This is a $511,809 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on electron scattering processes and their impact on the upper atmosphere of Mars. The grant is part of NASA's "Assessing Superthermal Electron Kinetic Processes in Near-Mars Space" program. The research will utilize three numerical models to address three key scientific questions related to photoelectron and solar wind electron...
This federal contract award is a grant for $144,091 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan). The grant is for research to understand and quantify the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere response for extreme space weather conditions using advanced computer modeling. The research will analyze the physical mechanisms behind the unusually fast...
This federal contract award, with identification number NNX16AJ67G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The $950,088 grant aims to study the effects of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) on Mercury's atmosphere and magnetosphere. The investigation will use numerical simulations and observations from the MESSENGER mission to characterize the structure of ICMEs at Mercury's orbit, discover changes in...
This is a $970,125.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, to conduct research on the "Magnetic Evolution of Complex Coronal Mass Ejection Structures in the Solar Wind." The award is for a 4-year period of performance from May 2024 to May 2028. The University of Michigan is a highly regarded research institution that has previously received prime and subcontract...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $137,004.00 grant for research to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, doing business as the University of Michigan. The contract is for research related to the Earth's magnetosphere-ionosphere system and its interaction with the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field. This is not a set-aside contract. The University of Michigan is a U.S. state government-controlled...
This federal contract award is a $44,963.38 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, doing business as the University of Michigan. The grant, titled "Solar Wind Influences on Planetary Ions in Mercury's High-Latitude Magnetosphere", has a completion date of September 9, 2024. The University of Michigan is a highly-regarded public research university and...
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan), was awarded a $160,401.17 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research related to understanding the global distribution and dynamics of electric and magnetic fields in the magnetosphere and ionosphere during extreme space weather events. The research aims to advance the scientific understanding of how energetic electrons and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $129,967.90 training grant contract to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan). The contract, awarded on September 1, 2018, is focused on using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling to better understand the role of ionospheric conductance in the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and the prediction of ground-induced currents during space...
This federal contract award, NNX16AP03H, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to study the evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their thermal and kinetic energy. The $75,000 contract aims to use remote sensing and in-situ observations to empirically model the changes in CME plasma properties as they travel from the Sun to the near-Earth region. The goal is to better understand the physical processes that...
This is a $510,820.60 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as University of Michigan) to conduct a three-year research program studying anomalous solar wind and interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). The research aims to characterize the in-situ properties of these anomalous events, identify their source regions on the Sun, and understand the...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the amount of $861,605.00 was granted to the Regents of the University of Michigan to study the impact of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) on the Mars upper atmosphere and ionosphere. The aim is to develop coupled global models that can simulate the two-way interaction between the solar wind and the Mars atmosphere, and contrast the responses of Earth and Mars to the same ICME events. This work will provide insights into the physical processes driving atmospheric loss on Mars and benefit multiple Mars upper atmosphere research communities. The award does not have a set-aside designation, and no subcontractors were mentioned in the provided information.