This federal contract award is a $4,529,657.39 cooperative agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), a non-profit organization. The award is for the "COSMOQUEST: ENGAGING STUDENTS & THE PUBLIC THROUGH A VIRTUAL RESEARCH FACILITY" program, which aims to leverage citizen science and STEM education to support NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) data utilization. The...
This federal contract award to the Planetary Science Institute, a nonprofit research organization, is for a two-year research grant of $157,310.93 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant will fund a project to train citizen scientists, educators, and students across the U.S. on using low-cost robotic telescopes to conduct astronomical observations and research. The research will focus on asteroid astrometry and photometry, exoplanet...
This is a $7,693,200.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Exploratorium, a non-profit science museum in San Francisco, California. The purpose of the contract is to produce and disseminate live webcasts, video installations, and educational resources focused on total solar eclipses over the period of January 4, 2016 to December 31, 2025. This contract supports NASA's "Navigating the Path of Totality" program, which aims...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order, valued at $244,000.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the American Astronomical Society (AAS), a non-profit organization. The contract is for providing four national meetings in support of the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses. The AAS, as the major organization of professional astronomers in North America, has extensive experience in organizing scientific conferences, managing exhibit spaces, and...
This $48,500.00 grant award to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution, supports the execution of a balanced science program for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The work will focus on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond, while also advancing discovery in emerging fields through cross-disciplinary opportunities. The award will enable SAO to participate as a key partner and enabler...
Arizona State University, doing business as Orspa, has been awarded a $506,520 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to serve as a co-investigator on the "ASTHROS - Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-Wavelengths" proposal led by Principal Investigator Jorge Pineda. The grant is intended to support astrophysics research using a stratospheric telescope to conduct high...
The Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory has been awarded a $41,000 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. As the prime grantee, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory will leverage its expertise in astrophysics, solar physics, and Earth's atmosphere to conduct research advancing knowledge in these scientific fields. No set-aside designation was applied to this award. Through its grant programs focused on space technology,...
Arizona State University, through the SEISE project, was awarded a $14,774,560.63 cooperative agreement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to engage the public in informal and lifelong learning related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts. The project leverages NASA's subject matter experts, assets, and data to create compelling learning experiences that share the story, science, and adventure of NASA's scientific explorations. SEISE...
This is a $39,612 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), a non-profit science museum in Corona, Queens, New York. The grant is for the project "EO14042 CONNECTING COMMUNITIES TO REAL TIME ASTRONOMY PHENOMENA: SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024", which aims to engage diverse communities in experiencing the 2024 solar eclipse. The grant is a research contract, with a performance period ending on April 30, 2024. NYSCI has a...
This is a $36,613 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The grant, titled "DISK DETECTIVE V2.0 IDENTIFYING UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS VIA CITIZEN SCIENCE", is for research and is set to run until May 7, 2025. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is a non-profit organization that conducts scientific research, instrumentation development, and data...