The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program awarded a $297,959 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), a Hispanic Serving Institution, to build a new space physics program. Over the 5-year project period from June 2024 to May 2029, the grant will support the following key activities:
- Hire a new tenure-track faculty member in aeronomy, magnetospheric physics, and space weather research to collaborate with UTA's Center of Space Physics and Data Sciences and the broader geospace community.
- Develop a new graduate course and offer an undergraduate space science course on a regular basis, along with creating a new space physics track for a B.S. degree in Physics.
- Generate more research opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate STEM students at UTA.
- Leverage campus resources like a full-dome planetarium to create outreach and public education projects on space science and space weather.
No sub-awards are planned under this project. The grant reflects NSF's mission to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences.
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