Project Grant 2400967
- 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...
- This $517,046 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research on plasma turbulence and heating in the solar chromosphere. The investigators will carry out theoretical analysis and computer simulations to test the hypothesis that small-scale plasma processes, known as the thermal Farley-Buneman instability, cause heating in the coolest parts of the Sun's atmosphere. The research team will use observational data...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $280,817 Project Grant to the University of Colorado Boulder under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) from May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The grant supports research to advance understanding of coronal heating and solar wind acceleration processes through multi-messenger data analysis and four-dimensional forward modeling simulations. Specifically, the University will construct line-of-sight models of extreme ultraviolet and X-ray...
- 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, $435,681 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research into mini-filament eruptions and their relationship to small-scale magnetic flux ropes in the solar wind. The New Jersey Institute of Technology will investigate the kinematic, thermal, and magnetic properties of mini-filaments and any connections between their eruptions and detected small-scale flux ropes in the solar wind. Researchers will analyze high-resolution...
- This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $287k to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct collaborative research on regulating electron heat flux in the solar wind. The research aims to address the compelling science question of what regulates the solar wind's heat flux through electrons. It will use self-consistent quasilinear theory and kinetic theory of...
- This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $426,760 to the University of Maryland, College Park to support collaborative research on electron heat flux regulation in the solar wind. The research aims to address the compelling science question of what regulates the solar wind heat flux by studying the relative importance of competing physical processes, including whistler heat-flux...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a $582,399 research project by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to investigate the origins of "active longitudes" on the Sun's surface and their connection to the solar dynamo and coronal mass ejections. The 3-year project will utilize 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations and 17 years of observational data from the National Solar Observatory's Global Oscillation Network...
- This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $394,601.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) located in San Antonio, Texas. The award supports a combined modeling and observing project to estimate the magnetic field strength in the Sun's corona using a new computational technique based on spectropolarimetric signatures of the unsaturated Hanle effect in the neutral helium (He I) 1083.0 nm line....
This $468,460 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Texas at Austin on May 1, 2024. The award will support the "SHINE: Origin and Evolution of Compressible Fluctuations in the Solar Wind and their Role in Solar Wind Heating and Acceleration" research project, which aims to investigate the impact of compressible fluctuations and wave-particle interactions on solar wind dynamics and thermal properties. Key objectives include characterizing the evolution of compressible fluctuations, determining the phase-space dynamics leading to proton heating, and incorporating kinetic compressible effects into a global wave-driven solar wind model. The project will analyze data from spacecraft like Parker Solar Probe, Helios, and WIND, perform hybrid-PIC simulations, and develop a novel solar wind model using knowledge-based machine learning methods. This research is expected to provide important insights on the role of waves and turbulence in solar wind models, with potential to improve space weather prediction capabilities. The project will also support an early career woman faculty member, a postdoctoral researcher, and provide research opportunities for undergraduate students.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $468.5k | 4/17/24 |