The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio. The grant, titled "Roaming the Red Planet Series," aims to engage more girls in robust STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning, with the goal of increasing the number of women who pursue STEM careers. The grant has a completion date of June 15, 2023, and no set-aside was used. As a sub-grantee to the Ohio...
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 is a $1,215,550.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Girlstart, a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization. The grant, titled "GIRLSTART 365: Scaling Up Year-Round STEM Programs for Girls," is intended to fund a program designed to engage young girls, particularly those lacking STEM learning resources outside of school, in STEM education and activities. The program includes inquiry-based curricula, STEM mentorship, career...
This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC19M0089, was issued by the Shared Services Center (an alternate name for a NASA agency) to The Seti Institute, a non-profit scientific organization. The award, valued at $2,676,378.00, is a Cooperative Agreement with a period of performance through December 31, 2025. The contract supports The Seti Institute's work providing data processing support for NASA missions, including their experience with data processing, time series signal processing,...
This is a $103,336 cooperative agreement awarded by the Shared Services Center (part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the SETI Institute, a non-profit research organization. The contract is for the SETI Institute to execute a balanced science program focused on discipline-specific guidance, administration priorities, and congressional direction. This includes participating as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiative, advancing discovery in emerging fields, and...
This federal contract award, valued at $165,220.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization. The contract is a Cooperative Agreement (not a set-aside) to execute a balanced science program, participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, and advance discovery in emerging fields. The SETI Institute will focus on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20M0238, was made by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the Seti Institute, a non-profit scientific organization, on August 3, 2020. The $712,715 cooperative agreement is for the "Development of Spacecraft-Based Instrument Systems that Show Promise for Use in Future Planetary Missions," as described in the original solicitation. The Seti Institute, as the prime contractor, will provide research, engineering, data...
This is a $749,811 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. (TPT), a non-profit educational media organization. The two-year project, "SciGirls in Space: Exploring the Moon, Mars and NASA Careers," aims to create educational media content addressing topics such as microgravity, space science, and space exploration for middle school girls. The goal is to inspire and engage this target audience in...
This federal contract award, valued at $150,061.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization. The contract, designated as a Cooperative Agreement, is for the NASA Center for Optical Constants (NCOC), which supports research and technical services related to planetary protection and preventing biological contamination during space exploration activities. The SETI Institute, which has previously held...
This federal contract award to the SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific organization, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a study of approximately 500 young, intermediate mass stars using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The contract, valued at $31,301.00, is a grant for research with an ultimate completion date of September 10, 2025. The SETI Institute has a long history of federal contract and grant awards from NASA and the...
This federal contract award, valued at $6,900,881.20, is a cooperative agreement between the Seti Institute (a non-profit organization) and NASA's Shared Services Center. The contract, titled "REACHING FOR THE STARS: NASA SCIENCE FOR GIRL SCOUTS A.K.A. GIRL SCOUT STARS", aims to integrate NASA's science research and discoveries into the Girl Scouts program through informal education initiatives. The goal is to engage girls and their leaders in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) content, discoveries, and careers, with a focus on astronomy. The award involves partnerships with other organizations, including the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the University of Arizona, and the Girl Scouts of Northern California. This contract does not have a set-aside designation and is set to be completed by January 3, 2022.