Project Grant 2606223
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded The Pennsylvania State University $255,465 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at cosmic noon using data from the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph. The project will analyze the first three years of PFS Galaxy Evolution Survey data to advance understanding of how the universe's most...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the University of Pittsburgh $255,986 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on supermassive black holes and massive host galaxies during cosmic noon using data from the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph. The project will analyze the first three years of PFS Galaxy Evolution Survey data spanning a 12 square degree region to advance...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $289,379 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University, doing business as Princeton University, for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. This award 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. Specifically, this award will support collaborative research to constrain...
- This $442,985 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to uncover the growth mechanisms of supermassive black holes. The key objectives are to: 1) Determine the merger rates of supermassive black holes and relate them to gravitational wave observations; 2) Investigate the growth of supermassive black holes during their peak activity period (known as "cosmic noon") and its connection to accretion...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded Drexel University $472,915 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop machine-learning methods for identifying active galactic nuclei and supermassive black holes in data from the NSF/DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The project combines astronomy and data science to create a probabilistic latent-space model that integrates...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $414,595 in funding to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) from August 15, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The award supports a research program led by the Principal Investigator to study the long-term growth of supermassive black holes and their relationship to host galaxy properties and cosmic environment. The research will utilize a large sample of 1.3...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Princeton University received a $277,023 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports collaborative research developing a new theoretical model of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) accretion disks characterized by strong magnetic fields. The project will produce theoretical models and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $328,865 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration to conduct research under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The goal of the research is to improve understanding of the mechanisms of accretion onto supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN) through echo mapping and radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to The Trustees of Princeton University in the amount of $604,189.00. The award, effective from Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2027, supports research aimed at addressing fundamental questions in the physics of gravitational collapse, including the formation and stability of extreme black holes and the structure of associated spacetime singularities. The...
- This $539,342 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences will support research into the unexpectedly high number of bright, rapidly star-forming galaxies observed at the cosmic dawn. The award recipient, Princeton University, will conduct simulations and analytical modeling to understand the physical conditions that could explain these observations, particularly in the context of massive dark matter halos at high redshift. The research aims...
The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded The Trustees of Princeton University $375,640 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative spectroscopic research on supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at cosmic noon using data from the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph. The project analyzes the first three years of PFS Galaxy Evolution Survey data covering a 12 square-degree region to advance understanding of how the universe's most massive galaxies and their central black holes formed and evolved during the period of rapid galaxy growth in the early universe. The research team will combine PFS wide-field capabilities with recent discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope to test whether massive galaxies and black holes formed earlier than expected, investigate galaxy-black hole relationships, and connect these systems to large-scale cosmic structure. Deliverables include advanced software tools for analyzing thousands of galaxy spectra, a publicly available catalog of galaxy and active galactic nuclei properties released to the broader scientific community, and inquiry-based educational activities developed for K-12 classrooms and extracurricular spaces in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including lessons and science kits centered on LEGO spectrographs. Work is performed at Princeton, New Jersey, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. The award is classified as a Project Grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $375.6k | 7/31/26 |