The University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography received a grant award valued at $708,982 from a civilian federal agency with an ultimate completion date of April 24, 2028. This research grant supports the institution's contributions to the agency's balanced science program, which emphasizes discipline-specific guidance aligned with National Academies recommendations, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The award specifically enables Scripps to...
This federal contract award, valued at $804,744.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The award seeks to refine the understanding of fundamental processes involved in the accretion and differentiation of the Moon and asteroids. The research will address three key questions related to the earliest stages of planetesimal and planet formation, including the behavior of...
The University of California San Diego, through its Scripps Institution of Oceanography, received a $792,136 grant award (20-SSW20-0008) from a civilian federal agency to conduct research on the influence of impact processes on volatile abundances in and on the Moon. The research focuses on understanding volatile inventories on planetary surfaces and interiors, which is critical for modeling initial building blocks, magmatic processes, and the development of planetary cryospheres,...
The University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography received a $931,974 grant award from a civilian federal agency on October 27, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of October 26, 2028. The research grant supports the execution of a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and Congressional direction. The awardee will serve as a key partner in...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, with a total ceiling value of $770,203.00. The grant supports a research project titled "The Petrogenesis of Basalts from Mars and the Moon," which aims to examine the origin and evolution of Mars and the Moon through the study of meteorite samples. The research focuses on understanding the petrogenetic...
This is a $750,613.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The grant supports research focused on understanding the interactions between tropical Pacific and Southern Ocean climate variability and their long-term effects on ocean circulation and water masses. As a division of UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is a world-renowned center for ocean and earth science...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC22K0603, is a $140,275.00 grant for research provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The award supports a study on the influence of convection on atmospheric river genesis, evolution, and precipitation production. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a world-renowned center for ocean and earth science research, will leverage its...
The University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography Division was awarded a $799,183.00 grant (80NSSC19K0058) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on ocean-atmosphere interactions and mesoscale ocean dynamics. The research aims to develop a filter that can better incorporate satellite-observed wind data into high-resolution ocean models, addressing a longstanding challenge in utilizing scatterometer observations to drive...
This is a $150,000 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The work will be performed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. This award is not a set-aside contract. UCSD has a history of federal contract...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The grant will fund research on the impacts of climate change and sea ice loss in the Arctic Ocean. Scripps Institution of Oceanography is a well-established oceanography research center within UCSD that conducts a wide range of federally-funded scientific projects across disciplines like climate science, marine...
This is a $458,999.99 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The award supports research to improve understanding of the timing and processes involved in the formation and differentiation of the Moon and the parent bodies of eucrite meteorites. The research aims to address key questions about the abundances and distribution of highly siderophile elements, as well as the relationship between post-core formation accretion and volatile element inventories in planetary bodies. The award does not have a set-aside designation. Scripps Institution of Oceanography is a leading center for ocean and earth science research, frequently collaborating with federal agencies like NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense on a range of oceanographic research and technology development projects through both grants and contracts.