This federal contract award, valued at $245,434.51, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to provide support for the 4th year operations, recovery, and science of the STO-2 project. STO-2 is a collaboration co-I institution proposal led by the University of Arizona that aims to survey the southern galactic plane to study the life cycle of the interstellar medium and its relationship to star formation. The contract, which has...
This federal contract award, valued at $126,006.38, was granted by the Shared Services Center (part of NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution. The contract supports the fourth year of operations, recovery, and science for the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO-2) project, which includes pre-flight engineering, flight monitoring, data management, analysis, scientific interpretation, publication, and public data distribution. SAO...
This federal contract award is a grant for research provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents. The grant, valued at $3,426,305.00, supports a scientific investigation program focused on active galactic nuclei and their host galaxies, as well as debris disk research. This effort builds upon the University of Arizona's prior work with the Spitzer Space Telescope and proposes to leverage new...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, for a research project titled "SECURING REVOLUTIONARY EXOZODI RESEARCH WITH VLTI/NOTT." The $790,672 grant has a period of performance through September 30, 2026 and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Arizona, a major public research university, will leverage its expertise in astrophysics and planetary...
This federal contract award is a $470,310 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents. The grant, titled "TWO-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS AND ELECTRON ACCELERATION ARE A UBIQUITOUS PHENOMENA IN A RANGE OF ASTROPHYSICAL SETTINGS FROM THE SOLAR CORONA TO THE ACCRETION FLOWS AROUND BLACK HOLES. SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE LAST TWO DECADES ON GRMHD SIM", has an...
The University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, has been awarded a $3,348,262.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for high resolution spectroscopy of far ultraviolet hydrogen emission from star-forming regions using spatial heterodyne interferometry. This research grant, which has a period of performance through November 1, 2027, aligns with NASA's scientific research priorities in astrophysics and planetary science. The University of...
The University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, was awarded a $160,933.98 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate the viability of a seismic experiment on a potential Europa Lander mission, a future ocean worlds exploration effort. The grant, titled "THE SIIOS PSTAR," aims to develop operational techniques and quantify the science return of the proposed SIIOS experiment. This award does not have a set-aside...
This federal contract award is for a research grant titled "PROGENITORS AND EXPLOSIONS OF TESS SUPERNOVAE" awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, a public research university. The $70,000.00 grant has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025 and was awarded on January 2, 2024. The University of Arizona, a Hispanic Serving Institution, provides a range of scientific and...
This is a $124,130.15 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, for research on the direct imaging and interferometry of proto-planets at the epoch of disk clearing. The grant runs from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2021. The University of Arizona is a public research university and 1862 land grant institution located in Tucson, Arizona. As a state government entity, higher education...
The University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, was awarded a $407,638 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop models for the energy balance in exoplanet middle atmospheres. The research will incorporate non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) populations of molecular energy levels and constrain the calculated temperature profiles using exoplanet transit observations. The project will investigate the effects of the...