Grants / Observing proposals

Supporting grants and telescope time

(As of June 2023)

Grants: $ 6.7M


X-ray Satellites:

        Chandra 1038 ksec

        NuSTAR 880 ksec

        Swift 443 ksec

        XMM-Newton 2041 ksec


UV/Optical/NIR:

        ESO-VLT 742 hrs

        HST 524 orbits

        Magellan 16 nights

        SOAR 12 nights

        duPont 10 nights

        Hale 27 nights

        Keck 12 nights

        Gemini 5.5 nights


Submillimeter/Radio:

        APEX CO 715 hrs

        ALMA CO 159 hrs

        ATCA HI 252 hrs

        IRAM 150 hrs

        JVLA 82 hrs



Grants

Year Title Budget Objective PI
2023 NASA $ 15k A Survey of the Most Luminous Hard X-ray Selected Obscured Quasars at z=0.2-0.4 M. Koss
2022 SAO $ 73k A Deep Resolved Study of CGCG341-006, a 1.5 kpc Nearby Dual AGN M. Koss
2022 NASA JPL $ 92k Using Variability to Study the Size of the Absorber in Compton thick AGN M. Koss
2022 NASA JPL $ 115k A NuSTAR Survey of the Most Luminous Hard X-ray Selected Obscured Quasars at z=0.2-0.4 M. Koss
2022 NASA $ 86k Resolving the AGN Bolometric Emission M. Koss
2022 NASA $ 15k Constraining Reflection in Compton-thick AGN M. Koss
2022 NASA $ 15k A Complete Census Compton-thick AGN in the local Universe M. Koss
2021 NASA ADAP $ 857k Piercing through the Torus: A 15 Year X-ray Variability Survey of BAT AGN M. Koss
2021 NASA JPL $ 29k An OSIRIS IFU Study of Hidden Nuclear Mergers M. Koss
2020 NASA $ 215k Quaver: A Pipeline and Legacy Sample for AGN Variability and Accretion Disk Physics Smith
2020 NASA JPL $ 20k Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Constraining Reflection in the Brightest Compton M. Koss
2020 STScI/NASA $ 219k A NUV Snapshot Survey of the Nearest Luminous AGN M. Koss
2020 STScI/NASA/SAO $ 159k The First Glimpse of A Candidate Recoiling Black Hole M. Koss
2020 ERC €1680k Extreme Accretion Modes in BASS Data Release 3* B. Trakhtenbrot
2020 STScI/NASA $ 114k The First Glimpse of A Candidate Recoiling Black Hole M. Koss
2020 NASA $ 58k Finding All Compton-thick AGN in the Swift BAT 105-month Sky Survey M. Koss
2020 NRF (South Korea) $ 305k Optical spectroscopy of the Swift-BAT AGN K. Oh
2019 NASA JPL $ 10k Using the Spectral Curvature to Find Compton-Thick AGN M. Koss
2019 ISF (Israel) $ 260k Super-Eddington AGN in BASS B. Trakhtenbrot
2018 NASA ADAP $ 639k BASS Data Release 2 M. Koss
2018 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory $ 156k Redshifting z<0.3 AGN into the Chandra Deep Fields To Understand Black Hole Growth M. Koss
2018 NASA $ 54k Finding Compton-thick AGN Among the Faintest Swift BAT Sources M. Koss
2017 CONYCIT PAI (Chile) $ 300k Supermassive black holes and their close environments C. Ricci
2017 NASA $ 77k Studying Merger Driven Obscuration in Dual AGN M. Koss
2015 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory $ 122k Chandra Legacy Survey of Merger Driven AGN Activation in Nearby X-ray Selected AGN M. Koss
2015 NASA ADAP $ 352k BASS Data Release 1 M. Koss
2015 SNSF (Switzerland) $ 224k BASS Data Release 1 (Postdoc) M. Koss
2014 SNSF (Switzerland) $ 430k Ambizione Fellowship for BASS M. Koss
*Grant includes non-BASS component(s).

