The University of Virginia (UVA) has been awarded a $142,761 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on protoplanetary disk masses using molecular gas tracers. This research grant is not associated with any larger contract vehicle. There is no set-aside designation for this award. As a leading research university, UVA has extensive experience managing complex federally-funded projects and collaborating with government agencies, other academic...
This federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia, doing business as the University of Virginia, for research related to the "inside-out planet formation model." The $214,329 grant will fund an investigation into several aspects of this recently proposed model, which involves the sequential formation of planets from pebble-rich rings in the inner regions of...
This is a $801,014.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA) for the development of a "MINIATURIZED, MULTIFUNCTIONAL, MICROSCOPIC ORGANIC/INORGANIC COMPOSITION ANALYTICAL PROBE FOR PLANETARY IN SITU SPECTROSCOPY (MOCAPS)". The award, which has no set-aside designation, runs from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. UVA, a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $337,295 grant to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia, doing business as the University of Virginia, to conduct research on grain growth in protoplanetary disks. The research aims to develop a comprehensive program that accounts for polarizations from both direct emission by aligned grains and dust scattering to improve the understanding of disk magnetic fields and grain growth, which are critical steps in the...
This is a $134,752.32 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA), conducting research to quantify, understand, and predict changes in Earth's ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles, including the global carbon cycle. The grant is part of NASA's Carbon Cycling and Ecosystems Focus Area and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2023. UVA, as a major research university, has extensive experience...
This is a $49,873.49 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA) for a research project titled "LIFE'S COSMIC HANDSHAKE: WHEN CHIRAL SURFACES MEET CHIRAL ORGANIC MOLECULES". The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support student Kamil Stelmach's research on the interaction between chiral surfaces and chiral organic molecules, which is relevant to understanding the...
This is a $372,747 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA) for research on observing Trojan asteroids, irregular satellites, Centaurs, and other trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) at small solar phase angles to measure their opposition effect. The grant has an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2026. UVA is a non-profit, public research university that frequently serves as a prime contractor...
This is a $774,645.88 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA), a public research university, to continue and enhance a summer program for education and training in computation for students of environmental sciences. The program, called the Intensive Summer School in Computing for Environmental Sciences (ISSCENS), has already trained over 50 students in basic programming and software best practices....
This is a $356,398.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA). The grant is for research on the photometric properties of the L4 Trojan asteroids, which are the focus of NASA's Lucy mission. The grant has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2029. UVA is a prominent public research university with extensive experience supporting federal agencies through contract...
This $82,784.94 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA), doing business as the University of Virginia, a public research university. The grant, which has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2023, is for research on the interaction between land and atmosphere, which is governed by soil moisture. UVA, a leading academic institution with extensive experience managing federally-funded...