This is a $84,999.99 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Chicago to support research on ultra-high energy neutrinos and cosmic rays. The grant is in collaboration with the University of Hawaii, with the University of Chicago's group led by Co-I Vieregg responsible for analyzing data from the ANITA-V balloon experiment and developing a prototype drop-down antenna array to be flown on ANITA-V. The University of Chicago has...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $427,702.00 grant to the University of Chicago to design and fabricate interferometric trigger hardware for balloon-borne cosmic particle detectors. The grant aims to improve the scalability of the hardware by reducing power consumption, increasing the number of channels per board, and developing high-speed communication capabilities. Additionally, the University of Chicago will perform a trade study and adapt its Monte Carlo...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $460,000.00 grant to the University of Chicago to conduct research on the Particle Astrophysics with the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO), a next-generation long-duration balloon-borne instrument for the cosmic high energy frontier. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, was awarded on March 2, 2020 with a completion date of March 1, 2022. The University of Chicago, a leading academic and research...
The University of Chicago was awarded a $75,421 grant from the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to continue the development of NUSpaceSim, software for modeling extensive air shower signals from cosmic neutrinos for space-based experiments. This grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support the university's ongoing research and development efforts in this area of space science. The University of Chicago is a renowned private...
The University of Chicago was awarded a $3,751,394.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the EUSO-SPB2 (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2nd Generation) project. The grant, awarded on August 1, 2022, has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2026. The project involves research and development activities from flight to science results for the second-generation Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon....
This is a $70,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Chicago for a research project titled "INTERPRETING THE GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM NOVAE". The grant has a period of performance from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025. The University of Chicago, a renowned private research university, will be conducting this research project without any set-aside designation. The project aims to advance the understanding of the gamma-ray...
This is a $477,792.39 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Chicago for a research project on the acceleration of cosmic rays at astrophysical shocks. The project aims to conduct multi-species particle-in-cell simulations to investigate the thermalization, injection, and acceleration of different particle species, including electrons, protons, and heavier ions, in order to understand the observed peculiar trends in the chemical composition...
This is a $1,338,085 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Chicago to conduct research on "Simulating Cosmic Reionization Beyond the Current State-of-the-Art." The grant, which has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025, is not a set-aside contract. The University of Chicago is a renowned private research university that provides advanced scientific research, educational, and technological services to federal government...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $111,823.80 grant to the University of Chicago, a private, non-profit educational institution, for a research project titled "Time Dependent Photoionisation Modeling of AGN Outflows and Their Dust Content." The award has an anticipated completion date of April 2, 2026. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Chicago is the prime contractor for this research, which aligns with NASA's broader...
This is a $184,036 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Chicago, a large, established private research university. The grant is for the university to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. As a key partner and enabler in the Artemis program, the university will participate in NASA's space exploration...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $499,624 grant to the University of Chicago to support high energy neutrino astrophysics research. The grant will be used to develop an interferometric phased array trigger system for balloon-borne and ground-based experiments to detect ultra-high energy cosmogenic neutrinos and cosmic rays. This research aims to explore the structure and evolution of the universe, as well as the physics inside astrophysical sources that drive particle acceleration. The grant builds on an existing Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) program award and positions the University of Chicago to potentially lead a future long-duration balloon or super pressure balloon mission in this field. No set-aside designation is mentioned for this contract.