This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 43.001) totaling $244,350.00 will fund research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to investigate the role of high and low energy precipitation on ionospheric conductivity. The award, effective June 1, 2024 with an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2028, leverages UAF's specialized expertise and capabilities in Arctic and climate science,...
This Project Grant award, with Federal Grant ID 80NSSC25K7431, was provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 43.001). The $153,831 award will be executed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027. The grant supports UAF in executing a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, as...
The University of Alaska Anchorage received a $111,236.00 Project Grant award from the NASA Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) to accelerate the development of electric propulsion technologies for planetary science missions. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will fund research to advance optical plasma diagnostics for electric propulsion systems. This project supports NASA's strategic objective of expanding human knowledge through new scientific...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $294,330 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will fund collaborative research on short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging of auroral and airglow emissions. The key objectives are to: Investigate the role of Alfvén waves in generating auroral arcs and forms, as compared to monoenergetic particle influx. Measure metastable helium (He) emissions at 1083 nm to study exospheric density variability over...
This three-year, $981,286 National Science Foundation project grant supports research using ionospheric modifications to study upper atmospheric variability. Funded through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the award to Cornell University will investigate four scientific topics using heating campaigns at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility in Alaska. Graduate and undergraduate students will gain research experience. The University of Alaska Anchorage will maintain...
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 $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...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $209,596 Project Grant under the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 43.001) to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) on December 1, 2024. The grant will support UAF in executing a balanced science program focused on NASA's exploration initiatives, with research activities on and from the Moon, Lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. Key objectives include advancing discovery in emerging fields by exploiting...
This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) in the amount of $246,269 will fund scientific research and technology development at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and its subrecipients from April 2025 to October 2028. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Executing a balanced science program across multiple disciplines to support NASA's exploration...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $100,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) under the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) program (CFDA 43.008) to conduct dimensionless and experimental characterization of thin film transition during evaporation and condensation of two-phase flow in a mini-channel. The award, effective from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024, will leverage UAF's expertise in Arctic science, climate change, and space...