Project Grant 2609761
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics awarded $270,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Connecticut, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. This Project Grant supports theoretical research and development of the Born-Oppenheimer Renormalization Group approach to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) evolution, with emphasis on bridging low and intermediate energy physics within the parton...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $299,972 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics (Mathematical and Physical Sciences, CFDA 47.049) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2028. The award supports nuclear physics research and education through participation in the Gluonic Excitations Experiment (GlueX) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia. The University of Connecticut's primary...
- This $239,996 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to advance theoretical and phenomenological studies of the three-dimensional momentum and spin structure of the nucleon in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). The primary objectives are to discover the internal landscape of the nucleon, provide analysis and explanation of existing data, and make predictions for future measurements at...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $550,000 to the University of Michigan under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. This Project Grant supports research investigating quantum chromodynamics (QCD) through analysis of Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) experiment data at CERN. The primary research deliverable involves conducting complementary measurements to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Lehigh University received a $399,968 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental research into the quark-gluon plasma (QGP)—an exotic state of matter created by colliding atomic nuclei at near-light speeds—using jet observable analysis at the Relativistic Heavy Ion...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Yale University received a $767,176 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The award funds experimental research into thermalization and relaxation dynamics in strongly interacting quantum systems. The project will utilize ultracold fermionic atoms with precisely controlled interactions to investigate how...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $690,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Stony Brook University, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, to support theoretical physics research led by Professors Maria Concepcion Gonzalez-Garcia, Patrick Meade, and Leonardo Rastelli. The award funds fundamental research in quantum field theory and high-energy physics, with specific focus on exploring...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $599,225 to the University of Colorado through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on July 15, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029. This Project Grant funds experimental and computational research on magnetized crossbeam energy transfer—a laser-plasma interaction process examining how strong magnetic fields alter energy exchange between intersecting laser...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Houston System received a $300,000 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, 2028. This award funds first-principles and phenomenological research on hot and dense quark-gluon plasma (QGP)—the deconfined phase of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) matter at extreme temperatures and densities. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $640,000 to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on June 15, 2025, for a project concluding May 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, conducted jointly with General Atomics and the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Romania, focuses on developing gamma-ray sources through high-intensity...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) awarded $240,000 to the University of Connecticut on August 1, 2026, for a three-year research project concluding July 31, 2029. The project delivers theoretical and computational research frameworks advancing understanding of nucleon structure in preparation for experiments at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Key deliverables include development of perturbative quantum chromodynamics (QCD) frameworks for calculating observables related to quark and gluon orbital angular momentum and spin-orbit correlations in high-energy exclusive scattering processes, large-scale numerical lattice QCD simulations, and theoretical contributions to ongoing programs at Jefferson Lab. The award also encompasses education and workforce development components, including training and mentorship of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the University of Connecticut and leadership of outreach activities designed to attract students to nuclear theory and EIC science. The research integrates theoretical calculations, computational simulations, and experimental input to address fundamental questions about how nucleons acquire properties such as spin—a longstanding challenge in quantum chromodynamics that has important implications for understanding the composition and behavior of visible matter in the universe.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $240.0k | 7/10/26 |