Grant For Research 80NSSC18K0441

This is a $247,477.40 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents. The grant supports the university's work on the Magellan Adaptive Optics (MagAO) instrument, an advanced adaptive optics system based at the 6.5-meter Magellan Clay Telescope in Chile. The MagAO system uses a high-order pyramid wavefront sensor to provide extremely high-resolution imaging, particularly at short wavelengths like Hydrogen alpha. This research aims to better understand exoplanet formation by observing young, accreting "protoplanets" through multi-wavelength observations using adaptive optics and the James Webb Space Telescope. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on January 20, 2018, with a completion date of January 19, 2022.