Project Grant 2511106
- This $222,693 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to build the next-generation North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) pulsar timing array using the DSA-2000 radio telescope. The research aims to observe the gravitational waves generated by the merging of supermassive black holes in distant galaxies, which stretch and squeeze spacetime and cause...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $334,648 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to Cornell University. The grant will support collaborative research to build the next-generation North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) pulsar timing array using the DSA-2000 radio telescope. The research aims to detect gravitational waves produced by the mergers of supermassive black holes in distant galaxies,...
- This $313,468 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on September 1, 2025 will support "Collaborative Research: Building the Next-Generation NanoGrav Pulsar Timing Array with the DSA-2000" at West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVURC). The funding will enable the development and deployment of pulsar timing instrumentation and pipelines to accurately characterize the low-frequency gravitational...
- This $148,567 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) to detect low-frequency gravitational waves. The principal investigator at the University of Montana will lead efforts to improve pulsar timing models, add new observatories to the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGRAV) dataset, and create combined International Pulsar Timing Array...
- 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...
- This $301,094 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on neutron stars and gravitational waves. The main research activities include searches for continuous gravitational waves from young neutron stars, including R-mode oscillations of known pulsars and searches of supernova remnants for non-pulsing neutron stars. The award also contributes to searches for other signals like neutron star...
- 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...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) project grant for $131,871 awarded to Yale University will contribute to an empirical model of the stochastic gravitational wave background expected to be detected through pulsar timing array observations. The project will: Use observations of quasar luminosity functions and dual active galactic nuclei to build an empirical model of the cosmological distribution of supermassive black hole binaries, which...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $407,599 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Associated Universities Inc. (AUI) to conduct high-precision and long-duration timing of exotic pulsars in globular clusters. The project aims to use the NSF-funded Green Bank Telescope (GBT) to monitor known millisecond pulsars and discover new ones, producing long-term binary timing solutions and deriving critical properties of over 70 millisecond...
- 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 Project Grant award of $186,148 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to build the next-generation North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) pulsar timing array using the DSA-2000 telescope. The goal is to continue observations of millisecond pulsars to detect the low-frequency gravitational wave background produced by merging supermassive black holes in distant galaxies. The award will fund the development and deployment of pulsar timing instrumentation and data pipelines, as well as their commissioning on the DSA-2000 prototype hardware. This will establish the infrastructure needed to accurately characterize the gravitational wave background and study the astrophysics of supermassive black holes. The project will also provide hands-on training for graduate and undergraduate students in hardware and algorithm development. The research findings will be widely disseminated to the scientific community and broader public.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $186.1k | 8/14/25 |