Grant Name:

The World's Most Sensitive Ground-Based Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

  • Date Awarded:
    Jun 2026
     
  • Amount:
    $2,460,302
     
  • Term:
    48 months
     
  • Grant ID:
    GBMF14362
     
  • Funding Area:
    Science
     
 
 

To support the development of a novel astronomical instrument that leverages state-of-the-art photonic technology to suppress atmospheric nightglow from excited hydroxyl radicals, enabling high-sensitivity near-infrared spectroscopy of distant galaxies, exoplanets, stars, and Solar System objects.

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