Grant For Research 80NSSC19K0781
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- This is a $320,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. The award is for research related to the goals of NASA's Emerging Worlds program, which aims to enhance fundamental understanding of how the solar system formed and evolved. As a non-set-aside award, the contract reflects PSI's competitive capabilities in planetary science research. PSI has a...
- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $559,145.00 grant for research to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The grant, contract number 80NSSC21K0877, is for research related to optical constants, which are fundamental input parameters used in radiative transfer and light scattering models for analyzing planetary spectral remote sensing data. The grant has an ultimate completion date of April 30,...
- This is a $416,922.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The grant, titled "TOOLS FOR ADVANCED DYNAMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM SMALL BODIES," is for research and development related to advancing the understanding of small bodies in the solar system. The grant does not utilize any set-aside designations,...
- This is a $455,055 grant award to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization in Tucson, Arizona, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant is for research on products of explosive eruptions and pyroclastic deposits, which provide important information about the thermal history and volatile content of planetary bodies. PSI will perform data analysis, modeling, and other research services to support NASA's planetary...
- This federal contract award, valued at $363,197.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization located in Tucson, Arizona. The contract focuses on developing a model to understand the effect of thermal cycling on ice and rock in planetary environments, and how this relates to induced damage and changes in their bulk properties. The award is designated as a grant for research and does not have...
- This is a $313,865 grant awarded by NASA to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization in Tucson, Arizona. The grant is for a multi-pronged 3D modeling effort to understand the habitability of rocky planets in our solar system over time and to inform the detection and characterization of habitable exoplanets. The research aims to explore key dynamic components of planetary atmospheres, including atmospheric and oceanic heat transport, cloud variability, and the...
- This is a $534,233.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. The grant is for a geologic mapping project of the southern Circum-Chryse and Margaritifer Terra regions on Mars. This work supports NASA's planetary science and space exploration goals through data analysis, modeling, and scientific instrument development. The award does not have a set-aside...
- The Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $328,593 research grant by a civilian federal agency on November 21, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of November 20, 2027. This non-set-aside grant supports PSI's execution of a balanced science program grounded in discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, while incorporating administration priorities and Congressional...
- This is a $460,588.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The grant is for a research project titled "Seasonal, Annual, and Multidirectional Sand Flux Trends Related to Global or Regional Forcing Factors" that aims to investigate the role of wind in transporting sediment on Mars. The grant does not utilize a set-aside...
- This $287,100 grant contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization in Tucson, Arizona. The contract is for research to derive lunar surface slopes and roughness from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data, and to study the influence of these measurements on surface temperature. This work supports NASA's goals of expanding scientific knowledge through new discoveries about the Moon...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $101,069.31 grant to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The grant, awarded under contract number 80NSSC19K0781, aims to develop new algorithms and computational methods to enable more accurate thermal modeling of airless planetary bodies, including the Moon, Mars, and asteroids. The work will focus on improving the ability to model the strong horizontal temperature gradients on airless planetary surfaces, which are driven by shadows cast by surface topography. These thermal models will be relevant for mapping surface temperatures and identifying potential resource-rich "cold traps" on these bodies. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, indicating PSI was competitively selected based on its expertise in planetary science research. As a long-standing partner of NASA, PSI has contributed to numerous agency programs through both contract and grant awards, leveraging its broad capabilities in areas like data analysis, modeling, and scientific instrument development.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00005 | Funding Only Action | ($9) | 8/10/23 | |
| Not listed | ($9) | 8/10/23 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 2/24/22 | ||
| P00004 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 2/24/22 | |
| P00003 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 3/23/21 |