Project Grant H79SM080698

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $447,644 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) to produce innovative 3D models and data products describing the gas, dust, and young stellar populations in the solar neighborhood. The key deliverables include: 3D spatial models of gaseous features (e.g. clouds, voids) detected in 3D dust maps, linked to gas dynamics from spectral-line data New...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $997,183 to support the development of a state-of-the-art trigger system for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE), a next-generation neutrino observatory located off the coast of Washington state. The award will fund a team of researchers at Georgia Tech Research Corp, Michigan State University, Drexel University, and the University of Chicago to develop the...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to support the development of deeper conceptual understanding of multivariable calculus concepts among STEM students. The $364,593 grant, awarded on May 1, 2025, supports a collaborative research project led by Monroe Community College in partnership with several other institutions, including the United States Air Force Academy, the University of Virginia, and Colorado...

This $1,329,419 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will support the construction of a new camera, SPT-3G+, for the South Pole Telescope. The SPT-3G+ camera will enable highly sensitive measurements of the temperature and polarization of the millimeter/submillimeter-wave sky, extending the ultra-low-noise, wide-sky-area observations traditionally associated with cosmic microwave background surveys. This work builds on the experience...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,790,157 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to The Trustees of Princeton University. The award is titled "INTER-GRINDING OF WASTE ACTIVATORS AND LOW-GRADE CALCINED KAOLIN CLAY FOR ONE-PART ALKALI-ACTIVATED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY (INTERAACT)" and spans the period from September 1, 2024 to February 28, 2026. The project involves two...

This Project Grant award of $1,500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the University of Chicago in building an open-source ecosystem around the Gen3 data commons software platform. Gen3 is an open-source platform that enables researchers to manage, analyze, and share large-scale scientific data. The project aims to expand the reach of Gen3 to smaller research organizations by making the platform easier to...

This $1,223,730 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development of a collaboration model and toolkit to enable planetariums across the United States to co-create local, data-driven climate change impact narratives with their communities. The goal is to leverage planetariums as informal learning environments to educate the public on climate change in a way that resonates with local contexts and marginalized populations...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $1,151,085 to Principal Investigator Cleary and California Institute of Technology to complete the Cosmic Mapping Array Pathfinder Survey. The project will use radio telescope line intensity mapping techniques to obtain low-resolution images summing the radio emission from carbon monoxide molecules in many galaxies during the epoch of galaxy assembly between...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program aims to establish an open-source ecosystem for educational computer-aided design (CAD) models. The University of Virginia will develop a clearinghouse and peer-reviewed journal to curate and validate CAD models for use in K-12 maker spaces. Over the one-year period, the International Technology and Engineering Education Association will integrate curated CAD models into its...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) provides $341,983 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to assess the performance of energy-efficient phase change materials (PCMs) for passive temperature control of objects in uncontrolled environments. The study will simulate short-term temperature changes and periodic diurnal temperature loads to explore the use...