Project Grant 2608552
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Illinois at Chicago $410,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support high-energy physics research on the CMS Experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The award funds direct searches for new particles addressing fundamental physics questions, including the universe's survival of the Big Bang and the role of symmetries in nature, using proton-proton collision...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Chicago $1 million on August 1, 2026, to operate and upgrade the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, and to analyze collision data. The award funds instrumentation development and physics analysis work under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), with performance through July 31, 2027, at the University of Chicago's Chicago, Illinois campus. The University of...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences, provides $180,000 in funding to Northern Illinois University to conduct research on particle physics and advance the understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter. The key activities under this award include: Studying particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland to enhance the understanding of the Higgs boson and search for new...
- The University of Chicago will receive $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct neutrino physics research from September 2022 through August 2025. The university will support the Short-Baseline Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab and the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to investigate neutrino properties and oscillations, probe for new physics beyond the Standard Model, and address anomalies...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $405,908 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, 2026. This award supports the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) group's high-energy physics research program on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The award...
- This National Science Foundation award of $316,734 supports the renewal of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), 12 undergraduate students per year will engage in hands-on physics research projects with senior faculty. Students will work in areas such as exotic superconductors, DNA origami structures, and radiation-hard calorimeter components for the Large Hadron...
- The University of Cincinnati will receive $600,000 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct experimental flavor physics research from August 2022 through July 2025. As a member of the LHCb collaboration at CERN, the University will help improve the novel all-software trigger recently installed at the Large Hadron Collider and focus on GPU-based software trigger and charm quark physics. The research aims to...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award to Cornell University, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $250,000 to conduct research on particle physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and develop educational materials to bring these cutting-edge research concepts and practices to undergraduate physics students. The project aims to better understand the fundamental nature of the universe by probing the basic symmetries and origins of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Northeastern University $700,000 on July 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support experimental particle physics research at high energies. The Barberis-Orimoto-Wood Group at Northeastern will analyze accumulated data from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider to examine fundamental physics beyond the Standard Model. The group pursues investigations into leptoquarks...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $1.28 million on July 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support experimental high energy physics research at Columbia University's Nevis Laboratories through June 30, 2027. The award funds a broad experimental particle physics program encompassing ATLAS research at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and multiple neutrino experiments...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Chicago State University four hundred thousand dollars on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the ALICE experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The project, led by principal investigators and undergraduate students from Chicago State University, focuses on investigating gluon density evolution and potential gluon saturation in nuclei through non-linear quantum chromodynamics testing. The research team supports the Fast Interaction Trigger and contributes to construction of the Forward Calorimeter (FOCAL) and Muon Identifier (MID) detectors, with emphasis on semiconductor technology including silicon-tungsten sampling and silicon pixel sensors for high-granularity measurements and pointing resolution. Students gain hands-on experience developing specialized semiconductors and precision-manufactured components for particle detector hardware. The project also includes outreach to local high schools to develop the American STEM workforce. Performance runs through July 31, 2028, with work conducted in Chicago, Illinois. This Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) award integrates undergraduate STEM education with participation in international experimental physics research infrastructure.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $400.0k | 8/14/26 |