Program Overview

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• The APRA/LabAstro program supports basic science
  investigations that do not require access to the
  space environment, but which enable or contribute
  significantly to space astronomy and astrophysics
  goals.
• The program can be categorized as follows
• UV/visible studies electronic spectroscopy and
  other fundamental electronic properties of atomic
  and molecular species and ions the composition
  and distribution of I/S dust as well as its
  extinction characteristics and interactions with
  UV/visible photons.
• Infrared studies vibrational/rovibrational
  spectroscopy and other fundamental vibrational
  characteristics of molecular species and ions
  the IR characteristics and composition of I/S
  dust and ices low lying electronic transitions
  of atoms and molecules.
• Submillimeter/THz rotational spectroscopy of
  interstellar molecules identification and
  distribution of molecular species
• ISM Processes physics of highly energetic
  regions (e.g. plasmas, shocks) interstellar
  chemistry chemical dynamics in astrophysical
  environments (e.g. collisional cross sections,
  ionization/recombination processes)
• Theory limited to the areas of Atomic and
  Molecular Astrophysics.

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250,000
345,000
2 grants
170,000
4 grants
915,000
2 grants
8 grants
390,000
4 grants
3 grants
440,000
313,000
5 grants
Total, All Investigations 2,823,000
28 total funded investigations in the program
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Key Challenges
The distribution of funded investigations by
annual budget
Total LabAstro Budget across the NASA/Full Cost
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