Grant For Research 80NSSC25K0050
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- The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) received a $873,428 research grant award from the National Science Foundation for a project titled "The Onset of Reconnection and Associated Turbulence in Solar Eruptions." The award, issued on October 1, 2020, with completion targeted for September 30, 2026, supports fundamental scientific research into solar physics phenomena. The research will be conducted at UMD's College Park, Maryland campus. As a civilian research grant with no...
- The University of Maryland, College Park has been awarded a $389,059 grant for research titled "Comprehensive Solar Eruption Models: Understanding Flare Arcades from the Global to Kinetic Scales." The award, issued on January 18, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of January 17, 2027, supports fundamental research into solar physics phenomena, specifically the mechanisms and dynamics of solar flares and their associated magnetic structures. The funding agency is identified as a...
- The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) received a $126,102.72 research grant from a civilian federal agency to investigate the role of return currents in determining accelerated electron distribution in solar flares. The award, issued on January 11, 2023, with completion targeted for January 10, 2025, supports fundamental scientific research that advances understanding of solar physics phenomena. This non-set-aside grant was administered through UMD's Office of Research Administration...
- The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) received a $292,904 research grant titled "Line-by-Line Solar Observations to Separate STELLA" awarded on October 18, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of October 17, 2026. This non-set-aside grant is funded through a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center and will be performed at UMD's College Park, Maryland campus. UMD, as a research-intensive land grant institution, serves as the prime awardee, with the University...
- The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) was awarded a $250K research grant by a civilian federal agency to investigate kinetic effects in three-dimensional reconnection at the bow shock. This civilian research grant, with no set-aside designation, runs through December 31, 2026, and supports fundamental scientific research conducted at UMD's College Park, Maryland campus. The award is structured as a grant for research, reflecting the university's extensive capabilities as a...
- This is a $199,596.69 grant awarded by the U.S. government's Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for a research project titled "The Influence of Solar Wind Structures on Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere Over a Wide Energy Range." The grant is for a period ending on September 30, 2024. UMD is a prominent research university with extensive capabilities in federal research and development across diverse scientific and technological domains,...
- The University of Maryland, College Park received a $48.7K research grant from a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center to conduct a deep exploration of chemical enrichment and thermodynamics of S0 galaxies. The award, issued on October 1, 2023, supports fundamental astrophysical research that will be performed at the College Park, Maryland campus through December 31, 2024. This grant does not include a set-aside designation, reflecting the university's competitive standing in open...
- This is a $179,308.14 grant awarded to the University of Maryland, College Park by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the origins and evolution of solar wind turbulence and non-thermal electrons in the solar wind. The research will focus on how plasma beta affects the properties of the electron halo and kinetic turbulence, as well as the evolution of the electron velocity distribution function and kinetic-scale turbulence in the solar wind. The...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded a $1.06 million grant to the University of Maryland, College Park for research relating to the explosive release of magnetic energy in solar flares and the associated production of energetic particles. As the prime contractor, the University of Maryland will conduct this research through its Office of Research Administration over a three-year period ending in March 2023. The work is considered a small business set-aside and will be...
- This is a $249,997 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on "The 3D Magnetopause Boundary Layers During Storm Time in the MSS Era". The research grant has a performance period ending on September 30, 2025. The University of Maryland, College Park is the prime contractor for this award, which does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Maryland, College Park is a...
The University of Maryland, College Park has been awarded a $554,913 grant by a civilian federal agency to investigate the roles of turbulence and reconnection in generating suprathermal seed populations for solar energetic particle (SEP) events. The research grant, awarded on July 23, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of July 22, 2027, will be conducted at the university's College Park, Maryland campus. This is an unset-aside grant for research that supports fundamental scientific investigation into space physics phenomena relevant to understanding solar particle acceleration mechanisms and their impact on space weather. The award represents the university's continued engagement in advanced space science research, building on UMD's established capabilities in space exploration and scientific research supported through federal agencies including NASA and the National Science Foundation. As a research-intensive land grant institution, UMD regularly performs complex technical work across multiple scientific domains for federal agencies, with this grant contributing to the broader understanding of solar physics processes that inform national space exploration and space weather prediction objectives.
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| Not listed | Not listed | $297.2k | 7/23/25 | |
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