Cooperative Agreement G12AC20175

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $210,153 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. The grant, titled "Collaborative Research: Ionospheric Density Response to American Solar Eclipses Using Coordinated Radio Observations with Modeling Support," aims to study the impact of solar eclipses on the Earth's ionosphere, a critical region for radio communication and navigation. The key objectives are to...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073), will fund the University of Texas at Austin to conduct 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping and geochemical sampling activities across six quadrangles in the alkaline igneous belt of Trans-Pecos, Texas. The $329,962.68 award, spanning September 2024 to August 2027, aims to support rare-earth element assessments in this region by producing detailed...

This $149,977 Project Grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is funding the development of an integrated technology platform with photoelectrical and electromagnetic (EM) stimulator arrays, a tunable frequency system, and a contactless quantum spintronic sensor array. The goal is to advance the understanding of neuromorphic systems at the Regents of the University of Minnesota. The award period runs from September...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $106,909 Project Grant under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The funding supports a collaborative research project to investigate the propagation and dissipation of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. The research team will employ advanced simulation models and analyze observations from multiple satellites and ground-based observatories to...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant on September 1, 2023 to the Emergency Management Accreditation Program Inc. (EMAP), a non-profit organization. The grant is part of the FEMA's Emergency Management Baseline Assessments Grant (CFDA 97.131) program, which aims to help state, local, tribal and territorial communities identify areas needing improvement in their emergency management programs. Under the grant, EMAP will conduct baseline assessments to...

This Project Grant award, totaling $416,131, was issued by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund the development of an advanced, low-cost ionospheric scintillation and total electron content (TEC) monitor that leverages multiple global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) such as the U.S. Global Positioning System. The monitor will have capabilities relevant to geospace studies and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $555,251 to Andrews University to conduct collaborative research on the propagation and dissipation of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. The project aims to address four key scientific questions about how EMIC waves reach the ground, how they are affected by geomagnetic activity, how magnetic field topology impacts wave propagation,...

This Project Grant award of $180,225 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the "Collaborative Research: DASI Track 2: Deployment and Operations of the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HAMSCI) Personal Space Weather Station Network" at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The project aims to deploy a network of thirty standardized space weather monitoring stations and ten automated GPS-disciplined amateur radio...

This $388,770 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research to significantly increase the number of photoelectron observations available to the scientific community. The research team from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will exploit high-resolution plasma line observations made by the Arecibo radar to create altitude-resolved measurements of the photoelectron distribution in the ionosphere. This...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $249,000 to The Regents of the University of Colorado for a project titled "EAGER: NEW APPROACHES TO INVESTIGATING ELECTROMAGNETIC ION CYCLOTRON (EMIC) WAVES IN EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE--LISTENING FOR WAVE STRUCTURE THROUGH SONIFICATION". The project aims to explore the use of sonification techniques (converting data into sound) to study EMIC waves, which are important plasma...