Primary Recipient

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$570,000.00

Award Date

9/04/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Great progress has been made in recent years in detecting massive planets orbiting other stars. These exciting discoveries are an important step toward un