This is a definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) for the Landsat Science Team Contracts. The contract has a total ceiling value of $972,204.26 and is a cost-no-fee arrangement. The contract is not set aside for any specific business type. UMass Boston, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, is the prime contractor and will provide analytics, data processing, algorithm development, and software services...
The U.S. Geological Survey, an agency of the Department of the Interior, awarded a definitive cost-no-fee contract valued at one million one hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred nine dollars and seven cents ($1,169,409.07) to Trustees of Boston University to provide scientific support services for the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Under this contract, Boston University will support the LANDSAT Science Team at EROS, assisting the USGS...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a definitive firm fixed price contract valued at one million one hundred sixty-eight thousand nine hundred ten dollars and eighty cents ($1,168,910.80) by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide scientific support services for the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. As the prime contractor, the University of Maryland will leverage its expertise to assist the USGS with analyzing satellite imagery...
The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $5,650.00 firm fixed price purchase order to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) under the agency's "Chemical Analysis of Rock" program. This contract, which did not have a set-aside designation, was completed on September 16, 2016. UMass, operating through its Office of Grant & Contract Administration, has a history of supporting federal agencies through contract and grant work, including research, engineering...
This $1,248,531.00 federal grant award was issued by the Shared Services Center to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) for a hosted analytic collaborative framework to study global river water quantity and quality using data from the SWOT, Landsat, and Sentinel-2 satellite missions. The award has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2025 and does not have a set-aside designation. UMass, a major public research university system, will leverage its expertise in areas such as engineering,...
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) has been awarded a $4,741,109.00 grant contract (Award ID: 80NSSC22K0279) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for research related to the fundamentals of remote sensing technology development, focusing on the use of high-resolution volume and surface scattering signatures in a dual-frequency Ku-band regime, with the potential to expand upon this using ancillary sensors. The contract has no...
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) was awarded a $100,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract by the U.S. government to conduct an Endangered Species Study. The contract, which did not have a set-aside designation, was awarded on December 13, 2003 with a completion date of July 6, 2004. UMass, a public land-grant research university system, leverages its expertise in fields such as environmental studies to address national priorities. The university frequently partners with...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Interior US Geological Survey Hawaii Volcano Observatory to the University of Massachusetts, operating through its Office of Grant & Contract Administration, for the UMASS GEOSCIENCES XRAY FACILITY project. The award has a potential value of $2,850.00 and a completion date of June 30, 2017. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Massachusetts is a public research university system...
This $560,720 federal grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation to the University of Massachusetts Boston to support research on land surface albedo. The project aims to leverage complementary satellite remote sensing data from Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 to improve temporal and spatial resolution estimates of land surface albedo, particularly in response to seasonal changes, snow cover, and ecosystem disturbances in northern high latitude regions. As a public research university, the...
The U.S. government has awarded a $99,896 grant contract to the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) to provide extended maintenance and continuity of the Terra/Aqua MODIS albedo, NBAR, and BRDF algorithm. This contract is not set aside and will run through September 30, 2026. UMass Boston, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, will utilize its academic expertise to deliver the contracted services. The funding agency is the National Aeronautics and Space...