Solar, Heliospheric, and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE)
NSF grants supporting research on solar, heliospheric, and interplanetary processes, including how magnetic fields and particles are produced on the Sun, accelerated, transported through the inner heliosphere, and predicted at Earth.
⚑ No deadline stated; topic-specific, community-workshop-aligned proposals only · Award ceiling $200,000
This is a space/solar physics basic-research program about heliophysics and interplanetary particle transport, which is far outside IPPRA’s social-behavioral, survey, policy, and risk-communication portfolio. None of the listed researchers has a publication line that would plausibly anchor a PI-led SHINE proposal.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-08-26
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| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 90 strong | technical depth: central; funds basic research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | peripheral portfolio topic: climate_weather; social/behavioral work is none; funds basic research; capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
Solar, Heliospheric, and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE) is a broad-based research program supporting enhanced understanding of and predictive capabilities for the processes by which energy in the form of magnetic fields and particles are produced by the Sun and/or accelerated in interplanetary space and on the mechanisms by which these fields and particles are transported to the Earth through the inner heliosphere. Broad-based, grass-roots associations such as SHINE have developed to focus community effort on these scientific questions. Proposals are solicited for research directly related to topics under consideration and discussion at community workshops organized by SHINE under focused topic areas indicated in the program description. Information on the current activities of SHINE may be found at the following web site: http://www.shinecon.org
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