This federal contract award, valued at $509,979.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to American University, a private research university located in Washington, D.C. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is a Cooperative Agreement to study the origin of water and organic molecules on Earth and Mars. The research aims to understand the role that primitive celestial bodies, such as comets and asteroids, may have played in delivering water...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to American University, a private university located in Washington, D.C. The grant, valued at $40,756.00, is for research related to "Searching for Superflares and Eruption Events from an Infant Sun, EK Dra". The grant does not have a set-aside designation and has a period of performance ending on May 16, 2025. American University has extensive experience conducting research for federal agencies,...
This federal contract award to American University, a private non-profit research university, is valued at $67,580 and has an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2028. The award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on June 1, 2025 and is a grant for research. The contract requires American University to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, as well as administration priorities and...
This federal contract award, valued at $341,376.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to American University, a private research university in Washington, D.C. The contract is for research on the origin of solar eruptions, which are critical drivers of space weather. Specifically, the research aims to understand the structure and formation of filament channels, which provide the free energy that powers coronal mass ejections and solar flares. This contract...
This is a $141,538 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to American University, a private non-profit research university in Washington, D.C. The grant is for a research project to investigate the effect of macroscopic properties of filament channels on the duration of eruptive flare/corona, using dedicated state-of-the-art global simulations guided by observations from NASA missions. The grant has a period of performance from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024....
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $251,589.00 grant for research to American University, a private non-profit university located in Washington, D.C. The grant will fund a study on the photochemistry occurring in cometary atmospheres, which is relevant to NASA's Solar System Workings (SSW) program. This award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. American University has previously performed federal contract...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $178,764 grant to American University, a private university located in Washington, D.C., to conduct research on the gradual formation and sudden eruption of filament channels on the Sun. This research, which aims to better understand the magnetic energy buildup and explosive release in these solar structures, will be performed under a fixed-duration grant with a completion date of March 31, 2025. American University, as the prime...
This federal contract award, valued at $979,935.02, was made by NASA to American University, a private research university in Washington, D.C. The contract is a Cooperative Agreement with a period of performance through July 31, 2023. The contract supports the development and use of advanced spectrometric tools to explore planetary atmospheres, leveraging American University's expertise in astrophysics, solar physics, planetary science, and machine learning. This aligns with NASA's broader...
This is a $894,654.00 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to American University, a private research university located in Washington, D.C. The grant supports research on "HIGH-ENERGY PROCESSES IN THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE" which can impact space weather. This research aligns with NASA's focus on studying solar phenomena and its effects on Earth. The grant has a period of performance through May 5, 2025. American University frequently partners with federal agencies like NASA, the...
This is a cooperative agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and American University, a private university in Washington, D.C. The agreement, valued at $1,276,677.54, supports research on the origins of water and prebiotic organics on Earth as part of NASA's Investigations in Astrobiology program. Under this agreement, American University will re-analyze the existing database of comet observations to provide the most accurate...
This federal contract award is a research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to American University, a private university located in Washington, D.C. The objective of the grant is to study the effects of energetic stellar events, such as superflares, on the prebiotic chemistry necessary for the origins of life on early Earth and other terrestrial planets. The research will involve both computational modeling and experimental studies to characterize the formation of complex organic molecules, nitrogen fixation, and potential pathways for nucleoside synthesis under the influence of ionizing radiation. This work is highly relevant to exobiology and planetary habitability research. The grant has a potential value of $313,683.52 and a completion date of June 30, 2021. It does not have a set-aside designation.