Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
This project will analyze JWST observations of the Red Rectangle, a unique nebula surrounding an evolved star, that exhibits all these signatures of carbonaceous dust at the same time. The team will s...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
Early stages of galaxy formation are thought to involve repeated cycles of merging sub-galactic building blocks, accompanied by tidally induced bursts of star formation. To test this scenario, this pr...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
Most of the hydrogen gas in the Universe is ionized, but prior to the formation of galaxies, the Universe was neutral. Once stars started forming, a significant phase change occurred in the universe,...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2014-2015
Canada
This project aims at improving the quality and quantity of satellite-derived ice information. It is specifically intended to identify ice cover, monitor its movement and know its characteristics. This...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2014-2015
Canada
This project will combine the use of RADARSAT-2 imagery with other sources of information like the weather and on-site measurements to assess soil moisture, which is a critical input to weather predic...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2014-2015
Canada
The proposed software development for this project will extend the ability to determine the merit and validity of a new set of data (to become available on the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, and call...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
EF 2018-2019
Canada
The purpose of this grant is to provide support for an ExoMars TGO Mars InSight mission science team member to conduct experiments in support of mission objectives. This project will examine the surfa...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
This project will study the evolution of the atmospheric content in brown dwarfs. The observations will inform both our theoretical understanding of brown dwarf and extrasolar planet atmospheres, and...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
EF 2018-2019
Canada
Significant work is underway to develop affordable platforms for remote sensing space missions. A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) using a group of microsatellites, such as CubeSats, could contribute to...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2019-2020
Canada
This research project aims to improve our understanding of the carcinogenic risk of cosmic radiation as encountered by astronauts in deep space. DNA mutations created by radiotherapy radiation on Eart...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2019-2020
Canada
Studies on spaceflights lasting more than one year have shown that, due to weightlessness, astronauts on long missions may lose as much as twenty percent of their bone mass, which leads to a significa...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
One of the main goals in the field of planetary exploration is to document the geological record and processes that have shaped the surface of the terrestrial planets. Remote sensing measurements acqu...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2021-2022
Canada
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are driving the adoption of robotics and automation in space and on Earth, providing new solutions for exploration and surveying, passenger transport, last-mi...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2023-2024
Canada
Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JW...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will observe the planetary nebula Tc 1, known for its abundance of fullerenes, a type of carbon molecule shaped like a soccer ball. These observations aim to unde...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
This project will study a luminous quasar, a galaxy with an accreting supermassive black hole (SMBH) in its center, located far away and observed at a time when the Universe was just 800 million years...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2025-2026
Canada
This project will use JWST/NIRSpec to reveal how gas flows in and out of an early low-mass galaxy as well as mapping its chemical abundances to search for signs of proto-globular clusters or metal-fre...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2025-2026
Canada
This project will use JWST/MIRI phase curves of five lava worlds to map their thermal emission and constrain interior states. By comparing dayside and nightside temperatures and detecting outgassed at...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2023-2024
Canada
Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JW...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2019-2020
Canada
Aquatic ecosystems are changing as a result of global climate change. When ice in permafrost melts in the Arctic, aquatic ecosystems are impacted when sediment and organic matter are released into riv...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2015-2016
Canada
This Grant was awarded to the university following an AO posted on the 29th of April 2015 to allow Canadian researchers to be active in NASA Mars Science Laboratory mission as Participating Scientist.
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2014-2015
Canada
Following the Announcement of Opportunity published on Sep. 27, 2013, the CSA is providing funding via a grant agreement to the University to allow one of its scientists to participate in NASA's Mars...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2019-2020
Canada
Water rock reaction, known as serpentinization, has the potential to support life on other worlds (planets and moons), by providing energy. Detecting life at sites of serpentinization on other worlds...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2014-2015
Canada
This project will use data from RADARSAT-2 and data simulated from other satellites (Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2) for rapid and precise water extent and flood monitoring and mapping.
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2019-2020
Canada
It is a great challenge to accurately monitor the atmosphere during climate change. Although sensors and technologies have been developed for basic meteorological variables such as temperatures and hu...