This federal contract award, valued at $129,466.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), a child entity of the University System of Maryland (USM). The award is for "OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES TO ADVANCE EARTH AND PLANETARY CONNECTIVITY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESEARCH COORDINATION NETWORK OF OCEAN WORLDS (NOW)," a research effort focused on advancing...
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has been awarded a $979,361.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to characterize and monitor changing fire regimes and the risk of extreme wildfire events in the United States. The grant, which has an ultimate completion date of November 1, 2026, will involve the use of biophysical models and satellite observations to support this research. UMCES is a state-supported research and educational...
This federal contract award, valued at $149,932.00, was issued by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). The contract is for a "Wet Carbon Monitoring and Accounting System for Urban Coastlines," which was a solicited requirement. The contract is a grant for research and does not have a set-aside designation. UMCES is a child entity of the University System of Maryland (USM), which has a history of...
This federal contract award, ID 80NSSC20K1415, was granted to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to develop cross-component modeling and data assimilation capabilities for the Integrated Earth System Analysis (IESA). The $75,452.00 grant will fund efforts to directly assimilate satellite altimetry and atmospheric microwave radiometer data into the ocean and atmospheric components of the IESA prototype, with the goal of improving...
This federal contract award, valued at $280,709.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to conduct "APPLICATIONS AND APPLIED USER RESEARCH FOR ICESAT-2 PROGRAM DURING EXTENDED MISSION". The contract, which runs through September 30, 2026, is a grant for research and does not have a set-aside designation. UMD, a prominent state-controlled institution of higher learning, has demonstrated extensive...
This is a $600,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) for a project titled "Integrating Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Observations to Map and Monitor Plant Taxonomic, Phylogenetic, and Functional Beta-Diversity in the Greater Cape Floristic Region." The grant is for research related to environmental monitoring and biodiversity assessment. UMCES is a division of the...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K1736, is a three-year grant for $371,848.00 to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), a prominent research university within the University System of Maryland (USM). The award is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to research and analyze wildfire weather dynamics between 2018 and 2022 using data from NASA's Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA)...
This federal contract award, valued at $22,889.66, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), a prominent research-intensive state university. The award, titled "Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling on the (Sub)Mesoscale: US Participant Travel Support," is a grant to support the travel of U.S. participants for a research project related to atmosphere-ocean interactions. The award is not associated with a larger...
This $1,331,818.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center was made to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), a public research university that is part of the University System of Maryland (USM). The award, which has no set-aside designation, is for a project titled "ATMOSPHERIC NOURISHMENT OF GLOBAL OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS ON A CHANGING PLANET" with a completion date of December 18, 2026. UMBC has a history of providing...
This is a $171,396 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to support research on improving long-term environmental monitoring and forecasting systems. The grant is not associated with a set-aside program. The university has a history of receiving federal contracts and grants from agencies like the Department of Defense and National Science Foundation to conduct research in areas such as space physics, biomass mapping,...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,032,195.12, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), a state-supported research institution. The objective is to use satellite-based observations to develop algorithms for predicting zooplankton abundance and grazing in relation to mesoscale ocean features like fronts and eddies. This knowledge will help enhance global climate models and inform ecosystem-based management of ocean resources. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. UMCES, as part of the University System of Maryland, frequently partners with federal agencies like NASA, NOAA, and the National Science Foundation on environmental research and monitoring projects related to the Chesapeake Bay and other coastal ecosystems.