Grant For Research 80NSSC18K0242
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- The National Science and Technology Research Grants for Optics and Optoelectronics (NSTGRO) fellowship program awarded a $168,000 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to support graduate student research and development of advanced and innovative space technologies. The award, issued on September 2, 2025, with a completion date of August 28, 2029, funds research initiatives critical to the nation's goals in exploring and understanding Earth, the solar system, and the universe. The...
- This is a $767,373 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research into miniature photonic filters, spectrometers, and nulling interferometers for astrophysics and space science applications. The award has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2025. The University of Maryland, College Park is the prime contractor and is a U.S. state government entity, 1862 land grant college, and state-controlled institution of...
- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $175,000.00 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for the development of a Hyperspectral Microwave Photonic Instrument (HYMPI) and associated data assimilation and radiative transfer modeling. This grant, which has an ultimate completion date of April 6, 2025, is part of NASA's research and development activities. UMD, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, will be the prime contractor on this...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $540,470.00 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for research related to the formation and evolution of compact star clusters at high redshifts. The research aims to investigate several aspects of the underlying astrophysics, including the role of these clusters in producing seeds for supermassive black holes, the physics of their formation and growth, the impact of X-ray heating, and their influence on the...
- This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for research on "Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry of Refractory Organics in Ancient Microbial Mats". The grant is part of NASA's scientific research program and does not have a set-aside designation. UMD is a prominent research university that has extensive experience conducting technical research and developing advanced technologies for...
- This is a $239,864.29 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park on August 19, 2015. The grant is part of the "Next Generation UAV Based Spectral Systems for Environmental Monitoring" major program, and the work will concentrate on utilizing project technology to examine the scaling in sub-pixel canopy cover estimates from polar orbiter satellite platforms. The grant will also fund the development of methods for...
- This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for research and applications related to NASA's space-based observations. The $131,769.00 grant supports the continuation of stakeholder engagement and applications efforts started in 2013, with the goal of enabling greater impact of NASA's space-based observations in science and applications. The grant does not have a set-aside designation....
- This federal contract award to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) provides funding for research to improve reflective coatings for ultraviolet (UV) telescopes and spectrographs. The goal is to increase reflectance in the Lyman ultraviolet (LUV) range of 90-130 nanometers, a critical issue for far ultraviolet (FUV) astronomical observations. This research aligns with the technology needs identified for the Large UV/Optical/IR (LUVOIR) Surveyor Observatory and could lead to more...
- This is a $37,439.76 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for a research project on the time-domain variability analysis of 117 blazars (active galactic nuclei) in the Swift-BAT 105-month catalog. The award does not have a set-aside designation. As a major public research university, UMD has a long history of receiving federal grants and contracts from agencies like NASA, the National Science...
- This is a $439,592.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to develop the Framework Retrieval Scheme. The scheme will build upon the previous PRPS model developed by UMD, which uses a combination of model and observations to generate hybrid retrieval databases. This research grant does not have a set-aside designation. UMD is the prime contractor and parent organization is the University System of Maryland....
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to develop the next generation of photonics spectrometers and filters for astrophysics and space science applications. The $860,473.64 grant aims to broaden the wavelength range, increase the spectral resolving power, and improve the polarization independence and throughput of the university's existing photonic spectrometer and filter prototypes. This effort directly addresses a technology gap identified in NASA's 2016 Cosmic Origins Technology Report, namely the need for high-performance spectral dispersion components. The grant will fund the work of two graduate students and up to three undergraduates to optimize, fabricate, and test these miniature optoelectronic components, which have the potential to benefit a wide range of astrophysical research and applications beyond astronomy, including medicine, petrochemistry, and quantum computing. The research builds on prior private funding and work at UMD's Maryland NanoCenter and Astrophotonics Lab. This grant does not have a set-aside designation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($66) | 1/31/23 | ||
| P00011 | Funding Only Action | ($66) | 1/31/23 | |
| P00010 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 8/6/22 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 8/6/22 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 2/15/22 |