Project Grant 2513363
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $600,000 in funding from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028 to support research at Northwestern University related to gravitational-wave astrophysics and cosmology. The work focuses on analyzing data from the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to characterize the population of compact object mergers, such as black hole and...
- 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 Project Grant award, totaling $189,022, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program. The funding supports an interdisciplinary research team to use advanced machine learning techniques to develop new models for studying the complex gravitational wave signals from binary black hole systems in extreme astrophysical environments. The team plans to build on their previous work on gravitational waveform...
- 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 Project Grant award, valued at $660,000.00, was issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award supports research at the University of Florida on wide-ranging searches for gravitational wave sources using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors. The research aims to advance scientific understanding of relativistic astrophysical systems, black holes, neutron stars, and...
- This $1,075,500 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical research to improve the ability of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to extract information from observed gravitational waves. The research aims to enhance the accuracy and parameter coverage of gravitational waveform predictions using the Spectral Einstein Code (SPEC) for binary black hole collisions,...
- 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $600,000 supports research in gravitational wave astrophysics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The goal is to advance the detection, characterization, and interpretation of gravitational wave transients from compact binary mergers and other astrophysical sources using LIGO-VIRGO-KAGRA data. Key objectives include improving software infrastructure, mitigating noise impacts, and participating in the 4th LIGO observing run....
- This $210,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research by the University of Virginia to advance gravitational wave physics and astrophysics. The key goals are to: (i) Compute persistent gravitational wave signals from binary black hole mergers using new conservation law models, and assess their detection prospects. (ii) Improve modeling of the gravitational wave memory effect to better understand its...
- 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...
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 detectors, enabling more robust and efficient extraction of gravitational wave signals. This research will advance the field of gravitational wave astronomy and provide unique insights into stellar evolution and nuclear/gravitational physics. The award will also support the training of several students in coding and data analysis skills, as well as contribute to a summer program for middle school science teachers. No subawards are planned under this grant, which has a performance period from Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $360.0k | 8/21/25 |