The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a $100,000.00 grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to conduct research on "Determining Elemental Abundances and C/O Ratios for Directly Imaged Planet Host Stars." The contract is for the period from October 27, 2023 to October 26, 2025. UCSD, a public research university, is serving as the prime contractor on this research grant. The award is not associated with any...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $360,676.72 grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to conduct research on exoplanet characterization. The research aims to use the SCExAO and CHARIS instruments on the Subaru Telescope to survey for new exoplanets around nearby young stars, obtain and characterize spectra of both newly discovered and known exoplanets, and use the spectra to infer the planets' properties and connect them to theories of giant...
This is a $124,647.04 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to conduct a systematic study of the atmospheres of directly imaged exoplanets. The grant is part of NASA's "Understanding the Directly Imaged Planets" program, which aims to advance exoplanet science by characterizing newly discovered planets through ground-based and space-based spectroscopy. UCSC, as a public research university and...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K0242, was granted by the Shared Services Center (part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for a research project investigating the connection between near-infrared excess emission and X-ray emission in A-type stars. The $83,103.91 grant-funded contract does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2021. UCSD, as the prime contractor, will...
This is a $549,220 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for a research project. The contract is not set aside and has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. The grant is focused on executing a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and congressional direction. Key elements include participating as a partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, conducting scientific...
This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC22K0529, was granted by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for research related to planets around main sequence A-type stars. The $361,060.00 grant will fund research into the categories of close-separation hot Jupiters and wide separation massive planets detected via direct imaging and radial velocity surveys of "retired A-type" giant stars. The contract is a grant for...
This is a grant awarded by a U.S. government civilian agency to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for a research program titled "Exploring the Transformative Potential of High Resolution Spectroscopy in the Search for Habitable Worlds." The $676,027 grant will be used to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and Congressional direction. The research aims to advance discovery in emerging fields by...
This is a $393,748 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to study the relationship between the chemical composition of exoplanets and their host stars. The research aims to better understand how the metal content of planets is influenced by the abundances of elements like iron, silicon, and carbon in their parent stars. This work aligns with NASA's Exoplanets Research Program objectives to determine the...
This federal contract award, valued at $249,064.40, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop the SPEX PRISM Library for Ultracool Dwarfs. The two-year program aims to (1) calibrate and expand existing data repositories, (2) serve the data through a web archive with visualization tools, and (3) develop and distribute an open-source, Python-based analysis toolkit. This effort will create a legacy resource...
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has been awarded a $88,090 grant contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to execute a balanced science program. The contract supports UCSD's participation as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. The contract also requires UCSD to advance discovery in emerging fields by identifying and exploiting cross-disciplinary...
This federal contract award, valued at $437,920.33, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to conduct a program of moderate resolution near-infrared spectroscopy of directly imaged exoplanets. The goal is to advance the understanding of planet formation, chemistry, and atmospheric composition for this class of exoplanets. This research will complement current and future NASA exoplanet missions by investigating the relatively unexplored population of widely separated gas giant planets. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. UCSD, as the prime contractor, will leverage its expertise in areas such as astronomy, astrophysics, and planetary science to execute this research program, which is highly relevant to NASA's Exoplanets Research Program.