This is a $120,000 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to study chromospheric evaporation during solar flares. The project will analyze data from NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission, along with complementary observations from RHESSI, Fermi, and SDO/HMI, to better understand the connection between energy release mechanisms and the properties of chromospheric evaporation. The...
This is a $685,359.00 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a public polytechnic research university. The grant is for research on solar activity, from spectral irradiance variations to solar storms and geomagnetic disturbances, with the aim of understanding the underlying magnetic field dynamics in the convection zone below the sun's surface. NJIT, which has a strong track record of securing federal...
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) was awarded a $743,325 grant on October 17, 2022, to conduct research on solar flare transport processes using NASA data and microwave imaging spectroscopy. This research grant, designated 21-HSR21_2-0036, will be performed at NJIT's Newark, New Jersey campus and is scheduled for completion by October 16, 2026. The award represents a competitive, non-set-aside grant from a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, reflecting NJIT's...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to conduct research on particle energization in solar flares. The $459,998.43 grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will fund a project that combines observations from various NASA missions, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Hinode, Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph...
This is a $524,336.47 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a public polytechnic university. The grant supports focused data analysis to quantify the relationships between the nonthermal component of flare-accelerated electrons and the thermal response in "cold" solar flares, a subset of early impulsive flares with a relatively modest thermal response. The goal is to obtain new knowledge about the...
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) received a $804,396.62 research grant from NASA's Living with a Star (LWS) program, awarded November 14, 2018, with a completion date of October 22, 2024. The award, identified as 17-LWS17_2-0022, supports research on the spatial distribution of flare-accelerated particles and their role as seed particles for Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events. This is a non-set-aside, competitively awarded grant with performance at NJIT's Newark, New Jersey campus....
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for research on solar activity and its effects on space weather. The $202,542.65 grant is intended to support early predictions of emerging magnetic flux that forms active regions on the sun, which can lead to solar eruptions and impact various engineering systems, navigation, and public health. The award does not have a set-aside designation, indicating NJIT was...
This is a $301,147 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Shared Services Center to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on May 1, 2024. The grant supports NJIT's work in "SUPPORTING PSP MISSION WITH HIGHEST-RESOLUTION SOLAR IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY AND POLARIMETRY DATA AT BIG BEAR SOLAR OBSERVATORY" under solicitation 19-HSODS19-0002. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, indicating NJIT was able to compete for and win this open...
This federal contract award is a $103,375.67 grant for research provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a public polytechnic university. The purpose of the grant is to analyze data from the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) and the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) to investigate magnetic energy transformation and the acceleration of nonthermal electrons during solar flares. This...
The U.S. government awarded a $515,741 research grant to New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on April 1, 2023, to investigate the causes of successful solar eruptions. This civilian research grant, funded through a Shared Services Center, will be performed at NJIT's Newark, New Jersey campus and is scheduled for completion by March 31, 2026. The award was made without a set-aside designation, indicating NJIT competed on a full and open basis. This grant aligns with NJIT's established...
This is a $641,713.85 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to study the response of the lower solar atmosphere to energetic electrons during solar flares. The research will leverage high-resolution observations from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and the Goode Solar Telescope (GST) at the Big Bear Solar Observatory to investigate the unique spectral properties and physical conditions near the initial electron precipitation site. The project aims to provide new insights into the fundamental processes of energy transfer in astrophysical plasmas, which is highly relevant to NASA's Heliophysics research program. This award does not have a set-aside designation, indicating NJIT's ability to compete for and win open competition grants based on its technical expertise in solar physics and instrumentation.