Project Grant 2606479
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $778,169 to the University of California, Berkeley on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to analyze three years of Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) observations collected in South Africa and develop artificial intelligence-based techniques for separating faint cosmological signals from radio interference and telescope systematics. The work focuses on 21...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), $119,976 on September 1, 2026, to analyze data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). UNLV will conduct collaborative research analyzing IceCube detector data to advance multimessenger astrophysics, including high-energy neutrino flux measurements,...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, $601,013 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to model the properties of planets throughout galactic history in response to chemical evolution. The research models how the chemical composition of the galaxy evolves over time through...
- This three-year, $257,211 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and educational outreach related to modeling early galaxy formation and the epoch of reionization. Funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, the collaborative effort between the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of California Los Angeles, and Arizona State University aims to develop advanced modeling tools to maximize scientific return from upcoming telescopes such as the...
- The University of Nevada, Las Vegas will receive $270,006 from the National Science Foundation under a three-year Project Grant to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING THE LIMITS OF AGN FEEDBACK: A DEDICATED STUDY OF EXTREMELY HIGH VELOCITY OUTFLOWS." from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in astrophysics through studying active galactic nucleus feedback and extremely high velocity outflows,...
- This $407,331 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research on magnetospheric accretion around magnetized stars. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) will conduct first-principle numerical simulations to study how neutron stars produce X-ray pulsars and ultraluminous X-ray sources, as well as how young stars and planets evolve within their environments. The research will include four key simulation...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $289,704 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Nevada, Reno and the California Institute of Technology for collaborative research spanning October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The primary deliverable is the development of low-noise High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) utilizing atomic layer etching nanofabrication...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Nevada, Las Vegas $300,000 on January 1, 2027, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to develop machine-learning methods that infer neutron star equation-of-state physics from multi-messenger astronomical observations. The project provides a research fellowship to an assistant professor and training support for a graduate student. The fellowship recipient and graduate student will...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) project grant award of $286,524 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is focused on using simulations to generate testable predictions for the NASA ESPEX mission. The primary objectives are to: Collaborate with scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to generate synthetic observations from UNLV's simulation data to assist in the design of the ESPEX mission, which aims to study early star and planet...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) received a $488,967 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 funds an interdisciplinary research collaboration between UNR's astrophysics and computer science departments to investigate the disk-jet connection in hard state black hole X-ray binaries...
The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), $210,198 in project grant funding on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research analyzing observations from the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA). UNLV and a research team from the University of California, Berkeley will analyze three years of HERA data—collected by an NSF-supported radio telescope array in South Africa—to develop artificial intelligence-based techniques for separating the faint hydrogen signal from cosmic dawn (the era of the first stars and galaxies) from bright radio contamination originating in nearby galaxies, the Milky Way, human-caused radio interference, and instrumental systematics. The central technical challenge is that galactic and extragalactic radio emission outshines the target cosmological signal by approximately 100,000 to 1. The work directly observes the impact of the universe's first luminous objects by detecting the distinct 21-centimeter radio signature of neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium during the epoch of reionization and earlier cosmic dawn. The project will also broaden participation in cutting-edge research by providing paid summer research experiences in data analysis for undergraduates at both Berkeley and UNLV, including mentorship and training designed to build pathways to graduate school and careers in science and technology. Performance occurs in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $210.2k | 7/31/26 |