Project Grant W911NF2210144

This Project Grant award of $174,988 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences will support the development of a millimeter-wavelength (mmWave) rapid scan image phased array radar technology demonstrator unit. The objective is to evaluate the feasibility of a future ground-based, mobile phased array cloud radar system that could provide high-resolution measurements of cloud processes, which are crucial for understanding the Earth's climate and...

This Project Grant award in the amount of $467,420 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports operations and maintenance of the U.S. SuperDARN radars in the Northern Hemisphere by a consortium led by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The award will fund a program of research to exploit new capabilities for improved plasma convection mapping, bistatic observations, and sounding measurements using the SuperDARN network....

The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.15 million Project Grant to the University of Texas at Dallas under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop a frequency-agile multistatic radio system for geospace imaging near the Jicamarca Radio Observatory in Peru from September 2022 to August 2027. The project aims to advance research in areas such as mesosphere and lower thermosphere dynamics, meteor science, and ionospheric irregularities through new multistatic radar experiments and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), awarded a $676,546 Project Grant to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to acquire a Ka-band profiling radar for the university's Mobile Atmospheric Profiling Network (MAPNET) facility. This state-of-the-art radar will enhance researchers' ability to study a variety of atmospheric processes, including cool season stratocumulus clouds, convective systems, cloud electrification, hurricane...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support the operations and maintenance of the U.S. Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) in the Northern Hemisphere. The $184,501 award, effective August 15, 2025 through July 31, 2028, will be managed by a consortium led by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, along with Penn State University, Virginia Tech, and Dartmouth College. The project will maintain twelve...

This $1,234,570 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to develop the next generation of small, low-power, autonomous, multi-instrument ground-based geospace observation arrays named the Autonomous Remote Geospace Observation and Research Array (AURORA). The project seeks to fill gaps in the existing ground-based instrument arrays in high-latitude and polar regions, enabling year-round observations despite the remote and harsh...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports the operations and maintenance of the U.S. SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network) radars in the Northern Hemisphere. The $344,090 award, which runs from August 15, 2025, to July 31, 2028, is a collaborative effort between Penn State University, Virginia Tech, Dartmouth College, and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The project will maintain a network of...

This $237,873 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support the development of the Autonomous Remote Geospace Observation and Research Array (AURORA) - a next-generation system of small, low-power, autonomous, multi-instrument, adaptive, ground-based geospace observation arrays. These arrays are designed to fill gaps in existing ground-based instrument arrays in high-latitude and polar regions, enabling year-round observations in...

This $700,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of cutting-edge circuit designs and signal processing algorithms to enhance the resilience of radio telescopes against radio frequency interference (RFI) from satellite transmissions. The primary goal is to enable the continued operation of radio astronomy service (RAS) in the presence of unavoidable RFI through a modulo sampling-based approach. The research...

This $259,799 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Engineering program will support research into using an intelligent surface installed near a radio telescope to help mitigate radio frequency interference from other electromagnetic spectrum users. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York at the University at Albany will construct an experimental radio telescope based on the Small Radio Telescope design...