Enhance usability and discoverability of mlpack for low-resource spaceflight machine learning
Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC24K1524
- Awardee
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Numfocus, Inc. UEI X5A5HG62KA15
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $103,766
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $103,766.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- PSC
- AJ11 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Basic Research
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- Austin, TX 78745, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $103,766 |
About this award
NumFocus, Inc., a Austin, Texas-based nonprofit specializing in open-source scientific software development, was awarded a $103,766 research grant by the NASA Shared Services Center on October 1, 2024. The grant, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026, funds a project to enhance the usability and discoverability of MLPack, an open-source machine learning library, specifically optimizing it for low-resource spaceflight applications. No set-aside designation was used for this award. This contract aligns with NumFocus's established track record of supporting NASA's scientific research ecosystem through the development and maintenance of critical Python-based libraries and tools.
The award represents a continuation of NumFocus's collaborative partnership with NASA's Shared Services Center, which has previously supported the organization's work on projects including enhancements to the Astropy and SunPy ecosystems and the maintenance of the Matplotlib data visualization library. As a nonprofit registered in SAM.gov since 2015, NumFocus brings established expertise in scientific computing infrastructure and community engagement, positioning the organization to effectively advance machine learning capabilities for space-based research and operations under resource-constrained conditions.
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Who was awarded contract 80NSSC24K1524?
80NSSC24K1524 was awarded to Numfocus, Inc. by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on October 1, 2024.
How much is contract 80NSSC24K1524 worth?
The government has obligated $103,766 on 80NSSC24K1524.
Was contract 80NSSC24K1524 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC24K1524 was full and open competition.
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