Project Grant 80NSSC26K0537

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences provides $587,441 to the University of Delaware over 3 years, from August 2023 to July 2026. The purpose is to adapt time-domain data analysis tools previously used in other scientific fields for application in astronomy, specifically for searches of Earth-like exoplanets around distant stars. The key deliverables include: Developing new variance-suppressing power spectrum estimators, like the...

This five-year, $622,775 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports research by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's National Center for Atmospheric Research to generate actionable climate intervention scenarios. The research team will advance the scientific understanding of portfolio approaches combining mitigation, carbon dioxide removal, and solar radiation management strategies to limit global warming to 1.5...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) project grant award of $286,524 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is focused on using simulations to generate testable predictions for the NASA ESPEX mission. The primary objectives are to: Collaborate with scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to generate synthetic observations from UNLV's simulation data to assist in the design of the ESPEX mission, which aims to study early star and planet...

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 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $281,037 to develop online and classroom training materials for careers in the weather, water and climate industry. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Research Application Lab will collaborate with private industry subject matter experts and atmospheric science...

This $398,524 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study photoelectron distributions and fluxes in the Earth's ionosphere. The primary objectives are to: 1) determine if a given photoelectron distribution provides a unique set of plasma line observations, 2) assess whether asymmetries in the photoelectron distribution create asymmetries in the upshifted...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $210,153 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to conduct collaborative research on the ionospheric density response to solar eclipses across the United States. The research project aims to quantify the impact of solar eclipses on the ionosphere, a crucial region of the atmosphere that affects radio communication and navigation, and to identify the key factors driving these ionospheric...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) awarded a $203,240 project grant to Arizona State University (ASU) to fund a series of virtual and in-person planetary data training workshops over a 24-month period from July 2024 through June 2026. These workshops, which will be held at ASU's four institutions as well as at two national meetings each year, will focus on planetary data management, geographic information systems (GIS) training, image...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $523,833 will fund research into impacts of atmospheric waves and geomagnetic disturbances on space weather through April 2025. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to increase understanding of the integrated Earth system, the awardee Clemson University will collaborate with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Virginia...

This $212,120 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) funds research into the impacts of atmospheric waves and geomagnetic disturbances on space weather conditions. Led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with Clemson University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025, the research will advance...