This is a $404,813.38 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University (MSU) for a research project titled "USING CHROMOSPHERIC AND TRANSITION REGION SIGNATURES TO MEASURE PROPERTIES OF MAGNETIC RECONNECTION AND ENERGY RELEASE IN SOLAR FLARES". The award is not a set-aside contract and is intended to fund scientific research and technical services related to the study of solar flares and magnetic reconnection. As a leading research...
This is a $330,224.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University to study the heating and cooling of solar flare loops and estimate the total energy used to heat these loops in a large sample of solar flares. The research will analyze observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Hinode, and the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) missions. The goal is to quantify the energy input in solar flares...
This federal contract award, with an ID of NNX16AH04G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University (MSU) to develop a comprehensive, self-consistent model of solar flare physics. The objective is to combine existing modeling elements to create a quantitative flare model that can reproduce observed flare evolution from reconnection through evaporation and cooling, using data from various solar observatories. The $196,419.00 grant will enable...
This is a federal grant award to The Regents of the University of Colorado (University of Colorado) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research on the characteristics of white-light emission during solar flares. The $235,421.01 grant will fund the investigation of ultraviolet and optical emission from solar flares using data from NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission. The research aims to improve understanding of the role of nonthermal...
This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University for the "EPSCOR ISS SOLAR FLARE ACCELERATION INVESTIGATION THROUGH X-RAYS (EISSFLAIX)" project. The contract has a ceiling value of $99,999.84 and a period of performance ending on July 31, 2025. It is not set aside for any specific business type. Montana State University, a top-tier research university and the largest in Montana, will be conducting...
This is a $132,459 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Montana State University to conduct snapshot imaging spectroscopy of the solar transition region. The purpose is to further characterize explosive events in the solar atmosphere and improve understanding of the underlying mechanisms, which is directly applicable to NASA's Heliophysics Division objectives of exploring physical processes in the space environment. The...
Montana State University, a top-tier research university, has been awarded a $871,550.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on "SUPRATHERMAL PROPERTY SCALING AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES FROM THE NEAR SUN ENVIRONMENT TO 1AU". The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will run from May 16, 2024, to May 15, 2027. As a premier research institution and land-grant university, Montana State University has a strong track...
This is a $442,133.00 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University to study magnetic reconnection in the solar corona. The grant will fund research to improve upon a previous methodology and apply it to analyze data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Hinode satellites to better understand the relationship between changes in magnetic field topology and energy dissipation during reconnection events. The research aims to...
This is a $199,999 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University (MSU) to develop an MSU student-built solar disk integrated soft X-ray sensor. The grant will fund the design, fabrication, and testing of this detector by MSU undergraduate students. As a top-tier research university and land-grant institution, MSU has a strong track record of securing federal contracts and grants for research, technical assistance, and education across...
This is a $134,988 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Montana State University (MSU) to conduct research on magnetic reconnection, a powerful occurrence in astrophysical plasmas. The grant is for a period of 3 years, ending on July 31, 2024. MSU is a premier research institution and land-grant university that has received numerous federal contracts and grants to support a wide range of research, education, and community service...