This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award of $200,000.00 supports a postdoctoral fellowship program entitled "MPS-ASCEND: Determining Network Properties Using Graph Theory" led by Dr. Aleyah Dawkins at Carnegie Mellon University. The project involves research on graph theory topics, including extremal problems relevant to post-exascale supercomputing and networks, as well as anti-Ramsey problems. Additionally, the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $190,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program to support a 4-year Postdoctoral Fellowship titled "Singularities in Positive Characteristic and Cartier Algebras." The fellowship will be hosted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under the mentorship of sponsoring scientist Jack Jeffries. The project aims to advance research on singularities in positive characteristic and Cartier...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) a $185,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports a three-year research project to develop Hodge theoretic techniques for studying Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov differential equations, which link representation theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. Key research activities include developing a...
Clemson University was awarded a $252,312 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on August 1, 2021 to complete the project by July 31, 2024. The grant supports the development of computational methods for large algebraic eigenproblems with special structures under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This program aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences to strengthen the nation's scientific...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $154,989 to Carnegie Mellon University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award will fund research to deepen the interaction between combinatorics and algebraic geometry, including work on matroid theory, Coxeter combinatorics, and algebraic statistics. The project aims to reveal new structural properties of combinatorial objects and inform the complexity of maximum-likelihood...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research into the dynamic interactions between operator theory, linear algebra, combinatorics, and probability theory. The 3-year, $285,236 award to Pomona College will fund investigations into new frontiers in these interconnected mathematical domains, with a focus on engaging undergraduate students in the research. Key areas of exploration...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $180,935 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Alabama. The grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, will fund research into cell decompositions of quiver grassmannians, which are related to cluster algebras. This research aims to provide a topological explanation for positivity in cluster algebras, which have connections to various areas of mathematics, physics, and other fields. The project...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to The Trustees of Princeton University Office of Research and Project Administration Division, doing business as Princeton University. This grant, awarded on June 1, 2024, will fund research centered on algebraic geometry and singularities in arithmetic settings, with the goal of developing new techniques to describe higher differential forms in positive...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Clemson University a $144,222 Project Grant through the Integrative Activities (IA) program (CFDA 47.083) to support an 8-week undergraduate Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in computational number theory. The program aims to develop independent mathematical research skills in 8 students from across the country each year by engaging them in significant research projects related to modular forms and number theory. Key activities...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $405,500 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Duke University to support a research program in A1-homotopy theory and its applications to enumerative geometry and number theory. The award will fund research to develop enriched counting methods that can detect differences in the number of solutions to equations requiring real or imaginary numbers, with potential applications in number theory and...