Project Grant SSF75009GR047

This $224,360 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research to improve understanding of the deep structure and tectonics of the African continent. The project aims to develop detailed models of the crust and upper mantle beneath Africa using advanced seismic and geodetic data. Key objectives include revising plate motion models, exploring interactions between the Earth's outer shell and underlying mantle, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences provides $229,131 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to develop a new research and education partnership in astronomy with Texas Southmost College (TSC). The partnership will engage Hispanic community college students in South Texas in multi-messenger and time domain astronomy research, including observational techniques, data analysis, and machine learning. Key activities...

This five-year, $100,054 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) aims to operate and maintain the Mid-Latitude All-Sky-Imaging Network for Geophysical Observation (MANGO) to enable investigations of gravity-wave and storm-time impacts on the mid-latitude thermosphere-ionosphere. The award will fund the operation and maintenance of 15 all-sky imagers and 4 Fabry-Perot interferometers in the MANGO network across the continental United States....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $298,760 to Clemson University to integrate research and education in magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere coupling. Specifically, the award will fund a new tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Physics and Astronomy to conduct research and develop curriculum focused on understanding the physical processes governing space weather conditions in the upper atmosphere. The broader...

This Project Grant award, valued at $253,597.00 and provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science), supports research to study the physical structure and geologic processes of the Mare Humorum region on the lunar surface. The award will enable the University of Hawaii at Manoa to conduct scientific investigations leveraging high-resolution rock abundance data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to gain new insights...

This $314,692 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund collaborative research between Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, West Virginia University, and Montclair State University to develop machine learning tools and models for predicting geoeffective solar eruptions, geomagnetic indices, and thermospheric density fluctuations. Key products and services include synthesizing vector magnetograms from ground- and space-based solar...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund a collaborative research project led by Colgate University to advance understanding of the dynamics of the African continent's crust and upper mantle. The $190,501 award will support the development of high-resolution models of the kinematics, crustal and lithospheric structure, and upper mantle properties of Africa, integrating seismic and geodetic data. The goal is to test the hypothesis...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $405,151 to the University of Chicago for a 3-year collaborative research project focused on probing the atmospheres of exoplanets orbiting distant stars. The project team, led by the University of Chicago and Arizona State University, will utilize high-resolution spectroscopy techniques to address key science questions about the chemical...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $129,863 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for a collaborative research project titled "CEDAR--Short Wave Infrared Imaging of the Meinel 0-0 Auroral and the Metastable Helium 1083 nm Airglow Emissions for Auroral Physics and Aeronomy Studies." The project will utilize an existing short-wave infrared (SWIR) all-sky imager to map spatial brightness structures and study...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $796,213 to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, to assess and understand the sensitivity of tropical orographic precipitation to climate variations. The research aims to further develop the theory of tropical orographic precipitation and investigate its response to environmental factors like wind speed, temperature, and...