Project Grant 2612002
- Summary The University of Texas at Dallas received a $404,682 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (Geosciences Program, CFDA 47.050) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This award funds fundamental research investigating Electron Cyclotron Harmonic (ECH) waves in Earth's magnetosphere and their effects on energetic electron precipitation. The project addresses three primary science questions: preferred conditions...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Dallas received a $274,276 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) beginning March 1, 2025, with completion targeted for February 29, 2028. The project, titled "The Role of Density Ducts in Energetic Electron Precipitation," advances scientific understanding of whistler-mode wave propagation and wave-particle interactions in Earth's magnetosphere through data-driven computational simulations. The...
- The University of Texas at Dallas was awarded a $216,586 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to investigate the combined effects of electromagnetic ion cyclotron and whistler mode waves on relativistic electron scattering in Earth's inner magnetosphere. The award period is from March 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024. As part of the grant, the university will use statistical observations from multiple NASA space missions to construct an...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Dallas received a $380,375 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This Mid-Career Advancement Award will support fundamental research to develop data-driven machine learning models characterizing marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) turbulence and sea spray...
- This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $231,969.00, was provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) Federal Grant Program. The funding supports a research project titled "Quantitative Assessment of Effects of the Broadband Electrostatic Turbulence in the Inner Magnetosphere" to be conducted by the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). The key objectives of this project include: 1) Developing a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at El Paso received a $527,689 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 – Mathematical and Physical Sciences) awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This award supports research to model the variability of cosmic ray ionization rates within 500 parsecs from Earth and improve understanding of cosmic ray (CR) transport in molecular clouds and diffuse interstellar media. The...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) project grant award of $148,179 made to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) aims to investigate the dynamics of fast plasma flows within the Earth's nightside magnetosphere and their effects on the upper atmosphere. The key research components include: The project uses a two-way coupled global MHD-PIC model to study the particle velocity distributions, field-aligned currents, and impacts on the ionosphere and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Dallas received a $579,598 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing multi-scale, artificial intelligence-powered modeling of small-scale turbulence within coupled air-sea boundary layers. The project will deliver comprehensive...
- This three-year, $969,646 National Science Foundation Project Grant in the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research at the University of Texas at Dallas to study nonlinear interactions between energetic electrons and oblique whistler-mode chorus waves in Earth's outer radiation belt. The investigators will develop numerical models of oblique chorus wave packets and electron phase space density evolution. They will quantitatively compare model results with in-situ measurements from...
- The University of Texas at Dallas received a $474,240 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2026. Titled "CEDAR: Advancing Observations and Understanding of Intermediate Scale Ionospheric Irregularities and Scintillation over the United States," this award will support research to strengthen fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through the...
Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Dallas received a $635,942 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (Geosciences Program, CFDA 47.050) awarded January 15, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2029. This award supports fundamental research to quantify electron microburst precipitation driven by chorus waves in Earth's inner magnetosphere using General Curvilinear Particle-in-Cell (GCPIC) simulation modeling. The project delivers three primary scientific products: identification of dominant mechanisms for electron microburst formation, characterization of temporal evolution patterns, and determination of spatial characteristics and dependencies. Simulation results will be validated against observational data from the Electron Loss and Fields Investigation (ELFIN) satellite to provide empirical verification of the modeling outcomes. The research addresses a critical gap in understanding electron microbursts, which represent a key loss mechanism for electrons in Earth's magnetosphere and constitute a significant energy source for the ionosphere. Project deliverables have direct applicability to understanding ionospheric electron density alterations that affect radio communication signals. The award supports workforce development through funding for a recently postdoctoral scientist (PhD 2021) and a graduate student, contributing to the development of early-career researchers in space physics. No subawards are planned under this project.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $635.9k | 2/13/26 |