Training Grant NNX16AT22H

This is a research contract awarded by NASA to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to study the radial dependence of magnetic fluctuations in the solar wind. The $119,998.63 contract will leverage data from the MAVEN mission's cruise phase to provide new insights on the flow of energy from the Sun and the physical processes that determine magnetic signatures in the solar wind. This research directly supports NASA's Heliophysics goal of exploring physical processes in the space environment from the Sun to Earth and throughout the solar system. The techniques and methods developed will also benefit the upcoming Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission by informing the analysis of magnetic field data from the FIELDS instrument. The State of California Controllers Office will administer the funding as the parent organization of UC Berkeley. This contract award did not use a set-aside.