Grant For Research NNX15AV01G
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- This federal contract award, valued at $568,664.86, was granted to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Sponsored Research and Programs Division, doing business as I I T, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract is for a research grant to identify extreme storm patterns, with a period of performance through December 31, 2023. IIT is a renowned PhD-granting research university with extensive experience supporting the U.S. government through prime contracts...
- This is a $817,928 grant awarded to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the role of Lagrangian Coherent Structures in coupling the ionosphere-atmosphere during weak and strong polar vortices. The grant is a research contract with a performance period ending on December 31, 2026. IIT is a private research university in Chicago that frequently partners with federal agencies on scientific and technical projects. This...
- This is a $94,047 training grant awarded by the Shared Services Center (an alternate name for an agency within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Sponsored Research and Programs Division. The primary science objective is to study the relationships between high-latitude Poynting flux, ionospheric plasma drift, and thermospheric neutral wind in order to better understand how the geospace environment responds to energy input from the...
- This federal contract award, valued at $102,300.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Chicago. The award is part of an investigation into supraglacial lakes and hydrology in North Greenland, with the overall aim of improving understanding of lake development and drainage, and assessing the implications for subglacial hydrology and ice dynamics. The research will analyze lake evolution on grounded and floating ice, investigate lake...
- This federal contract award, valued at $1,705,467.00, was granted to the University of Illinois (the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to execute a balanced science program. The contract requires the University to participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research related to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Additionally, the University will advance discovery in emerging fields by...
- This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC19K0713, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois. The overarching goal of the work is to contribute to the evaluation and improvement of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission's retrieval algorithms by using in-situ microphysical and remote sensing data collected during GPM ground validation field campaigns. The specific aims include developing parameterizations for ice...
- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $246,244.56 grant to the University of Illinois to conduct research on "Bayesian Inverse Retrieval of Seasonal Snow from SAR Observations." This grant, with an end date of October 16, 2026, does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Illinois, a public land-grant research university, will perform the work at its campus in Urbana, Illinois. The University has a history of supporting federal research and...
- This federal contract award is a $1,147,029.36 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois. The research aims to develop an integrated carbon monitoring system that combines bottom-up and top-down approaches to quantify the carbon budget for the U.S. Corn Belt region. The project will leverage new satellite data, including solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements, to improve...
- This is a $164,540.00 grant awarded to the University of Illinois by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on "Leveraging Information Theory and Flux Tower Footprints towards Improved Satellite-Based Evapotranspiration Estimates". The grant has an ultimate completion date of January 6, 2026. The University of Illinois is a renowned public land-grant research university with extensive capabilities in federal contracting and research, particularly...
- This federal contract award is for the development of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Reflectometer Instrument for Bi-static Synthetic Aperture Radar (GRIBSAR) measurements of Earth. The $1,500,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded to Bluehalo Labs, LLC, doing business as Intelligent Automation, a small business subchapter S corporation, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract aims to exploit GNSS reflected signals as a...
This federal contract award, valued at $564,892.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) for research to advance remote sensing techniques using global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reflectometry to monitor freshwater surface properties, particularly seasonal ice formation on the Laurentian Great Lakes. The effort aims to develop methods to differentiate liquid freshwater from lake ice cover, with the goal of enabling future coastal GNSS reflectometry networks to quantify changes in water ice formation and relate them to water level fluctuations. This award supports NASA's Earth science objectives by leveraging GNSS signals of opportunity to improve understanding of cryosphere and hydrology dynamics. IIT, a PhD-granting research university, has extensive experience conducting specialized scientific and technical research for federal agencies including NASA and the Department of Defense.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 10/24/19 | ||
| 8 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 10/24/19 | |
| Not listed | $89.4k | 9/5/19 | ||
| 7 | Funding Only Action | $89.4k | 9/5/19 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 10/16/18 |