Grant For Research 80NSSC25K7791
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- The University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) has been awarded a $148,810 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a global land and vegetation gridded product (ATL18) based on data from the ICESat-2 satellite. This research effort aims to provide the terrestrial science community with accurate terrain and canopy height data at 1-kilometer resolution or better, which is critical for understanding land surface...
- This federal contract award, valued at $436,838.00, was granted to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for research and development related to "the use of receiver, clock, and atmospheric ties to advance space geodesy". This work supports NASA's broader initiatives in space science and exploration. The award is not designated as a set-aside...
- This federal contract award, valued at $3,568,871.00, was granted to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on January 27, 2020. The contract supports the ICESat-2 mission, which was successfully launched in September 2018 and is using state-of-the-art laser altimeter technology to study the Earth's surfaces. UT Austin ARL, a division of the University of Texas System, is a leading research...
- This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC20K1732, was made by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL), a division of the University of Texas System. The $448,195.52 grant is for research related to multiple measurement techniques to recover a baseline, utilizing a low-gain receive system located near a permanent GNSS antenna and applying differential GNSS to...
- This is a $77,219.80 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) to address issues related to improved ground finding, ground finding in urban areas, and top of canopy detection for the ATL08 mission. The award has no set-aside designation. UT Austin ARL is a research division of the University of Texas at Austin, which is part of the larger University of Texas System. UT Austin ARL...
- The University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories Division (UT Austin ARL) was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract valued at approximately $985,000 by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide research project support services. As the prime contractor, UT Austin ARL will leverage its expertise in areas such as naval systems, autonomous technologies, sensors, and information sciences to support DARPA's research initiatives through August 2025....
- This is a federal contract award to the University of Texas at Austin's Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a defense agency, valued at $768,100.00. The contract is for FY24 OMSRE ZERO BASELINE TESTING services and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. The contract type is Delivery Order with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing structure. This award is not designated as a set-aside contract. UT Austin ARL is a sophisticated research...
- This is a $134,914.15 federal contract award from the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Texas at Austin's Applied Research Laboratories Division (UT Austin ARL). The objective of the project is to develop data sets and assess the performance of the ATL08 algorithms for the ICESat-2 ATLAS instrument in a variety of ecosystems, as the existing photon counting data has been limited. The contract leverages existing small-footprint, full-waveform and dense discrete...
- This federal contract award, NNX16AT04G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) to support the ICESAT-2 LASER REFERENCE SYSTEM CHROMATIC ABERRATION MITIGATION program. The $149,221.86 grant will fund research using an interlaced batch least squares method to estimate and address chromatic aberration in the ICESAT-2 laser reference system, in order to produce an improved attitude...
- The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $594,450 research grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, with performance in Austin, Texas and an ultimate completion date of December 30, 2028. The contract supports the execution of a balanced science program guided by discipline-specific recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, aligned with administration priorities and congressional direction. As a grant for research with no...
The University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) received a $433,189 grant award from a civilian federal agency to execute a balanced science program aligned with National Academies guidance and congressional direction. The work encompasses scientific research activities focused on lunar, orbital, Martian, and deep space exploration initiatives, with emphasis on advancing discovery across emerging interdisciplinary fields. Additionally, the contractor will develop directorate-wide applied programs targeting user needs in earth science applications, space weather, planetary defense, and space situational awareness. The contract is structured as a research grant with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2028, and was awarded on May 1, 2025, with no set-aside designation applied. UT Austin ARL will serve as a key partner and enabler in the agency's exploration initiative, leveraging its extensive experience in advanced research and development across multiple technological domains. As a sophisticated research division within the University of Texas System, the organization brings substantial capabilities in fundamental and applied scientific research, demonstrated through its track record of successfully executing federal research programs. The work will be performed at the contractor's facility in Austin, Texas, and reflects the agency's commitment to expanding scientific knowledge and technological capability in support of national space exploration objectives.
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| Not listed | $135.4k | 7/31/25 |