{"id":416,"date":"2026-08-03T16:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/?p=416"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:32:40","slug":"gravitational-physics-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/?p=416","title":{"rendered":"Gravitational Physics (GP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--program-page\">\n<div class=\"nsf-layout--outer\">\n<div class=\"nsf-layout--inner\">\n<div class=\"layout__region--mobile\">\n<div class=\"block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeprogramfield-funding-program-details\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-funding-program-details field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<div class=\"node node--type-program-details\">\n<section class=\"program__short-description\">\n<div class=\"body-1\">\n<p>Supports gravitation research and infrastructure including data analysis for gravitational-wave detectors, instrumentation development and characterization at NSF LIGO, next-generation technologies, and research in classical and quantum gravity theory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout__region--main\">\n<div class=\"block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeprogramfield-funding-program-details\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-funding-program-details field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-program-details\">\n<section class=\"program__subtitle\">\n<div class=\"field field-funding-detail-subtitle\">\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"program__short-description desktop\">\n<div class=\"body-1\">\n<p>Supports gravitation research and infrastructure including data analysis for gravitational-wave detectors, instrumentation development and characterization at NSF LIGO, next-generation technologies, and research in classical and quantum gravity theory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"program__synopsis\">\n<div class=\"field field-funding-synopsis\">\n<div class=\"label__above\">\n<h2>Synopsis<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Proposals in the area of Gravitational Physics submitted to the Physics Section that are not governed by another funding opportunity should be submitted to the Section-wide funding opportunity: MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics).<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Proposal Submission Target Date:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>The fourth Wednesday in November<\/li>\n<li>November 25, 2026, for fiscal year 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proposals submitted after the Target Date of the Fiscal Year may be considered for funding in the following Fiscal Year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>The Gravitational Physics program supports research and infrastructure on gravitation across large and small scales, including:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Data analysis for gravitational-wave detectors.<\/li>\n<li>Instrumentation development and detector characterization at the NSF Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (NSF LIGO).<\/li>\n<li>Technologies for next-generation detectors.<\/li>\n<li>Research in classical and quantum gravity theory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"program__section\">\n<div class=\"program__contacts\">\n<h2>Program contacts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"contacts-table\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Email<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Phone<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Organization<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" data-label=\"Name\">\n<div class=\"contacts-table__contact-name\">Pedro Marronetti<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"\" data-label=\"Email\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/gp-gravitational-physics\/mailto:gravity@nsf.gov\">gravity@nsf.gov<\/a>\n    <\/td>\n<td class=\"\" data-label=\"Phone\">\n       (703)292-7372\n    <\/td>\n<td class=\"\" data-label=\"Organization\">\n      MPS\/PHY\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"views-element-container\"><!-- network: 0 - Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:10:13 -0400 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"view view-programs view-id-programs view-display-id-child_programs js-view-dom-id-56b157d1f4ea08312ba979aec00b0b83d0e3a575041fcf00220be5e0494951e2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"program__award-url program__section\">\n<div class=\"label__above\">\n<h2>Awards made through this program<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/search-results?ProgEleCode=124300&amp;BooleanElement=Any&amp;BooleanRef=Any&amp;ActiveAwards=true#results\" title=\"Browse projects funded by this program\" class=\"link-button usa-button  usa-button--big\"><br \/>\n  Browse projects funded by this program<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<section class=\"program__award-map-url program__section\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tableau.external.nsf.gov\/views\/ProgramAwards\/Summary?pims_id=506597&amp;embed=y&amp;%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&amp;%3Atoolbar=no&amp;Fpec=124300\" title=\"Map of recent awards made through this program\" class=\"link-button usa-button  usa-button--big\"><br \/>\n  Map of recent awards made through this program<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockinitiatives-program-initiatives\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"program-initiatives view view-initiatives view-id-initiatives view-display-id-program_initiatives js-view-dom-id-a84d61314a1993b467b3ae627867a8e93b0c663761fb18b5bca99c01db1d99ed\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeprogramfield-funding-program-details\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-funding-program-details field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<article class=\"node text__container node--type-program-details node--view-mode-post-layout-fields\">\n<section data-component-id=\"nsf_theme:related-links\">\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"tni-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/gp-gravitational-physics\/pd26-1243\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NSF Program Announcements and Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/gp-gravitational-physics\/pd26-1243\">NSF Program Announcements and Information<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available Formats: HTML: https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/gp-gravitational-physics\/pd26-1243Document Number: PD 26-1243This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-u-s-national-science-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}