This $1,000,000.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports fundamental scientific research on the cosmic phenomenology of ultralight dark matter theories. The research, conducted by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) through its Office of Sponsored Research, will explore advanced topics in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology to further the understanding of ultralight dark matter and its...
The University of South Dakota (USD) was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research on "Understanding Hot and Cold Nuclear Matter with Effective Field Theories". The award period is from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025. The project aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas such as quantum information science, nuclear physics, and emerging...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Northeastern University under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The funding will support the "COMMISSIONING ROBUST ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR LSST DESC" project, with a period of performance from November 1, 2023 to March 31, 2025. The project aims to develop advanced analysis tools and techniques to support the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) of the Large...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $184,934 to the University of South Dakota (USD) from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The funding supports research and development on large-size germanium (Ge) ring-contact detectors for the upcoming LEGEND-1000 experiment, which aims to detect neutrinoless double-beta decay. The principal investigator and graduate/undergraduate students will conduct this...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $252,269 Project Grant to Black Hills State University (BHSU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant will fund a 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program centered on multidisciplinary underground science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). The program will recruit 6 undergraduate students annually to participate in research projects related to physics...
This federal Project Grant award of $550,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports fundamental scientific research at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to advance national energy, economic, and security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries. The research focuses on the "Cosmic Frontier" and will be conducted from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The award includes two sub-grants....
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $917,461 to Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO to engage indigenous women in nuclear physics research. The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The project aims to increase participation and representation of indigenous women in nuclear physics and related STEM fields. Key activities may include developing educational programs,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $321,596 will fund a research project at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SDSM&T) to study intracratonic structural reactivation using the Black Hills of western South Dakota as a case study. The project aims to develop a better understanding of how ancient fault zones within continental interiors can become reactivated and generate mountain ranges, a phenomenon that is not...
This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $991,736.00, was awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The grant supports research aimed at developing "PRECISE POLYMERIC PATCH DESIGN ON ANISOTROPIC NANORINGS TO REALIZE CONTROLLED ORIENTATION IN SELF-ASSEMBLED PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS". The project period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. As a...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to The Regents of the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. The award, effective December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025, supports research on "LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION METHODS FOR UNSTRUCTURED PDE DATA COMPRESSION." The University of Colorado, a prominent public research institution, will leverage its expertise...