Project Grant 2511233
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $421,796 Project Grant to Arizona State University to conduct collaborative research on revealing exoplanet atmospheres using high-resolution spectroscopy. The 3-year grant, starting September 1, 2023, will support a team led by the University of Chicago and Arizona State University to study the atmospheres of close-in giant planets orbiting distant stars. The research aims to address four key science questions related...
- This $247,902 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the University of Arizona to model the atmospheric signatures of magmatic volcanism on temperate, Earth-like exoplanets. The project aims to determine the best spectral signatures of magmatic outgassing and how those signatures can be used to characterize the underlying exoplanets. Additionally, the award will fund the development of a new...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund a $697,725 project over 3 years to detect and characterize new low-mass planets orbiting distant stars. The award will support a team at San Francisco State University, which will use the EXPRES high-precision radial velocity spectrograph to find small, long-period planets in systems similar to our own solar system....
- 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 $100,000.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct collaborative research on the oxidation of planetary mantles and its relation to planetary habitability. The key objectives are to study how iron redox reactions in magma oceans during the early formation of rocky planets, like Earth, can lead to...
- This $560,337 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support collaborative research at the University of Arizona focused on improving our understanding of how convective mixing impacts the nature of gas giant exoplanet atmospheres. The project aims to develop computational simulation tools to investigate the physical, evolutionary, and observational consequences of convection for gas giant worlds, which...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $280,869 Project Grant under its Integrative Activities (IA) Program to the University of New Mexico (UNM). The grant will support a collaboration between UNM and the University of California, Riverside to perform research on how giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn impact the formation and evolution of potentially habitable Earth-like planets. The project aims to develop an unprecedented understanding of planetary system architectures and the...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $405,151 to the University of Chicago for a 3-year collaborative research project focused on probing the atmospheres of exoplanets orbiting distant stars. The project team, led by the University of Chicago and Arizona State University, will utilize high-resolution spectroscopy techniques to address key science questions about the chemical...
- This $462,120 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to analyze the chemical profiles of dwarf stars and their exoplanets. The primary objectives are to: (a) develop a public, data-driven tool to precisely derive stellar elemental abundances from spectroscopic data; (b) measure elemental abundances for high-priority exoplanet host stars; and (c) produce exoplanetary atmosphere models accounting...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences Project Grant, awarded on August 1, 2023 for $242,524, supports collaborative research by the University of Arizona aimed at exploring the composition of exoplanetary systems through observations and modeling of dusty circumstellar disks around other stars. The research goal is to determine the composition of rocky material orbiting other stars by analyzing the dust released from colliding rocks, which reflects and...
- This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the "GLOW: FOLLOWING THE PHOSPHORUS: CONSTRAINING THE LOCATION OF HABITABLE WORLDS THROUGH AN ASTRONOMICAL AND PETROLOGICAL LENS" research project at the University of Texas at Austin. The project aims to develop a novel interdisciplinary framework that combines astronomical observations and petrological modeling to better understand the...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support research at Arizona State University (ASU) to explore the effects of rocky exoplanet composition on habitability and target selection for astronomical observation. The project will conduct high-pressure and high-temperature experiments on materials with varied elemental compositions to determine how differences in factors like silicon, magnesium, calcium, and aluminum content may impact the planetary evolution and long-term habitability of exoplanets. The results will help astronomers better identify stars with planets most likely to have Earth-like geochemical conditions. The award will also provide research training for graduate and undergraduate students, who will disseminate the project's findings through public outreach and a science podcast episode.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $100.0k | 8/15/25 |