Project Grant 1616195

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $100,000 to fund research linking the atmospheric and bulk compositions of rocky exoplanets through meteorite outgassing analyses. The grant recipient, Dr. Myriam Telus of the University of California-Santa Cruz, will conduct experiments heating meteorites to high temperatures representative of planet formation, and measure the released gases...

This three-year, $454,659 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports the continued membership of three universities in the Cloud Consortium at CERN. The Consortium will study the chemistry and physics that drive new particle formation and growth in Earth's atmosphere using a 26 cubic meter stainless steel chamber. Over the grant period, research will focus on chemical mechanisms generating extremely low volatility organic compounds that can...

This $300,000 EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), aims to examine whether chemical reactions can alter the composition of land-derived organic carbon in a way that makes it appear similar to marine organic carbon. The research team from Old Dominion University Research Foundation will conduct experiments to monitor the reaction rates and compositional changes of land-derived organic...

This three-year, $348,116 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports the continued membership of three universities in the Cloud Consortium at CERN. The consortium studies the chemistry and physics that drive new particle formation and growth in Earth's atmosphere using a 26 cubic meter stainless steel chamber with precise temperature and humidity control. Over the grant period, the awardee Carnegie Mellon University and sub-awardees...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $720,608 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to investigate the formation of complex organic molecules (COMs) on interstellar ice. The researchers will conduct laboratory experiments in a simulated interstellar environment to study the synthesis of key COMs, including aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, and amides. The experiments will...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) provides $265,306.19 in funding to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to conduct theoretical and observational research on the molecular chemistry of comets, interstellar molecular clouds, and the early protosolar nebula. The research aims to advance understanding of the galactic chemical evolution of organic matter and provide...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $340,199 Project Grant to Aeolis Research Inc. under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) to conduct research on modeling contaminant transport to Mars' special regions. The award, effective January 1, 2025, will run through December 31, 2027. Aeolis Research, a for-profit organization located in Chandler, Arizona, specializes in research services related to the atmospheres and climate dynamics of Mars, Jupiter, and...

This $396,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences supports observational and laboratory studies of the evolution of circumstellar material from late-stage stellar evolution. The primary objectives are to: 1) Conduct a broadband millimeter-wave survey to analyze the carbon budget and isotope ratios in the carbon-rich envelope of the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star IRC+10216; 2) Perform laboratory measurements of the rotational...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PROTOCOMETS TO PROTOPLANETS: CONNECTING THE CHEMICAL ECOSYSTEMS OF PLANET-FORMING DISKS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM", will support research to characterize the carbon monoxide (CO) gas in disks surrounding new-born stars. The $213,635 award, effective September 15, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will utilize data from ground-based observatories like the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the Keck...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $263,928 to fund collaborative research involving novel sampling and isotopic characterization of upper stratospheric to mesospheric photochemistry. Specifically, the award supports experimentation with a zero-carbon emission rocket to obtain air samples from the mesosphere at 37km and 70km altitudes. Four atmospheric samples...