Project Grant 2508988
- This $325,777 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support a collaborative research effort to study nearby cosmic explosions, known as supernovae, from their earliest moments. The research team will enhance its rapid survey capabilities to promptly identify and study new supernovae in nearby galaxies, taking advantage of a network of small telescopes. This will enable the discovery of...
- This federal Project Grant award of $232,034 from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund a theoretical investigation into helium-ignited binary white dwarf mergers as progenitors of Type Ia supernovae. The research team at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will employ state-of-the-art 3D hydrodynamic simulations to study the evolution, detonation, and observable signatures of these stellar events. The project will utilize...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences Project Grant award of $129,929 to the University of Alabama, awarded on August 1, 2023, will support computer-based numerical simulations to investigate the "double-detonation" mechanism for Type Ia supernovae. The research team aims to determine the robustness and viability of this explosion scenario, which starts with a helium detonation on the surface of a white dwarf star that triggers a carbon-burning...
- This $239,093 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund collaborative research between the University of Virginia and Michigan State University to analyze data and model stripped supernovae explosions. The researchers will study at least 185 stripped supernovae, the largest data set in the world, to quantify uncertainties in modeling these explosions and transition the...
- The University of California, Davis received a $531,469 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to enhance its rapid survey for the nearest and brightest supernovae in the sky. The 3-year award will support the team's efforts to incorporate new infrastructure to find even younger nearby supernovae, with the goal of discovering 30 very young nearby supernovae over the project period. This includes 12 thermonuclear Type Ia...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $498,205 Project Grant to Florida State University (FSU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The purpose of the grant is to advance understanding of the unique geometrical imprints of Type Ia supernova explosions and their progenitor systems. The research team at FSU will incorporate new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope and ground-based spectropolarimetry programs...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Pittsburgh to support "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WHITE DWARFS IN BINARIES ACROSS THE H-R DIAGRAM WITH THE APOGEE-GALEX-GAIA CATALOG", under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The goal of this 3-year project is to assemble an observational sample of thousands of post mass-transfer binary systems containing white dwarfs, by...
- This $258,736 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support a collaborative research project to study nearby cosmic explosions, known as supernovae, from their earliest moments. The research team at Rutgers, The State University will enhance its rapid survey for the nearest and brightest supernovae, incorporating new infrastructure to identify even younger nearby supernovae. As part of this work, three...
- This $717,600 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research to better understand the nature of dark energy and the expansion of the universe. The principal investigator will use the Young Supernova Experiment to measure a uniform sample of Type Ia supernovae in the nearby universe and develop novel methods for determining cosmological parameters. They will also identify Type Ia supernovae in distant...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $303,516 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop software and conduct research on explosive transients in the distant universe. The 4-year research program, running from March 2025 to August 2028, will leverage data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the Interplanetary Network, and the International Gravitational Wave Network to enable new...
This Project Grant award, valued at $496,984.00 and provided by the Division of Astronomical Sciences, a civilian agency within the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences), will support research on hypervelocity white dwarfs that survive thermonuclear supernovae. The primary objectives of the project are to constrain the progenitor channels of Type Ia supernovae by identifying and characterizing these fast-moving stellar remnants, which provide direct evidence for the double-degenerate explosion mechanism. The research program includes a systematic search for hypervelocity white dwarfs, spectroscopic classification of candidates, and high-resolution spectroscopy of confirmed survivors. This data will be used to model surface abundances, stellar parameters, and evolutionary tracks, with the goal of providing new insights into the origins of these important cosmic events. The project will also incorporate student participation and public outreach activities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $497.0k | 7/29/25 |