Grants and Contributions

This project will support the Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCarb), a joint NASA-The University of Oklahoma collaboration. GeoCarb will provide daily mapping of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), carbon monoxide (CO), and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) over the Americas. This mapping capability is truly unprecedented and therefore requires improved satellite validation methods and modeling. This project will provide support to GeoCarb for satellite validation and modernize the atmospheric models needed to respond to and prepare for these new and exciting challenges.

Following the AstroSat Funding Offer 2021 sent to eligible researchers on October 18th 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research with AstroSat data. This project will use UVIT data to map newly forming stars and their disruptive effect on star-forming dust clouds in a sample of nearby galaxies studied by the PHANGS (Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS) collaboration.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 1 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on June 14, 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research using the JWST.

This project will advance our knowledge of binary neutron star (NS) mergers and gravitational waves by answering the following questions: What fraction of the heaviest elements come from NS mergers? What are the progenitors of BNS systems? How fast is the Universe expanding? Researchers will use NIRSpec, NIRCam and MIRI aboard the JWST to observe an electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave source within the first 30 days post-explosion.

Following the AstroSat Funding Offer 2021 sent to eligible researchers on October 18th 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research with AstroSat data. This project will investigate the stars, stellar clusters, structure and history of M31 and NGC205; and study the structure of Hercules X-1 binary using ASTROSAT UVIT and X-ray observations.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 1 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on June 14, 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research using the JWST.

The project will investigate how dust is formed in old stars and subsequently modified by the radiation and wind of the star and interaction with other atoms, molecules and particles. To do this, observations of the Butterfly Nebula will be collected with MIRI. By probing the detailed spectral signatures of large carbonaceous molecules, researchers will determine how freshly made dust is modified by the very strong radiation fields and fast winds of the star.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 1 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on June 14, 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research using the JWST.

This JWST spectroscopic study addresses fundamental questions in our understanding of the refractory organics in cometary material and the formation of the solar system. It affords the first opportunity to sample the complete infrared spectrum of cometary refractory organics, and represents a chance to test the limits of the JWST discovery space that complements cometary missions' in situ and sample analyses, thereby improving our understanding of the origins and evolution of the solar system.

Following the AstroSat Funding Offer 2021 sent to eligible researchers on October 18th 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research with AstroSat data. This project will use the UVIT instrument to study galaxies in the Virgo Cluster to better understand star formation within cluster galaxies' environments.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 1 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on June 14, 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research using the JWST.

The project will obtain the first spatially resolved, high spectral resolution IR observations of the Orion Bar using NIRCam, NIRSpec, and MIRI. It will probe the response of gas and dust, including large carbonaceous molecules, to the penetrating stellar photons on a physical scale relevant to the physical and chemical processes.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 1 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on June 14, 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research using the JWST.

The project will observe cooling gas in the Phoenix Cluster of galaxies as it forms stars in the central galaxy and finds its way into the nucleus to feed the black hole. Researchers will examine the dynamics of the cold gas observed with JWST and hot, X-ray emitting gas to understand how the feedback cycle maintains itself.

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 1 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on June 14, 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct research using the JWST.

The project aims to measure accurate masses and formation histories of galaxies in the most massive dark matter halo known in the epoch of reionization. These observations offer the chance to understand the formation of an extreme peak in the primordial density field and the role of environment in the early evolution of massive galaxies.