Project Grant 2609627
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $152,151 supports research and educational activities in nuclear structure physics at Ursinus College from August 2022 through July 2025. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the award will engage undergraduate students in experimental nuclear structure research through collaboration with the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Florida State University, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Key deliverables...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Ursinus College received a $230,784 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The award supports research evaluating ionizable amphiphilic Janus dendrimers (IAJDs) as delivery agents for nucleic acid therapeutics. The project will characterize vesicles composed of these novel molecules to determine how...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Michigan State University $380,988 on May 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics. The award funds a 10-week residential research program each summer for 12 undergraduate REU participants through April 30, 2029. Students conduct advanced research under faculty mentorship in nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, high-energy...
- This $1,050,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the Rutgers University Intermediate Energy Nuclear Physics Group's research into the structure of the nucleon. Specifically, the funding enables the group to continue experimental nuclear physics research through the MUSE measurement of scattering cross sections of positively and negatively charged electrons and muons from a liquid hydrogen target at the Paul...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics awarded Smith College $242,389 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct high-precision spectroscopy research on light atoms from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The project delivers two primary research deliverables: (1) precision spectroscopy measurements of neutral light atoms (beryllium, boron, nitrogen, and oxygen) to test quantum electrodynamics (QED) theory...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Lebanon Valley College two hundred thousand twenty dollars on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for research on hadronic structure from spin observables in perturbative quantum chromodynamics. The research project explores the internal structure of hadrons—particles composed of quarks and gluons governed by the strong nuclear force—by analyzing high-energy collision data sensitive to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $450,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Florida State University's Sponsored Research Administration Division. The grant will support the development of new theoretical capabilities to understand and predict the properties of exotic nuclei living at the edges of nuclear stability, which play an important role in astrophysical events like supernovae. Key deliverables include extending...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Mississippi State University $462,113 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on April 1, 2026, to measure critical nuclear reactions in laboratory settings that illuminate element production, destruction, and energy generation under extreme stellar conditions. The work uses radioactive beams at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and stable beams at the University of Notre Dame, together with advanced...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded to Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion College) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $147,161 over 3 years to advance the understanding of neutron-rich atomic nuclei. The key activities include: Conducting experiments at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University using the Modular Neutron Array (MONA) and Large-Area Multi-Institutional Scintillator Array (LISA),...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Michigan State University received a $1.3 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2026. The project, titled "Windows on the Universe: Nuclear Astrophysics at FRIB," delivers experimental nuclear physics research designed to advance understanding of astrophysical processes. The research team will...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Ursinus College $150,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support undergraduate research in experimental nuclear structure physics through August 31, 2029. Ursinus College undergraduates will conduct experimental nuclear structure research in collaboration with the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) and Florida State University (FSU). The research program encompasses two experimental components. First, the group will measure Coulomb excitation of Ni-76 and conduct inverse-kinematics proton scattering measurements of Ni-74 and Ni-76 at FRIB to examine neutron and proton contributions to excitations of first excited states in neutron-rich nickel isotopes approaching doubly-magic Ni-78. Second, (D,T) and (D,He-3) pickup reactions will probe neutron- and proton-hole states. In parallel, the Ursinus group will develop and maintain detector simulations for the GRETA gamma-ray tracking array used across FRIB experiments and for the CEBRA scintillator detector array deployed with the Super Enge Split-Pole Spectrograph at FSU. Undergraduate participants will gain practical skills in data acquisition, analysis, and detector simulation; explore AI coding tools; observe accelerator facility operations; and present findings at the Ursinus College Summer Fellows Symposium and at American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics meetings. Place of performance is Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 8/12/26 |