This is a $4,240,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) to support the Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium (PRSGC). The PRSGC was established in 1993 as a capability enhancement program. This award, which does not have a set-aside designation, will fund the consortium's activities through August 31, 2025. As the prime contractor, UPR will leverage its expertise as a...
This is a $3,410,000.00 cooperative agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), a Hispanic-Serving Institution and 1890 Land Grant College. The award supports NASA's Strategic Goal 4 to enhance capabilities and operations to catalyze current and future mission success, with a focus on STEM engagement programs designed to build a future STEM workforce. The contract has no set-aside designation and is awarded directly to...
This is a $40,000.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Office of the Vice President Division, doing business as Universidad De Puerto Rico. The contract, with a period of performance ending on July 31, 2025, supports the "SPACE GRANT QUESST COMMUNITY OVERFLIGHT STEM ENGAGEMENT QCOSE SOUNDS OF OUR WORLD SOOW" effort, which likely involves NASA's Space Grant program and...
This is a $444,735.64 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) to implement the Puerto Rico NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (PR NASA EPSCOR). The PR NASA EPSCOR program aims to enhance Puerto Rico's research competitiveness, science and technology capabilities, and higher education in areas of importance to NASA's mission. The agreement supports the initiation of new research projects in collaboration with...
This is a $5,991,431.58 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA's Glenn Research Center to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) to support the Center for Nanoscale Materials. The contract has no set-aside designation and runs from October 2003 to September 2011. UPR, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and 1890 Land Grant College, is the prime contractor. The award supports UPR's extensive research and technical assistance capabilities across a range of disciplines, including developing space...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $988,421.00 grant to the University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center Division, which is part of the University of Puerto Rico system. The grant is for a project titled "Remote Sensing of Sargassum Accumulation and Impacts on Tropical Marine Ecosystems: A Multi-Scale Approach" with a completion date of July 31, 2025. The University of Puerto Rico is a major research institution that has received...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K0903, was issued by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) for the "EO14042 OCEAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS USING NASA OBSERVATIONS AND SCIENCE FOR LOW-INCOME HISPANIC/LATINO STUDENTS (OCEANOS)" project. The $893,420.00 grant-funded research contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to engage low-income Hispanic/Latino students in Puerto Rico with NASA's ocean-related observations and...
This is a $144,202.06 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, a prominent Hispanic-serving educational institution in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The grant is for research related to water as an essential component aboard spacecraft, which is important for consumption, health, and sanitation of crewmembers. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Puerto Rico has a robust history of federal contract and grant...
This is a $5,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) to establish the Puerto Rico Space Partnership for Research, Innovation and Training (PR-SPRINT) program. The PR-SPRINT program involves a strategic partnership between four UPR campuses to engage the next generation of space explorers through research, education, and workforce development efforts. Researchers, undergraduate and graduate students will collaborate with...
This is a $1,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) to develop research infrastructure under the NASA EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) program. The award has a period of performance through December 31, 2026 and does not have a set-aside designation. UPR, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and 1890 Land Grant College, has a long history of supporting NASA's research and exploration initiatives...