Heliophysics: Living With a Star Science
Funding Agency:
- NASA
The Living With a Star (LWS) Program emphasizes the science necessary to understand those aspects of the coupled Sun-Earth system that affect life and society. The overarching goal of the LWS Program is to provide advances in scientific understanding of this system that can lead to predictive capability of the space environment conditions at Earth, other planetary systems, and in the interplanetary medium. Every year the LWS Science program element solicits Focused Science Topics (FSTs) that address some part of this goal. This year’s FSTs are described in Section 1.1 and Sections 2 - 4 below. Specific LWS program goals are to: 1. Understand how the Sun varies and what drives solar variability. 2. Understand how the Earth and planetary systems respond to dynamic external and internal drivers. 3. Understand how and in what ways dynamic space environments affect human and robotic exploration activities. Further information on the LWS Program goals and objectives can be found at the LWS website (http://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov). Additional background material can also be found on the LWS website, and in the following documents: • The LWS TR&T SDT Report https://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/pdf/TRT_SDT_Report.pdf • The LWS 10-Year Vision Beyond 2015 Report http://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/pdf/LWS_10YrVision_Oct2015_Final.pdf
Multiple awards
Up to $4,000,000
Step-1 Proposals are required by August 13, 2024, Step-2 Proposals are due November 6, 2024.
John McCormack Heliophysics Division Science Mission Directorate National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC 20546-0001 Telephone: (202) 422-2796 Email: john.p.mccormack@nasa.gov