Grant For Research NNX15AM59G
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- This is a $348,630 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University for a research project titled "TWILIGHT AND NIGHTSIDE IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES FROM MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR RADIO OCCULTATIONS". The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, has an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2027. As a private university and non-profit organization, Boston University has a track record of serving as a prime...
- This is a $605,671 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit educational institution, for research on "EO14042 MODELING MARTIAN ATMOSPHERIC LOSSES OVER TIME". The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support scientific research and analysis related to modeling the long-term changes in the Martian atmosphere. As a leading research university, Boston University has extensive...
- This is a $89,563.17 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, to characterize the effect of solar cycle variations on the ionospheres of Venus and Mars. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2019 and has an ultimate completion date of January 25, 2023. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Boston University has a history of receiving federal contracts and grants from...
- The Trustees of Boston University received a $328,768 research grant from the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, awarded on September 1, 2025. The project aims to quantify hydrogen (H2) abundance in Mars's upper atmosphere, addressing a critical knowledge gap for understanding water abundance, water loss processes, and the planet's potential habitability. This research supports NASA's broader Mars exploration objectives and the agency's scientific investigations into planetary...
- This is a $323,206 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit research university, to assess surface-to-space atmospheric variability and its effects on habitability using the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The grant is a research contract without any set-aside designations. Boston University has extensive experience managing complex, long-term research initiatives for federal agencies through contract and...
- This is a $535,722.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit educational institution, for a research project titled "MERCURY'S DYNAMIC MAGNETOSPHERE UNDER VARYING EXTERNAL CONDITIONS". The grant is for research and development work, with a period of performance ending on September 5, 2026. There is no set-aside designation for this award. The grant supports Boston University's extensive research...
- This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC17K0735, was issued by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. The $435,578 grant supports research to understand how Mars' crustal magnetic fields influence the density, composition, and electrodynamics of the Martian ionosphere. The work will primarily involve analysis of data from NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile...
- This is a $20,296.29 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, to conduct research on the "Structure and Dynamics of Jupiter's Duskside Magnetosphere." The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, runs from October 1, 2022, to July 11, 2024. As a leading research institution, Boston University has a robust history of receiving federal research grants and...
- This federal contract award, valued at $276,313.37, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The project involves coupling existing data from NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission spacecraft's Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) instrument with the Boston University Mars Ionosphere Model (BU-MIM). The objective is to interpret MAVEN's...
- This is a $127,556.30 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant is for a research project titled "QUANTIFYING GLOBAL MASS AND ENERGY TRANSFER RATES FROM SOLAR WIND TO MAGNETOSPHERE BY MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION". The contract has an ultimate completion date of March 10, 2025 and is not designated as a set-aside. As a prime contractor, Boston University has...
This is a $356,281.05 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university, to conduct research on the structure of the ionosphere above Mars' crustal magnetic fields. The research objectives are to map the spatial distribution of plasma in strongly magnetized regions of Mars, investigate the unusual ionospheric behavior in these regions, and use numerical simulations to identify the critical physical processes. The work will analyze data from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument. This grant does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on June 10, 2015, with a completion date of June 9, 2019. Boston University has a history of receiving federal contracts and grants from agencies like the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and National Institutes of Health to conduct research across scientific disciplines.
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| 4 | Funding Only Action | ($668) | 4/27/18 | |
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| 3 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 4/27/18 | |
| 2 | Funding Only Action | $120.0k | 4/12/17 |