The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $413,289.00 grant to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), part of the University System of New Hampshire (USNH), for a research project titled "PROBING THE VLASOV EQUATION WITH MMS MEASUREMENTS: ENABLING UNPRECEDENTED EXPLORATION OF KINETIC PLASMA PHENOMENA". This grant, which has no set-aside designation, will support research to explore kinetic plasma phenomena using data from NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $663,177 grant for research to the University System of New Hampshire (USNH), through its University of New Hampshire (UNH) division operating as the Office of Sponsored Research. The research contract, titled "UNRAVELING THE ROLE OF ALFVENIC FLUCTUATIONS AS MEDIATORS OF MAGNETIC COHERENCE WITHIN INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS," has a completion date of May 23, 2027. UNH, as a non-profit 1862 Land Grant College...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $714,410.00 grant to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), part of the University System of New Hampshire (USNH), to conduct research on plasma instabilities driven by thermal ion distribution functions in the solar wind. The award does not have a set-aside designation. UNH has experience providing research, technical assistance, and education services to U.S. federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $159,793.46 grant to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), which is part of the University System of New Hampshire (USNH), to conduct research on ion heating and convection in the near-Earth plasma sheet under different driving conditions. The research aims to determine the mechanisms of ion heating and how they affect inner magnetosphere dynamics. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. As a research university and a...
This federal contract award is a $512,444 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), part of the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). The grant supports research that will utilize data from NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) and Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) missions, as well as data from the Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers (TWINS)...
This $524,456 federal grant award to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), part of the University System of New Hampshire (USNH), supports research to study the plasma sheet density, composition, and solar wind transport using data from various space science instruments. The research will involve a combination of case studies and statistical analysis to assess the time lag between changes in solar wind parameters and the plasma sheet, as well as correlations between the helium and hydrogen...
The U.S. government awarded a $99,233 grant for research to the University System of New Hampshire (UNH) through its University of New Hampshire division operating as the Office of Sponsored Research. The contract, titled "Evaluating the Magnetospheric System via Data-Driven Modeling", has a period of performance through November 30, 2026. UNH, as a non-profit educational institution and 1862 land grant college, has a history of providing research, technical assistance, and STEM...
The University of New Hampshire (UNH), through its Office of Sponsored Research, has been awarded an $817,526 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the science goals and objectives of how the solar wind flowing past the terrestrial magnetosphere changes over time, including abruptly. No set-aside designation was used for this award. Work will be performed at a location in Lee, New Hampshire and is expected to be completed by December 31, 2024. UNH will...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $121,487 grant to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to conduct a statistical analysis of the compression and expansion of the magnetopause using data from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission. The award is a grant for research with a period of performance through November 30, 2025. The contract is not set aside and is being executed by UNH's Office of Sponsored Research. UNH has previously served as a prime...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $149,991.00 grant to the University System of New Hampshire (UNH), through its University of New Hampshire division operating as the Office of Sponsored Research, for the "Development of a New Measurement Capability for Understanding Turbulence in the Upper Atmosphere: Tailoring the Winds Cross Track Instrument" research project. This grant-funded research effort, which has a completion date of...