This work is directly relevant to calibration and validation, as well as application of data from the NASA gedi mission, icesat-2, as well as other NASA current and planned missions. The geotrees…

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Contract number
80NSSC25K7835
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$568,841

Award facts

Contract value 99% obligated
$574,008.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 73% complete
Current and potential, with all options
NAICS code
Not on record
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Not Competed Basic Research
Pricing
Other
Place of performance
College Park, MD 20742, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Funding Only Action P00001 $336,841
Original award $232,000

About this award

This is a $574,008 grant awarded by NASA to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for the GEOTREES project, a joint endeavor between ESA, NASA, and the Smithsonian. The grant will support work directly relevant to calibration, validation, and application of data from NASA's GEDI mission, ICESat-2, and other current and planned NASA missions. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. UMD is a prominent U.S. state government entity, 1862 land grant college, and state-controlled institution of higher learning with extensive capabilities in advanced research across diverse scientific and technological domains, including quantum computing, space exploration, and artificial intelligence. This grant is part of UMD's broad portfolio of federal contract and grant awards, which also includes an Other Transaction (OT) Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract with DARPA valued at over $5.3 million for developing a "domain-agnostic system with robust features and symbolic reasoning" centered on synthetic quantum nanostructures.

Description

This work is directly relevant to calibration and validation, as well as application of data from the NASA gedi mission, icesat-2, as well as other NASA current and planned missions. The geotrees project is a joint ESA-NASA-smithsonian endeavor and the gedi mission was selected through the NASA earth ventures instrument program and the airborne and spaceborne data that will be analyzed as part of this grant is directly relevant to gedi and the NASA mission to observe earth from space

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Who was awarded contract 80NSSC25K7835?

80NSSC25K7835 was awarded to University Of Maryland, College Park by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on May 1, 2025.

How much is contract 80NSSC25K7835 worth?

The government has obligated $568,841 on 80NSSC25K7835. Its current value, with exercised options, is $574,008.

Was contract 80NSSC25K7835 competed?

The extent of competition for 80NSSC25K7835 was not competed.

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