The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $943,133.46 grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a research project to enhance health hazard mitigation planning and public health disaster response. The project aims to improve vulnerability mapping by incorporating time-resolved environmental exposure data from Earth observation satellites and agent-based modeling of human movement patterns. The goal is to better predict the spatial...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $249,859 grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), a non-profit educational institution, to develop an interactive data portal that will connect vulnerable communities to the science of urban heat mitigation. The grant, which has an ultimate completion date of April 3, 2025, is classified as a research contract and does not have a set-aside designation. RFCUNY, which acts as the fiscal...
This $1,084,999.00 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Florida State University (FSU) to improve public health decision making on critical infrastructure (CI) investment through refining satellite observations, portable statistical modeling, and close stakeholder engagement. The overarching goal is to advance the use of satellite data and analytical tools to support public health policy and investment decisions. This grant does not utilize a...
NASA awarded a $3.61 million grant to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) on April 10, 2019, for research addressing cardiovascular disease risks and degenerative tissue effects from radiation exposure, with performance extending through December 31, 2026. The research directly supports gaps identified in NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) Integrated Research Plan, specifically targeting the development of tissue-specific experimental models for cardiovascular and other degenerative...
This is a $461,837.72 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The grant funds research to improve understanding of the variability and physical drivers of droughts and heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere extra-tropics using observations and NASA's GISS General Circulation Model (GCM) MODELE. The research objectives include...
This is a $470,025.98 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to develop long-term surface concentration maps of atmospheric ammonia, nitrogen dioxide, and formaldehyde over the contiguous United States. The research aims to better understand the changing patterns of reactive nitrogen and volatile organic compound emissions, as well as the shifting chemical regimes of ozone and secondary...
This is a $99,640.82 grant awarded by NASA through the Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science (RRNES) solicitation to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to conduct research on the environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed work will: 1) constrain atmospheric dispersion patterns in three air basins using satellite data, 2) estimate emissions and lifetime of nitrogen oxides, and 3) analyze time series data on emissions from 2004...
This is a $551,450.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), a non-profit organization that administers sponsored programs and research for the SUNY system. The grant is for a project titled "The Cryosphere's Response to Increasing Global Temperatures," which aims to improve predictions of sea-level rise by enhancing the understanding and modeling of glacier and ice sheet...
This is a $743,554 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornell University for a research project titled "IMPROVING OPERATIONAL PREDICTION OF URBAN RAINFALL AND HEAT EXTREMES THROUGH MULTI-SOURCE LCLU REMOTE SENSING". The grant is not part of a set-aside program. The purpose of the grant is to conduct research to improve the prediction of urban rainfall and heat extremes using remote sensing data. As a leading research university, Cornell...
This is a $1,049,939.41 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook University) to conduct research on technologies for the asynchronous delivery of psychotherapeutic techniques to astronauts during long-duration space missions. The project aims to address the challenges of providing real-time mental health support to astronauts who may experience behavioral health issues in extreme...
This is a $1,181,673.08 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Health Research, Inc. (HRI), a non-profit organization in New York. The grant is for a project that aims to use NASA Earth observation data to characterize heat-related health risks and develop sociodemographic vulnerability maps at the census tract level for two U.S. states (New York and Florida). The project will integrate the heat metrics and vulnerability information into local public health decision support systems to aid in community health assessment, resource allocation, and targeted interventions. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. This project supports NASA's efforts to apply Earth observation data to address public health priorities identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) related to climate change impacts.