This federal contract award, NNX17AF29G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The $455,070.73 grant will fund a research project titled "Unifying Spectral and Timing Studies of Relativistic Reflection in Active Galactic Nuclei." The project aims to develop new analysis tools for conducting a unified spectral-timing analysis of X-ray properties of active galactic nuclei, with the goal of enhancing the...
This federal contract award from the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park, a U.S. state government entity, is for $31,460.81 to conduct research titled "THE FIRST X-RAY VIEW OF A NEW CLASS OF CHANGING-LOOK AGN WITH XMM AND NUSTA". This award is a grant for research with no set-aside designation. The University of Maryland, College Park is the prime contractor, and the research is being conducted...
This is a $37,439.76 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for a research project on the time-domain variability analysis of 117 blazars (active galactic nuclei) in the Swift-BAT 105-month catalog. The award does not have a set-aside designation. As a major public research university, UMD has a long history of receiving federal grants and contracts from agencies like NASA, the National Science...
This is a $68,000 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to continue research on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their central engines. The grant is part of a larger research program focused on understanding the physics of GRBs and their implications for theories of quantum gravity and constraints on the extragalactic background light. The award does not have a set-aside designation. As a state-controlled...
This is a $1,399,788.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). The grant is for a five-year period ending on May 27, 2027. The grant requires UMD to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. UMD will participate as a key partner and enabler in NASA's exploration initiative,...
This federal contract award, valued at $224,951.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The purpose of the award is to conduct a detailed study of the chemical enrichment history of galaxy clusters out to the virial radius using X-ray spectroscopic data from the Suzaku and XMM-Newton observatories. The study aims to better understand the origin of metal enrichment in the intracluster medium, which has implications...
This is a $59,629 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to continue research on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their implications for physics, including theories of quantum gravity and constraints on the extragalactic background light. The grant, which runs from February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2024, does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Maryland, College Park is a state-controlled institution of...
The University of Maryland, College Park has been awarded a $221,658 research grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, with a completion deadline of May 15, 2026. This grant, awarded on May 16, 2024, supports fundamental research into the cosmic cycle of metals as found in hot, X-ray emitting gas within galaxy clusters. The award is not set aside for any specific business category, reflecting the university's competitive standing as a research-intensive institution capable of...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for research and applications related to NASA's space-based observations. The $131,769.00 grant supports the continuation of stakeholder engagement and applications efforts started in 2013, with the goal of enabling greater impact of NASA's space-based observations in science and applications. The grant does not have a set-aside designation....
This $41,276.00 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to continue a successful program of follow-up observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The program aims to provide rapid and accurate localizations, photometric redshifts, and multi-color afterglow observations of these high-energy GRB events, which have opened up new realms of study from GRB physics to theories...
This $86,512.27 firm fixed-price training grant was awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), a state-controlled institution of higher learning. The contract supports research into the circumgalactic medium (CGM) surrounding galaxies, with the goal of understanding the metal enrichment history of the universe. The project will combine high-quality ground-based UV-optical spectra of 169 gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows with multi-wavelength data on the host galaxies to study the kinematics, ionization, and metallicity of the CGM. This data set represents the largest of its kind and will provide insights to empower future simulations and observations related to galaxy formation and feedback processes. The award does not have a set-aside designation, and UMCP is performing the work as the prime contractor.