This federal contract award to Trustees of Boston University, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts, is for NASA to conduct ground-based observations of Mercury's exosphere. The primary goals are to: 1) Continue ongoing measurements of sodium, calcium, and potassium, and 2) Observe less abundant species such as aluminum, iron, manganese, and calcium ion to expand upon the observations made by the MESSENGER mission. This $392,043.66 grant is intended to provide long-term...
This is a $535,722.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit educational institution, for a research project titled "MERCURY'S DYNAMIC MAGNETOSPHERE UNDER VARYING EXTERNAL CONDITIONS". The grant is for research and development work, with a period of performance ending on September 5, 2026. There is no set-aside designation for this award. The grant supports Boston University's extensive research...
This is a $129,703.06 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Colorado, Boulder for a research project titled "A Comprehensive Model for Mercury's Exosphere from MESSENGER Data". The grant is funded under NASA's Discovery Data Analysis Program (DDAP), which aims to enhance the scientific return of Discovery Program missions. The purpose of the research is to use data from the Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer...
This is a $605,671 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit educational institution, for research on "EO14042 MODELING MARTIAN ATMOSPHERIC LOSSES OVER TIME". The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support scientific research and analysis related to modeling the long-term changes in the Martian atmosphere. As a leading research university, Boston University has extensive...
This is a $522,556 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. 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. The university will participate as a key partner and enabler in NASA's exploration initiative,...
This is a $512,178 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant is for a five-year period ending on May 31, 2028. The grant requires 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. The university will participate as a key partner...
This is a $651,975 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant is for research to investigate the process by which particles are energized and transported within the heliosphere, which is a major outstanding question in the field of heliophysics. The grant has an award date of August 19, 2020 and an ultimate completion date of August 18, 2025. This grant does not have a...
This is a $127,556.30 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant is for a research project titled "QUANTIFYING GLOBAL MASS AND ENERGY TRANSFER RATES FROM SOLAR WIND TO MAGNETOSPHERE BY MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION". The contract has an ultimate completion date of March 10, 2025 and is not designated as a set-aside. As a prime contractor, Boston University has...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Johns Hopkins University, a private non-profit research university, to conduct a targeted study of processes in Mercury's exosphere. The three-year, $331,585.66 grant has the objectives of: 1) using ultraviolet and visible spectrometer (UVVS) data and a Monte Carlo code to determine the overall "background" structure of the sodium (Na), magnesium (Mg), and calcium (Ca)...
This is a $130,772.63 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university, to conduct research on the nonlinear effects of chorus waves on Earth's radiation belt electron acceleration and precipitation. The research project combines theory, modeling, and data analysis to evaluate these effects, which aligns with NASA's Heliophysics Research Program. The grant has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2023. Boston...
This is a $352,184.57 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant supports research to better understand the physical processes governing the generation of Mercury's alkali exosphere. The proposed work involves analyzing ground-based data and interconnecting magnetosphere, surface, and atmospheric models to address key science questions about the relative contributions of sources driving Mercury's atmosphere, seasonal variations in alkali loss rates, and the atmosphere's ability to redistribute the planet's surface composition. This research is relevant to NASA's Solar System Workings (SSW) program, which supports analysis and interpretation of existing observations as well as numerical modeling of physical or chemical processes. The grant does not have a set-aside designation.