Grant For Research 80NSSC19K0666
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- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a grant for $100,997.00 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, a division of the Smithsonian Institution, to develop the High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES) instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program. HIRMES is designed to provide high-resolution infrared spectroscopy to study the formation and evolution of planetary systems, including the distribution of key...
- The federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC18K1049, was granted to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division. The $87,381.81 contract is for the development of the High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES), a versatile facility instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). HIRMES is designed to address fundamental questions about the evolution of planetary systems, including the distribution of oxygen,...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a grant to the Catholic University of America (CUA) for research and software development related to the Balloon Experimental Twin Telescope for Infrared Interferometry (BETTII) and the High Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES) projects. The $136,582 grant supports two main tasks: (A) developing a new attitude estimator algorithm to adjust the pointing and attitude control mechanisms during flight for balloon-borne...
- This federal contract award to Cornell University, valued at $115,152.00, is for the Cornell team to demonstrate that the High Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES) can achieve the required resolving power of 105 at wavelengths of 63 and 79 microns, and to guide and anticipate the engineering documentation necessary to obtain flight readiness status for HIRMES. The contract is a grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center....
- This federal contract award, valued at $292,842.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Catholic University of America (CUA), a private, non-profit research university in Washington, D.C. The contract is for a grant to conduct research that will measure a fundamental property of the Earth's ionosphere for the first time. The award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. CUA has a history of federal...
- This is a $350,905.45 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to continue research on planetary atmospheres, satellite observations of the Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere, and self-consistent retrieval of atmospheric parameters from SABER/TIMED satellite data. The grant builds upon previous research conducted under prior NASA grants to CUA. The research involves developing new models and algorithms for...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $120,046 research grant to Catholic University of America (CUA) on March 1, 2023, for a project titled "Modeling the Prototype Accretion Disk Winds with XRISM." The award, designated as contract 22-XGS22-0009, is a non-competitive grant with an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2027, and will be performed at CUA's campus in Washington, DC. CUA, a private research institution and the...
- This federal contract is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Catholic University of America (CUA), a private university in Washington, D.C. The $196,742.28 grant funds research to enhance previous work and provide the most accurate constraints on electron energy distributions produced during large solar flares. The research aims to determine details of the flare-accelerated electron spectra by analyzing X-ray data from the Ramaty High Energy Solar...
- This federal contract award to the Catholic University of America (CUA) is a grant for $333,279 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to measure the properties of small-scale eruptive events on the Sun using data from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The research aims to understand the relation between these eruptive events, the magnetic field structure, and photospheric flow field, providing important constraints...
- This federal contract award, with identification number NNX15AG60G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to develop a series of far-infrared spectrometers using novel microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs). The $363,909.75 grant supports efforts in three main areas: 1) development of novel materials for MKID applications, 2) development of a high-resolution far-infrared spectrometer for a balloon-borne...
This federal contract award is a grant for research given by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to develop the HIRMES spectrometer. The HIRMES instrument is designed to detect key chemicals like oxygen, water, and hydrogen that are involved in planetary formation and evolution. The grant, valued at $231,829.87, will enable CUA to leverage its expertise in instrument design, building upon its prior work on the James Webb Space Telescope. HIRMES will provide unique infrared observations that cannot be obtained from ground-based telescopes, as the instrument will fly aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft to access the necessary wavelengths blocked by the Earth's atmosphere. This research grant aligns with NASA's goals to advance scientific knowledge of space and atmospheric phenomena relevant to its aeronautics and space exploration programs. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00006 | Funding Only Action | ($5k) | 4/2/21 | |
| Not listed | ($5k) | 4/2/21 | ||
| P00005 | Funding Only Action | $22.7k | 8/19/20 | |
| Not listed | $22.7k | 8/19/20 | ||
| P00004 | Funding Only Action | $44.8k | 5/5/20 |