Project Grant 2606407
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the University of California, San Diego $490,197 on October 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct a multi-year observational survey identifying black hole populations in Milky Way globular clusters. The research will use the Keck Cosmic Web Imager to systematically survey six galactic globular clusters via radial velocity measurements of stellar companions to detect new...
- This $120,000 Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the CFDA program 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences, supports fundamental research on gravitational astrophysics and computational methods to advance scientific understanding of neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves, and the large-scale structure of the universe. The award will fund a series of research projects at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) focused on developing new...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $888,328 in funding to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The grant supports an international program led by UCSC researchers to study the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events, with the key goals of: 1) discovering and characterizing new electromagnetic counterparts, 2) producing improved...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $561,821 to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The project delivers computer simulation research on dust-gas dynamics and planet formation within protoplanetary disk rings, utilizing the GIZMO hydrodynamic code to model clump formation and mass...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) will support a collaborative research project at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) to reconstruct primordial density fluctuations using near-field cosmology. The key product of this $419,979 award, with a performance period from December 1, 2024 to October 31, 2027, will be an efficient and accurate model for predicting the Milky...
- The University of California, San Diego will receive $330,903 over three years from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences under a Project Grant award to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CDS & E: CONSTRAINING THE UNCERTAIN PHYSICS OF GALAXY FORMATION: COSMIC RAYS, BLACK HOLES, AND BEYOND." The award falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the University of California, Los Angeles $422,493 on January 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop computational tools and models explaining early galaxy formation and the role of growing black holes and star formation in the early universe. The recipient will create an analytic model of the "burstiness" in early star formation and its effects on chemical...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $437,486 provides funding from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 to examine gravitational wave emission from compact object binaries in galactic nuclei. Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will analyze physical processes that can lead to or suppress mergers of compact objects like black holes and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $303,516 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop software and conduct research on explosive transients in the distant universe. The 4-year research program, running from March 2025 to August 2028, will leverage data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the Interplanetary Network, and the International Gravitational Wave Network to enable new...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $463,511 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research titled "AI-Enhanced Exascale Simulations of the Earliest Galaxies" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The University will utilize artificial intelligence and high-performance computing to conduct exascale simulations...
The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the University of California, San Diego $507,993 on October 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to establish GROWL (Gravitational-Wave Paleontology Catalog), a unified, publicly accessible framework standardizing and comparing over 10,000 theoretical models of compact object mergers across cosmic time. The project integrates existing simulations from leading codes including COMPAS, StarTrack, SEVN, POSYDON, BPASS, and COSMIC; quantifies and visualizes model-dependent uncertainties; extends predictions through cosmic integration with metallicity-dependent star-formation histories; quantifies merger properties across cosmic time; and releases interactive visualization and analysis tools through the GW Landscape Dashboard. UCSD will also create hands-on demonstrations—binary-evolution activities using scaled stellar models, craft-your-own-compact-object stations, and fabric spacetime demonstrations—featured at UCSD outreach events and high school classrooms to improve conceptual understanding and spark interest in gravitational-wave astronomy. Place of performance is La Jolla, California. The project runs through September 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $508.0k | 7/31/26 |