This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) with a ceiling value of $561,078.29. The grant is for research to study mechanisms for generating long-lasting pulsations observed by the Van Allen Probes in the dayside magnetosphere, survey magnetic transient events, and study the propagation of interplanetary shocks through the magnetosphere. This grant is part of NASA's "MULTISATELLITE...
This federal grant award to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $199,598.00 grant is for research on "The Influence of Solar Wind Structures on Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere Over a Wide Energy Range." The research will be performed by UMD, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, and is not associated with a larger contract vehicle. The award has no set-aside...
This is a $594,141.98 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), a prominent U.S. state government entity and 1862 land grant college. The grant, awarded on August 1, 2020, supports an investigation into the influence of magnetic forces. It has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2024. UMD, which is part of the University System of Maryland (USM), has a broad portfolio of federal contract and grant...
This is a $639,161 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to conduct research on "EXPLOSIVE ENERGY RELEASE IN SOLAR ERUPTIVE EVENTS". The grant is a research-focused contract and does not have a set-aside designation. UMD is a state-controlled institution of higher learning and the prime contractor for this award. The University System of Maryland is the parent organization of UMD. This grant...
This is a $141,749.84 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to develop a state-of-the-art model for forecasting the dynamics of the Earth's radiation belt and energetic plasma environment. The project aims to improve the ability to model and predict the ultra-low frequency (ULF) wave power and resulting radial diffusion coefficients, which are key processes controlling the acceleration, transport, and loss of...
This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to investigate the global distribution properties of long-lasting ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves and their interactions with energetic particles. The $778,276.98 grant will fund research using data from the Van Allen Probes to study wave-particle resonance, modulation, and particle acceleration. This work is intended to provide...
This $78,704 federal grant award to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to conduct research on searching for new cyclotron lines in transient pulsars, with a period of performance through November 30, 2025. UMD is a state-controlled institution of higher learning that has previously received numerous federal contract and grant awards across various agencies to support scientific research, STEM education, and other academic...
This is a $263,067 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research into the response of the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system during extreme geomagnetic storms. The project will utilize NASA's 3D multifluid magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) code coupled with other modeling tools to simulate the behavior of the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere system, with a focus on understanding the fast recovery rate...
This is a $249,997 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on "The 3D Magnetopause Boundary Layers During Storm Time in the MSS Era". The research grant has a performance period ending on September 30, 2025. The University of Maryland, College Park is the prime contractor for this award, which does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Maryland, College Park is a...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $158,686 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for the MAGSTAR project, which focuses on multi-mission magnetometer denoising and sensor resiliency through statistical decomposition and artificial intelligence. This is a research contract without a set-aside designation. UMD, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, will be the prime contractor performing the work. The University System of...