Project Grant 2607313
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $640,000 to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on June 15, 2025, for a project concluding May 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, conducted jointly with General Atomics and the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Romania, focuses on developing gamma-ray sources through high-intensity...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded $449,973 to the University of Nevada, Reno (Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a three-year project running from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is fundamental research advancing knowledge of hollow ions—exotic ionized states with missing...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $1,031,843 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program for the project "Controlling Instabilities and Energy Transfer in Vlasov Plasmas." The three-year award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, supports collaborative research between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Texas at Austin...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $350,077 Project Grant, awarded December 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports collaborative research on wave-particle interactions in three-dimensional magnetic fields. The award funds a multi-institutional collaboration between Columbia University, West Virginia University, and New York University to develop reduced-order simulation frameworks and machine...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary This collaborative research project grant, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports fundamental research in antimatter plasma physics conducted jointly by the University of Michigan and Marquette University in collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory. The $240,000 award, obligated on September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $540,000 to the University of California, Berkeley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning September 1, 2025 and concluding August 31, 2028. This Project Grant supports theoretical physics research conducted by Professors Hitoshi Murayama and Lawrence J. Hall that aims to connect experimental data from major research facilities with overarching theoretical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $200,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Maryland, College Park for a Rapid (RAPID) project focused on guided laser wakefield acceleration research. Awarded on February 15, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2027, this project supports an experimental campaign at the NSF ZEUS Multi-Petawatt Laser User Facility at the University...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $250,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning July 1, 2025, and concluding June 30, 2027. The award supports research to develop advanced computational methods for high-fidelity kinetic physics simulations in high-temperature plasmas. The project integrates data compression techniques, fast numerical...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics is funding a $600,000 project grant awarded to the University of California, Los Angeles on August 15, 2025, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The project will develop physics-informed machine learning (ML) tools designed to reconstruct hidden or difficult-to-measure aspects of plasma dynamics in basic plasma science experiments. By integrating limited experimental...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of New Hampshire, as part of a collaborative research initiative with the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, received $327,747 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, supports theoretical and computational research investigating the global stability and nonlinear relaxation of...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics awarded $639,322 to the University of Nevada, Reno under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to conduct a three-year research project (June 1, 2026 – May 31, 2029) investigating the fundamental properties of warm dense matter (WDM) formed under nonthermal electron-driven conditions. The research will create WDM using high-power, short-pulse laser technology to generate relativistic-intensity femtosecond lasers and probe the resulting plasma conditions using ultrashort hard X-ray pulses from X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFELs). The project will employ X-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) and X-ray transmission imaging to obtain spatially and temporally resolved measurements of transient plasma conditions in heated solid-density foils. This research addresses critical knowledge gaps in plasma physics applicable to both natural systems (solar and stellar plasmas) and laboratory fusion energy development by providing precise experimental data on a poorly understood state of matter between ideal plasma and condensed matter. The project will contribute to workforce development through graduate and undergraduate student training at cutting-edge XFEL facilities in the United States, Japan, and Germany. The award supports the development and deployment of radiation-hardened diagnostic equipment to advance understanding of energy transport and heating mechanisms under extreme conditions.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $639.3k | 5/18/26 |