The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $964,178 grant to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees (UCF) for research related to the Arecibo Planetary Radar. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will fund physical and dynamical characterization of Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) using the Arecibo Observatory through December 2026. As the prime contractor, UCF will leverage its Office of Research and the planetary radar capabilities at the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $2,997,826.01 grant to the University of Central Florida (UCF) Office of Research to continue operating the Arecibo Observatory (AO) in Alafaya, Florida. The AO plays a crucial role in characterizing near-Earth and potentially hazardous asteroids through its planetary radar capabilities, providing unique data that is difficult to obtain through other methods. The grant supports AO's ongoing asteroid science research, which...
This federal contract award to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, Office of Research Division (UCF) is for research on the exploration of small solar system bodies such as asteroids and moons. The contract, valued at $198,014.00, is a grant for research with a period of performance ending on March 22, 2026. The award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on March 23, 2021. This contract supports NASA's efforts to further our understanding of the...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC21K0680, was granted to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division (UCF) to probe the nature and origin of the Hilda asteroids, a population of small bodies. The $194,301.00 grant, classified as a research contract, was awarded on March 4, 2021 by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency within the federal government. The award has a completion date of March 1, 2025. UCF, a large public research university...
This federal contract award to the University of Central Florida (UCF) Office of Research, under the direction of Principal Investigator Maxime Devogele, is for a 3-year research project titled "Second Lunation NEO Follow-Up" valued at $53,241.80. The work, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), involves acquiring and analyzing astrometric data using the 4.3M Lowell Discovery Channel Telescope to support planetary science research. Key tasks include...
This federal contract award was made by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The $429,014 grant is for research related to the characteristics and formation processes of cometary nuclei, following the first spacecraft close encounters with these objects in the late 1990s. The contract has no set-aside designation, indicating open competition. UCF has a strong track record of...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K0290, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The $664,547.00 grant is for research related to the investigation of the Moon and Mercury using new observations from the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. The research aims to better understand the formation and evolution of these planetary bodies. The contract...
This federal contract award is for an AI-driven project titled "AI-DRIVEN LAUNCHPAD: REVOLUTIONIZING SPACE MISSION PLANNING" awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Shared Services Center to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The $10,000 grant-funded research contract has a completion date of July 9, 2025. UCF is a large public research university with expertise across engineering, computer...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,070,424.00, was granted to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division (UCF) by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The contract is for the ORIGINS: PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES project and has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2025. This contract was not set aside and is a grant for research. UCF is a large public research university and Hispanic-serving institution with...
This federal contract award to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a nonprofit research organization, supports planetary radar observations to characterize near-Earth objects (NEOs). The $1,408.69 grant, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center, will fund research to provide precise astrometry, size/binarity measurements, and surface geology information about NEOs through radar observations. This work supports NASA's science mission priorities. USRA has extensive experience...