Telescope Time

Semester/Period Telescope Time Objective PI
2023A GMVA 14 hours Probing the X-ray corona with 100 GHz GMVA observations C. Ricci
2023B VLBA 41 hours Searching for 'hidden' close binary supermassive black holes in post-mergers I. Yoon
2023B VLA 64 hours Probing HI gas surrounding BASS AGN host galaxies J. Kim
Cycle 30 HST 389 orbits A blue gap survey of nearby active galaxies M. Koss
C24 Chandra 156 ksec A deep resolved study of CGCG341-006 (with Gemini 2 hours, VLA 1 hour) M. Koss
AO22 XMM-Newton 27 ksec The first XMM obsservations of 230 pc dual AGN M. Koss
AO22 XMM-Newton 53 ksec Probing the Fe K emission of a supermassive black hole binary candidate T. Liu
P110 VLT/MUSE 18 hours Resolved gas kinematics and stellar populations in low luminosity AGN D. Kakkad
P110 APEX/nFLASH 150 hours Tending the fire: completing a legacy survey of molecular gas fueling in powerful nearby AGN M. Koss
2023A/2022B Keck/OSIRIS 2 nights The final cut: an OSIRIS IFU survey for hidden nuclear mergers C. M. Urry
2022B Keck/NIRC 1 night The final cut: an AO survey for hidden nuclear mergers C. M. Urry
2021 ALMA 25 hours Studying the coronal properties of complete volume-limited sample of accreting supermassive black holes C. Ricci
2021 ALMA 15 hours AGN-galaxy interplay through multiphase outflows and feedback A. Rojas
2021 ALMA 14 hours Co-spatial gas feeding of SMBHs and remnant SF regions in "IR-pure AGNs Chen
2021 ALMA (suppl.) 55 hours Molecular Gas Fueling in Powerful AGN M. Koss
AO21 XMM-Newton 54 ks A Survey of the Most Luminous Hard X-ray Selected Obscured Quasars at z=0.2-0.4 M. Koss
AO21 XMM-Newton 288 ks Resolving the AGN Bolometric Emission with XMM and HST M. Koss
AO21 XMM-Newton 150 ks Probing the Fe K emission of a supermassive black hole binary candidate T. Liu
AO21 XMM-Newton 108 ks Quantifying X-Ray Spectral Variability in a New Sample of Changing-State AGN M. Temple
21B/22A Gemini/GSAO 3 nights Hidden mergers in luminous obscured AGN E. Treister
2022A Keck/Osiris 3 nights Dynamical Black Hole Masses for a Complete Volume-Limited Hard X-Ray Sample A. Medling
21B/22A Keck/Osiris 2 nights An OSIRIS IFU Study of Hidden Nuclear Mergers M. Koss
21B/22A Keck/NIRC2 2 nights The Final Cut: An AO Survey for Hidden Nuclear Mergers M. Urry
2021B Gemini/GSAOI 2.5 nights Hidden mergers in luminous obscured AGN E. Treister
21B/22A Palomar/Triplespec 6 nights NIR Spectroscopy of BAT AGN M. Balokovic
P108/P109 APEX/nFLASH 265 hours Tending the fire: completing a legacy survey of molecular gas fueling in powerful nearby AGN M. Koss
P108/P109 VLT/X-shooter 67 hours A complete census of SMBHs in nearby powerful obscured Swift-BAT AGN B. Trakhtenbrot
2021A Hale/Triplespec 2 nights Near infrared spectroscopy of peculiar X-ray–selected Active Galactic Nuclei M. Balokovic
NOAO 2021A SOAR/Goodman 2 nights BASS: A nearby census of powerful AGN M. Koss
CNTAC2020A,B FIRE/Magellan 4 nights Peering into the hidden BLR: constraining the virial factor in obscured X-ray selected local AGN F. Ricci
2021A Gemini/GSAO 2 nights Hidden mergers in luminous obscured AGN E. Treister
P106 VLT/X-shooter 39 hours A complete census of SMBHs in nearby powerful obscured Swift-BAT AGN B. Trakhtenbrot
P106 APEX/nFLASH 175 hours Tending the fire: completing a legacy survey of molecular gas fueling in powerful nearby AGN M. Koss
P105 VLT/X-shooter 41 hours A complete census of SMBHs in nearby powerful obscured Swift-BAT AGN B. Trakhtenbrot
AO-20 XMM-Newton 209 ksec Constraining reflection in Compton-thick AGN M. Koss
DDT Chandra 30 ksec The first high resolution glimpse of a recoiling black hole M. Koss
Cycle 6 NuSTAR 200 ksec Constraining reflection in the brightest Compton-thick AGN above 10 keV M. Koss
Cycle 28 HST 124 orbits A NUV Snapshot Survey of the Nearest Luminous AGN M. Koss
Cycle 17 Swift 300 ksec Swift reverberation mapping of a supermassive black hole binary candidate T. Liu
AO-19 XMM-Newton 252 ksec Identify Unknown 105-month Swift-BAT sources M. Koss
AO-19 XMM-Newton 162 ksec CT-AGN in the 70-month Swift-BAT catalog M. Koss
AO-19 XMM-Newton 29 ksec (w/ HST 2 orbits) Studying a recoiling BAT AGN M. Koss
AO-16 Swift 100 ksec Joint ALMA/X-ray satellites monitoring of IC4329A C. Ricci
