This is a $104,999.11 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) on September 1, 2015. The purpose of the grant is to investigate "Triggers for the Collapse of Ice Shelves in Antarctica: Investigating Compressive Arch Failure." This research aims to understand the forces that contribute to the breakup of ice shelves, which are floating extensions of continental ice sheets that play a...
This is a federal contract award to the University of Washington for research services related to modeling the response of the Smith/Pope/Kohler glacier system in West Antarctica to different initial conditions and parameterizations of sub-shelf melting and ice shelf weakening. The contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, with a ceiling value of $99,370.82 and a period of performance ending on February 11, 2020. There is no...
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The grant is for research focused on studying the Thwaites Glacier and the Amundsen Sea Sector of West Antarctica, which are losing mass at a faster rate than any other region of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and is for...
This federal contract award (No. 80NSSC20K1627) was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) to conduct research on the Antarctic ice sheet. The $76,472.19 grant aims to use altimetric and surface velocity data to perform time-dependent inversions for basal friction and rheological parameters that govern ice flow. This award does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Washington is a leading...
The University of Washington was awarded a $450,000 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The grant is for cryospheric studies to improve estimates of sea ice trends and variability over the last two decades through data assimilation, and to investigate the mechanisms explaining the observed trends and variability. No set-aside designation was used. The period of performance is from March 15, 2021 through March 14, 2025. The award was made directly...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX17AG54G, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington. The $750,286.13 grant funds research to analyze changes in the elevation of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet over a 15-year period, using data from various satellite missions. The goal is to provide a longer-term context for interpreting observations from the upcoming ICESat-2 mission, which will measure ice loss in the...
This is a $416,947 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) for research related to the Antarctic grounding zone, which is a critical element for ice sheet modeling. The grant has a period of performance through March 31, 2026 and does not have a set-aside designation. UW is a leading research university that has secured numerous prime federal contract and grant awards across civilian and defense...
This is a $134,649.18 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to the University of Washington on September 1, 2018, with a completion date of August 31, 2021. The grant funds research to investigate the extent, resolution, and accuracy of remotely-sensed snow depth observations in complex topography, as precipitation measurements in mountainous regions are challenging. The research will evaluate the ability of simulated snow depth...
This is a federal grant award to the University of Washington (UW) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The award, valued at $1,297,158.51, is for a project titled "Validating a Glacier Melt Toolbox for High Mountain Asia Using a Remote-Sensing-Driven Data Integration Framework." The project aims to integrate remote sensing data and modeling approaches to better understand the water budget in the High Mountain Asia region, which is...
This is a $167,259 research grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Washington (UW) to study the dynamics and impacts of surging glaciers in High Mountain Asia. The grant is not set aside and runs from July 2024 to July 2026. UW is a prominent public research university that has extensive experience executing complex, multidisciplinary research projects for federal agencies across various scientific domains, including biomedical research, space...
This is a $316,333.31 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington to study the dynamic triggers for variability in the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The project aims to investigate processes that may substantially affect the magnitude and rates of ice retreat and mass loss from the Thwaites Glacier, including ocean temperature changes, basal flow law variability, bedrock topography, tidal forcing, and subglacial outburst floods. The research will leverage remote sensing data, data analysis, and modeling approaches to improve understanding of the Thwaites Glacier dynamics and contribute to more accurate projections of sea level rise. This grant award does not have a set-aside designation.