Project Grant 2510894
- This $442,985 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to uncover the growth mechanisms of supermassive black holes. The key objectives are to: 1) Determine the merger rates of supermassive black holes and relate them to gravitational wave observations; 2) Investigate the growth of supermassive black holes during their peak activity period (known as "cosmic noon") and its connection to accretion...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $377,113 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to uncover the secrets behind the growth of supermassive black holes located at the centers of galaxies. The project aims to 1) determine the merger rates of supermassive black holes and relate these to gravitational wave observations, 2) investigate the growth of supermassive black holes during the peak period of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $496,234 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund collaborative research to explore the formation and growth of supermassive black holes through variability and transients observations. Researchers will use data from the Young Supernova Experiment imaging survey to identify intermediate mass black holes and study...
- This 3-year, $569,786 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support a research program at the University of Colorado Boulder to investigate the presence of a recoiled supermassive black hole in the nucleus of the Andromeda galaxy. The project will compare computer simulations with observations of the Andromeda nucleus to determine the characteristics and frequency of high-energy transient events following...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $153,355 Project Grant to the University of Alaska Anchorage under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance the understanding of the relationship between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies. The 3-year award will support a comprehensive study of the regions surrounding black holes in a large sample of nearby active galactic nuclei. Key activities include measuring the distribution and motions of molecular,...
- This Project Grant award of $404,960 from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support a collaborative research effort to create computer models of the earliest galaxies and supermassive black holes that formed in the universe. The research team will use advanced simulations to investigate the observational signatures of galaxies that have hosted massive black hole seeds, with the goal of explaining recent observations of unexpectedly...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) in the amount of $159,547 supports a collaborative research effort to study the growth mechanisms of supermassive black holes. The research aims to determine the merger rates of these black holes and relate them to gravitational wave observations, investigate black hole growth during the peak period of activity, and map the complete history of black hole accretion. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $652,781 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Virginia (UVA) to conduct research on the formation and growth of supermassive black holes. The key objectives of the project are to: Implement novel theoretical models to better understand the origin of supermassive black holes, which is a major gap in our understanding of early galaxy assembly. This involves building a multi-scale...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $538,767 Project Grant to the University of Florida (UF) to conduct research under the federal Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The goal of this 3-year project is to address key gaps in understanding the co-evolution of supermassive black holes, galaxies, and gravitational-wave sources in the early universe. Using state-of-the-art cosmological simulations, the researchers will study the impact of...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $855,100 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct collaborative research on the formation and characteristics of supermassive black holes. The project aims to address how these black holes form in the early universe and how they generate relativistic jets. The research will utilize the 40-meter telescope at the Owens Valley Radio...
This $517,162 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will enable researchers at the University of Colorado to conduct a comprehensive study on the formation and evolution of pairs of supermassive black holes in the centers of large galaxies. The key objectives are to: 1) Determine how these supermassive black hole pairs evolve and grow in conjunction with their host galaxies, 2) Investigate the impact of galaxy mergers on the growth of supermassive black hole pairs, and 3) Establish observational measurements of the mass ratio of binary supermassive black holes during galaxy mergers. Additionally, the grant will fund six University of Colorado undergraduate students to expand the number of summer nighttime astronomy programs at Rocky Mountain National Park, allowing visitors to learn about topics such as supermassive black holes and galaxies. The project is set to run from Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $517.2k | 8/1/25 |