This is a $7,575,125 definitive contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) for support of the Helioswarm Phase A mission. Helioswarm is a transformative heliophysics mission designed to explore the mechanisms controlling plasma turbulence in the heliosphere. The contract has no set-aside designation. Key subcontractors include the University of Delaware, University of Iowa, University of Arizona, and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, who will...
This is a $16,523,202.83 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for support of the Heliswarm program and has an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2025. The original solicitation was an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) from NASA's Science Mission Directorate seeking proposals for Phase A concept studies...
This federal contract award, valued at $107,992.67, was granted to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to examine high-resolution Voyager spacecraft magnetic field data for evidence of physical processes at kinetic scales in the outer heliosphere. The data analysis will focus on waves excited by newborn interstellar pickup ions as well as properties of the magnetohydrodynamic turbulent cascade and dissipation. This work is relevant to...
This federal contract was awarded by the Ames Research Center, part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The $5,850,260.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract supports the Helio Swarm Phase A research effort, which involves concept studies for up to three Heliophysics Explorer investigations that address NASA's strategic science objectives. This contract is not set aside. The original...
This federal contract award, valued at $664,424.05, was granted by NASA to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), operating through its Office of Sponsored Research. The objective is to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the early development and propagation of a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the associated solar energetic particle (SEP) acceleration. The research will combine data analysis of remote-sensing observations of the solar corona and in-situ measurements, as well...
This is a $1,587,936.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), operating through its Office of Sponsored Research, to conduct research on the origin and physical processes behind suprathermal ion distributions in various plasma environments throughout the heliosphere. The research aims to provide fundamental insights into plasma dynamics and fill gaps in understanding that are essential for interpreting observations...
This federal contract award with ID 80NSSC19K0914 was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), which is part of the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). The $872,263.00 grant funds research into the evolution and interaction of transient phenomena, such as interplanetary coronal mass ejections and small flux ropes, and their effects on galactic cosmic rays in the inner heliosphere. The research leverages data from...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $663,177 grant for research to the University System of New Hampshire (USNH), through its University of New Hampshire (UNH) division operating as the Office of Sponsored Research. The research contract, titled "UNRAVELING THE ROLE OF ALFVENIC FLUCTUATIONS AS MEDIATORS OF MAGNETIC COHERENCE WITHIN INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS," has a completion date of May 23, 2027. UNH, as a non-profit 1862 Land Grant College...
This is a $2,316,190.15 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), a research university within the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports research to understand how the Earth's atmosphere responds to solar variability. The work aims to advance knowledge of the physical processes that mix the upper atmosphere and the connections between the Sun and Earth's...
This federal contract award, valued at $773,969.13, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), a non-profit, 1862 land grant educational institution, to conduct research on the behavior of alpha particles in the solar wind. The project aims to develop analytical theories and numerical simulations to better understand the differential flow, anisotropic heating, and abundance variations of helium in the solar wind. The research...