Project Grant 2609893
- Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $960K to the University of Maryland, College Park through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a three-year project (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028). Principal Investigators Zackaria Chacko, Anson Hook, and Raman Sundrum will develop and study theoretical extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics and cosmology. The research will provide theoretical guidance for experimental...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded New York University $300,000 on August 15, 2026, through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support theoretical research in physics beyond the Standard Model. Professors Joshua Ruderman and Neal Weiner will conduct research spanning laboratory, astrophysical, and cosmological probes of new physics, with focus on interpreting data from the Large Hadron Collider, emerging telescopes and detectors, and new...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded New York University $150,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop theoretical and computational tools for cosmological searches of dark matter-baryon interactions using observations of the cosmic microwave background. The project, led by Professor Ali-Haïmoud, will expand Boltzmann-Fokker-Planck methods and related approaches to enable higher-sensitivity cosmological probes...
- 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 National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Michigan State University $100,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support particle physics research led by Professor Kirtimaan Mohan. The award funds development of statistical methods and artificial intelligence tools to improve interpretation of data from particle physics experiments, particularly from the Large Hadron Collider. Research activities include using quantum...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $540,000 to the University of California, Berkeley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning September 1, 2025 and concluding August 31, 2028. This Project Grant supports theoretical physics research conducted by Professors Hitoshi Murayama and Lawrence J. Hall that aims to connect experimental data from major research facilities with overarching theoretical...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $400,000 on July 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct experimental particle physics research at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The MIT-LHCb group will make precision measurements of particles containing heavy quarks to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model, including potential dark-sector particles that could help explain dark matter....
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $190,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on dark sector particle discovery within the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program at Fermilab. The research analyzes the complete MicroBooNE detector dataset to investigate the long-standing MiniBooNE anomaly—a 4.8-sigma excess of electromagnetic events—by combining...
- This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $405,000 to Sam Houston State University to support research into Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT), collider, neutrino, axion, and dark matter phenomenology from September 2021 through August 2024. The NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences to strengthen the Nation's...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $150,000 in funding to Lawrence Technological University from August 15, 2023, through July 31, 2026. The research, led by Professor Bhubanjyoti Bhattacharya, aims to gain further insight into charge-parity (CP) violation in theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. This work may help resolve the matter-antimatter...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $150,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct theoretical particle physics research addressing puzzles beyond the Standard Model. The award funds development of new theoretical frameworks to explain parameter hierarchies in the Standard Model and identify dark matter candidates, determination of testable predictions at high-energy colliders including the Large Hadron Collider and through precision measurements and astrophysical observations, and training of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in particle physics. The principal investigator will study compositeness of Standard Model particles and its fusion with supersymmetry, focusing on electroweak and flavor hierarchy puzzles. Research will explore dark matter models including weakly interacting massive particles originating in the supersymmetry-compositeness framework and non-particle candidates such as primordial black holes, examining direct and indirect detection pathways in experiments including the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Work is performed at College Park, Maryland, with a period of performance from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2028. The award supports research dissemination and outreach to communicate particle physics research to the broader community.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 8/1/26 |