639 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The funding supports a collaborative research project between Carnegie-Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study gravitational waves as messengers from the early universe. The key products and services to be delivered include: Using gravitational waves as a tool to gain insights into high energy...
- This Project Grant award for $150,000 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) supports research in gravitational wave astrophysics. The research aims to solve Einstein's equations numerically using simulations run on NSF-funded supercomputers to study the inspiral and merger of binary neutron star systems and the associated gravitational waves. The results will increase understanding of gravitational wave...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $333,903 Project Grant to Princeton University from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN EMPIRICAL BLUEPRINT FOR THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE BACKGROUND." The three-year award beginning August 15, 2021 will support research to advance understanding of major problems confronting the Nation through increasing the store of scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support a postdoctoral fellowship for Dr. Kristen Aloh. The project, titled "MPS-ASCEND: The Polarization of Gravitational Waves as a Fundamental Probe of Gravity - The Direct Detection of Gravitational Waves", aims to leverage the polarization of gravitational waves as a tool to test the validity of General Relativity. Key objectives include investigating whether the existence of additional polarizations is consistent with current data, developing new models and data analysis software to search for these polarizations in future detector networks, and creating novel visualization tools to inform the placement of new detectors. The project will integrate broader impact activities utilizing the same visualization tools and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 8/14/25 |