Project Grant 2602699
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $330,000 in Project Grant funding to Dr. Sal Wanying Fu for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship (August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2028) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The research program, conducted at Princeton University, focuses on advancing understanding of dwarf galaxies through observational astronomy and addresses key gaps in interpreting stellar...
- 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 support a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin. Awarded on September 1, 2026, with completion anticipated by August 31, 2029, this project grant supports Dr. Elle Shaw's research focused on developing and implementing robust pointing models for the Simons Observatory Small Aperture...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Peter Craig received a $330,000 Postdoctoral Fellowship award 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. Conducted at Michigan State University, this project will deliver a comprehensive census of galactic novae by leveraging observational data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CFDA 47.049) to develop computational methods for simulating non-equilibrium excitonic phenomena in quantum materials. Awarded on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028, this project will deliver a novel computational framework based on real-time evolution of the two-body Green's function (2GF) that extends beyond...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Christopher Lindsay has been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship totaling $330,000 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award, effective September 15, 2026, through August 31, 2029, supports research and educational activities at the University of Florida. The primary deliverables include precise asteroseismic measurements of approximately 100 metal-poor...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $532,746 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy for a three-year project grant beginning October 1, 2025. The award supports the development of a comprehensive catalog of chemically peculiar AP (Ap/Bp) stars through analysis of infrared spectroscopic data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey/Apache Point Observatory...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $404,960 to the University of Massachusetts on August 1, 2025, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research on simulations and synthetic observations of the earliest galaxies and active galactic nuclei. The three-year project, concluding July 31, 2028, will develop advanced computer models using the exascale-capable Enzo-E code to...
- 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 Dr. Etienne Palos received a $300,000 NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS-ASCEND) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CFDA 47.049) awarded August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, hosted at the University of California, Berkeley under the mentorship of Dr. Martin Head-Gordon. The fellowship supports the development of correlated wavefunction theory (WFT) methods and computational algorithms to advance the discovery and identification of new molecules and ions in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $330,000 through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support a postdoctoral fellowship beginning October 1, 2026, and concluding September 30, 2029. Dr. Maria Camarca will conduct research and education activities at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (located in Pasadena, CA) to investigate the texture, composition, and evolutionary history of the dwarf...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a postdoctoral fellowship of $330,000 to Anthony Pahl under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. The award funds research and educational activities at Carnegie Science Observatories to develop advanced computational models and predictive frameworks for studying cosmic reionization—the process by which ultraviolet radiation from early stars ionized the neutral intergalactic medium during the universe's early phases. The primary deliverables include an updated theoretical model of ionizing radiation transmission through high-redshift intergalactic medium (IGM) integrated with hydrodynamical simulations, as well as both analytical and machine-learning-based predictive models designed to improve constraints on photon escape fraction measurements at cosmic noon. In addition to core research products, the award supports educational initiatives by expanding Carnegie's undergraduate internship curriculum to incorporate software development and machine learning modules. No subawards are planned under this grant. The research aims to resolve systematic discrepancies in current reionization models by advancing understanding of ionizing photon production efficiency and escape fraction—two critical unknowns that will enhance the accuracy of constraints for next-generation space telescope observations of the early universe.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $330.0k | 5/8/26 |