The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $706,532.12 cooperative agreement to the University of Guam (UOG) as part of the NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program. The 3-year project aims to: 1) Develop a geodatabase of Micronesian reef habitats using remote sensing data to study coral reef health, sedimentation, and reef fish spawning; and 2) Build a predictive model to forecast reef fish spawning aggregation sites and their changes...
This is a $385,684.64 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to the University of Guam (UOG) to support the NASA Guam Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR) Research Infrastructure Development (RID) program. The award will link UOG's research and graduate studies to NASA's geospatial resources and provide access to software, imagery, data, mentoring, and collaborative research with NASA scientists. The NASA EPSCOR program will also contribute to STEM education in Guam by...
This is a $1,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Guam (UOG) for the NASA Guam Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Program. The contract has no set-aside designation and has an ultimate completion date of May 1, 2027. UOG is a land-grant university and the first accredited four-year university in the Western Pacific region. As Guam's only...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX15AK30A, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) for research infrastructure development in Guam and Hawaii. The $524,901.10 grant supports three key objectives: (1) encouraging NASA research projects and infrastructure development on Guam, such as a satellite ground station, planetarium upgrades, and small satellite software development; (2) expanding the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory's...
This federal contract award, valued at $715,014.00, is a Cooperative Agreement between the University of Guam (UOG) and a civilian federal agency, the Shared Services Center. The contract, titled "HANOM FRESKO YAN ACHO' TASI: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY STUDY OF COASTAL FRESHWATER DISCHARGE HYDROLOGY AND NEAR-SHORE AND CORAL REEF ECOLOGY USING GEOSPATIAL ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES," aims to obtain detailed knowledge of Guam's coastal freshwater discharge, which is logistically and technically...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $299,697.55 cooperative agreement to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to enhance the institutional capacity and competitiveness of Pacific Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in securing NASA funding. The project, titled "Workshops to Enhance Institutional Capacity through Innovative Partnerships between Pacific Institutions" (WEICIPPI), aims to create sustainable workshops and training sessions that enable the...
This is a $1,060,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa, a U.S. state government entity and educational institution. The award supports the Hawaii NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) proposal, which aims to assist in developing a new aerospace economy in Hawaii focused on small satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles. The award has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2027 and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $615,271.00 grant to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to conduct the PICOGRAM project. PICOGRAM aims to classify shallow marine ecosystems, including coral reefs, using remote sensing data and in-situ measurements. This data fusion approach is intended to enhance the assessment and monitoring of global coral reef systems and support coral reef management efforts in regions like Guam....
This is a $750,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) on October 1, 2021. The contract has a period of performance through September 30, 2025. The goal of this NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) contract is to develop learning algorithms for an autonomous rover with an application of prospecting ice in extraterrestrial terrain. No set-aside designation was used for this...
This federal contract is a $416,130.30 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research, education, and outreach in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The agreement is part of NASA's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) initiatives, which aim to increase...
This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Guam (UOG) for the NASA Guam Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program. The award has a ceiling value of $446,996.37 and will run through May 1, 2024.
The NASA Guam EPSCoR program supports NASA's Earth and ocean science mission by developing UOG's capacity to utilize remote sensing data from NASA satellite imagery. Key initiatives include using satellite data to analyze sea surface temperatures, ocean currents, and sediment transport to evaluate coral reef health and fish spawning, testing autonomous underwater vehicles to detect submarine freshwater plumes, and partnering with NASA's Ames Research Center to use fluid lensing and MIDAR technology for high-resolution coral reef mapping and bleaching assessments. The agreement also supports the development of a science education, workforce training, and research station at the former Apollo 11 Manned Spaceflight Program tracking station in Guam. This contract does not have a set-aside designation.