This is a $326,097 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University to develop new models of Jupiter's upper atmosphere. The goal is to address unresolved questions in this area of space science research. The grant was awarded on June 1, 2020 and has a completion date of May 31, 2025. Boston University, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the prime grantee on this research project. No set-aside designation is...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Trustees of Boston University, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The goal of the proposed work is to quantify how magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling at Jupiter is affected by local time asymmetries in the magnetosphere and temporal variability related to the internal mass loading from Io and external forcing from the solar wind. The university will...
The Trustees of Boston University was awarded a $462,595 research grant on January 1, 2023, for a project titled "Jupiter's Ionosphere: Magnetic Effects on Plasma Densities" (Contract No. 21-JPSP21-0013). The award, funded through a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, supports fundamental scientific research into the physical processes occurring in Jupiter's ionosphere, specifically examining how magnetic fields influence plasma density distributions. This research aligns...
The Trustees of Boston University was awarded a $507,461 research grant on September 1, 2023, under contract 22-NFDAP22_2-0017 to investigate low-latitude electrodynamics at Jupiter. This civilian agency grant, funded through the Shared Services Center, supports fundamental research into the electromagnetic phenomena occurring at Jupiter's equatorial regions, with work to be performed at the university's Boston, Massachusetts campus. The grant carries an ultimate completion date of August 31,...
This is a $20,296.29 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, to conduct research on the "Structure and Dynamics of Jupiter's Duskside Magnetosphere." The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, runs from October 1, 2022, to July 11, 2024. As a leading research institution, Boston University has a robust history of receiving federal research grants and...
This is a $289,272 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University, a private university, to study the plasma distribution in the Io torus during the Juno mission epoch. The proposed investigation aims to measure the plasma density and temperature structure in the Io torus, which is a prominent feature of Jupiter's magnetosphere, and use the results to test predictions about plasma behavior in Jupiter's dynamic magnetosphere. The...
This is a $396,001.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center (a civilian federal agency) to the Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit educational institution, for a research project titled "ENERGETIC ION DISTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR PRECIPITATION INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AT JUPITER". The grant is for the period of August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026 and is not set aside for any specific business category. Boston University has extensive experience conducting research and...
This is a $269,934 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit research university. The grant is for the "EO14042 JOINT KECK-JUNO OBSERVATIONS OF JUPITER, ITS MOONS AND ITS MAGNETOSPHERE" project, with a period of performance ending on January 31, 2026. The award is not a set-aside contract. Boston University is a highly capable research institution that has secured numerous federal grants and contracts across agencies such as...
Trustees of Boston University has been awarded a $458,027 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to analyze Juno satellite data of waves, particles, and aurorae in Earth's radiation belts, supported by complementary measurements from the Galileo satellite. As the prime contractor, Boston University will primarily study wave-driven electron precipitation using Juno satellite observations of Jupiter's magnetosphere and a physics-based modeling...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian government agency, to Trustees of Boston University, a private non-profit educational institution. The grant is for research to determine the dominant heat sources in Jupiter's upper atmosphere. The research is not associated with a larger contract vehicle, and the award is not a set-aside for any specific business type. As a leading research university, Boston University has demonstrated extensive capabilities in...
This is a $395,969.00 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant's objective is to study temperature variations in Jupiter's upper atmosphere to determine the most likely source(s) of heating. The research will involve ground-based observational campaigns of Jupiter's ionosphere, with a focus on the regions surrounding the Great Red Spot, to uncover the temporal and spatial variations in upper atmospheric temperatures and provide insights into the coupling between the lower and upper atmospheres. This work is intended to help resolve the "giant planet energy crisis" - the discrepancy between observed upper atmospheric temperatures and those predicted by models that consider only solar heating. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by February 28, 2022.