The National Society of Black Physicists, Inc. (NSBP) was awarded a $532,078 grant from the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) to host the NSBP/NSHP Joint Annual Conferences from 2024 to 2026. This grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support NSBP's mission to promote diversity and excellence in physics, with a focus on supporting African American physicists and physics students. The grant funding will be used to provide educational, mentoring, and outreach services...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency, awarded a $14,999 firm-fixed-price purchase order to the National Society of Black Physicists, Inc. (NSBP), a non-profit organization, for sponsorship of the 2024 NSBP-NSHP Joint Conference. This award is not set-aside and is associated with a larger contract with award ID 141013-24-0177. NSBP, which is registered in SAM.gov as a minority institution and non-profit organization, has a history of securing...
This is a $7,665.57 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. (doing business as Sura), a non-profit organization. The grant supports work with the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP) to bring greater awareness of space science and heliophysics to minority and underserved communities. This aligns with NASA's strategic goals to expand the STEM workforce, achieve national education objectives,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $332,694.00 grant to the American Association of Physics Teachers, Incorporated (AAPT), a non-profit organization, to advance heliophysics education through AAPT's network of physics educators. This grant, awarded on July 1, 2023, supports AAPT's efforts to develop a heliophysics workforce and inspire students to pursue related careers. AAPT has previously received federal grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and...
This is a $79,848.51 grant award from the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The award is for Dr. Quintin Schiller to assist in the development, testing, and calibration of a scientific instrument, including the detector head and telescope electronics. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, and SSI has a history of receiving both federal...
This federal contract award was granted to the American Institute of Physics Incorporated (AIP), a non-profit organization that specializes in scientific publishing, research support, and educational initiatives in physics and related fields. The award, valued at $34,000.00, is for a research project titled "Hybrid Observatory for Earth-like Exoplanets" and was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The award is a grant for...
This is a $1,920,660.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the National Space Grant Foundation Inc., a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. The agreement provides support for the distribution of space grant internship stipends. This award is not set-aside and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2023. The National Space Grant Foundation Inc. has previously supported NASA's Exploration Systems and Habitation...
This $64,089.56 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Southern University and A&M College, a historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The contract is for research on high-dimensional tensor simulation and modeling, which aligns with NASA's priorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research. Southern University, through its Office of Sponsored Programs division, has demonstrated its capacity...
This is a $128,789.08 research grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Coppin State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant is for the Science Mission Directorate Science Activation (SciAct) Program, which aims to enable NASA science experts and content to be integrated more effectively and efficiently into learning environments for students of all ages. The award is not set aside...
This is a $125,718.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution, a non-profit research organization. The grant is for executing a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. It will enable SAO to participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research of, on,...