Grant For Research 80NSSC19K1434

This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois to conduct research on the loss of water and hydrogen (H) escape to space, and its impact on the atmospheric evolution of planets. The $45,000.00 grant has a period of performance ending on December 9, 2023. This award supports fundamental research in heliophysics, a key area of focus for NASA's science programs. As a leading public research university, the University of...

This is a $234,343 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois for a project titled "LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF CLIMATE PREDICTABILITY AT 7-30 DAY TIMESCALES." The grant is for research related to land-atmosphere interactions and their role in climate prediction. The University of Illinois, a public land-grant research university, will serve as the prime recipient for this award....

NASA awarded a $91,000 grant to the University of Illinois (Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois) on December 31, 2025, with a completion date of July 1, 2026. The award funds research under NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which supports early-stage feasibility studies of visionary aerospace concepts that address national government and commercial aerospace goals. NIAC seeks radically different or disruptive innovations that could significantly enhance or enable...

This is a $164,540.00 grant awarded to the University of Illinois by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on "Leveraging Information Theory and Flux Tower Footprints towards Improved Satellite-Based Evapotranspiration Estimates". The grant has an ultimate completion date of January 6, 2026. The University of Illinois is a renowned public land-grant research university with extensive capabilities in federal contracting and research, particularly...

This federal contract is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois to conduct a novel analysis of Martian hydrogen corona measurements from the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS). The goal is to better quantify the global, time-dependent distribution of the hydrogen corona and improve assessments of its ongoing loss to interplanetary space. The effort will utilize a...

This is a $342,356.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois for research related to cloud radiative feedbacks and the "pattern effect" in climate change predictions. The grant is part of NASA's ongoing efforts to improve climate modeling and understanding of key factors driving climate change. As a public land-grant research university, the University of Illinois has extensive experience conducting scientific research...

This federal contract award with ID NNX16AF77G was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois to conduct a multi-mission investigation of the global structure and dynamics of Earth's atomic hydrogen population and its coupling to the mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere. The $470,186 grant supports research aimed at quantifying the physical mechanisms that control the distribution and dynamical transport of the terrestrial...

This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois for research on "Dynamics in Event Horizon Telescope Movies". The award is part of NASA's broader scientific research program and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Illinois, a renowned public land-grant research institution, has a strong track record of federal contracting and grant-funded research across various domains, including...

This $507,569 federal research grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois to conduct "Idealized, Cloud-Resolving Modeling (CRM) Studies". The research will focus on examining the role of updraft-core width in the dynamics of deep convective storms and associated hazards. The grant has an anticipated completion date of April 12, 2025 and does not have any set-aside designations. As a public land-grant research...

The University of Illinois has been awarded a $175,000 grant under NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program for a Phase II feasibility study titled "Hydrogen Hybrid Power for Aviation Sustainable Systems" (HY2PASS), with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025. This research grant, issued on April 1, 2025, supports early-stage exploration of visionary aerospace concepts that address NASA's strategic goals and broader space or aeronautics applications. The award...