Project Grant 2511543
- This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program supports the acquisition of a high-performance computing cluster at Northwestern University. The computing cluster will enable advanced data analysis and interpretation of gravitational wave signals detected by observatories, advancing fundamental understanding of black holes, neutron stars, and the nature of gravity. The award will provide...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $600,000 in funding from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028 to support research at Northwestern University related to gravitational-wave astrophysics and cosmology. The work focuses on analyzing data from the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to characterize the population of compact object mergers, such as black hole and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $371,816 to a research team led by Northwestern University to develop numerical simulations of binary mergers of ultra-compact stellar remnants called neutron stars. The goal is to construct comprehensive models spanning the full length and time scales of these merger events, connecting the pre-merger state of the neutron stars to the regions where the...
- This $421,175 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports a research project titled "The Emergence of Star Clusters: Insights from Artificial Intelligence." The project aims to better understand the physical mechanisms of star formation by analyzing data from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array and the James Webb Space Telescope to measure the timescales for clearing natal gas from newly formed stellar clusters....
- 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...
- Northwestern University received a $497,967 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on gravitational wave sources from dense star clusters. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on September 1, 2021 for a three-year period concluding on August 31, 2024. Through this funding, Northwestern University researchers will investigate gravitational wave emissions produced by dense clusters of stars, with the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $509,959 Project Grant to the University of California, Merced under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. This collaborative research grant will support a study on the evolving dynamics of star clusters within Milky Way-like galaxies. The research team will analyze advanced computer simulations to track the orbital dynamics and evolution of open star clusters, examining how the changing galactic environment...
- This $215,917 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to model the evolution of dense star clusters and gravitational-wave sources using cosmological simulations. The university researchers will create the first self-consistent, star-by-star models of dense star clusters with...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research to model and understand convective boundary mixing in massive stars. The $402,908 award to Northwestern University will run from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The research aims to determine how convective mixing can extend the lifetimes of massive stars and impact the formation of neutron stars and black holes. The project...
- This $120,000 Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the CFDA program 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences, supports fundamental research on gravitational astrophysics and computational methods to advance scientific understanding of neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves, and the large-scale structure of the universe. The award will fund a series of research projects at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) focused on developing new...
This Project Grant award of $587,631.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to develop advanced computer models of dense star clusters. The research team at Northwestern University will use astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, high-performance computing, and machine learning to simulate the evolution of star clusters since the earliest stages of star formation in the distant universe. The focus is on understanding the dynamical interactions of black holes with other stars, which can produce gravitational waves and high-energy transients detectable in astronomical surveys. This work will also contribute to training the next generation of U.S. scientists in computational astrophysics, supercomputing, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The award period is from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $587.6k | 8/14/25 |