Project Grant 2511564
- This $600,000 Project Grant awarded on August 15, 2025 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to develop new machine learning (ML) tools to reconstruct plasma dynamics in basic plasma science experiments. The project, awarded to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will leverage limited experimental measurements from the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) at UCLA, along with theoretical physics models, to reconstruct...
- This $285,606 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a computational study of energy distribution and dissipation in weakly collisional plasmas. The project will develop reduced plasma physics models and integrate them into an open-source simulation code applicable to astrophysics, space weather, and fusion energy research. Key project activities include leveraging novel machine...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $242,547 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to support a collaborative research project led by New York University (NYU). The goal of the project is to study how the three-dimensional structure of magnetic fields impacts the interactions between energetic particles and plasma waves, which is a fundamental process underlying various plasma phenomena. The research team, which also includes...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), enables continued experimental exploration of eruptive plasma behavior in a laboratory setting. The $597,571 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, supports research aimed at advancing the understanding of multi-scale phenomena in real plasmas. The project will focus on studying the observed X-ray generation in a magnetized,...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), supports collaborative research between the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and the University of New Hampshire to study the global stability and relaxation of localized small-scale kinetic structures in collisionless magnetized plasmas. The $327,747 award, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Michigan State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support atomicistic macroscopic simulations of collisional plasmas from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The funding will enable MSU researchers to advance understanding of major problems in plasma physics through increased computational modeling capabilities. As the sole awardee, MSU will leverage the award to develop new...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a study on energetic electron trapping and acceleration in magnetized plasma. The $356,876 award, effective December 15, 2024, will investigate how energetic electrons get trapped, accelerated, and de-trapped in magnetized plasmas with magnetic islands and stochastic fields, both in space and in laboratory experiments. The research aims to provide...
- This $220,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant awarded to the University of Washington aims to develop ultra-efficient deterministic numerical methods for multiscale kinetic plasma simulations. The primary objective is to address key challenges in simulating plasmas governed by the Boltzmann equation, including high dimensionality, complex collision operators, and inherent multiscale behaviors. The research will focus on employing...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Columbia University a $419,433 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research to advance data-driven modeling approaches for magnetized plasmas through three key efforts. First, several emerging data decomposition methods will be applied to numerical simulations of magnetized plasmas for the first time and assessed for these systems. Second, data-driven nonlinear models based on these...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research effort between Columbia University, West Virginia University, and New York University. The $350,077 award, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will study how the three-dimensional structure of magnetic fields impacts wave-particle interactions in space and laboratory plasmas. The research aims...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $359,759 to the University of Florida to develop a novel framework that leverages machine learning techniques to predict the behavior of plasma sheaths. Plasma sheaths are critical interfaces between plasma and materials, with applications in space propulsion, materials processing, and nuclear fusion. The project aims to create a computationally efficient yet high-fidelity model of plasma sheaths, overcoming the limitations of computationally intensive particle-in-cell simulations. The award will also support graduate and undergraduate student research, contributing to workforce development in this scientific domain. The project has a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $359.8k | 8/27/25 |