Closed · PD-13-1643 · CFDA 47.049 · Discretionary
Particle Astrophysics
Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $50K-$2M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- -
- Close date
- 60
- Expected awards
The verdict
Particle Astrophysics is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $50,000 -- $2,000,000 across 60 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $50K-$2M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 60
- expected awards
- 47.049
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Particle Astrophysics - is cataloged under number PD-13-1643 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 47.049, posted by U.S. National Science Foundation. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on September 11, 2013 and last updated on August 20, 2014. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $50,000 -- $2,000,000. The agency has projected $15.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 60 awards. If the agency funds the expected 60 awards from the $15.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $250,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity is closed. Monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements in the next funding cycle. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$50,000 -- $2,000,000
Close Date
Not specified
Replaced by PD-14-1643.
Posted
September 11, 2013
Est. Total Funding
$15,000,000
Expected Awards
60
Instrument
Grant
Description
Particle physics plays an essential role in the broader enterprise of the physical sciences. It inspires U.S. students, attracts talent from around the world, and drives critical intellectual and technological advances in other fields. It is entering an era of unprecedented potential as a result of new discoveries about matter and energy in the Universe. Particle Physics seeks to explore the fundamental nature of matter, energy, space, and time. It asks such questions as: What are the origins of mass? Can the basic forces of nature be unified? How did the universe begin? How will it evolve in the future? What are dark matter and dark energy? Are there extra dimensions of space-time? Formerly separate questions in cosmology (the universe on the largest scales) and quantum phenomena (the universe on the smallest scales) become connected through our understanding that the early universe can be explored through the techniques of particle physics. At the NSF, research related to particle physics is supported by four programs within the Division of Physics: (1) the Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics Program; (2) the Theoretical Particle Astrophysics/Cosmology Program; (3) the Experimental Elementary Particle Physics (EPP) Program, which supports particle physics at accelerators; and (4) the Experimental Particle Astrophysics (PA) Program, which supports non-accelerator experiments.The Particle Astrophysics program supports university research in many areas of particle astrophysics, including the study of ultra-high energy particles reaching Earth from beyond our atmosphere, experiments or research and development projects for underground facilities and non-accelerator-based experiments studying the properties of neutrinos. Currently supported activities include: ultra-high energy cosmic-ray, gamma-ray and neutrino studies; the study of solar, underground and reactor neutrino physics; neutrino mass measurements; searches for the direct and indirect detection of Dark Matter; searches for neutrino-less double beta decay; and studies of Cosmology and Dark Energy. It should be noted that proposals that are submitted to the PA program and are requesting in excess of $1,000,000/year may, at the discretion of the Program Officer, be subjected to an additional level of scrutiny in the form of a cost review that would take place before the annual PA panel that meets to discuss all of the submitted proposals.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 99. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Parent Grant Program
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
National Science Foundation
Agency Contact
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