This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Portland State University (PSU), an urban public research university in Portland, Oregon. The award is a $128,131.22 Cooperative Agreement with no set-aside designation.
The award directly supports the goals and objectives of the ICEE 2 Announcement of Opportunity and the future NASA Europa Lander mission, with a focus on the development of a microscope instrument for life detection. This aligns with NASA's Planetary Science Division strategic goals, including the search for biosignatures and biomarkers indicative of life in the "ocean worlds" of the outer solar system. As the parent organization, the Oregon University System provides grants and other support to PSU.