Project Grant 2512304
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $100,000 to George Washington University to conduct theoretical studies of electromagnetic radiation effects during electron-nucleus collisions. The research aims to develop new methodologies for relating the energy and momenta of collision products to the intrinsic properties of fundamental particles like quarks and hadrons. This will provide scientific guidance for future...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences, provides $180,000 in funding to Northern Illinois University to conduct research on particle physics and advance the understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter. The key activities under this award include: Studying particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland to enhance the understanding of the Higgs boson and search for new...
- This $350,000 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The goal of the research is to develop accurate mathematical models and computer simulations for studying non-equilibrium systems with memory effects, such as those found in biosystems, plasma evolution, and solid-state nanostructures. The Principal Investigator will focus on analytical and numerical approaches to statistical transport...
- 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...
- This federal Project Grant award of $499,309.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to advance the understanding of the internal structure of protons and neutrons, collectively known as nucleons. The research aims to create a three-dimensional map of how quarks and gluons, the fundamental constituents of matter, move and interact inside nucleons. The project will analyze data from high-precision...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $319,059 to Drake University for a research project titled "Photon- and Electron-Driven Atomic Collision Processes: General Theory and Accurate Numerical Calculations". The project, running from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, focuses on developing advanced theoretical and computational models to study the interaction of charged particles and...
- This three-year, $1,194,210 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support the development of empirical and physics-informed machine learning models of collisionless shock waves. The Johns Hopkins University will utilize over 10,000 crossings of Earth's bow shock from NASA spacecraft to create a parameterized, three-dimensional model of the global bow shock structure. Additionally, the researchers will develop a model for general collisionless...
- 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 $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to develop cost-efficient and confidence-building sampling methods for modern scientific discovery. The award to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) aims to create a framework featuring new methodologies, theory, and algorithms that extend classical low-discrepancy sampling...
- This $299,918 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund the development of portable machine learning models to support nuclear physics experiments at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) in Michigan. The project will create pre-trained machine learning models using self-supervised techniques that can be quickly adapted by FRIB users for...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will develop and apply machine learning models to estimate electron and heavy-ion collision cross sections for a wide range of molecular target species, energies, and collision processes. The $234,795 award to the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University's Research and Sponsored Programs Division will train students and produce freely accessible, user-friendly models that require minimal input and expertise to use. This research aims to fill gaps in available collision data and provide insights into the physics of charged particle collisions with molecules, with applications in plasma physics, astrophysics, and biomedical physics. The project will run from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $234.8k | 8/20/25 |