Title:
BROWN DWARFS, WHITE DWARFS AND PLANETARY DISKS IN AN ANCIENT STELLAR SYSTEM
Agreement Value:
$30,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 11, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
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 their research using the JWST data.
Globular star clusters are the oldest assemblages of stars in our Galaxy. Their roughly coeval populations, sharing the same composition and distance from Earth, are ideal laboratories to test out theories of stellar evolution. With JWST they will observe the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, one of the richest and most extensively observed such clusters in our Galaxy, for the first time the cooling brown dwarf sequence and to hunt for ancient planetary systems around white dwarfs.
Organization:
Canadian Space Agency
Expected Results:
The Research component of the program provides financial support to organizations to conduct space related research and development in priority areas. It will support targeted knowledge development and innovation to sustain and enhance the Canadian capacity to use space to address national needs and priorities in the future.
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6T 1Z2
Reference Number:
003-2021-2022-Q4-00025
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Additional Information:
Funding will be distributed over 2 financial years (FY) as follows:
Year 1 (FY 21/22): $15,000
Year 2 (FY 22/23): $15,000
Recipient's Operating Name:
University of British Columbia
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of British Columbia
Program:
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Program Purpose:
This program supports knowledge development and innovation in the CSA's priority areas while increasing the awareness and participation of Canadians in space-related disciplines and activities.
The Research Component aims to support the development of science and technology; foster the continual development of a critical mass of researchers and highly qualified people in Canada; and support information gathering and space-related studies and research pertaining to Canadian Space Agency priorities.