This is a $755,173.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) for a study of the mineralogy and geochemistry of a catchment on the margins of a lake in the East African Rift Valley as an analog for early Mars aqueous processes. As a major public research university and member of the University of Wisconsin System, UWM has a strong track record of conducting federally-funded scientific research across a variety of...
This is a $667,453 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System's University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) campus. The grant is for a research project titled "MULTI-SCALE STATISTICAL PREDICTION OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE GLOBAL DOMAIN" with a performance period ending in October 2026. UWM has a strong track record of conducting research for federal agencies like NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Departments of...
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has been awarded a $727,439.00 federal grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on "From Simulations to Observations in Common Envelope Evolution." This grant, identified as Award ID 80NSSC24K0936, will support UWM's scientific investigations into the evolution of binary star systems, particularly the phenomenon known as common envelope evolution. As a major public research university, UWM has a...
The U.S. government has awarded a $203,012 grant for research to the University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is to assess the impact of future and current spaceborne missions in order to improve estimates of nitrogen export and freshwater flux. The research will exploit various airborne and spaceborne remote sensing data to...
This is a $494,978.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System for research on chondrules in primitive meteorites. The research aims to understand how these meteoritic features formed in the proto-planetary disk and postdated the oldest refractory inclusions by 2.5 million years. This grant is not associated with a set-aside program and is part of the university system's larger federal research portfolio, which includes...
This is a $1,254,782.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Wisconsin System, operating through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, for a scientific research project. The grant, which was awarded on May 20, 2020, is for a 5-year period ending on May 18, 2025. The project aims to quantify variability in heat and water exchanges between land, the atmosphere, and the ocean using a new 30-year, monthly...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1.158 million grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison through January 2020 to August 2022. The research grant will utilize decades of broad-scale remote sensing datasets to detect changes on Earth over time. As one of the largest public university systems, the University of Wisconsin acts as prime contractor and will perform the research. No subcontractors or set-aside designations were specified. This research aligns...
This is a $725,781 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System, with the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the primary recipient. The grant is for the execution of a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The program will focus on scientific research related to the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and...
This is a $175,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System's Office of Sponsored Programs Division, doing business as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), to evaluate breast cancer risks during long-term space travel using a mammographic density model. The grant is for research and has no set-aside designation. UWM is a major public research university that receives substantial federal funding for R&D...
This is a $337,092 grant award to the University of Wisconsin System for "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON TROPICAL OCEANIC CONVECTION" research. The award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division operating as Research and Sponsored Programs, is the prime contractor on this grant. The award has an ultimate completion date of July 18,...