Project Grant 2609295
- The University of Florida was awarded a $297,003 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to support the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE SUPERCDMS AT SNOLAB SCIENCE PROGRAM from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Under this award, the University of Florida will deliver research services as part of the SuperCDMS at SNOLab Science Program. The SuperCDMS at SNOLab Science Program aims to advance understanding of dark matter through experimental research conducted at the SNOLab...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Regents Of The University Of Colorado (University Of Colorado-Denver) $254,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the SuperCDMS collaboration's science program at SNOLAB. The award funds completion of experiment commissioning, transition to data acquisition and analysis, and delivery of dark matter detection science results. Work includes creating a comprehensive...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Northwestern University $239,530 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the SuperCDMS SNOLAB science program, a collaborative effort to directly detect galactic dark matter and characterize its particle nature, astrophysical properties, and relationship to the Standard Model. Northwestern's funded activities include completing commissioning of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment...
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 maximize data collection, identifying and reducing sources of radio-frequency and electromagnetic interference that degrade detector performance, performing in situ calibrations and low-energy detector measurements at supporting test facilities, maintaining data-quality monitoring systems and analysis pipelines, and training the next generation of scientists through hands-on participation in experiment operations. The experiment seeks to directly detect dark matter particles in the galaxy and characterize their astrophysical properties and relationship to the Standard Model of particle physics, with sensitivity approaching the fundamental limit set by solar neutrino background noise. Work is performed in Gainesville, Florida with a period of performance through July 31, 2028. Sub-awards are planned for this project grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.4m | 8/6/26 |