The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $538,736.00 grant to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), to study the interaction between young planets and the turbulent protoplanetary disk within 1 astronomical unit. This research grant, which has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025, is part of NASA's broader efforts to advance scientific understanding of planetary...
This is a $444,187.66 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The goal of this research project is to develop realistic theoretical models of protoplanetary disk dynamics, including magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effects, dust growth and feedback, and accurate radiative transfer calculations. The models will be used to generate synthetic...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $296,583.99 grant to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), a public research university. The grant is to study planet formation and evolution in binary star systems, which is essential for understanding observed exoplanet properties. The research will investigate processes such as disk mass transfer, planet formation by disk...
The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), was awarded a $503,763.00 research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The grant, which runs through December 31, 2027, requires UNLV to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies and administration priorities, with a focus on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond....
This is a $1,295,956.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The grant is for research to develop improved models of accretion disks, which are critical to understanding phenomena such as excess thermal emission and non-thermal X-ray emission in disk-accreting systems like active galactic nuclei. The research aims to account for...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,181,100.00 cooperative agreement to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The agreement is for the "ENHANCING IDEAS AT A MINORITY- AND HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA" and has a period of performance through September 30, 2026. UNLV, as a...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC20K1376, was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The $134,996.28 grant is for research related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Planetary Science and Astrophysics Divisions, specifically focused on improving the understanding of exoplanetary system origins and detecting...
This is a research grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The $461,194.14 grant will support a project to develop a comprehensive and quantitative theory for the formation, destruction, and acceleration of clumpy gas clouds in the central regions of active galaxies. The research aims to better understand the radiation-hydrodynamics and...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The $280,067 grant is for research related to the potential to return samples from Mars that could contain evidence of past Martian life, which represents an unprecedented opportunity that could revolutionize our understanding of Mars and the origin and...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC23K1352, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The $694,949.00 grant is for a research project titled "UNDER PRESSURE: DO CELL-CELL INTERACTIONS AND COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR IMPACT THE LIMITS AND SIGNATURES OF MICROBIAL ACTIVITY UNDER OCEAN WORLD ANALOG CONDITIONS." The contract has an...