This is a $692,523.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Pasadena Area Community College District (doing business as Pasadena City College), a state-controlled institution of higher learning and Hispanic Serving Institution located in Pasadena, California. The grant is for the VERITAS Student Opportunities in Academics and Research (SOAR) project, which aims to expand space exploration-related educational opportunities for underrepresented students. The grant does...
This is a $529,796 grant awarded to Arizona State University (ASU) by a U.S. government civilian agency, the Shared Services Center, to execute a balanced science program. The grant requires ASU to participate as a key partner in the agency's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. ASU is tasked with advancing discovery in emerging fields by identifying and exploiting cross-disciplinary opportunities between traditional...
This is a $98,258.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Arizona, a public research university that is also a 1862 land grant institution and Hispanic Serving Institution. The grant is for the "ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE IN DRYLANDS (ARID) EXPERIMENT" and has a period of performance ending on August 31, 2025. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Arizona, which is doing business as the Arizona Board of...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $136,000.00 grant to the Santa Clarita Community College District, doing business as College Of The Canyons, a local government entity and Hispanic Serving Institution located in Valencia, California. The grant, titled "DEIA IN ACTION: ENGAGING UNDER-REPRESENTED POPULATIONS THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTICIPATION IN NASA'S STUDENT- ORIENTED SUB-ORBITAL FLIGHT PROGRAMS," does not have a set-aside designation and...
This is a grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to Foothill-De Anza Community College District, doing business as Foothill College, a U.S. local government entity and educational institution. The $5,946,312 grant is for the "EXPERIMENTAL INTERNSHIPS SUPPORTING ASTROBIOLOGY A EROSPACE TECHNOLOGY & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY" project, with a period of performance from October 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005. The award is not set aside for any specific business type. Foothill...
This is a federal grant award to Arizona State University (ASU), a prominent Hispanic-serving, state-controlled educational institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The $315,319.00 grant is for research to search for new signals in the cosmic microwave background, and has an ultimate completion date of February 7, 2026. The grant was awarded on February 8, 2024 by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. ASU has demonstrated extensive research capabilities across numerous...
This federal contract award is a $195,000.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) to establish a cleanroom classroom and laboratory facility. The grant supports Tri-C's efforts to address strategic goals outlined in NASA's 2020-2023 STEM Engagement Strategy, including creating unique opportunities for diverse students to contribute to NASA's work, building a diverse STEM workforce through authentic learning experiences, and...
This $903,790.00 grant award to Arizona State University (ASU) is for a research project titled "Drivers and Predictors of Cryptic Inorganic Carbon Assimilation and Constraints on Habitability." The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, was issued by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2027. ASU, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and state-controlled educational institution, is the prime contractor for this...
This is a $1,205,701.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Arizona State University (ASU) for the development and demonstration of a "New Observing Strategies Testbed" project. The award has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2029. ASU, a Hispanic-serving and state-controlled institution of higher learning, has extensive experience performing federal contracts and grants across various disciplines including space science, engineering, and...
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Arizona (doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents) on September 1, 2019. The grant is for a research study aimed at using satellite imaging to understand how tropical evergreen forests respond to extreme climate events, such as drought, in order to improve predictions of ecosystem and global carbon cycle responses to climate change. This grant does not have a set-aside...