This federal contract award is a grant for research valued at $199,966.00 awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Institution, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects. The research focuses on the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed or modified by water. The grant aims to decipher the timing and source of water that formed post-Noachian fluvial landforms on Mars. The Smithsonian Institution is a renowned trust...
This federal contract award was granted to the Smithsonian Institution, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract, valued at $87,896.03, supports research on the aeolian (wind-driven) landscapes of Mars and how they have been shaped over billions of years. The Smithsonian, a renowned trust instrumentality of the United States, will leverage its expertise in fields such as planetary science, ecology, and...
This federal contract award, valued at $151,170.72, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Sponsored Projects as a research grant. The grant supports a project to study the spatial and temporal distribution, as well as the potential causes, of late fluvial erosion on the surface of Mars. The research aims to test the hypothesis that diachronous local-scale events, rather than global-scale climate variability, were...
This is a $137,416.00 grant award to the Smithsonian Institution, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support research on the late geologic history and habitable environments in Gale Crater on Mars. The award has an ultimate completion date of April 14, 2026. The Smithsonian, a renowned federal trust instrumentality, leverages its expertise in planetary science, ecology, and environmental research to support...
This federal contract award is to the Smithsonian Institution, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects, for a project titled "COMPOSITION OF MARTIAN FANS, BASIN DEPOSITS, AND WATERSHEDS USING VNIR SPECTROSCOPY" with a ceiling value of $268,616.00. The contract is a grant for research, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The award has a performance period ending on August 15, 2027. The Smithsonian Institution is a renowned trust...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K1092, was granted by the Shared Services Center (a unit of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the Smithsonian Institution, a non-profit organization, for research related to the study of valley networks and alluvial deposits on Mars. The $250,837 grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support work to be completed by June 30, 2025. As a leading research institution, the Smithsonian frequently collaborates...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $299,964.37 grant to the Smithsonian Institution, Office of Sponsored Projects, to conduct a research study on the geologic history of Mars. The study will utilize high-resolution data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Express to map and model the formation of valley networks on the Martian surface, with the goal of better understanding the planet's past climatic conditions and potential habitability. This grant...
This $124,283.15 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Smithsonian Institution, a trust instrumentality of the United States composed primarily of museums and research centers, to conduct research related to ancient Martian runoff and erosion. The project aims to map tributary valleys and watersheds in the Tyrrhena and Cimmeria highlands of Mars, evaluate factors influencing fluvial dissection, and refine hydrologic...
This federal contract award, with the ID 80NSSC22K0468, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Institution, a renowned federal trust instrumentality and non-profit organization. The contract, valued at $466,888.00, is for a research project titled "UNTANGLING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RURAL OUTMIGRATION, GRASSLAND DEGRADATION, AND SUSTAINABLE LAND USE IN MONGOLIA". The contract is a grant for research, with a period of performance...
This federal contract award is for the Mars Daily Global Maps (MDGMS) project, which provides valuable data on time-variable phenomena on Mars such as dust storms, clouds, and polar caps. The $393,046.00 grant contract was awarded to the Smithsonian Institution, operating through its Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on May 7, 2020. The contract has a completion date of May 6, 2024 and is not designated as a...