Primary Recipient

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$275,164.00

Award Date

8/26/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Dr. Moran will undertake a survey of the optical spectra of galaxies closer than about 250 million light years, making a census of their nuclear activity, which is powered by a central black hole. He will select galaxies from both the Sloan Digital Sky Su