Project Grant 2510898
- This Project Grant award of $118,776 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support collaborative research to connect galaxies to dark matter halos using data from the Merian survey of 100,000 dwarf galaxies. The project aims to characterize the baryon and dark matter content of these dwarf galaxies through a united theory and observational approach. Key activities include measuring the composition and dark matter proportions of...
- This $186,788 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support a collaborative research project titled "Connecting Galaxies to Halos with the Marvelous Merian Dwarfs." The principal investigators will use a new dataset of 100,000 dwarf galaxies to measure their composition and proportion of dark matter, stars, and gas. Advanced computer models and simulations will be used to explain the physical properties of these...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $398,629 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports collaborative research to systematically predict dynamical signatures of new dark matter physics in galaxies. The researchers will implement various dark matter models in simulations of galaxies like the Milky Way and smaller dwarfs, creating a set of...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to investigate dark matter, the largest and most mysterious component of galaxies. The $313,105 award, spanning September 2025 to August 2028, will fund a team of researchers from the University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, and Northwestern University to conduct advanced computer simulations of galaxy formation and stellar...
- This $338,402 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The objective of the award is to develop a comprehensive model that predicts the population of dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way as a function of dark matter properties and early universe dynamics. This will enable near-field measurements of small-scale matter clustering, yielding...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $622,334 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to conduct collaborative research on dark matter physics and its implications for galaxy formation. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: (1) new public software modules implementing different dark matter particle models...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research at Drexel University to measure the mass distribution of dark matter in the universe. The $359,436 award, active from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026, will enable the research team to analyze distortions in the shapes of approximately 100 million galaxies observed through the Dark Energy Survey. By interpreting these "cosmic flexion"...
- This three-year, $357,003 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support continued investigations of nearby dwarf galaxies as well as expanded studies of dwarf galaxies in galaxy groups within a radius of five million parsecs. Key deliverables include mapping dark matter halos within Milky Way satellites via multi-epoch spectroscopy; analyzing detailed chemical abundance patterns at low metallicities characteristic of...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will provide $353,236 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The funding will support a research project to identify and study merging galaxy clusters as "dark matter laboratories" to better understand the nature of dark matter interactions. The project will involve...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $202,576 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University, doing business as Princeton University, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports a collaborative research effort to study how to indirectly test and constrain the properties of dark matter through observations of individual galaxies. Key deliverables include: 1) new, publicly available software modules...
This $332,168 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences will fund a collaborative research program to characterize the baryon and dark matter content of massive dwarf galaxies. The program will leverage the Merian Survey, which is identifying 100,000 well-characterized massive dwarf galaxies, to study the relationship between galaxy properties and dark matter halo mass. Key objectives include matching the internal kinematics of galaxies with their halo mass, using HI line shapes and weak-lensing measurements, and determining whether cold dark matter (CDM) or self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) better matches the observed properties of massive dwarfs. The project will also develop research internships, seminars, and mentoring programs to increase undergraduate retention in physics and astronomy in select states. The work will be conducted by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz from September 2025 through August 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $332.2k | 8/18/25 |