This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Space Science Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The $183,984 grant is for a project focused on studying the properties of fast mode waves in the Earth's magnetosphere outside the plasmasphere. The research aims to answer questions about how the energy of these waves is distributed and their typical amplitudes compared to other ultra-low frequency waves. The project...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $70,000 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct research titled "Deducing Tidal and Planetary Wave Impacts on the Ionosphere Through Thermospheric and Ionospheric Observations." This grant has no set-aside designation and aims to advance NASA's understanding of space weather and its effects on communications and technology in space through...
This is a $280,284.80 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a research project to study the atmospheric coupling between the lower atmosphere and mesosphere. The goal is to improve understanding of the influence of obliquely propagating gravity waves generated over the monsoon region on the high-latitude summer mesosphere, as indicated by polar mesospheric...
This is a $100,000.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a project titled "EXAMINING HIGHER FREQUENCY ATMOSPHERIC TIDES AT IONOSPHERIC ALTITUDES". The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will fund research and development activities related to understanding atmospheric tides at the ionospheric level. As a leading public...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $261,499 research grant on July 1, 2024, to investigate the connections between driving conditions, magnetosphere-ionosphere-ground properties, and extreme geomagnetic and geoelectric disturbances. The grant, which is non-set-aside and funded through a Civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, will be performed in Blacksburg, Virginia, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2026. This research...
This is a $387,485.50 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for research on the impacts of atmospheric waves on the Martian upper atmosphere. The research will leverage data from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) missions. This grant is not a set-aside and has an ultimate completion date of August 19, 2024. Virginia Tech, a leading public research university,...
This is a $350,925 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for research to quantify how the ionosphere and thermosphere respond to electromagnetic and kinetic energy inputs from the magnetosphere. The award has a period of performance through July 31, 2026 and is not a set-aside contract. Virginia Tech is a leading public research university and land-grant institution that has a long...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), a leading public research university, to conduct research on the impacts of solar flares and space weather. The $398,359.00 grant has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. The research aims to improve understanding of the effects of enhanced X-ray and extreme ultraviolet radiation from solar flares, which can lead to radio...
This is a federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, doing business as Virginia Tech, in the amount of $697,557.00. The grant is for a research project to investigate the role of ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves in energy transfer in the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere (SW-M-I-T) system, using three data sets and numerical simulations. The grant does not have a set-aside...
This is a $89,905.39 training grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on September 1, 2017. The grant supports research on ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves in the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere using data from the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN). The goal is to build a database of ULF wave events and examine their dependencies on solar wind conditions, geomagnetic...
This is a $114,946.04 grant award from NASA's Shared Services Center to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a research project titled "Characterizing MHD Fast Mode Waves Outside the Plasmasphere." The goal is to study magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fast mode waves in the outer magnetosphere and how they may affect the radiation belt environment around geostationary satellites. The research will use data from NASA's THEMIS mission to analyze the properties and distribution of these waves and their potential role in radiation belt dynamics. This grant is not associated with any set-aside program. Virginia Tech, a leading public research university, will conduct the work as the prime awardee without any identified major subcontractors. The project supports NASA's goal to understand the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere and their response to solar and terrestrial inputs.