This federal contract award is a $133,290.99 training grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW). The purpose of the grant is for a PhD student to develop the Exoplanet Habitability Index (EHI), a machine learning-based metric to prioritize potentially habitable exoplanets for future observation by missions like the James Webb Space Telescope. The project will leverage UW's expertise in astronomy,...
This is a $170,034 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Washington (UW) on June 5, 2025. The grant will fund a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and Congressional direction. UW will participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. The grant aims to advance...
This is a $105,000 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington. The grant is for a project investigating the utility of chemical disequilibrium as a biosignature for detecting life on exoplanets. The project involves three main tasks: 1) quantifying thermodynamic disequilibrium in planetary atmospheres, 2) investigating kinetic disequilibrium metrics, and 3) evaluating the practical application of...
This is a $513,226.00 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW). The grant is for research to develop process-oriented diagnostics to analyze the representation of moisture-convection coupling and cloud-radiation feedback processes in global climate models (GCMs). This research aims to improve the understanding of tropical convection and its interaction with environmental moisture and radiation,...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) for research services. The $134,876.96 grant was awarded on September 1, 2019, with a completion date of August 31, 2022. The contract has no set-aside designation. The grant is funding research that will advance the characterization of gas in an elusive region of a galaxy and enhance the understanding of the coevolving nature of the circumgalactic...
This is a $134,649.18 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to the University of Washington on September 1, 2018, with a completion date of August 31, 2021. The grant funds research to investigate the extent, resolution, and accuracy of remotely-sensed snow depth observations in complex topography, as precipitation measurements in mountainous regions are challenging. The research will evaluate the ability of simulated snow depth...
The University of Washington's Office of Sponsored Programs has been awarded a $534.4K research grant by NASA with a completion date of December 15, 2026. This non-set-aside grant supports an interdisciplinary research initiative focused on understanding total planetary devolatilization in exoplanetary systems. The research will employ machine learning techniques to generate probabilistic estimates of stellar properties and create a comprehensive catalog documenting the high-energy evolution...
This is a $560,727 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Washington (UW) for a research project titled "ROSES Funding Opportunity." The goal of the project is to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The project will focus on scientific research related to the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and...
This federal contract award, valued at $236,692.75, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) to simulate the orbital and rotational evolution of the solar system. The goal is to provide inputs for detailed climate modeling to better understand the habitability of planets and moons in our solar system, particularly in the context of a major reconfiguration that occurred around 3.8 billion years ago. The...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) to conduct research related to the thermodynamics and geochemical modeling of aqueous solutions in the context of planetary science. The $612,717 grant has three primary tasks: 1) obtaining experimental data on the thermodynamic properties of aqueous solutions at high pressures and temperatures relevant to icy worlds in the outer solar system, 2)...
This is a $117,596.49 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington. The grant supports the development of rigorous, versatile, coupled climate-photochemistry models to study the nature and characterization of terrestrial planets orbiting M dwarf stars. This work will help identify potentially habitable targets and support planning, analysis, and interpretation of upcoming NASA mission observations of these planetary systems, including Proxima Centauri b and the TRAPPIST-1 system. The grant provides interdisciplinary training for a Ph.D. student and has the potential to significantly impact NASA science and missions. This award does not have a set-aside designation.