Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of British Columbia
$200,000.00
Observational Cosmology
FY 2021-22
Summary
Dr. Gary Hinshaw, Canada Research Chair in Observational Cosmology, seeks to answerprofound questions about the origin and fate of our universe. In the past decade, he and colleagues measured the age of the universe (13.8 billion years) and established that its contents are dominated by dark matter and dark energy. To the best of our knowledge, the universe will expand forever at an ever-increasing rate. Hinshaw is building two new radio telescopes in Canada to address two outstanding enigmas in cosmology: Did cosmic inflation really occur? What is the nature of the dark energy that dominates the universe?
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00130
Name nom
Hinshaw, Gary
Department département
Physics & Astronomy
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2021
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
3200
Research subject group en
Astronomy and astrophysics
Research subject group fr
Astronomie et astrophysique
Research subject en
Astronomy and astrophysics
Research subject fr
Astronomie et astrophysique
Installment
inst:4-1
Partie
1
Nb partie
4
Application title
Observational Cosmology
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Dr. Gary Hinshaw, Canada Research Chair in Observational Cosmology, seeks to answerprofound questions about the origin and fate of our universe. In the past decade, he and colleagues measured the age of the universe (13.8 billion years) and established that its contents are dominated by dark matter and dark energy. To the best of our knowledge, the universe will expand forever at an ever-increasing rate. Hinshaw is building two new radio telescopes in Canada to address two outstanding enigmas in cosmology: Did cosmic inflation really occur? What is the nature of the dark energy that dominates the universe?
