Project Grant 2513085
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $1,499,710 to the University of Maryland, College Park to support the continued operation of the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory in Mexico. The HAWC observatory is a sensitive wide field-of-view telescope that conducts continuous deep surveys of the very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray sky, enabling research into the origins of cosmic...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $1,724,893 to the University of Maryland, College Park for operating and performing data analyses with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory through August 2025. HAWC is a gamma-ray telescope used to study astrophysical processes in extreme environments through the observation of gamma rays. Funding supports scientists analyzing HAWC data to provide...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program provides $249,479 to support the operation and maintenance of the 13 petabyte U.S. data archive for the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, located in Mexico but operated by the University of Maryland, College Park. The award funds critical engineering, technical, and operational support for the remote operations of the HAWC...
- This Project Grant award for $200,000, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research to understand the most energetic cosmic phenomena, including exploding stars and black holes. The work focuses on improving the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory's sensitivity to detect very-high-energy gamma rays and identify the most powerful natural particle accelerators in the universe, known as...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Wisconsin - Madison for the "GAMMA-RAY ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS WITH HAWC (UW-MADISON GROUP GRANT)" project. This 1-year project from September 2025 to August 2026 will study high-energy gamma rays and cosmic rays recorded by the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory in Mexico, with the goal of...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $271,534 to Michigan State University to support scientific research and public engagement activities. The funded project will leverage data from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory to study the physical processes in the most energetic environments in the universe, such as star-forming regions and black holes. This research aims to address...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to Michigan Technological University for the project "TRACKING COSMIC-RAY DYNAMICS IN OUR GALAXY BY COMBINING HAWC WITH MULTI-MESSENGER DATA." The project aims to better understand the dynamics of cosmic rays in the Milky Way galaxy by studying gamma ray traces from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory and integrating...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison was awarded a $470,557 project grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences to conduct research on Galactic gamma-ray astrophysics with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory. The grant, issued under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support research activities from September 2021 through August 2024. The project aims to advance understanding of major...
- This $742,507 National Science Foundation project grant supports Michigan State University researchers to conduct multi-messenger astrophysics research using the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory. HAWC is located in Mexico and continuously monitors the full sky above 10 TeV gamma rays to study extreme astrophysical environments and test questions around dark matter. The MSU group will search for gamma-ray counterparts to high-energy neutrinos detected by the IceCube Neutrino...
- This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics provides $590,584 to Michigan Technological University to advance understanding of gamma-ray astrophysics through analysis of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory and integration with multi-messenger data. Researchers will analyze gamma-ray emission measurements from hundreds of GeV to beyond 100 TeV to improve knowledge of cosmic ray acceleration and interactions in the universe....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $249,854 to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to support its leadership role in the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory. The HAWC Observatory, located in Mexico, is a unique facility that studies the highest-energy gamma rays emitted from extreme cosmic phenomena. This award funds the UMD scientists responsible for HAWC's data analysis, software development, and management of the US data archive. It also provides critical engineering, technical, and operational support for the HAWC Observatory itself. Additionally, the award contributes to UMD's central role in developing the next-generation Southern Wide-Field Gamma-Ray Observatory (SWGO), ensuring continued US leadership in this cutting-edge field of particle astrophysics research. The award period is from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $249.9k | 8/7/25 |