This federal Project Grant award, titled "NUCLEAR PHYSICS CALIFORNIA CONNECTION TO TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (NUCLEAR PHYSICS CACTUS)", is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025 for $422,787.00, will support fundamental scientific research in nuclear physics and provide research opportunities for undergraduate students at the University Enterprises, Inc. (DBA Sacramento State...
This federal Project Grant award of $660,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports the "BAY AREA ACCELERATOR RESEARCH TRAINEESHIP (BAART)" initiative. The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 and will be carried out by the California State University, East Bay Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization that manages federal grants and contracts. The primary objective of this award is to...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $671,159 Project Grant to the California State University, East Bay Foundation, Inc. for the project "Probing Electronic Instabilities and Magnetic Correlations in Kagome Metals Using Advanced Magnetic Resonance Techniques." The project aims to advance scientific understanding of electronic instabilities and magnetic correlations in kagome metals through the use of advanced magnetic...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the California State University, East Bay Foundation, Inc. The grant is for the project "CRYOGENIC CHARGE AMPLIFIERS FOR SUB-GEV DARK MATTER DETECTORS" and will run from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The funding will support research and development of cryogenic charge amplifiers for sub-GeV dark matter detectors, which...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant, titled "FEW-HADRON REACTIONS FROM QCD", supports fundamental scientific research in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities. UC Berkeley, a leading...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to The University Corporation in Northridge, CA. The grant supports the project "EXCITONS IN FLATLANDS: FIRST-PRINCIPLES EXPLORATIONS" with a period of performance from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. The University Corporation, a non-profit research organization affiliated with California State University, Northridge, will conduct...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) in the amount of $639,987.00 will fund the "BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PHYSICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS TOWARD DESIGN OF ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS WITH GEOMETRIC FRUSTRATION" research project. The award will be executed by the University Enterprises Corporation at CSUSB, a non-profit organization functioning as a Hispanic Serving Institution, between...
This $600,000 Project Grant award, funded by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports research to optimize high-energy electron acceleration and investigate secondary radiation from laser-plasma interactions. The primary objectives are to 1) improve the energy and charge of accelerated electrons above 100 MeV using a gas-jet target, and 2) study the beamed synchrotron x-rays and transversely expelled ions generated by the high-energy...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $219,990 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation (CSU Fullerton ASC), a non-profit organization that serves as the sponsored programs office for California State University, Fullerton. The grant, titled "Observational Constraints on R-Process Nucleosynthesis from Gravitational Waves and Other Astronomical Messengers," will...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $660,000 supports research into nuclear, particle, and weak interaction physics related to extreme conditions in the cosmos from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), key products include modeling how atomic nuclei and elementary particles behave in extreme temperatures and densities found in cosmic events like the Big Bang and stellar collapse. Insights gained will provide...