Project Grant 2512923
Award Date 9/1/25
Completion Date 8/31/28
Dollars Obligated $600K
Federal Agency
Federal Grant Program
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Similar Awards
- 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...
- This $628,695 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Northwestern University to analyze gravitational wave data and infer astrophysical population properties. The university will characterize gravitational waves detected in the fourth observing run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory to understand how black holes and neutron stars interact. Researchers will develop frameworks to analyze binary merger source populations, interpret observed...
- This $360,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support the development of a new framework for studying extreme astrophysical objects, such as neutron stars and black holes, using gravitational wave data from the NSF-supported LIGO observatories. The award will fund the creation of fast, flexible time-frequency analysis methods that can account for non-Gaussian and non-stationary noise in the LIGO...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $280,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Illinois to develop ready-to-use models and artificial-intelligence-enhanced data analysis algorithms for gravitational wave astrophysics. The award will advance the scientific understanding of matter and gravity in extreme environments by improving the extraction of information from the growing catalog of over 300 gravitational wave...
- This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on gravitational wave physics and astrophysics with the LIGO observatory. The project aims to develop methods for confidently identifying weak gravitational wave signals from astrophysical sources in the detector data, and to interpret the results for the scientific community. The project will be deeply involved in assembling...
- 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 award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $400,000 to the University of Oregon to support gravitational wave astrophysics research using the LIGO observatory. The funding will enable graduate students to develop new methods for conducting novel searches for gravitational waves from collapsing black holes and extremely magnetized neutron stars. This research aims to expand the scientific discoveries enabled by the...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award provides $180,000.00 to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The primary goal of the project is to develop novel numerical simulations and data-driven models to predict gravitational wave signals from mergers of black holes and neutron stars. This research will test Einstein's general relativity under extreme conditions and help maximize...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $400,000.00 in funding to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia to investigate new predictions and phenomena of general relativity using gravitational wave measurements. The key objectives are to develop data analysis methods and perform theoretical calculations to search for as-yet-undiscovered aspects of general relativity that could be observed...