Project Grant 2609892
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Catholic University of America $750,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on pion and kaon structure and integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to expedite science output in contemporary nuclear physics. The research program advances knowledge of the quark-gluon structure of protons, neutrons, pions, and kaons—the fundamental building blocks of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $565,000 Project Grant to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to conduct research advancing the understanding of the quark-gluon structure of the fundamental building blocks of the atomic nucleus - protons, neutrons, pions, and kaons. The award, funded through NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), has two primary goals: 1) to deepen the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) understanding of pions and kaons, and 2) to provide...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $570,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) to Christopher Newport University (CNU) to support research on the internal structure of protons and neutrons. The research group at CNU will conduct experiments at the Jefferson Laboratory, involving the scattering of polarized electrons from protons and neutrons to measure their electric and magnetic properties. This research aims to further the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Catholic University of America a $266,000 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for research and development of generic glass scintillator materials for Electron Ion Collider (EIC) calorimeters. The award period runs from September 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with work to be performed in Washington, DC. This project supports fundamental scientific research...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $298,419 Project Grant to Texas A & M University from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support advances in high energy nuclear physics research from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Under this award, Texas A & M University will conduct research and experiments to further understanding of major problems in nuclear physics and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise in this field. The university will...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $450,000 over a 5-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029 to the University of Notre Dame. The grant will fund research to improve nuclear theory calculations and enable more precise searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The project aims to develop a tractable approximation method to include three-particle...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $230,000 Project Grant to Duquesne University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate the internal structure of the proton using electron beam experiments. The grant supports the principal investigator and Duquesne undergraduate students in conducting research to study the partonic distributions and origin of the proton's spin through polarized electron scattering measurements at the...
- Duke University was awarded a $506,310 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on May 1, 2022 to complete an undergraduate research program by April 30, 2025. The grant supports Duke University's REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear and Particle Physics at TUNL/Duke University. The NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of South Carolina $330,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop theoretical tools clarifying the role of gluons within protons, neutrons, and nuclei. The project introduces a novel nonrelativistic effective field theory for scalar particles (SNR-EFT) to enable systematic treatments of pions, kaons, and other spin-0 states relevant to low-energy nuclear processes....
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Catholic University of America $125,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research on short-range nuclear interactions in deuterium. Dr. Yero and his team at Catholic University will conduct data analysis of a recently completed deuteron experiment at Jefferson Laboratory and develop additional deuteron experiments. The research probes the repulsive core of the nuclear force at unprecedented high relative nucleon momenta (up to approximately 1.2 GeV/c), corresponding to sub-Fermi inter-nucleon distances where the repulsive component becomes significant. Subsequent experiments will explore final state interactions and investigate the onset of color transparency in the deuteron. Graduate and undergraduate students will gain expertise in data analysis, technical methods, and scientific presentation skills through participation in the program. The award period extends from August 15, 2026, through July 31, 2027. Work is performed in Washington, DC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $125.0k | 8/14/26 |