Cooperative Agreement 80NSSC26M0006
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- This cooperative agreement, valued at $218,292, was awarded on February 7, 2022, to Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Shared Services Center, with performance at MOFFETT FIELD, California. The research effort assesses the potential for large asteroid or comet impacts to produce transient habitable environments on early Mars, addressing long-standing scientific debates regarding ancient Martian climate conditions...
- This $199,883 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was made to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California. The award supports BAER Institute in executing a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance, administration priorities, and Congressional direction. Key activities include participating as a partner in NASA's exploration initiatives,...
- This is a $3,586,250.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization. The contract is for "PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES, THE LUNAR REGOLITH, AND MINOR PLANET SCIENCE" and has an ultimate completion date of July 1, 2026. The BAER Institute is an experienced federal contractor, holding multiple Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV)...
- The Shared Services Center has awarded a $3.84M cooperative agreement to Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California, for a project titled "From Molecules to Exoplanets: The Foundations of Astrobiology." The award, effective December 27, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of December 26, 2026, carries no set-aside designation and reflects BAER Institute's specialized capabilities in...
- This $512,053 grant was awarded to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California. The grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will fund a project to lower the barrier for scientists across disciplines to access and use data from NASA's space photometry missions, and raise the quality and reduce the costs of astrophysics archival research with those missions. The grant has a...
- This is a $448,997 grant contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California. The contract is for the institute to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and congressional direction. Key focus areas include...
- This is a Cooperative Agreement between the NASA Ames Research Center and the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization, to perform research and development projects in the area of space science, particularly investigations of the atmosphere and climate of Mars. The $2,260,912 contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2021 and does not have a set-aside designation. Under this agreement, the BAER Institute will conduct basic...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a renewal cooperative agreement to Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), doing business as Baer Institute, effective October 1, 2023, under the ARC-CREST Cooperative Agreement (#NNX12AD05A). This renewal extends through September 30, 2028, with a ceiling value of $117.0 million. BAER Institute, a non-profit research organization headquartered at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View,...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $641,924 cooperative agreement to Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California, to support the Cold Solar System Objects (CSSO) project. The initiative aims to investigate and understand the composition, origin, evolution, and chemical processes occurring on the surfaces and in the atmospheres of cold solar system objects through an integrated team of experimentalists,...
- This federal contract award, valued at $1,158,078.89, was granted to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California. The contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, is for a research project titled "Flux Emergence and the Structure, Dynamics, and Energetics of the Solar Atmosphere." The project aims to study the dynamical evolution of the...
The Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California, was awarded a $515,779 cooperative agreement by the Shared Services Center to support broad-spectrum lunar, near-Earth asteroid (NEA), and Martian moon studies. The award, which commenced on September 5, 2025, and extends through September 4, 2028, encompasses investigations of the surface, interior, exosphere, genesis, evolution, and near-space environments of these celestial bodies. The cooperative agreement does not utilize a set-aside designation, reflecting BAER Institute's specialized scientific capabilities in planetary research, data analysis, and computational modeling that make it uniquely qualified to execute this work. BAER Institute brings substantial expertise to this effort through its demonstrated portfolio of advanced scientific research and interdisciplinary investigations supported by federal agencies including NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Science Foundation. The institute's capabilities in machine learning algorithms, cloud computing platforms, and sophisticated data analysis position it to deliver complex scientific investigations into planetary atmospheres, lunar regolith, and the physical characteristics of bodies within the inner solar system. This cooperative agreement aligns with NASA's broader planetary science objectives and contributes to foundational research that informs lunar exploration, asteroid characterization, and Mars mission planning initiatives.
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| Not listed | $56.0k | 1/22/26 |