Project Grant 2608113
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Delaware $109,926 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support analysis of IceCube neutrino observatory data through August 31, 2027. Work is performed in Newark, Delaware. The award funds U.S. university scientists to analyze data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a major NSF facility consisting of sensors embedded in Antarctic ice near the geographic South...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Drexel University $135,000 on September 1, 2026, to support data analysis on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The award funds scientists at U.S. universities to analyze data from IceCube, the world's largest operating neutrino detector, which consists of sensors embedded in Antarctic ice near the geographic South Pole. The funded work capitalizes on the major facility investment to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded a Cooperative Agreement to the University of Wisconsin - Madison on July 1, 2026, obligating $2.475 million to support management, operations, and maintenance of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station through June 30, 2031. The award funds continued operations of the world's most powerful neutrino telescope, which detects high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources to advance research in fundamental...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Alabama $160,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for analysis of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory through August 31, 2027. The funding supports scientists at the University of Alabama to analyze IceCube data, leveraging the facility's detection of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin and contributing to multimessenger astrophysics. IceCube, the...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Delaware $800,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support cosmic-ray physics analysis using data collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole Station. The award funds scientists at multiple U.S. institutions to continue analyzing cosmic-ray data from IceCube, which uses one cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice as a particle detector paired with...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This grant will support collaborative research utilizing the IceCube Neutrino Observatory to explore signatures of new physics beyond the Standard Model. The research will leverage the IceCube dataset, which contains the highest energy neutrino interactions observed on Earth, to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $300,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing (CFDA 47.078) to fund scientists at U.S. universities to analyze data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The award funds continued analysis of high-energy neutrino data collected by IceCube, a neutrino detector embedded in Antarctic ice near the South Pole. IceCube has discovered high-energy neutrinos from...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Utah $500,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support base operations of the University of Utah Cosmic Ray Group and analysis of Telescope Array Observatory data. The University of Utah hosts an international collaboration operating the Telescope Array Observatory in Utah, which studies ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays—the highest-energy particles known,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), $119,976 on September 1, 2026, to analyze data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). UNLV will conduct collaborative research analyzing IceCube detector data to advance multimessenger astrophysics, including high-energy neutrino flux measurements,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics awarded a $2.33 million Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park on September 1, 2025, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for IceCube Data Analysis in the U.S. 2025-2028. This award supports continued scientific analysis of data collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a cubic-kilometer telescope embedded in Antarctic glacial ice that detects...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Utah $175,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support IceCube data analysis by U.S. university scientists through August 31, 2027. The award funds continued analysis of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a major NSF facility consisting of sensors embedded in Antarctic ice near the geographic South Pole that detects high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources. Work encompasses neutrino energy spectrum characterization, multimessenger astrophysics coordination with gamma-ray and optical telescopes, Milky Way neutrino emission studies, and supernova monitoring. The grant capitalizes on IceCube's operational investment since 2011 and its discovery of astrophysical neutrino fluxes extending above 10 PeV. Performance occurs in Salt Lake City, Utah. The award is a Project Grant, a single-year obligation supporting investigator-initiated research within NSF's broader Mathematical and Physical Sciences portfolio.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $175.0k | 8/11/26 |