The Federal Contract Award 80NSSC20K1104 was granted to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to support the SWIFT program in identifying electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave events. The $99,864.62 grant is for research, with no set-aside designation. Penn State, a public research university and 1862 land-grant institution, has extensive experience as a prime contractor, subcontractor, and grant recipient across federal...
The U.S. government has awarded a $100,000 grant contract to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for the "KEY PROJECT THE DETECTION AND MONITORING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC COUNTERPARTS OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES WITH SWIFT IN O4". This contract is not set aside and has an ultimate completion date of December 21, 2024. Penn State, a public research university and land-grant institution, serves as a prime contractor, subcontractor, and grant recipient for various federal...
This contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, provides $40,000.00 in grant funding to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for research related to the "RAPID SWIFT FOLLOW UP OF FAST RADIO BURSTS IN CYCLE 19." The contract has a completion date of March 3, 2025 and does not utilize a set-aside designation. Penn State, a public research university and one of the nation's first land-grant institutions, has a history of...
This is a $40,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to conduct research on Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) under contract 21-SWIFT21-0033, "SEARCHING HIGH AND LOW FOR ELUSIVE GRB". The contract is a research grant with a performance period ending on July 24, 2024. Penn State, a major research university, has a strong track record of delivering complex technical services and research across a wide range...
This $285,476 federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to develop new fabrication techniques for reflective optics used in space telescopes. The contract is a research grant with a period of performance through August 1, 2025. Penn State, a public land-grant university, has a history of serving as a prime contractor, subcontractor, and grant recipient for federal agencies across a range of...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC22K0050, was granted to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The $43,998.86 grant will fund deep ultraviolet and X-ray imaging as part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS-North) to study galaxy evolution through ultraviolet measurements. The contract has a period of performance through September 30, 2023 and does not include a set-aside designation. Penn State, a...
This federal contract award, valued at $75,000.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) as the prime contractor. The contract is for a research grant to improve the localization of gamma-ray burst (GRB) events detected by the Swift/Bat instruments in support of NASA's Fermi mission during Cycle 15. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and has an ultimate completion date of...
This is a $100,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for the detection and monitoring of electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources with the Swift satellite during Observing Run 4. The award, which has a period of performance through September 30, 2024, is not associated with a set-aside program. Penn State, a public research university and land-grant institution,...
This is a $40,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to support the "SWIFT LOCALIZATION OF MAXI DISCOVERED GALACTIC X-RAY TRANSIENTS IN CYCLE 19" research project. The grant has a performance period ending on June 13, 2025. Penn State is the prime recipient of this award, which is not set aside for any particular business type. As a research university with significant...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded The Pennsylvania State University a $1,355,597 grant contract to support advancement of key technologies for future x-ray astronomy missions. Penn State will leverage its expertise to further develop lightweight telescope substrates achieving finer resolution, more efficient diffraction gratings capable of higher resolution, and other state-of-the-art technologies critical to NASA's objectives. As the prime contractor, Penn State will...