Grants and Contributions

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

This project will measure multi-band spectrophotometry of several Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) that have already been observed by a number of ground and space-based facilities. These observations will provide detailed compositional and multiplicity information about these bodies. The result of this work is a sample of the most highly characterized KBOs which will be invaluable for deciphering the formative vs. evolutionary processes these objects have undergone.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

JWST is the first telescope to be able to probe the chemistry of both clouds and gases in brown dwarf atmospheres. This project will survey a diverse sample of brown dwarfs to establish the range of their atmospheric properties. These observations will offer a broad empirical basis for interpreting both higher-resolution JWST MIRI spectra of brown dwarfs and MIRI spectra of directly imaged or transiting exoplanets.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

This project is designed to look for the faintest possible sources of Reionization, tiny dwarf galaxies. This program employs a novel approach of detecting dwarf galaxies based on their star-formation rate, instead of their total mass. Some of the filters in the projects are designed to detect emission from ultra-hot, ultra-low metallicity stars. These could result in the detection of some of the first stars to form in the universe.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

This project will study a population of globular clusters surrounding a galaxy dubbed ‘The Sparkler’ which was discovered by Canadian astronomers in 2022. Using JWST, the team will determine the age and physical properties of the globular clusters, as well as analyzing the properties of the central galaxy.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

This project will study how galaxies are shaped by the “bubbles” released by stars that die in supernova explosions. These winds can sweep up material that then forms the next generation of stars. 55 nearby galaxies will be imaged in infrared light to find both young stars and the bubbles that they form in the galaxy.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

This project aims to reveal the properties and ages of the oldest white dwarfs in our Galaxy; the precise ages of these “ultracool” white dwarfs remain a mystery due to uncertainties in our current models of their atmospheres. Direct observation of these white dwarfs using infrared spectroscopy will accurately determine the properties and ages of ultracool white dwarfs. This will also improve the characterization of planetary material detected in these ancient stars, giving unprecedented insights into the composition of planetary systems that existed up to 10 billion years ago.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

This project aims to use two imaging cameras on JWST to uncover a large population of star clusters in their early infancy in a nearby galaxy¿ M64 also known as the “Evil Eye Galaxy”. The rare proximity to this galaxy means JWST can discern individual star clusters and surrounding regions containing ionized gas, as well as detect the filamentary gas structures that underlie and possibly fuel the cluster-forming sites. This program will provide the last missing piece for a synthesized study of star clusters, gas filaments, and HII regions in a unique, close-by galaxy.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

This project will extract emission line maps from JWST/NIRISS data to produce a publicly available catalog which will then be used to analyze the spatial distribution of star formation within galaxies at Cosmic Noon. These emission line maps detail where emission line fluxes originate from within galaxies and contain information about the chemical abundances, distribution of dust, ages of the stellar populations, and the rate of star formation. This project is part of the OutThere survey, and alongside other data from the survey will further our understanding of how galaxies grow and evolve.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

This project will image a nearby galaxy with JWST to make the best available maps of the gas within it. Gas in galaxies is what causes them to grow and evolve over time, this gas feeds the birth of new stars and when stars create supernovae the gas gets stirred up by the shock waves from those explosions. By comparing this data to a set of simulated galaxies, it can be determined what the exact balance of energies in this galaxy is and how that balance gets tipped in the different parts of this galaxy.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

It is known that supermassive black holes exist in the centers of galaxies, these black holes can create winds and outflows called jets in their environments. This project will study the active galaxy 3C305 and determine if star formation in the galaxy is associated with the jet from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. If so, the details of how the jet interacts with gas and triggers star formation will be studied.