Warm jupiters (WJS), giant planets with 10--100 day orbital periods, pose a major challenge to our understanding of how planets form and evolve. We need a larger sample of transiting WJS to test…
Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC18K1706
- Awardee
-
University Of Rhode Island UEI CJDNG9D14MW7 Part of University Of Rhode Island
- Awarding agency
-
Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $76,906
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $76,905.86 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- State College, PA, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | -$2 | |
| Funding Only Action | $6,908 | |
| Original award | $70,000 |
About this award
This $76,905.86 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was made to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office Division to support research on "warm Jupiters", which are large extrasolar planets with 10-100 day orbital periods. The goal is to discover and catalog more of these planets using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission in order to better understand how planets form and evolve. The award will fund efforts to analyze TESS full-frame images, fit light curves, produce transit ephemerides, and prioritize the best targets for future space-based and ground-based observations. This grant does not have a set-aside designation.
Description
Warm jupiters (WJS), giant planets with 10--100 day orbital periods, pose a major challenge to our understanding of how planets form and evolve. We need a larger sample of transiting WJS to test theories for their origins. However, the tess core program will only discover a handful due to long orbital periods and low occurrence rates. Also, future SC and ground-based observations can yield valuable constraints on WJ properties, but prioritization based on observability and scientific value is needed to choose the best targets. We propose to discover and catalog WJS in full frame images; fit WJ light curves and produce transit ephemerides; and produce a prioritized list of continuous viewing zone WJS as future SC targets and a prioritized catalog of WJS for ground-based follow-up.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80NSSC18K1706?
80NSSC18K1706 was awarded to University Of Rhode Island by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on September 22, 2018.
How much is contract 80NSSC18K1706 worth?
The government has obligated $76,906 on 80NSSC18K1706.
Was contract 80NSSC18K1706 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC18K1706 was full and open competition.
On GovTribe
See this award's full record
- Every transaction and funding action
- The awardee's other awards and teaming partners
- Similar awards and recompete opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this award