Project Grant 2515056
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $178,480 to Grand Valley State University for nuclear physics research with undergraduate students. The project aims to engage students in nuclear structure theory and its applications to nuclear astrophysics, exploring the origin of elements in the universe and the chemical evolution of stars and galaxies. Key activities include developing computational...
- This $420,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research on the strong interaction responsible for binding protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei. The project, conducted by The Ohio State University, aims to improve quantitative understanding of nuclear structure and reactions, with applications to astrophysics, neutrino experiments, energy, and homeland security. Key activities include...
- This Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports research by Michigan State University to develop new theoretical techniques for predicting the behavior of extended nuclear matter under a wide range of conditions, such as those found in the interiors of stars. The project aims to generalize techniques previously used to describe properties of atomic nuclei at zero temperature to the problem of extended nuclear matter at finite...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,300,000 Project Grant to Michigan State University (MSU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The 3-year grant, with an award date of September 1, 2025 and an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2028, focuses on the study of nuclear reactions that drive astrophysical processes, particularly in extreme environments where short-lived nuclei are present. Key objectives include investigating the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Washington University located in University City, Missouri. The grant supports research on the properties of exotic nuclei with extreme neutron-to-proton ratios, which are becoming available for experimental study at facilities like the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The research employs the propagator method of quantum mechanics to generate...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $450,000 over a 5-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029 to the University of Notre Dame. The grant will fund research to improve nuclear theory calculations and enable more precise searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The project aims to develop a tractable approximation method to include three-particle...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $660,000 supports research into nuclear, particle, and weak interaction physics related to extreme conditions in the cosmos from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), key products include modeling how atomic nuclei and elementary particles behave in extreme temperatures and densities found in cosmic events like the Big Bang and stellar collapse. Insights gained will provide...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $450,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Florida State University's Sponsored Research Administration Division. The grant will support the development of new theoretical capabilities to understand and predict the properties of exotic nuclei living at the edges of nuclear stability, which play an important role in astrophysical events like supernovae. Key deliverables include extending...
- This $449,995 five-year Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) will support fundamental and applied research at Ohio University. The project aims to leverage advances in nuclear theory, many-body methods, and high-performance computing to develop improved microscopic models of hot and dense nuclear matter with quantified theoretical uncertainties. This research will enable rigorous...
- This Project Grant award of $360,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at George Washington University to study the properties of three-particle quantum systems using lattice QCD (Quantum Chromodynamics) methods. The project aims to improve the theoretical understanding of how strong nuclear forces bind nucleons together in atomic nuclei, by developing new three-body QCD...
This federal Project Grant award of $300,005 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to advance the state-of-the-art in nuclear structure theory at Western Michigan University (WMU). The key objectives are to: (i) evolve the fundamental strong interaction in the correlated media of atomic nuclei, (ii) order and navigate the increasing complexity of nucleonic propagation in such media, and (iii) extrapolate the computations to astrophysical temperatures and densities. This research is expected to reduce uncertainties in predictions of nuclear spectra, which are critical for multimessenger astrophysics, the search for new physics, and numerous nuclear technology applications. The project will also train graduate students to launch careers in academia and industry, and integrate novel results into university coursework to attract young talents to nuclear physics. The project period runs from Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 8/21/25 |