Project Grant 2607528
- Louisiana State University was awarded a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics on August 1, 2021 to support research in the area of quantum optomechanics at the standard quantum limit. The award, which will be completed by July 31, 2024, is being conducted under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This program aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded Louisiana State University $370,766 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to research entanglement dynamics in open bosonic random quantum systems. The research investigates how repeated quantum measurements influence the growth and spread of quantum entanglement in bosonic quantum systems, employing large-scale numerical simulations of interacting bosonic...
- Louisiana State University received a $1,210,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics to support the LIGO INSTRUMENT AND DATA CHARACTERIZATION project from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The award is being used to support activities under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Louisiana State University $2 million on August 15, 2026, for data handling and analysis infrastructure supporting the International Gravitational-Wave Observatory Network. The award funds computational infrastructure, signal processing techniques, and software sustainability required to transform gravitational-wave detector data into scientific discovery, including astrophysical data analysis, detector and analysis middleware, and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Arizona $540,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop quantum-enhanced interferometry enabled by ultra-coherent micromechanical oscillators for precision measurement applications. The project addresses quantum decoherence in macroscopic systems by engineering crystalline micromirrors based on epitaxial GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures integrated with low-loss...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Louisiana State University a $299,998 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research on THEORY OF HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION IN SOLIDS AND GASES, AT THE MICROSCOPIC AND THE MACROSCOPIC LEVEL from July 15, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant funding will enable LSU researchers to advance understanding of major problems in physics by increasing scientific knowledge of high harmonic...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics provides $540,000 to Louisiana State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The award will support research into loop quantum gravity to further understanding of black hole evaporation, one of the most important outstanding problems in theoretical physics. Key research activities include studying the applicability of the weak gravity conjecture...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics awarded $971,304 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative project, titled "LIGO-SEC Partnership Ripple Effects—Engaging Communities for Lifelong Learning Impacts," represents a partnership among the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Livingston...
- The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Louisiana State University $272,635 on September 15, 2025, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to implement robust quantum technologies on classical plasmonic platforms. The award supports research in quantum sensing and plasmonic physics, with performance at Louisiana State University's Baton Rouge, Louisiana campus. The period of performance runs through September 14, 2028....
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded Louisiana State University $205,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate connections between number theory and quantum information theory. The project, titled "Explicit Class Field Theory from Quantum Modularity, Subspace Packings, and Convolution Identities," seeks to unify major open problems across both fields: Hilbert's 12th problem and the...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Louisiana State University $399,701 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop quantum-enhanced interferometry using ultra-coherent micromechanical oscillators. The recipient will engineer crystalline micromirrors based on epitaxial GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures and integrate them with low-loss materials using advanced microfabrication and direct bonding techniques. This work targets the reduction of quantum radiation pressure noise and thermal noise that limit sensitivity in gravitational-wave detectors including LIGO, VIRGO, and KAGRA. The technical effort focuses on realizing microresonators with improved mechanical quality factors and reduced optical and elastic losses to enable quantum-limited measurement and explore decoherence in macroscopic objects under quantum physics rules. Performance occurs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from the award date through July 31, 2029. The project is classified as a Project Grant and represents collaborative research addressing longstanding challenges in how relatively large objects behave under quantum physics, with applications in ultra-sensitive detection techniques and gravitational-wave observation. The work advances U.S. leadership in advanced manufacturing and semiconductor technologies through development of new materials, fabrication methods, and device architectures at the micro- and nanoscale.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $399.7k | 8/4/26 |