Definitive Contract FA945320C0048
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- This is a federal contract award made by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Trustees of Boston College, doing business as Boston College, a private Jesuit Catholic research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The contract, valued at $4,834,926.00, is for the "CHEMISTRY & SPECTORSCOPY OF SPACE, PLASMAS & RE-ENTRY (CSSPR) LABS PRGM" and has an ultimate completion date of December 29, 2021. The contract is a definitive contract with a cost-no-fee pricing type...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $213,026.64 definitive contract to Trustees of Boston College, doing business as Boston College, for STAR - HYPERSONIC REENTRY ENVIRONMENT MODELING AND IMPACTS ON RF SYSTEMS. This cost-type contract with no fee is for modeling the hypersonic reentry environment and its effects on radio frequency systems. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Boston College is a private, non-profit university with extensive experience conducting...
- This is a $21,265,670.00 Cost No Fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to the Trustees of Boston College, doing business as Boston College, to provide "SURVIVABILITY AND FORECAST OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT AND SYSTEM SURVIVABILITY" under the NSET Next Generation Space Environment Technologies program. The contract has a period of performance through September 8, 2025. Boston College has been awarded this contract to leverage its expertise in areas...
- This contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Trustees of Boston College, doing business as Boston College, a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The contract, valued at $300,000.00, is for wave-optics modeling of high-frequency (HR) propagation through the structured ionosphere. The work is being performed in Chestnut Hill, Newton, MA. This contract is not designated as a set-aside. The original...
- The Trustees of Boston College was awarded a $1.44M definitive contract by the Air Force on January 4, 2021, to support the Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program. Under this cost-no-fee arrangement, Boston College will utilize data from the Scintillation Network Decision Aid (SCINDA) sensor network to advance assured communication support capabilities. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, extends through March 31, 2024, and is based on the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's...
- This federal contract award, valued at $108,627, was granted by the Shared Services Center (part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to Trustees of Boston College, doing business as Boston College, a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The contract is for the "Evaluation of PlanetIQ High Rate Data Products Using Advanced Radio Propagation Techniques". This is a grant for research, with no set-aside designation, to support Boston...
- This is a definitive contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the Trustees of Boston College, a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The contract, valued at $1,727,792.00, is for the Oblique Ionogram Data Scaling & Quality Control Tool under CALL 01 to FA9453-19-S-0001 BASIC FA9453-19-C-0920. The contract is for research and development to enhance the development and implementation of space...
- This is a $556,100 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston College, a private non-profit research university. The grant is for a research program called ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) which aims to execute a balanced science program, participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, advance discovery in emerging fields, and develop applied programs in areas like Earth...
- This is a $9,801,422.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston College, doing business as Boston College, a private Jesuit Catholic research university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The contract, titled "SPACE WEATHER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS (SPARTA) CENTER OF EXCELLENCE", has an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2028. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating...
- This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K0985, was granted by the Shared Services Center (SSC) on May 4, 2021 to the Trustees of Boston College, a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The $159,195.00 grant is for research to reformat spectra into a universally readable format. This award does not have a set-aside designation, indicating Boston College competed for the opportunity as a large organization. The university has extensive experience...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Trustees of Boston College a $5.3 million definitive contract on September 21, 2020, to conduct research under the Space Chemistry, Reactivity and Modeling (SCRAM) program, part of the broader Research Options for Space Enterprise Technologies (ROSET) initiative. This cost-reimbursable, no-fee contract supports basic and applied research and development activities in space chemistry, laser spectroscopy and reactivity, and plasma physics through September 30, 2026. The work will be performed at Boston College's campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. No set-aside designation was applied to this award, indicating the institution competed as a large organization. Boston College, a private Jesuit Catholic research university with extensive federal engagement across multiple scientific disciplines, brings significant institutional capacity to this space research initiative. The university has demonstrated sustained expertise in space-related research, including a substantial $22.9 million cooperative agreement with NASA for the Space Weather Research and Technology Applications Center of Excellence and prior Air Force Research Laboratory partnerships under the Geospace Environment Technologies and Science program. This SCRAM contract aligns with the Air Force's strategic focus on advancing space systems technologies through fundamental scientific research, positioning Boston College as a key research partner for the service's space vehicle directorate initiatives.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Research Options for Space Enterprise Technologies (ROSET) | FA9453-17-S-0005 | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory | Solicitation 1/1 | 9/29/17, 3:52 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00029 | Funding Only Action | $65.0k | 1/28/26 | |
| P00028 | Funding Only Action | $160.0k | 12/7/25 | |
| P00027 | Funding Only Action | $149.3k | 12/1/25 | |
| P00026 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 7/28/25 | |
| P00025 | Funding Only Action | $639.7k | 6/13/25 |