The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,006,457.00 grant for research to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, a private university and non-profit organization, to investigate the impacts of unprecedented Arctic sea ice loss. The research will be conducted at Columbia University's facilities in New York, NY and is scheduled for completion by June 28, 2025. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. Columbia University has extensive...
This federal contract award, valued at $603,355.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The contract is for research on ice shelves in Antarctica and their role in mediating ice-ocean interactions and regulating Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise. The research aims to improve understanding of how...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1259, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University. The $601,756.00 grant is for research on cyclones in the Irminger Sea and their association with the expansion of the sea ice edge into the central Labrador Sea basin, as well as the air-sea fluxes that drive the formation of Labrador Sea...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K1442, was granted to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, a renowned private research institution, for a project titled "GLOBAL CLIMATE ROLE OF BIOMASS BURNING AEROSOLS AND BROWN CARBON". The contract, a $150,000.00 grant for research, has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. The awarding agency is the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. The contract does not have a set-aside designation....
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC23K0122, was granted by the Shared Services Center division of a civilian federal agency to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The $98,343.00 grant is for a research project titled "EXPLORING A-TRAIN OBSERVATIONS OF LAND-OCEAN CONTRAST IN CONVECTIVE CLOUD CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT TOWARD IMPROVING GCM CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATIONS". The research will be conducted at Columbia University's campus in...
This is a $162,365.67 grant awarded to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on February 1, 2022. The grant is for research to understand the influence of surface hydrology on ice-shelf stability, which is critical for forecasting sea-level rise. As ice shelves restrain the flow of glaciers and ice streams, this research aims to improve understanding of these processes and their impact on sea-level rise. The...
This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC21K0439, is a grant for research valued at $724,000.00 that was awarded to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The grant, with a period of performance ending on January 31, 2026, is for research related to calculating carbon fixation in the tropical Atlantic domain. This research is being conducted for the National Aeronautics and...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,207,171.40, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The contract supports the Operation IceBridge campaign in Greenland, which utilizes NASA aircraft. Specifically, Columbia University will provide personnel, materials, facilities, and equipment necessary to deploy and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $457,477 grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on Antarctica's ice shelves. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is focused on examining the processes of basal melting and calving that contribute to the loss of mass in these floating extensions of the Antarctic ice sheet. This research grant, with a completion date of March 14, 2025, aligns with Columbia...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K1134, was granted to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University, to conduct research focused on improving the understanding of low-cloud feedbacks and their representation in the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Earth System Model (NASA-GISS ESM). The award, valued at $409,547.00, is a grant for research to be completed by May 26, 2026. The funding agency is the Shared Services...