This contract award to Arizona State University (ASU) is for research on metamaterial filters and low-mass focusing optics for millimeter, sub-millimeter, and terahertz applications. The $682,545 grant is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ASU, a comprehensive public research university, will conduct the research work under this 3-year contract which runs through September 2025. No set-aside designation was used for this award. Arizona State University has a long...
This is a $141,298 grant awarded by NASA to Arizona State University for a research project titled "Gravitational Lensing of the Herschel Cosmic Infrared Background". The award has an ultimate completion date of January 10, 2026. Arizona State University is the prime recipient, with no set-aside designation noted. The grant will fund research related to studying exoplanet atmosphere models and supporting in-space memory manufacturing, which aligns with NASA's broader scientific...
This is a $69,598.86 research grant awarded by the Shared Services Center (NSSC), a civilian agency within the U.S. government, to Arizona State University (ASU) to study the impact of intense ultraviolet (UV) emission from stellar flares on the habitability of exoplanets around active M-type stars. The grant is to be completed by October 4, 2023. ASU is the prime awardee and there is no set-aside designation for this contract. As a leading research university, ASU has an extensive history of...
This is a $101,984.72 grant awarded to Arizona State University (ASU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the formation and processing histories of presolar and early solar system nanomaterials. The grant has an ultimate completion date of October 4, 2023. ASU is the prime contractor, and there are no set-aside designations associated with this award. This grant supports NASA's research objectives in planetary science and the exploration of the early solar...
Arizona State University was awarded a $374,620.96 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research related to oxygen isotope fractionation and self-shielding in the solar nebula. The research aims to improve understanding of how carbon monoxide (CO) self-shielding can explain enrichment of oxygen-17 and oxygen-18 in terrestrial planets and meteorites compared to the solar photosphere. The grant involves analyzing high-quality ultraviolet absorption...
This is a $537,787 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) on January 21, 2022. The grant, titled "A Benchmark Survey of Substellar Companions -- A Critical Test of Formation and Evolution Models", is for a research project that will run until January 20, 2026. ASU, a comprehensive public research university, will be conducting this astronomical research project without any set-aside designation. The grant represents...
This is a $103,952.81 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU), a public research university. The contract is to develop large-format superconducting detector arrays and low power, highly multiplexed readout electronics for future balloon-borne and space-based sub-millimeter and far-infrared missions. This technology will be demonstrated on the upcoming NASA BLAST-TNG balloon-borne telescope to measure the polarized...
This is a $365,954 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) for research on "Nanoscale Analysis of Processing Signatures in Returned Asteroid, Comet and Interstellar Samples." The grant, with a period of performance ending on December 29, 2025, is part of NASA's research program to study samples from asteroids, comets, and interstellar sources. ASU, a comprehensive public research university, has a long history of...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona for the research project "PRESOLAR STARDUST IN THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM". The grant is valued at $112,107.00 and has a completion date of April 24, 2025. The contract type is a Grant for Research and there is no set-aside designation. As a comprehensive public research university, Arizona State University has extensive experience conducting...
Arizona State University was awarded a $722,053 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The grant is titled "LET THE DATA SPEAK FOR ITSELF. UNDERSTANDING THE LIMITS OF CURRENT EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERIC MODELS AND THEIR MISSING PHYSICS IN A DATA-DRIVEN ERA" and will fund research to understand the limitations of current models of exoplanet atmospheres and identify missing physics in an era of increased exoplanet data. The grant was awarded on...