SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Dr. Di Stefano and her co-investigators will use gravitational lensing to explore the local neighborhood of the Galaxy, the region within 1 kiloparsec.and will develop methods to identify local neuron stars, to measure their masses and transverse velocities, and to determine the fraction of them with companions, including planets. The complete abstract for this award is available in Research.gov.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0908878 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$378,630 |
Project Location - City |
Cambridge |
| Award Date |
09/28/2009 |
Project Location - State |
MA |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
02138-1516
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| Jobs Reported |
0.00 |
Congressional District |
05 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
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Recipient Name
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
003261823
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| Recipient Address |
60 GARDEN ST |
| Recipient City |
CAMBRIDGE |
| Recipient State |
Massachusetts |
| Recipient Zip |
02138-1516 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
05 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Mesolensing: Employing the Power of Lensing in the Solar Neighborhood |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
During this quarter we have made significant progress. Because the funding period is about to end, we spent time working on the wrap-up papers, compiling the full set of results, and understanding their implications for the future of lensing studies. Our completed papers and publications are listed below. We have worked this quarter on revising paper [7]. We have also worked on our final large paper, a report on the VB10 observing program we conducted last year. We presented a poster with 12 co-authors at the winter meeting of the AAS and the PI is presently attending the 2013 meeting of the AAS's High-Energy Astrophysics Division, where she and Primini are presenting a poster on the mesolensing work supported by this NSF grant. In addition, the PI presented a colloquium at Yale in February. We are continuing to recruit participants to our mesolensing inspired "PLAN-IT" program, designed to find nearby planets and compact objects through their action as lenses. As we have noted, our team is diverse, including Prof. Ann Esin of Harvey Mudd College, her students, James Matthews from Southampton, and Whitney Nimitpattana, a Harvard sophomore. |
| Jobs Created |
0.00 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
Please note that no jobs were created/retained, but this fund supports a Senior Scientist and post-doctoral researcher stipend awards.
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Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
09/28/2009 |
| Award Number |
0908878 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$378,630 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$378,630 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$378,630 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
541712 |
| Activity Description |
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
0 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$0 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
16 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$19,505 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
42º 22' 54",
-71º 7' 35" |
| Congressional District |
05 |
| Address 1 |
60 Garden St. |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Cambridge |
| County |
Middlesex |
| State |
MA |
| Zip |
02138-1516 |
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