Project Grant 2512425
Award Date 9/1/25
Completion Date 8/31/28
Dollars Obligated $240K
Federal Agency
Federal Grant Program
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA
Similar Awards
- This $449,975 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research effort between the University of Michigan and Marquette University, in partnership with Brookhaven National Laboratory. The goal is to advance the understanding of novel plasma physics processes involved in antimatter trapping and experiments using the ALPHA antimatter research facility at CERN. The research aims to investigate...
- This three-year, $345,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support collaborative research between the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Marquette University to advance understanding of novel plasma physics processes in antimatter experiments. The researchers will develop new kinetic theory and molecular dynamics simulations to study electron and positron compression, antiproton cooling, and mixing/recombination of antiprotons...
- This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will enable researchers at the University of Michigan to develop and characterize a charged particle-probe setup for making measurements of extremely large magnetic fields generated by laser-driven electron beams in plasma channels. The goal is to advance understanding of the crucial magnetic field dynamics occurring in laser-plasma particle accelerators, which have...
- 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 $249,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports an experimental study of energy transport in ultracold plasmas at Brigham Young University. The research aims to test and improve computer models used to predict transport processes in hot, dense plasmas, which is critical for enabling progress towards the development of nuclear fusion energy sources and addressing national nuclear security priorities. The...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Lawrence University of Wisconsin a $431,200 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to explore thermal equilibrium states for electron plasma in non-uniform magnetic field traps from June 2022 to May 2025. Specifically, the university will test theories on whether thermal equilibrium exists for more complex magnetic geometries like a toroidal or dipole magnetic field. It will develop an electron plasma target for...
- 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 National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $586,041 supports research at the University of Michigan from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award will investigate the evolution of instabilities in plasma implosions driven by dynamic screw pinch compression. Researchers will evaluate competing theories computationally and experimentally regarding the roles of electrothermal instability, coronal plasma...
- This $160,196 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports the computational investigation of nonlinear plasma physics phenomena at Hope College. The research, led by Dr. Williams, will focus on two key contexts: (1) improving the understanding of mathematical models describing dynamical processes in stellar interiors, atmospheres, and nuclear fusion devices, and (2) using computational tools to better understand...
- This $625,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a study of a novel method to accelerate particles to very high energies using plasma as the accelerating medium. The award will fund graduate and undergraduate students, including collaborative student travel to CERN, to establish advanced spectroscopic methods and finite element modeling to qualify the helicon plasma source technology for application...