This is a $415,089.67 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona for a project titled "Interlinked Glacier Dynamics, Lakes, Mountain Hazards, and Critical Vulnerabilities in the Himalaya." The project aims to explore the links between mountain hazards, glaciers, permafrost, snowfields, glacial lakes, and unstable mountain slopes in High Mountain Asia, particularly Nepal, and examine potential downstream impacts of glacier lake...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $135,000.00 grant to the University of Arizona (doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents) to provide an accurate and extensive assessment of regional ice flux, which will help further constrain glacier flow modeling and improve the overall understanding of Alaska's temperate glaciers. This grant-funded research project was not set aside for any specific business category. The University of Arizona, a U.S. state government...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, to conduct research on the glacial history of Mars recorded in ice-filled craters. The award has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2026. The University of Arizona is a public research university in Tucson, Arizona, recognized as a 1862 land grant institution and Hispanic Serving Institution,...
University of Arizona, operating as the Arizona Board of Regents, was awarded an $287,455.12 grant for research from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant is for a study of ice mounds on the surface of Mars, with the goal of advancing the understanding of these features and their potential connection to the planet's climate history. This research aligns with NASA's broader scientific objectives for exploring and studying Mars. The contract has...
This $384,771.95 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on July 1, 2019 to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, a public research university and 1862 land grant institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The grant supports an objective to reconstruct the geologic history and evolution of the early Amazonian Hebrus Valles and Hephaestus Fossae channel systems in the southern Utopia Planitia region of Mars. The...
This is a $150,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona (doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents) for a research project titled "Thermal Polarimetry of Ice Crystals: Cloud Top Observations and Growth Chamber Studies". The project aims to advance understanding of cloud top phenomena and ice crystal growth through a combination of field observations and laboratory experiments. This award is not associated with...
This is a $378,874.92 grant award to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the spin state evolution and true polar wander of the Moon and Mercury. The goal is to better understand the origin and nature of the permanently shadowed polar ice deposits on these bodies, which could provide insight into their long-term stability. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. As a major public...
This is a five-year, $511,291.16 grant awarded by NASA to the University of Arizona, a public research university and 1862 land grant institution. The grant supports a study of lunar impact melt flows, which aims to characterize the properties and behavior of superheated impact melt through geological mapping, experimental simulation, and numerical modeling. The project will leverage expertise in planetary science, materials science, and igneous processes to provide insights into fundamental...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, for a research project titled "Tracking Precipitation Biases from Simulated Mesoscale Convective Systems to Energetic and Dynamic Ice Processes". The award has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. The University of Arizona is the prime contractor for this grant, and there is no set-aside designation....
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, also doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, a U.S. state government entity, 1862 land grant college, Hispanic-serving institution, and state-controlled higher education institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The $229,718.51 grant is for a research project focused on characterizing the tectonic architecture and strain history of features like lobate scarps, wrinkle ridges,...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, for a research project to develop a framework for analyzing debris-covered glaciers on Mars. The $770,270.35 grant will fund the development of a numerical model to study the formation and evolution of these glacial features, which could provide insights into Mars' past climate. The research will involve field studies of analog debris-covered glaciers in Wyoming and Alaska to validate the model, as well as the incorporation of high-resolution data from Mars missions. This project is not subject to any set-aside requirements and is intended to advance fundamental scientific understanding of planetary surfaces and volatiles. The University of Arizona, as a public research university and Hispanic Serving Institution, has extensive expertise in astrophysics, planetary science, and climate research that it is leveraging to support this NASA-funded effort.