Project Grant DESC0020667

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to James Madison University (JMU) will support the development, construction, and commissioning of a modular array based on plastic scintillator detectors for fast neutron detection. The $436,952 award will enable the research team to create an advanced neutron detector that significantly improves position resolution compared to current designs, advancing nuclear structure studies...

This $397,005 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program supports the development, building, and commissioning of a modular, next-generation fast neutron detector array at Augustana College. The new detector, based on plastic scintillator and silicon photomultipliers, will significantly improve the precision of neutron detection and position measurement compared to current designs. This enhanced detector capability will enable more precise...

This $411,735 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to develop specialized germanium detectors and conduct experiments at the TRIUMF accelerator center in Canada. The goal is to search for a hypothesized boson particle in the decay of antimuons by focusing on low-energy signatures. The University of Chicago will receive the funding to build detectors with improved energy resolution of over three orders of magnitude compared to previous large scintillator calorimeters. These...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund the construction and deployment of a small, 10-kg cryogenic, undoped cesium iodide (CsI) scintillator detector. The detector will be used to measure coherent, elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEVNS) at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of the COHERENT experiment. The total award amount is $158,702 and...

This $839,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development, construction, and commissioning of a modular fast neutron detector array based on plastic scintillator technology. The new detector system is intended to significantly improve the position resolution for measuring breakup products of neutron-rich atomic nuclei, enabling more precise nuclear structure studies at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams...

This $660,682 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the University of Chicago's contribution to the construction, commissioning, and initial data extraction efforts for the PICO-500 dark matter detector. Housed over a mile underground at the SNOLAB facility in Canada, PICO-500 consists of one of the largest bubble chambers ever built and is designed to be highly sensitive to the characteristic interactions expected from...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $177,281 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Florida State University (FSU) to design, construct, and deploy a cryogenic, undoped cesium iodide (CsI) scintillation detector at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) in Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This detector will measure coherent, elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering, which is critical for understanding the unknown properties of neutrinos and...

This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the University of California, Irvine's (UC Irvine) leading role in the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) experiment. The primary goals are to contribute to the production of JUNO's first scientific results and engage high school teachers and students in this neutrino physics research. Specifically, the UC Irvine team is responsible for...

This $875,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) is for the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) to conduct research towards an enhanced photon detection system for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) far detector 3 (FD3). The award has a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. SDSM&T, a leading research university with extensive experience supporting federal...

This $169,803 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and development activities related to neutrino detection technologies through January 2024. Funded under the NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), the award to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will advance the ANNIE (Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment) neutrino detector and explore technologies for future large-scale neutrino experiments. Specific activities include developing...