This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC21K1725, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The $261,971.00 grant will fund a research project that utilizes the NASA Unified Weather Research & Forecasting (NU-WRF) regional modeling system and satellite/platform observations to investigate atmospheric science topics. The award is a grant for research with an ultimate...
This is a $1,374,664.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant, titled "DEVELOPMENT OF A NEXT-GENERATION ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION," is for research and development related to atmospheric composition modeling. The award has an ultimate completion date of August 14, 2026. Morgan State University has a...
This federal contract award with ID 80NSSC21K0436 was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a historically Black university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The $181,500.73 grant is for research aimed at addressing the persistent low representation of minorities in the geosciences field, which encompasses ocean, atmosphere, and earth sciences. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and is expected to be completed by December 31,...
This federal contract award, valued at $87,699.00, was granted to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The contract is for the "Development of Satellite-Constrained Pollution Emissions for Improved Simulation of Global Tropospheric Composition," a research project that aims to leverage satellite data to enhance global atmospheric modeling and pollution emissions analysis. The contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space...
This is a $1,025,660.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant, titled "Supporting Local Government Public Health and Air Quality Decision-Making with a Sub-City Scale Air Quality Forecasting System from Data Fusion of Models, Satellite, In Measurements, and Low-Cost Sensors", is for research to develop an air quality forecasting...
This is a $1,340,538.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The contract is for the development of a Long-Term, High-Resolution Urban Aerosol Database for Research, Education and Outreach, with a period of performance ending on March 31, 2026. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. As a leading HBCU with expertise in...
This is a $98,057.23 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Morgan State University, a historically Black university, for research to improve cloud anvil modeling in numerical weather and climate models. The project aims to develop a new microphysical scheme based on the dew-drop/frost formation process and evaluate it using CloudSat, CALIPSO, and MODIS satellite data. The research is directly related to NASA's goal of advancing the understanding of changes in the Earth's radiation...
This is a $455,720.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant is for the "ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE AEROSOL EXTINCTION PROFILE DATASET FROM THE SUOMI NPP OMPS LIMB PROFILER" project, which involves developing and validating algorithms for satellite-based monitoring of atmospheric aerosols. This award is not associated with a set-aside...
This is a $352,401.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Baltimore, Maryland. The award is for the development of the GPM Combined Radar Radiometer Precipitation Algorithm, which utilizes a Bayesian estimation methodology to estimate geophysical variables involved in precipitation measurement. The award has a period of performance ending on February 3, 2026 and does...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The $129,746.58 grant funds research to improve sea-level rise projections by calibrating Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet models using remote sensing observations. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. As a prime contractor, Morgan State University has expertise in conducting...
This federal contract award is a $391,150.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant is focused on "Quantifying the Impact of the Saharan Air Layer on the Intensification of Atlantic Hurricanes". The goal is to conduct ensemble model simulations and statistical analysis to better understand the influence of the Saharan Air Layer and other large-scale processes on hurricane intensity. This research aligns with NASA's Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics program objectives. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2021. As a minority-serving institution, Morgan State University has a history of providing research, engineering, and technical services to federal agencies like NASA through prime contract awards and subcontractor partnerships.