This is a $806,684.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University (GMU), a large public research university in Fairfax, Virginia. The grant is for a project titled "INVESTIGATING THE FORECAST CAPABILITIES OF THE MODELING OF THE SOLAR SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE FROM THE SOLAR SURFACE MAGNETIC FLUX". This research grant does not have a set-aside designation. GMU has a history of executing federal contracts and grants across a wide range...
This is a $250,089.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University (GMU), a public research university located in Fairfax, Virginia. The grant is part of NASA's initiative to execute a balanced science program and advance discovery in emerging fields through cross-disciplinary opportunities. GMU will participate as a key partner and enabler in NASA's exploration initiatives, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar...
This $247,274.94 grant was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency of the federal government, to George Mason University (GMU) to conduct research and analysis on solar energetic particle (SEP) events. The work will involve using data from various solar observation instruments to model the 3D structure and evolution of coronal shocks, which are believed to play a key role in the acceleration and injection of SEPs. This research supports the NASA Living with a Star program's...
This is a $600,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University, a public research university in Fairfax, Virginia, for a project titled "EO14042 SHORE-BREAK: ASSESSING AND PREDICTING ARCTIC COASTAL EROSION HAZARDS WITH ICESAT-2". The award has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2026. The grant is part of NASA's Earth Observing System and does not utilize any set-aside designations. The project will leverage the...
This $43,177.02 grant awarded to George Mason University by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supports scientific research to study the structure and dynamics of plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind, as well as mechanisms that accelerate and transport energetic particles. It addresses objectives of the Parker Solar Probe and STEREO missions, as well as key science goals from the Decadal Survey. The research combines in-situ measurements from the...
George Mason University has been awarded a $99,862 research grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center to develop a standard for space-time coordinate transforms in heliophysics. The grant, issued on October 10, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of January 9, 2026, will be performed at the university's Fairfax, Virginia campus. No set-aside designation was used for this award. This research initiative supports the development of standardized methodologies for coordinate...
This federal contract award, valued at $331,593, was issued by the National Space Science Center (NSSC) to George Mason University for research on studying the mean and variable structure of the upper atmosphere using the GOLD and ICON programs. The award is a grant for scientific research with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2026. George Mason University is the prime awardee and will not utilize any set-aside designations for this contract. The research is expected to advance knowledge...
This federal contract award, valued at $756,498.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University (GMU) to conduct research on the "INVESTIGATING THE EVOLUTION/OCCURRENCE OF KINK INSTABILITIES IN MAGNETIC FLUX ROPES (MFRS) IN THE HELIOSPHERE." The award is a grant for research, with a period of performance running through March 14, 2028. GMU, a large public research university located in Fairfax, Virginia, has a proven track record...
This is a federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University, a large public research university located in Fairfax, Virginia. The grant aims to enhance the predictive accuracy of the WSA-ENLIL-Cone model, which is routinely used by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to simulate and forecast the propagation of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) through the heliosphere. The project will leverage existing...
George Mason University has been awarded a $814,777 grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center to execute a balanced science program aligned with guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The work, which extends through April 14, 2028, will position George Mason University as a key partner in the agency's exploration initiative, with particular emphasis on scientific research related to...
This federal grant awarded to George Mason University, also known as Mason, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a value of $407,562.53. The purpose of the research is to investigate the causes of anomalous diurnal behavior of the mid-latitude ionospheric electron density, particularly the Weddell Sea Anomaly where the post-sunset peak electron density greatly exceeds daytime values. The university will use the FLIP ionosphere model, satellite data, and other measurements to analyze the role of neutral density variations in this phenomenon. This research is relevant to goals in the Heliophysics Decadal Survey and will support the Ionospheric Connection (ICON) and Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) missions. The grant does not have a set-aside designation.