The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $170,585.47 grant to the University of Washington (UW) to examine the interaction between the wind-driven ocean surface and the geostrophically-dominated interior ocean. The goal is to establish a mechanistic understanding of how mesoscale eddies modulate and trap the near-surface mixed layer. This work will build on previous research funded by the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study...
This is a $3,942,381.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Washington (UW) to test the hypothesis that submesoscale ocean dynamics contribute to vertical exchange of climate and biological variables in the upper ocean. The grant has a period of performance from July 1, 2019 to June 1, 2026. UW is the prime contractor and there is no set-aside designation. This award is part of UW's broader federal contracting and grant-receiving...
The University of Washington (UW) has been awarded a $150,000.00 federal grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center for a research project titled "Investigating 21st Century Land-Sea Warming Contrast in Observations and Model Simulations (Student: Aodhan Sweeney)". The project, which has an ultimate completion date of September 15, 2025, is not a set-aside contract. As a leading research university, UW has a track record of securing prime...
This is a $288,869 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) to conduct research aimed at deepening the understanding of the physics that sets the timing and placement of wind-driven mixing in the global ocean. The research will link improved estimates of the energy input from satellite data with microstructure measurements. The contract has no set-aside designation and is a grant for research, with a...
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) for research on air-sea fluxes of mass, heat, and momentum and their impact on global weather and climate. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. UW is a leading research university that has received numerous prime federal contract awards and subcontracts from agencies such as the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Defense...
This is a $590,830.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) to conduct research on the three-dimensional distribution of mesoscale kinetic energy in the global ocean. The research aims to integrate satellite altimetric data with subsurface observations from the Argo float array to better understand ocean circulation and climate impacts. There is no set-aside designation for this contract. As a leading...
The University of Washington (UW) was awarded a $194,827 research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct a hackathon for advancing open-source high-resolution sea surface temperature analyses. The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, runs from February 10, 2023, through November 28, 2023. UW is the prime awardee on this grant and has a long history of securing federal contract and grant awards from various civilian and...
This federal contract award, valued at $471,492.77, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Washington (UW) to support research and in situ observations of surface meteorology and sea ice motion. These observations are used to improve numerical weather prediction models for forecasting weather and sea ice conditions. The award is a grant for research with a completion date of May 27, 2024. UW is a prominent research institution that frequently...
This federal grant award to the University of Washington (UW) supports research to improve the measurement and modeling of mountain snow, which is critical for understanding water supplies and ecosystems. The $1,174,641 grant is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, reflecting UW's status as a large educational institution. As a leading...
This is a $130,154.50 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington. The grant supports a systematic study of rare, luminous, dusty massive stars to understand the effects of mass loss and dust formation on galaxy evolution. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, as the University of Washington is a large research university and educational institution. The University of Washington has a history...