Project Grant 2606900
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded The University of Chicago $877,411 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop COLIMATE, a novel on-chip spectrometer array for the South Pole Telescope designed to enable line intensity mapping cosmology observations. COLIMATE implements line intensity mapping to detect and map distant galaxies across cosmic time by building a spectroscopic...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $599,900 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to Boston University to acquire an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer. The spectrometer will support research in chemistry, engineering, and physics being conducted by Professor Xi Ling and colleagues. It will also enhance the educational, research, and teaching efforts of students from diverse backgrounds in multiple departments. The spectrometer facilitates...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded Southern Connecticut State University $427,561 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop intensity interferometry for high-resolution stellar imaging using quantum optical techniques. The project extends a three-telescope prototype at Southern Connecticut State University into a six-telescope pathfinder array at the Weizmann Observatory in Israel. The work...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded Trustees of Boston College (Boston College) $429,939 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct nanoscale imaging research on electronic states in kagome metals. The research visualizes how unusual electronic, magnetic, and superconducting phases form and vary across kagome materials at the atomic scale, focusing on two structural families: A(V,CR)3SB5 (where A is...
- This $375,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under CFDA 47.049, the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "SWIFT: Facilitating Novel Modalities for Spectrum Sharing between Earth-Observing Microwave Radiometers and Commercial Users." The project aims to examine and develop new techniques to mitigate the effects of radio frequency...
- The Trustees of Boston University will receive $519,184 from the National Science Foundation under a Project Grant award titled "WOU-MMA: LINEAR AND CIRCULAR POLARIZATION AS A PROBE OF THE RELATIVISTIC JETS OF BLAZARS." The grant funds research into using linear and circular polarization measurements to study relativistic jets emitted by blazars. The work will be performed in Boston, MA from September 2021 through August 2024. The award is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $913,527 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop quantum states of light for precision measurement and quantum technologies. The project creates squeezed light sources in integrated photonic chips to circumvent quantum noise in optical measurements by manipulating quantum uncertainty. Squeezed states of light, generated by nonlinear optical...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the Trustees of Boston University $767,975 on September 1, 2026, through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to support collaborative research on solar wind and galactic impacts on Earth systems as part of the Center on Solar Wind-Milky Way Impacts on Complex Earth Systems (COSMIC). The award funds research investigating how the Sun's movement through the galaxy and traversals of cold galactic clouds have...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded the Trustees of Boston University $250,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance mathematical and computational understanding of quasi-periodic and quasi-crystalline patterns in partial differential equation models. The project develops new mathematical and numerical continuation techniques to characterize coherent structures—including fronts, defects, and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded $140,000 to the Trustees of Tufts College on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to fund theoretical research in particle cosmology led by Professor Soubhik Kumar. The research program probes physics beyond the Standard Model by investigating two fundamental questions: the physical mechanism driving cosmic inflation and the nature of dark matter. The work uses effective field theory to...
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded Trustees of Boston University $313,253 on September 1, 2026, for collaborative research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project, titled "COLIMATE: An On-Chip Spectrometer Array for Multi-Line Intensity Mapping Cosmology," implements line intensity mapping (LIM) techniques to detect distant galaxies and study cosmic structure across time. The work develops COLIMATE, a novel imaging spectrometer for the South Pole Telescope with a focal plane where each pixel functions as its own spectrometer, built using quantum superconducting circuits on silicon wafers and employing advanced manufacturing techniques. The spectrometer will achieve five times greater sensitivity than earlier versions and enable spectroscopic measurement of high-redshift carbon monoxide to test physics underlying cosmological models, including inflation and dark energy, and to map galaxy formation across billions of years. Boston University's role includes development and integration of quantum-enabled detectors (KIDs) and associated optomechanics. The project team will develop graduate-level coursework for a summer school and provide hands-on laboratory experience for undergraduates from small colleges. The team will also create public videos and illustrations explaining LIM measurement, to be shared at a Chicago Science Festival. Performance occurs at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $313.3k | 8/11/26 |