Project Grant 2602617
- Federal Grant Award Summary Ana Glidden received a $330,000 Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029. The fellowship supports research conducted at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, with no planned subawards. The primary deliverables...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Clara Brasseur received a $330,000 Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, supports research and educational activities conducted at the Lowell Observatory in Boulder, Colorado. The fellowship funds the development of scaling relations between...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Olivia Cooper has been awarded $330,000 through the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a postdoctoral fellowship spanning September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The primary research deliverable involves a comprehensive investigation of highly efficient star formation in the early universe using multiwavelength observational data from radio, optical, and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Maria Camarca has been awarded a $330,000 Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award, effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029, supports research and educational activities conducted at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Pasadena, California. The fellowship will fund...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Samantha Walker received a $330,000 NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research and education activities at Cornell University from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The project focuses on advancing superconducting detector technology for millimeter-wave to X-ray astrophysics through direct imaging of Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Details: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $330,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. Principal investigator Abygail Waggoner will conduct research on carbon inheritance in protoplanetary disks and the chemical evolution of organic species that eventually form...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award Dr. Emily Calamari has been awarded a Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CFDA 47.049) from the National Science Foundation in the amount of $300,000.00, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The fellowship supports a three-year research and education program conducted at the American Museum of Natural History in Pelham, New York. The primary deliverable is an improved theoretical framework for...
- This $330,000 NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship award to Antonio Porras-Valverde at Yale University will support research and education activities under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The research will develop testable predictions for black hole formation, growth, and feedback, leveraging upcoming survey data such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time. The educational component will involve...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Dr. Samantha Berek received a $330,000 Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports research and education activities at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, focused on developing a comprehensive understanding of globular cluster...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, awarded a $300,000 postdoctoral fellowship grant (CFDA 47.049) to Dr. Kristen Aloh effective August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. This project leverages gravitational wave (GW) polarization as a probe to test General Relativity (GR) and advance the detection and analysis of gravitational waves. The research deliverables include: (1) analysis of current GW...
Isabella Trierweiler has been awarded $330,000 through the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program (CFDA 47.049: Mathematical and Physical Sciences) for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University, effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029. The research program focuses on investigating exoplanet demographics and planetary system characteristics by analyzing polluted white dwarfs—stellar remnants actively accreting material from orbiting debris. The fellow will combine new and existing observational data from polluted white dwarfs in binary systems to advance understanding of planetary compositions, orbital dynamics, and the effects of galactic chemical evolution on planetary core-mass fractions. This research bridges galactic archaeology and exoplanet interior science while establishing methodologies for interpreting future white dwarf planet detections through direct imaging and microlensing surveys. In addition to the primary research activities, the award supports an educational outreach component that will deliver a coding and data analysis workshop for high school students in the Greater New Haven area. No subawards are planned for this grant. The fellowship represents NSF's commitment to advancing fundamental research in astronomical sciences while building workforce capacity through integrated educational programming at the secondary education level.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $330.0k | 5/21/26 |