Project Grant 2607948
- Federal Grant Award Summary West Virginia University Research Corporation received a $313,468 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning September 1, 2025 and concluding August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative supports the development of pulsar timing instrumentation and observational pipelines for the next-generation Nanograv (North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves) Pulsar Timing...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award of $416,409 will support research by West Virginia University Research Corporation to strengthen gravitational-wave and pulsar science using data from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope. The primary objectives are to: Characterize the stability of pulse morphology and noise properties for millisecond-period radio pulsars observed by the North American...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award Details: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a collaborative research Project Grant of $186,148 to the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, with an award date of September 1, 2025, and a completion date of August 31, 2028 (CFDA 47.049). Products and Services: This award funds collaborative research supporting the next-generation North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav)...
- Federal Grant Award Summary West Virginia University Research Corporation received a $749,989 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences program) awarded on June 15, 2025, with completion expected May 31, 2028. The award supports experimental research investigating particle energization in plasmas through wave-particle correlation measurements conducted at the PHASMA facility in Everettville, West Virginia. The...
- This $148,567 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) to detect low-frequency gravitational waves. The principal investigator at the University of Montana will lead efforts to improve pulsar timing models, add new observatories to the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGRAV) dataset, and create combined International Pulsar Timing Array...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration has been awarded $100,000 through the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop advanced data analysis methodologies for detecting the cosmological stochastic gravitational-wave background. The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, supports fundamental research in relativity and relativistic astrophysics that directly...
- This $210,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research by the University of Virginia to advance gravitational wave physics and astrophysics. The key goals are to: (i) Compute persistent gravitational wave signals from binary black hole mergers using new conservation law models, and assess their detection prospects. (ii) Improve modeling of the gravitational wave memory effect to better understand its...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics awarded $280,000 to the University of Illinois under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop gravitational wave astrophysics research models and data analysis capabilities. The primary deliverables include ready-to-use gravitational wave models and artificial intelligence-enhanced data analysis algorithms designed to extract detailed information about matter and gravity in extreme...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Montana State University received a $360,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award supports the development of advanced analytical frameworks for extracting gravitational wave signals from the NSF-supported Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors. The primary deliverable is...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Colorado received a $498,731 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences (Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research to detect and characterize gravitational waves across nanohertz to attohertz frequencies using astrometric methods. The research team will disentangle multiple types of cosmic motion—including...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics awarded West Virginia University Research Corporation $5.95 million under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program on June 1, 2026, to support the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGRAV) Physics Frontiers Center. This project grant, scheduled for completion by November 30, 2027, funds gravitational wave detection and characterization research through radio timing observations of millisecond pulsars. NANOGRAV will construct enhanced data sets to detect and analyze stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds likely originating from supermassive black hole binaries formed during galaxy mergers, while also conducting searches for individual binary systems and investigating potential exotic sources such as cosmic strings and relic gravitational waves from cosmic inflation. The award enables multidisciplinary collaboration among experts in gravitational physics, data analysis, and astrophysics to advance low-frequency gravitational wave astronomy and multi-messenger astrophysics. Beyond primary research objectives, the project delivers complementary scientific contributions including constraints on neutron star equation of state, dynamical tests of general relativity, interstellar medium characterization, and discovery of exotic neutron star systems and radio transients. NANOGRAV also provides substantial public engagement through exhibits, public talks, and social media outreach while routinely discovering new millisecond pulsars to expand the observatory's research capabilities.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $6.0m | 5/28/26 |