Project Grant 2604016
- Federal Grant Award Summary William Marsh Rice University received a $180,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. The grant supports fundamental mathematical research investigating rigidity phenomena in geometry and dynamics, with a particular emphasis on characterizing and studying spaces with extensive...
- William Marsh Rice University was awarded a $258,127 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on July 1, 2021, with a completion date of June 30, 2024. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Under this award, Rice University will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded $130,000 to William Marsh Rice University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for May 31, 2027. This project grant funds fundamental research in algebraic geometry, specifically investigating the geometry of hyperkähler varieties and rationality through three integrated research initiatives: (1) studying...
- William Marsh Rice University was awarded a $431,778 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) and will support research on knot and link concordance from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. Under this award, Rice University researchers will advance the store of scientific knowledge and enhance understanding of major problems in mathematics through investigations of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded the University of Wisconsin - Madison $100,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate atoroidal surface bundles and their geometric properties. The project examines manifolds constructed from two-dimensional surface slices, with the goal of demonstrating that certain newly discovered atoroidal surface bundles admit Gromov hyperbolicity—a mathematical...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $215,057 project grant to William Marsh Rice University, doing business as Rice University, through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant funds research to study singularity, rigidity, and extremality phenomena in minimal hypersurfaces, which are generalizations of minimal surfaces important in areas like general relativity and phase transition theory. This 3-year research project will further...
- Federal Grant Award Summary William Marsh Rice University received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The award supports the development of robust and efficient numerical algorithms for solving nonlinear wave equations in second-order form. These computational tools are designed to accurately and efficiently simulate...
- William Marsh Rice University was awarded a $149,994 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on August 15, 2021 to complete work by July 31, 2024. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Specifically, Rice University will conduct...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded the University of Texas at Austin $200,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support fundamental research in symmetries and equivariance in Floer homology and homotopy topology. The investigator will develop tools from topological quantum field theories to study knots, surfaces, and higher-dimensional manifolds. Specific research activities include employing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary William Marsh Rice University received a $340,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research award supports the development of mathematical modeling techniques and experimental methods to understand spatiotemporal dynamics of intercellular signaling in engineered...
The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded William Marsh Rice University (Office of Sponsored Projects) one hundred thousand dollars on September 1, 2026, for collaborative research on atoroidal surface bundles under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The investigators will study the geometry, topology, and algebra of manifolds constructed from two-dimensional surface slices, with a focus on proving that these bundles admit Gromov hyperbolicity, a structure that provides algorithmic tools for analysis. The research builds on 2024 findings in which the investigators demonstrated the existence of closed atoroidal surface bundles over surfaces through a type-preserving representation of the fundamental group of the figure-eight knot complement into the mapping class group of the thrice-punctured torus. Key work involves joint collaboration with J. Russell on related theoretical goals. The award also supports an active mentoring program for graduate students and early-career researchers, preparation of expository articles for general audiences, organization of conferences, public lectures, and high school outreach activities designed to attract talented students to STEM disciplines. Performance occurs at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The period of performance runs from September 1, 2026, through September 30, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $100.0k | 8/7/26 |