Project Grant 2608455
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Chicago $195,999 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the Dark Matter in CCDs at Modane (DAMIC-M) experiment, a collaborative search for light dark matter particles using silicon charge-coupled device detectors. The award funds the University of Chicago's leadership and participation in DAMIC-M, which operates a several-hundred-gram detector at the...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $340,881 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the first year of the DarkSide-20K dark-matter detection experiment's transition from construction to scientific operation. Columbia will develop and deploy detector control and safety systems, install cryogenic and calibration systems, oversee underground argon...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Massachusetts $151,180 on September 1, 2026, to support the first year of transition from construction to scientific operation of the DarkSide-20K dark-matter detection experiment under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The award funds development and deployment of detector control and safety systems, installation of cryogenic and calibration systems, oversight of underground argon production in Colorado,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Trustees of Princeton University $667,942 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the first year of transition from construction to scientific operation of the DarkSide-20K dark-matter detector experiment. The award funds development and deployment of detector control and safety systems, installation of cryogenic and calibration systems, oversight of underground argon...
- This $660,682 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the University of Chicago's contribution to the construction, commissioning, and initial data extraction efforts for the PICO-500 dark matter detector. Housed over a mile underground at the SNOLAB facility in Canada, PICO-500 consists of one of the largest bubble chambers ever built and is designed to be highly sensitive to the characteristic interactions expected from...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Hawaii at Manoa $105,286 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support the first year of transition from construction to scientific operation of the DarkSide-20K dark-matter detection experiment. The award funds development and deployment of detector control and safety systems, installation of cryogenic and calibration systems, oversight of underground argon production in...
- The University of Chicago was awarded a $950,736 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE SEARCH FOR LIGHT DARK MATTER WITH DAMIC" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant will support research to search for light dark matter using the DAMIC (Dark Matter In CCDs) experiment at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. The DAMIC experiment aims...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University $316,953 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support the first year of transition from construction to scientific operation of the DarkSide-20K dark matter detector experiment. The award funds development and deployment of detector control and safety systems, installation of cryogenic and calibration systems, oversight of underground argon...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the President & Trustees of Williams College $112,060 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the first year of transition from construction to scientific operation of the DarkSide-20K dark-matter detector experiment. The award funds development and deployment of detector control and safety systems, installation of detector cryogenic and calibration systems, oversight of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. This award supports collaborative research continuation of the XENONnT experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, a dark matter detection initiative utilizing a dual-phase time projection...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The University of Chicago $116,224 on September 1, 2026, for the first year of the DarkSide-20K collaborative dark-matter detection experiment under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award funds transition activities from construction to scientific operation of a dual-phase liquid-argon time-projection chamber designed to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Funded activities include development and deployment of detector control and safety systems, installation of cryogenic and calibration systems, oversight of underground argon production in Colorado, and integration of detector subsystems at the University of Alberta and Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. These activities prepare the experiment for subsequent detector assembly, commissioning, and physics operation while advancing world-leading sensitivity to dark matter interactions and other rare processes. Performance occurs at The University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027. The award carries no planned sub-awards.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $116.2k | 8/10/26 |