The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $115,642.79 grant to the University of Iowa for research on satellite-magnetosphere interactions at Jupiter. This research is made possible by data from NASA's Juno spacecraft, which has highly inclined orbits enabling it to traverse magnetic field lines connected to a wide range of Jupiter's equatorial regions. The University of Iowa is a leading public research institution and has a long history of performing research,...
This is a $81,303.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, doing business as the University of Michigan. The grant will fund the adaptation of the Polar Wind Outflow Model (PWOM) to study Jupiter's ionosphere as a potential source of plasma for the Jovian magnetosphere. The University of Michigan is a leading research institution that has previously received prime and...
This is a $389,698.43 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Colorado for research into understanding the magnetic field of Jupiter's moon Europa and its subsurface ocean. The research aims to improve the interpretation of data from the Galileo spacecraft to better determine the properties of Europa's subsurface ocean, such as its thickness, depth, and salinity. The research will involve applying various plasma interaction models, including...
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division (doing business as the University of Michigan), was awarded a $660,015.00 grant for research by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on a project titled "A MOIST JUPITER: FROM IMAGING TO MODELING". The grant has a period of performance ending on June 30, 2026. The University of Michigan is a U.S. state government educational institution that has received numerous prime...
The Regents of the University of Michigan has been awarded a $150,000 research grant (contract 23-PLANET23-0025) to investigate the effects of atmospheric asymmetries on Europa's magnetic and plasma environment. The award, made on September 1, 2024, by a civilian federal agency with a Shared Services Center designation, supports fundamental research activities with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2027. Work will be performed at the university's Ann Arbor, Michigan campus through its...
This is a $242,854.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on July 8, 2019. The grant is part of the NASA Juno Participating Scientist Program and is focused on characterizing the impact of Jupiter's moon Io on the planet's magnetosphere. The research aims to correlate observations from the Hisaki satellite and the Juno spacecraft's Plasma (JADE) and Energetic Particle (JEDI) instruments to provide a more comprehensive...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $129,967.90 training grant contract to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan). The contract, awarded on September 1, 2018, is focused on using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling to better understand the role of ionospheric conductance in the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and the prediction of ground-induced currents during space...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $639,462 grant to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct research in support of the Juno spacecraft mission to Jupiter. The grant will fund the use of the Upgraded Very Large Array (VLA) to produce global maps of Jupiter's atmosphere at 1-4 cm wavelengths, which will provide critical context for data collected by Juno's Microwave Radiometer (MWR). The research team will also use Gemini and Keck telescopes to obtain...
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan), was awarded a $160,401.17 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research related to understanding the global distribution and dynamics of electric and magnetic fields in the magnetosphere and ionosphere during extreme space weather events. The research aims to advance the scientific understanding of how energetic electrons and...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $223,458.42 grant for research to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado's Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The grant, titled "ION CYCLOTRON WAVES AND PLASMA SOURCES AND TRANSPORT IN JUPITER'S MAGNETOSPHERE," is for fundamental research related to the study of Jupiter's magnetosphere. As a premier public research university, the University of Colorado...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $135,000.00 training grant contract to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on Jupiter's magnetosphere. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to develop a better understanding of the global configuration, internal and external variations, and the dynamics of Jupiter's magnetosphere through magnetohydrodynamic modeling. The research will leverage data from previous and ongoing spacecraft missions, such as Galileo and Juno, as well as observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. The validated model will also serve to support future missions to the Jovian system, including the Europa Multiple Flyby Mission and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE).