This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) for research related to the lunar interior. The $426,271.05 grant, titled "EXPLORING THE TIME-TEMPERATURE HISTORY OF THE LUNAR INTERIOR WITH ADVANCED MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATIO," aims to investigate the cooling, crystal accumulation, and metasomatism processes of a pristine lunar troctolite sample returned from the Apollo 17 mission. The research seeks to...
This federal contract award, valued at $653,978.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH), doing business as the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The award is for a research grant titled "EXPLORING THE SPECTROSCOPIC AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF SURFACES OF AIRLESS TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS BY IONIZING RADIATION." The grant has an ultimate completion date of August 17, 2027. UH is a public university system and the primary...
This federal contract award, valued at $374,425.00, was issued by the Shared Services Center (an agency within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)) to the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa. The contract is a grant for research titled "EROS REVISITED: MODERN RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING OF SPACE WEATHERING ON ASTEROID 433 EROS WITH INSIGHTS FROM ITOKAWA". The award does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Hawaii is a public institution and a...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC23K1478, is a grant for research valued at $307,365.00 awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa. The grant is for a project titled "UNVEILING THE FORMATION OF HEMATITE ON THE MOON BY LABORATORY SIMULATIONS OF MICROMETEORITE BOMBARDMENT AND IRRADIATION BY OXYGEN IONS, PROTONS, AND UV PHOTONS". The award has a period of performance through November 30, 2025 and does not have...
This federal contract award, valued at $602,349.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The contract aims to improve understanding of the inter-relationships between amorphous silicates in comets, asteroids, and the interstellar medium. The research will involve detailed microscopic analysis and heating/annealing experiments on amorphous silicate samples from chondritic porous interplanetary dust particles, pristine...
This federal contract award is for a research grant titled "21-LARS21-0006, PHOSPHATES - TRACKERS OF METASOMATIC HISTORY OF THE ITOKAWA ASTEROID" awarded to the University of Hawaii at Manoa by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The $549,928.00 grant has a performance period ending on July 4, 2025 and is part of NASA's Planetary Science Division research objectives. The University of Hawaii is a public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution with...
This federal contract award, valued at $676,927.30, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa. The project will study the dynamics of anisotropic features in the ocean interior that extend over long distances and have persistent low- or high-salinity signals relative to the surrounding waters. The University of Hawaii is a public university system and the primary institution of higher education in Hawaii. As a recipient of...
This is a $70,000 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) to execute a balanced science program. The contract requires UH to participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. UH will also be tasked with advancing discovery in emerging fields by identifying and exploiting cross-disciplinary opportunities between traditional...
This federal contract award to the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa, a public university system in Hawaii, provides $959,754 in funding for research on shock metamorphism in CM carbonaceous chondrites and its potential role in fluid mobilization and the growth of carbonates. The contract is a grant for research, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The award has a period of performance ending on June 20, 2027. UH, as a...
This is a $811,427.00 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The grant, titled "ISOTOPIC EVOLUTION OF PROTOPLANETARY DISK RECORDED BY REFRACTORY INCLUSIONS AND CHONDRULES IN CH AND CB CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES," will support research related to the study of protoplanetary disks and meteorites. The University of Hawaii is the prime awardee and there is no set-aside designation. The grant has an ultimate...