This is a $527,498.93 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The grant is directly relevant to NASA's Heliophysics Research Program and will support advanced research, modeling, analysis, and software development services from Nwra. The award does not have a set-aside designation and has an ultimate completion date of May 31,...
This is a $828,902.62 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization based in Seattle, Washington. The grant is for a research project titled "Active Region Dynamics and the Variability of Meridional and Zonal Flows", which focuses on advancing the understanding of atmospheric dynamics and flows. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and has a period of...
This is a $359,026 research grant awarded by NASA to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization based in Seattle, Washington. The grant is for Nwra to execute a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. Nwra will participate as a key partner and enabler in NASA's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research related to the Moon,...
This is a $320,867 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a scientific research organization based in Seattle, Washington. The grant is for a research project titled "The Origin of the Photospheric Magnetic Field: Mapping Currents in the Chromosphere and Corona" and has a period of performance through November 9, 2026. Nwra has a strong track record of receiving research grants and contracts from...
This is a $751,664 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) for a research project titled "UP, UP & AWAY! RELATING EARLY CME ACCELERATION TO CORONAL MAGNETIC TOPOLOGICAL FEATURES." The grant is a 4-year award running from October 17, 2022 to October 16, 2026. Nwra is a scientific research organization specializing in geophysical and space sciences, and has received numerous prime and subcontract awards from federal agencies like...
This federal contract award, ID 80NSSC22K0273, was issued by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a scientific research organization based in Redmond, Washington. The $526,397.00 grant supports research into predicting solar flares and their impact on space weather, which can lead to coronal mass ejections and solar energetic particle events. This research aligns with NASA's broader mission in...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization. The $289,029.29 grant funds research to measure the Lorentz force density - a fundamental process in solar physics - by analyzing high-resolution magnetic field data from the Hinode and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. The goal is to better understand the origins of...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) on October 16, 2017 with a potential value of $508,407.25. The grant is focused on modeling the storage and release of energy in the Sun's corona that powers solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The work aims to address key science goals from the Heliophysics Decadal Survey, including determining the origins of solar activity and...
This is a $307,738.62 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) to develop temporally stable, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI) vector magnetograms and accurate, self-consistent photospheric flows in active regions that can be used to characterize the near real-time state of the solar corona. The grant runs from November 17, 2017 to June 8, 2023 and is focused on advancing the understanding of...
This is a $636,367.95 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization. The grant is for a research plan focused on investigating the dynamical properties and stability characteristics of nonlinear mesoscale eddies in the ocean. The research is intended to resolve outstanding issues and facilitate further investigations of these ocean features,...