Project Grant 2602623
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded Ana Glidden a $330,000 Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences) effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029, to conduct research at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The fellowship supports the development of advanced computational tools and methodologies for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $330,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Dr. Abygail Waggoner at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship spanning June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2029. The primary research deliverable involves analyzing James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) spectroscopic data to...
- 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 Rodrigo Cordova Rosado 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), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029. The award funds a research and education program conducted at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Primary deliverables include the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $330,000 through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support a postdoctoral fellowship under the Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Program. The three-year award, effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029, funds research conducted by Peter Craig at Michigan State University to conduct a comprehensive census of galactic novae...
- 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 Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $110,000 to Sal Wanying Fu under the Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship program (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) on August 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2026. The fellowship supports a comprehensive research program at Princeton University focused on advancing understanding of the baryon cycle and chemical composition of dwarf galaxies. Fu will conduct observational...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded Anthony Pahl a Postdoctoral Fellowship under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) in the amount of $330,000 on August 1, 2026, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. Pahl will conduct research and educational activities at Carnegie Science Observatories in Hollywood, California to develop computer models and predictive frameworks that advance understanding of...
- 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) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $422,493 to the University of California, Los Angeles under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is the development of computational tools and galaxy formation models to explain observations of unexpectedly bright and abundant early galaxies. The award supports creation of an analytic model...
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Astronomical Sciences Under this Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Dr. Elle Shaw will deliver research and educational products focused on advancing pointing calibration technology for the Simons Observatory (SO). The primary research deliverable involves developing and implementing robust pointing models to characterize and eliminate pointing errors across six separate telescope platforms and 60,000 detectors within the SO Small Aperture Telescopes (SATs). This work directly addresses instrumental systematic uncertainties critical to achieving the calibration precision required for inflationary cosmology research, specifically enabling tighter constraints on cosmological parameters and enhanced sensitivity for detecting primordial gravitational waves. In addition to the technical research outcomes, the fellowship supports expanded educational activities for the Simons Observatory Virtual Reality Exhibition (SOVRE), a virtual observatory tour to be presented at K-8 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) festivals. No subawards are planned under this award. Collectively, these deliverables advance high-precision pointing calibration methodologies across multiple platforms while building broader public engagement in astrophysical research and education.Federal Grant Award Summary
Program: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049)
Award Amount: $330,000
Award Period: September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2029
Recipient Institution: University of Texas at Austin, Sunset Valley, TX
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $330.0k | 5/8/26 |