Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Amount

$109,828.00

Award Date

8/10/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

We will investigate, in close collaboration with our Japanese and MIRES colleagues, an optimized design for a mid-IR (MIR, 7.5-26-?m) instrument for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Japan is very likely to join the TMT as a full major partner, and membe