Project Grant 80NSSC21K1488

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 $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...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $367,381 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research on space weather in young stellar systems using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory - Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA). The research team, led by Caltech, will observe approximately 2,000 young stellar systems less than one billion years old with...

This $348,127 National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to develop new physics-informed machine learning and stochastic modeling techniques for improving magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations of the interaction between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will lead this 3-year project, which aims to enhance the performance of global magnetosphere MHD models used for...

This Project Grant award of $578,828 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences was provided to Predictive Science Incorporated, a San Diego-based research and analysis company, for the project "SHINE: How Does Surface Flux Evolution Determine the Structure and Dynamics of the Solar Corona and Inner Heliosphere?". The project, running from May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2028, aims to better understand the connection between the solar...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $437,703 to Utah State University to advance interdisciplinary research connecting heliophysics and computer science. The award supports the development of novel graph neural network models to leverage time series similarities of photospheric vector magnetic field parameters for improved solar flare prediction. Researchers will...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $446,497 to Rice University to conduct collaborative research on space weather in young stellar systems using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory - Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA). The research team will make radio observations of approximately 2,000 young stellar systems less than one billion years old using the...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $523,833 will fund research into impacts of atmospheric waves and geomagnetic disturbances on space weather through April 2025. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to increase understanding of the integrated Earth system, the awardee Clemson University will collaborate with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Virginia...

This $558,790 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences supports a study on the spatio-temporal variability of solar energetic particles (SEPs) in the inner heliosphere. The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is the prime awardee, leading the project to gain better insights on SEP characteristics, including intensity, flux, and evolution. The project will leverage data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter, along with...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $250,059 supports research at the University of California, Los Angeles from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. The research aims to advance understanding and prediction of the Van Allen radiation belts through a novel combination of machine learning and data assimilation methods. Specifically, the Principal Investigator will use the Versatile Electron Radiation Belt model and data assimilation to discover generalized Fokker-Planck equations...