Cooperative Agreement NA08SEC4690034

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $589,888 to the Space Science Institute (SSI) to conduct a series of laboratory experiments to better understand wave-wave interaction processes that may control imbalanced solar wind turbulence at ion scales. Specifically, the project will investigate the behavior of two interactions between co-propagating Alfvén waves: a novel interaction driven by Hall physics, and the dispersive...

This three-year, $289,049 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research exploring the response of the magnetosphere to terrestrial weather. Specifically, the awardee Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates LLC (dba Orion Space Solutions) will investigate the extent to which sudden stratospheric warmings can impact the spatial and temporal variability of the upper ionosphere and magnetosphere using the Multiscale...

This three-year, $178,427 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research exploring the response of the magnetosphere to terrestrial weather. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research will collaborate with other institutions to investigate how sudden stratospheric warmings impact the spatial and temporal variability of the upper ionosphere and magnetosphere using the Multiscale Atmosphere-Geospace Environment model....

This $359,936 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a three-year observational program to measure winds and temperatures in the thermosphere near the ionospheric peak density from multiple sites along the eastern seaboard of the Americas. The project uses a network of Fabry-Perot interferometers to provide high-precision, real-time data on thermospheric dynamics and conditions that impact critical communication, navigation,...

This $212,120 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) funds research into the impacts of atmospheric waves and geomagnetic disturbances on space weather conditions. Led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with Clemson University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025, the research will advance...

The National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $588,121 project grant to the University of Delaware to study plasma turbulence at the boundary between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. The research, titled "SHINE: Evolution of the Turbulent Solar Wind Across the Terrestrial Bow Shock," aims to enhance understanding of space weather, planetary magnetospheres, and astrophysical systems by analyzing the dynamic interactions between the solar wind and...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $164,949 Project Grant to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support an Ideas Lab on Geomagnetically Induced Currents. The Ideas Lab will bring together approximately thirty-six scientists from various scientific and engineering backgrounds in Golden, Colorado from mid to late September 2022. It aims to develop innovative approaches to strengthen research and technology development efforts...

The Science Zone Inc., a non-profit organization, has been awarded a $101,596 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant funds will be used to fabricate a series of mobile, interactive "FlexCart" exhibits to teach STEM topics to underserved communities across Wyoming. The FlexCarts will be made available for booking by family-serving agencies and service providers statewide, enabling children, youth,...

The American Museum of Natural History received a $1.5 million Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center under the Mission Support federal grant program (CFDA 43.009) to develop the Space Show VII planetarium program from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. The grant funding will support the Museum's efforts to provide educational outreach and engagement on space science and astrophysics topics through the development of a new planetarium show...

Southwest Research Institute will develop methods to track magnetopause motion from surrounding accelerated ions and apply this technique to characterize surface wave structures, including Kelvin Helmholtz waves, on Earth's magnetosphere flanks. Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through its Science mission directorate's $109,952 Project Grant program, the award's period of performance is September 1, 2021 through November 11, 2022. The Science program supports NASA's...