Project Grant 2608458
- 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 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...
- 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...
- 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 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 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...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded the University of Hawaii $300,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop real-time artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithms for the KamLAND2-Zen neutrinoless double-beta decay detector experiment. The University of Hawaii group will deploy AI/ML inference directly on radio-frequency system-on-chip and multi-processor system-on-chip...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Florida $1.429929 million on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support operations of the SuperCDMS dark matter detection experiment. The award funds commissioning and full scientific operations of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment, a cryogenic dark matter detector located at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. Supported activities include operating the experiment through Science Run 1 to...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded the University of Washington $666,359 on September 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to search for dark matter subhalos using stellar stream data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The research team will map stellar streams orbiting the Milky Way in unprecedented detail using LSST data and apply artificial intelligence...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Washington $164,000 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 research effort to detect light dark matter particles using silicon charge-coupled device detectors. The award funds the University of Washington's leadership and participation in DAMIC-M, which operates a several-hundred-gram...
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 Colorado, and integration of detector subsystems at the University of Alberta and at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. These activities prepare the dual-phase liquid-argon time-projection chamber to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) while preserving the scientific goal of achieving world-leading sensitivity to dark matter interactions and other rare processes. The period of performance runs from September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027. Work is performed at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii, with subordinate operational integration at the University of Alberta and at the host laboratory in Italy. No sub-awards are planned for this award.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $105.3k | 8/10/26 |