Project Grant DESC0021243

This Project Grant award, valued at $300,000.00, was provided by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) through the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112). The goal of this work is to utilize a new particle-absorption reaction technique developed by the Principal Investigator under a previous NNSA award to indirectly measure neutron-capture (n,γ) cross sections. The project will employ this method to simultaneously measure (p,γ) and (p,n) reactions,...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $189,036 supports research into electron and neutrino scattering from light nuclei through August 2025. The award is made through the NSF Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The principal investigator at The Ohio State University will investigate the structure of nuclei and nucleons through electron and neutrino scattering experiments. Theoretical calculations will be performed to identify...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) Federal Grant Program is intended to advance neutron-based measurements to support key U.S. industries, particularly in the areas of biotechnology and biomanufacturing. The $440,000 award to Carnegie Mellon University will fund the development of innovative sample preparation and analysis techniques, as well as critical...

This $100,000 cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology will support improved measurement of the neutron lifetime through September 2025. Funded under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program, key activities include non-destructive measurement of the neutron lifetime using a Penning ion trap. Neutrons will decay into protons while in flight through the trap, with the protons captured and counted in-situ and via radio-frequency current,...

This $299,997 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports fundamental research on the structure of nucleons (protons and neutrons) at Stony Brook University. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Computations of nucleon electromagnetic form factors over a wide range of high momentum to enable comparison with recent experimental data from the Jefferson Lab. This work...

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 $200,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a program of precise experiments with cold neutrons led by the University of Virginia. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: 1) Continuation of the NAB and PNAB experiments to study neutron beta decay, which aims to shed light on potential deviations from the Standard Model of particle...

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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (47.083 CFDA) program provides $362,268 to Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion College) to develop a next-generation fast neutron detector for studying neutron-rich atomic nuclei. The new detector system will significantly improve the precision of neutron position measurements compared to current designs, enabling more advanced nuclear structure research at facilities like the Facility for Rare...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $158,702 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to The University of South Dakota. The grant supports the design, construction, and deployment of a cryogenic, undoped cesium iodide (CsI) scintillation detector at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) in Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The detector will be used to measure coherent, elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering, a phenomenon that can provide...