Project Grant 2605475
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded the University of Hawaii $459,457 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study how supernovae regulate galaxy evolution using observations from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time combined with advanced spectroscopic observations. The project team will measure supernova rates, energetics, and environmental impacts across...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the University of Hawaii $452,836 on September 1, 2026, to conduct RASSCALS (Robotic AO Survey of SCO-Cen for Companions at Large Separations), a project funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The research will use a new robotic adaptive optics system on the University of Hawaii 88-inch telescope to survey the nearby Scorpius-Centaurus stellar association for wide-separation (100–1000...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the University of Hawaii $429,454 on May 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support an REU Site at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. The program provides individually mentored research experiences to undergraduates and teaching professionals in STEM, grounding participants in observatory-based astronomical research conducted on Maunakea and computational...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $521,080 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program on October 1, 2025, for a collaborative research project examining the connection between astrophysical transients and their host galaxies. The award will support a major upgrade to BLAST, a web-based application that performs real-time spectral energy distribution fitting...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) awarded $248,928 to the University of Hawaii at Hilo on September 1, 2025, to support a two-year research project (concluding August 31, 2027) addressing tensions in the current Lambda Cold Dark Matter (Lambda-CDM) cosmological model. The principal investigator will develop CRISP (Cluster Recipes for Intrinsic Structural Parameters), a semi-analytic modeling framework designed...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded the University of Hawaii $645,379 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance adaptive secondary mirrors for ground-based telescopes. The project installs two adaptive secondary mirrors (ASMs)—one each at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility and the University of Hawaii's 2.2-meter telescope—and develops automated wavefront sensing and control systems...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $525,733 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on June 15, 2025, to support a CAREER project investigating the formation and disruption of resonant planetary chains. The research combines observational data acquisition, advanced data analysis techniques, and numerical modeling to address gaps in understanding how multiple...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, with CFDA number 47.049, will provide $788,071 to the University of Hawaii (UH) for the "Cosmology in the Local Volume with Hawaii Supernova Flows" research project. The primary goals of this 3-year project are to significantly expand the Hawaii Supernova Flows Survey by using over 3,000 new Type Ia supernovae to map the largest structures in the universe out to 300...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $343,307 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to support collaborative research titled "Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing...
- This $345,303 collaborative research project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) will support scientists at the University of Hawaii and the University of Chicago in analyzing complementary datasets from state-of-the-art astronomical surveys to obtain precise and unbiased constraints on the properties of the universe. The research team will use measurements of galaxy positions, gravitational lensing of galaxies, gravitational...
The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $262,273 to the University of Hawaii on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to measure the size-frequency distribution of long-period comets through analysis of heliocentric light curves and sublimation modeling. A researcher at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy will estimate nucleus sizes of long-period comets by combining heliocentric light curves with sublimation models. The project will generate new observational data for 60 comets and integrate existing data for 80 additional comets, creating a robust dataset for solar system formation analysis. The resulting framework will enable use of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time data, which may detect up to 10,000 active comets over a decade, to identify structural features in the long-period comet size-frequency distribution. Understanding this distribution informs planetary defense risk assessment and reveals insights into early solar system conditions, collisional evolution, and giant planet migration. A graduate student will participate in the research and contribute to STEM education and workforce development programs across Hawaii. Performance occurs in Honolulu, Hawaii, with a period of performance running through August 31, 2029. The assistance type is a Project Grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $262.3k | 8/6/26 |