This is a $421,504 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Catholic University of America (CUA) for a research project titled "The Solar Atmospheres Response to Impulsive Energy Input." The grant is a civilian, non-set-aside contract with a completion date of April 30, 2027. As a private, non-profit research university, CUA has a history of conducting scientific research for various federal agencies, including NASA, the Department of Defense,...
The Catholic University of America (CUA) was awarded a $306,733 research grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Shared Services Center on June 25, 2024, with performance completion scheduled for June 24, 2027. The grant supports research titled "Comprehensive Solar Eruption Models: Understanding Flare Arcades from the Global to Kinetic Scales," which investigates solar physics phenomena critical to understanding space weather and solar activity. This award carries...
This federal contract award was granted to The Catholic University of America (CUA) by NASA's Shared Services Center. The $482,397 grant is for a research project titled "PROBING FLARE-GENERATED SLOW-MODE WAVES IN CORONAL LOOPS DETECTED BY SDO/AIA" with a period of performance through March 8, 2026. The contract is a grant for scientific research and does not have a set-aside designation. CUA is the prime contractor and will leverage its expertise in space science and solar physics...
The Catholic University of America has been awarded a $74,559 research grant from NASA's Shared Services Center with a completion date of December 2, 2026. This grant supports research related to solar physics and space weather, specifically addressing NASA's mandate to study the sun's magnetic dynamo and the explosive events it generates, including coronal mass ejections, eruptive flares, and filament eruptions. The award carries no set-aside designation and was made through a competitive...
The Catholic University of America (CUA) has been awarded a $233,842.23 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to research the magnetic field properties of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their impact on space weather predictions. The research aims to understand how CME deflection and rotation can cause asymmetries in the magnetic profiles observed in-situ, which could be used to improve predictive models. CUA will combine observations and modeling near the Sun and...
The Catholic University of America has been awarded a $284,377 research grant by NASA's Shared Services Center to conduct scientific research on solar flare energy budgets from onset to cessation. The award, issued on March 1, 2024, is structured as a grant for research with an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2027. The contract carries no set-aside designation, indicating open competition. The work will be performed at the university's Washington, D.C. campus and represents part of...
This is a $415,653.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to study ion velocity distributions and kinetic wave activity observed in the solar wind acceleration region. The research will involve theory, modeling, and machine learning approaches. This grant award is not associated with any set-aside program. As a private research university, CUA has a history of conducting scientific research for various federal...
The Catholic University of America (CUA) was awarded a $120,698.84 grant by NASA's Shared Services Center on January 1, 2024, to conduct "A Study of Oscillations in Stellar and Solar Flares" (Contract No. 22-ECIP22_2-0020). This research grant, with an ultimate completion date of September 11, 2025, supports CUA's scientific research efforts in solar physics and space weather—areas in which the university has established itself as a significant contributor to federal research...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $68,297 research grant to The Catholic University of America (CUA) for a project titled "Reaching the Limit: The Variable Disk Wind of PG 1448+273," effective January 1, 2024, with a completion deadline of December 31, 2026. This non-competed grant supports scientific research to be conducted at CUA's campus in Washington, D.C. The award represents part of NASA's broader portfolio of space science...
The Catholic University of America (CUA) was awarded a $686,060 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct an investigation using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves as diagnostic tools to probe the solar corona. The grant, with a period of performance through August 31, 2025, is part of NASA's space science research program and does not have a set-aside designation. CUA has a long history of collaborating with NASA on projects related to solar physics, space...
This federal contract award to the Catholic University of America (CUA) is a grant for $333,279 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to measure the properties of small-scale eruptive events on the Sun using data from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The research aims to understand the relation between these eruptive events, the magnetic field structure, and photospheric flow field, providing important constraints for modeling such phenomena. This aligns with NASA's goals to advance scientific knowledge of space and atmospheric processes relevant to its aeronautics and space exploration programs. CUA has a history of prime and subcontract awards with NASA, NSF, and other agencies to conduct academic research and provide specialized expertise in areas like high-energy physics, space weather, and ocean acoustics. This grant does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded in March 2018, with a completion date of March 2022.