This is a $172,699.59 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Dakota (UND) Division of Research & Economic Development for research on the radiative impacts of aerosols, particularly smoke from agricultural and wildfires, on the climate and weather system. The research will utilize data from NASA's Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) and various airborne polarimeters to better quantify the microphysical and optical properties of smoke and...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Dakota (UND) for $370,338.93. The purpose of the grant is to understand the mechanisms contributing to the rapid changes occurring in the Arctic region. UND, a major public research institution, is conducting this research through its Division of Research & Economic Development. The North Dakota University System, of which UND is a subsidiary, has a strong track record of...
The University of North Dakota's Division of Research & Economic Development received a $246,297 grant award from the Shared Services Center on July 15, 2024, for research titled "Innovative Uses of SAGE III/ISS Data for Improving Aerosol Analyses and Forecasts in the Stratosphere Through Model Evaluation and Data Assimilation." The award, which carries no set-aside designation, supports research activities to be performed at the university's Grand Forks, North Dakota campus...
This is a $303,784.49 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Dakota (UND) Division of Research & Economic Development for a research project titled "Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS)." The project aims to study the impact of convective storms on the lower stratosphere over North America during the summer monsoon season. The award is part of NASA's broader research efforts to understand the...
This is a $100,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Dakota (UND) to support the identification of high latitude cloud, aerosol, and blowing snow layers using machine learning of lidar and polarimeter data. The award, which is not set aside, has an ultimate completion date of August 14, 2026. UND, a major public research institution, has extensive experience executing federal contracts and grants across various...
This is a $463,699.58 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to the University of North Dakota (UND) Division of Research & Economic Development under the North Dakota EPSCoR program. The objectives are to build research capabilities in North Dakota, conduct NASA-relevant research, foster collaboration, and support STEM education and economic development. The award will provide faculty seed and travel grants, graduate student support, and coordination with the North Dakota Space Grant...
This is a $473,985.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to study the effects of aerosols on cloud microphysics in the warming Arctic climate. The project will leverage data from various satellite instruments, models, and ground/aircraft-based observations to characterize cloud properties and aerosol impacts, with the goal of improving parameterizations of aerosol-cloud interactions in Earth system models....
This federal contract award is a $1,152,905.00 grant to the University of North Dakota (UND), a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The grant, awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center, is for a project called IMPACTS that will study how multi-scale dynamical and microphysical processes in winter storms interact to produce banded regions of snowfall. The goal is to provide knowledge that informs remote sensing of snow from space and improves U.S. storm prediction...
This $758,436 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Dakota (UND) supports the university's participation in the Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX), which is part of NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Under this grant, UND will deploy its Cessna Citation aircraft to collect in-situ measurements of cloud microphysics and atmospheric conditions in coordination with remote sensing observations from NASA...
This is a USD 4,240,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Dakota (UND) Division of Research & Economic Development. The award supports graduate, undergraduate, and K-12 student STEM experiences to enhance the NASA and technical workforce, as well as nurture and grow research initiatives across multiple institutions. UND, a major research university, has extensive experience managing large federal projects...
This $412,948.99 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of North Dakota (UND) Division of Research & Economic Development to develop a ten-year Arctic aerosol extinction and optical depth reanalysis product. The goal is to study regional trends in summertime absorptive aerosol transport to/within the Arctic and corresponding aerosol direct surface forcing and particle mass deposition, with the intent of investigating correlative relationships between regional aerosol presence and seasonal sea ice melting. The work involves developing a new data assimilation capability for the Naval Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS) using the OMI aerosol index product, to track ultraviolet-absorbing aerosols like dust and smoke over bright Arctic surfaces. This award is not associated with a set-aside program and was completed on August 18, 2021.