Project Grant 2608087
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $600,000 project grant to Michigan State University from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research titled "Searching for New Physics in the High Luminosity Era at the LHC" to be conducted in Switzerland. Through this funding, Michigan State University researchers will investigate major problems in particle physics using data from CERN's Large...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Michigan State University $100,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support particle physics research led by Professor Kirtimaan Mohan. The award funds development of statistical methods and artificial intelligence tools to improve interpretation of data from particle physics experiments, particularly from the Large Hadron Collider. Research activities include using quantum...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $550,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study quantum chromodynamics at the Large Hadron Collider Beauty experiment at CERN. The award funds research into how quarks and gluons scattered from protons or produced in high-energy particle collisions form new bound states, using data from the LHCb experiment. The project will perform...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $736,406 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to study quantum chromodynamics at the Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) experiment at CERN. The research aims to advance understanding of how strong force bound states like protons are created and how their dynamics evolve. Key activities include: Measurements comparing hadron production from light...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $314,999 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Michigan State University (MSU) for the research activities of Professor C.-P. Yuan. The project aims to develop theoretical methods to extract critical information from Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) theory, which is essential for interpreting experimental data from the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Key objectives include extracting updated parton distribution...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Michigan State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The grant funds research on "Unveiling Meson and Nucleon Structure with Lattice QCD," which employs computational simulations to advance understanding of fundamental particle physics. The research...
- This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics will support research into mapping the structure of hadrons using lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) simulations at Michigan State University from August 2022 through July 2025. LQCD allows for direct simulation of quantum chromodynamics on spacetime lattices using supercomputers, enabling the study of hadronic systems' properties from first principles with controlled uncertainties. The awardee will pursue...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $400,000 on July 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct experimental particle physics research at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The MIT-LHCb group will make precision measurements of particles containing heavy quarks to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model, including potential dark-sector particles that could help explain dark matter....
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Michigan State University $450,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance computational methods for extracting the equation of state of dense nuclear matter from heavy-ion collision experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. The project develops and implements state-of-the-art dynamical simulations of heavy-ion collisions, applies...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Cornell University $1.15 million on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct energy frontier physics research using data from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Cornell's experimental particle physics group will analyze proton-proton collision data to study Higgs boson properties, including H→Zγ decay and di-Higgs production in the bbγγ...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Michigan State University $1.04 million on August 1, 2026, for investigations in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, funded through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program. MSU will conduct physics analyses related to the ATLAS experiment at CERN's LHC over the three-year performance period ending July 31, 2027. The research encompasses five broad categories: searches for new heavy resonances, studies of Higgs boson production and decay, precision differential cross-section measurements of high-mass Drell-Yan pairs, top quark production physics, and strong interactions including jet production in association with bosons and heavy quarks. The MSU group will also contribute to upgrades of the ATLAS detector to support higher luminosities during High-Luminosity LHC running. Work is performed in East Lansing, Michigan, and involves five faculty members, four postdoctoral research associates, four graduate students, and undergraduate student researchers. The research supports both discovery and precision measurement objectives within the Standard Model and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.0m | 7/27/26 |