AO-19 XMM-Newton 170 ksec (Joint XMM-Newton with ALMA) Joint ALMA/X-ray satellites monitoring of IC4329A C. Ricci
2019A/19B Keck/OSIRIS 3 nights BAT kpc mergers F. Harrison
Cycle 7 ALMA 6 hours Joint ALMA/X-ray satellites monitoring of IC4329A (highest ALMA resolution) C. Ricci
Cycle 7 ALMA 21 hours BASS survey of ~30 nearby radio-quiet AGN at 100GHz (highest ALMA resolution) C. Ricci
2019BA Magellan/MagE 2 nights Velocity dispersions of luminous obscured AGN C. Ricci
P104 VLT/X-shooter 55 hours A complete census of black hole masses and accretion rates in nearby powerful obscured AGN B. Trakhtenbrot
2019 Magellan/FIRE 3 nights Infrared spectroscopy of peculiar X-ray-selected AGN M. Baloković
2019APRS ATCA 252 hours HI-BASS I. Wong
2019A Magellan/FIRE 1 night NIR spectra of type 1.9 AGN F. Ricci
2019A SOAR/Goodman 4 nights BASS DR2 Spectroscopy C. Ricci
2019A,B Hale/Doublespec 5 nights BASS optical spectroscopy of 70-month and 105-month samples M. Powell, M. Urry
2020A JVLA 25 hours 22 GHz imaging survey K. Smith
2020A JVLA 57 hours HI/1.4 GHz imaging of 38 BAT AGN A. Chung
2018 Chandra Legacy Survey 320 ksec COOL CAT, Chandra Study of Nearby AGN M. Koss
2018B Keck/Osiris 1 night Study of kpc mergers in BAT AGN F. Harrison
P103 VLT/X-shooter 62 hours BASS BH measurements B. Trakhtenbrot
P102 VLT/X-shooter 61 hours BASS BH measurements B. Trakhtenbrot
2018A,B Hale/Doublespec 6 nights BASS Optical spectroscopy of 70-month and 105-month sample M. Powell, M. Urry
AO-17 XMM-Newton 103 ksec Identification of new 105-month sources M. Koss
Cycle 4 NuSTAR 120 ksec Compton-thick AGN M. Koss
2018A,B Magellan/FIRE 2 nights NIR spectroscopy of type 1.9 AGN E. Treister
Cycle6 ALMA 31 hours ALMA-BASS: CND-scale molecular gas survey toward nearby luminous AGNs selected with the Swift-BAT hard X-ray survey T. Izumi
P100 APEX/SHFI 50 hours Molecular gas survey of low redshift BAT AGN (0.01<z<0.05) B. Trakhtenbrot
2018B SOAR/Goodman 4 night Velocity dispersions of low redshift BAT AGN C. Ricci
2018B Magellan/MagE 1 night Velocity dispersions of luminous BAT AGN C. Ricci
2018A SOAR/Goodman 2 nights Velocity dispersions of low redshift BAT AGN C. Ricci
AO-16 XMM-Newton 100 ksec Follow-up of CT-AGN from BASS C. Ricci
AO-2 NuSTAR 215 ksec Follow-up of CT-AGN from BASS C. Ricci
AO-2 NuSTAR 30 ksec Follow-up of a peculiar BASS source C. Ricci
P101,P102 VLT/VISIR 75 hours MIR spectroscopy of a complete sample of BAT AGN D. Asmus
2018A VLBA 11 hours 15 GHz fringe survey to find radio detectable sources J. Baek
2017B APEX/SHFI 25 hours Molecular gas survey of low redshift BAT AGN (0.01<z<0.05) E. Treister
2017 IRAM 150 hours Northern large survey of molecular gas in nearby BAT AGN T. Shimizu
P98, P99 APEX/SHFI 150 hours Molecular gas survey of low redshift BAT AGN (0.01<z<0.05) M. Koss
2016B APEX/SHFI 25 hours Molecular gas survey of low redshift BAT AGN (0.01<z<0.05) E. Treister
AO-16 XMM-Newton 128 ksec Unknown 105-month sources M. Koss
AO-16 XMM-Newton 216 ksec BAT Mergers M. Koss
P101 VLT/X-shooter 29 hours BASS BH measurements B. Trakhtenbrot
2017B Hale/Doublespec 5 nights BASS optical spectroscopy of 70-month and 105-month sample M. Powell, M. Urry
2017B Keck/Osiris 1 night Study of kpc mergers in BAT AGN F. Harrison
P99 VLT/X-shooter 37 hours BH of obscured AGN for DR2 K. Oh
P99 VLT/FORS2 31 hours BH of unobscured AGN for DR2 K. Oh
P98 VLT/X-shooter 13 hours BH of obscured AGN for DR2 K. Oh
P99,P100 VLT/VISIR 111.5 hours MIR spectroscopy of a complete sample of BAT AGN D. Asmus
2017A KaVA 14 hours parsec-scale jet imaging for BASS AGNs at 22 GHz J. Baek
2016A APEX/SHFI 25 hours Molecular gas survey of low redshift BAT AGN E. Treister
2016A duPont/B&C 10 nights Black hole mass of unobscured AGN for DR2 C. Ricci
2016A Magellan Clay/LDSS3 1 night Redshifts of new 105-month sources C. Ricci
P98 VLT/VISIR 56.5 hours MIR spectroscopy of a complete sample of BAT AGN D. Asmus
2016A KVN 23 hours 22 GHz fringe survey to find radio detectable sources J. Baek
2015 Chandra 413 ksec Studying a complete sample of BAT mergers M. Koss
2015 NuSTAR 260 ksec Studying a complete sample of BAT mergers M. Koss
2015 HST/STIS 8 orbits Studying kpc BAT mergers M. Koss
2015 XMM-Newton 172 ksec Compton-thick AGN in the 70-month sample M. Koss
2015 NuSTAR 100 ksec Compton-thick AGN coordinated M. Koss