Grant For Research 80NSSC23K0744
Active Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC23K0744
- Awardee
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University Of California San Diego UEI QJ8HMDK7MRM3 Part of State Of California Controllers Office
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $665,939
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $665,939.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 91% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $223,264 | |
| Funding Only Action | $218,873 | |
| Original award | $223,802 |
About this award
The University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography received a $665,939 grant award from NASA on March 9, 2023, for research titled "Strain Rate and Moment Rate in Western North America from InSAR and GNSS." The project, led by David Sandwell at UCSD in collaboration with researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, University of Hawaii, and CICESE in Mexico, addresses two critical surface deformation science questions from NASA's 2016 Earth Science Initiative Core Report and 2017 Decadal Survey regarding geological hazard forecasting and human-Earth surface interactions. The research will utilize Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) time series data to measure tectonic and anthropogenic crustal deformation across the San Andreas Fault System with unprecedented accuracy of better than 50 nanostrain per year, corresponding to 0.5 millimeters per year velocity accuracy—a critical threshold for identifying regions prone to destructive earthquakes.
Over the five-year performance period concluding March 8, 2027, the project will process GNSS and InSAR data from the Sentinel-1 satellite and incorporate new directional components from NASA's NISAR mission to construct comprehensive maps of vector displacement, velocity, and strain rate extending from Northern Baja, Mexico through the U.S.-Canada border and the Basin and Range Province. Major project tasks include refining corrections for phase connection consistency across the Sentinel-1/NISAR InSAR time series, developing a four-dimensional San Andreas Fault System earthquake cycle model accounting for crustal rheology variations, and decomposing tectonic and anthropogenic strain rates through iterative modeling of tectonic and hydrological processes. This non-set-aside grant represents no set-aside competition and positions Scripps Institution of Oceanography to significantly advance earthquake hazard assessment capabilities for the western United States.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80NSSC23K0744?
80NSSC23K0744 was awarded to University Of California San Diego by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on March 9, 2023.
How much is contract 80NSSC23K0744 worth?
The government has obligated $665,939 on 80NSSC23K0744.
Was contract 80NSSC23K0744 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC23K0744 was full and open competition.
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