Execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine, administration priorities, and direction from congress.…

The Johns Hopkins University received a $131,638 research grant from NASA's Shared Services Center, awarded January 1, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2026. The grant, identified as 23-T-1XGO23-0021, funds research titled "Quantifying AGN Feedback in the Archetypal Powerful Radio Galaxy Cygnus A," supporting the university's Baltimore, Maryland-based research operations. This award represents part of NASA's broader balanced science program that prioritizes discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine while advancing discovery in emerging fields and supporting the agency's exploration initiatives focused on lunar, Martian, and Earth science applications.

The award carries no small business set-aside designation, indicating it was competed on a full and open basis evaluated on technical merit. Johns Hopkins' extensive track record as a premier research institution makes it well-positioned to execute this astrophysics research, particularly given its established partnerships across NASA and demonstrated capabilities in space science investigations. The grant is structured as a cost-reimbursable research award typical of NASA's science program grants, enabling the university to conduct sophisticated astronomical research on active galactic nuclei feedback mechanisms that contribute to broader understanding of galaxy evolution and astrophysical processes.

Execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine, administration priorities, and direction from congress. Participate as a key partner and enabler in the agency s exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the moon, lunar orbit, mars, and beyond. Advance discovery in emerging fields by identifying and exploiting cross-disciplinary opportunities between traditional science disciplines develop a directorate-wide, target-user focused approach to applied programs, including earth science applications, space weather, planetary defense, and space situational awareness