This is a $209,977.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Iowa for the continued development of NuSpaceSim, a project focused on modeling extensive air shower signals from cosmic neutrinos for space-based experiments. The contract has no set-aside designation and runs through July 24, 2026. The University of Iowa is the prime contractor and has a history of performing research and specialized services for various federal agencies,...
The University of Utah has been awarded a $131,380 federal grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a comprehensive simulation package for measuring cosmic neutrinos. This package will model neutrino interactions, air shower signals, and atmospheric effects to support NASA's current and future experimental efforts in cosmic neutrino detection, including ANITA, EVA, EUSO-SPB2, and the POEMMA Astrophysics Probe. The goal is to provide a tool for the research...
This $268,932 federal grant was awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines to develop a comprehensive simulation package for measuring cosmic neutrinos from sub-orbital and space-based observations. The goal is to provide an efficient model to gauge the neutrino measurement performance of experiments like ANITA, EVA, EUSO-SPB2, and the POEMMA astrophysics probe. The simulation will cover neutrino interactions, tau lepton propagation, air shower...
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...
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...
This is a $1,236,519 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The University of Iowa for research on collisionless shocks in the heliosphere. Collisionless shocks play an important role in converting the energy of supersonic plasma flows into other forms like plasma heat, particle acceleration, and electromagnetic field energy. The research will involve kinetic numerical simulations to better understand these processes. The grant has an ultimate completion date of...
The University of Iowa was awarded a $221,902 research grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on August 15, 2022, to evaluate the performance of cutting-edge ultraviolet gratings for NASA's next-generation space telescopes. The research will be conducted at the university's Iowa City, Iowa location with a completion date of August 6, 2025. This grant represents NASA's investment in advanced optical technologies critical to the development of next-generation...
The University of Iowa was awarded a $368,017.00 research grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate data products from the ICESat-2 satellite's atmospheric observations. This grant, awarded on October 28, 2022, has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2025. The University of Iowa, a major public research university, has a long history of providing research and specialized services to various...
The University of Iowa was awarded a $525,311.00 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on "IDENTIFYING PARTICLE ENERGIZATION MECHANISMS IN MAGNETIC RECONNECTION THROUGH THEIR VELOCITY SPACE SIGNATURES". This is a research grant with a performance period ending on April 8, 2027. The University of Iowa is a large public research institution that has extensive experience supporting various federal agencies through contracts and grants....
The University of Iowa was awarded a $90,000.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the observation of nighttime aerosol conditions. The grant supports efforts to improve the prediction of aerosol transport, which is important for understanding radiative forcing, visibility, air quality, and public health. The University of Iowa has a long history of conducting research for various federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans...
This $236,965 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Iowa to develop a comprehensive simulation package for measuring cosmic neutrinos detected by NASA's sub-orbital and space-based experiments. The goal is to provide a standard tool to assess the neutrino measurement capabilities of these missions, which include ANITA, EVA, EUSO-SPB2, and the POEMMA astrophysics probe. The simulation will model neutrino interactions, tau lepton propagation, air shower formation, and the resulting optical, Cherenkov, and radio signals, accounting for atmospheric transmission and background effects. This will allow NASA to evaluate the sky coverage and pointing requirements for follow-up observations of high-energy neutrino events. The University of Iowa, a leading public research institution, has a long history of providing specialized research and services to federal agencies like NASA across its academic disciplines.