Arizona State University (ASU), through its Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Administration, was awarded a $59,784 grant by a federal civilian agency's Shared Services Center with a completion date of July 30, 2026. This research grant aligns with NASA's 2022 Strategic Plan goals to contribute to science, technology, and exploration research initiatives. The award was made on July 31, 2025, with no set-aside designation, reflecting ASU's competitive positioning in the federal research...
This is a $537,787 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) on January 21, 2022. The grant, titled "A Benchmark Survey of Substellar Companions -- A Critical Test of Formation and Evolution Models", is for a research project that will run until January 20, 2026. ASU, a comprehensive public research university, will be conducting this astronomical research project without any set-aside designation. The grant represents...
This is a $529,796 grant awarded to Arizona State University (ASU) by a U.S. government civilian agency, the Shared Services Center, to execute a balanced science program. The grant requires ASU to participate as a key partner in the agency's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. ASU is tasked with advancing discovery in emerging fields by identifying and exploiting cross-disciplinary opportunities between traditional...
This is a $526,000.00 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University to study the influence of debris released by giant impacts on the late formation and evolution of the inner solar system. The research will use dynamical methods and results of impact simulations to understand how debris from large impacts on the terrestrial planets, such as the Moon-forming impact on Earth, may have played an important role in the evolution of...
This is a $120,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the International Space University Organization, Inc., a private non-profit educational institution. The grant is to fund an Advanced Concepts and Innovation via Interdisciplinary Research Team Projects program, which involves intense, original research activities conducted by multidisciplinary, international groups of postgraduate students and professionals. The program focuses on identifying...
This is a $488,088 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) to identify the characteristics and distribution of potentially habitable environments around low mass stars. The grant aims to quantify and explore the effects of high energy radiation on habitable zone terrestrial planets by building a statistically significant grid of updated models for the ultraviolet spectral range, which impacts the formation, chemistry,...
This is a $101,984.72 grant awarded to Arizona State University (ASU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the formation and processing histories of presolar and early solar system nanomaterials. The grant has an ultimate completion date of October 4, 2023. ASU is the prime contractor, and there are no set-aside designations associated with this award. This grant supports NASA's research objectives in planetary science and the exploration of the early solar...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University for research on impact cratering across the solar system, including on Earth and the Moon. The $135,000.00 grant is for a research project with a completion date of August 31, 2024. The award was made on September 1, 2021 and does not have a set-aside designation. Arizona State University, a comprehensive public research university, is the prime recipient of this federal...
This federal contract award, NNX15AK77G, was granted to Arizona State University (ASU) to conduct research exploring team task switching in astronaut crews on the International Space Station. The $1,051,512.87 grant is part of the "UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING CREW MEMBER TASK ENTRAINMENT" major program, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The research aims to understand and mitigate performance deficits caused by crew members switching between...
Arizona State University (ASU), operating through its Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Administration (Orspa), was awarded an $886,593 research grant by a civilian federal agency on October 15, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of October 14, 2027. The contract calls for the development of space-qualified signal processing readout electronics for detector arrays supporting NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory and Origins Space Telescope missions. This award supports the agency's...
This is a grant award to Arizona State University (ASU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a project titled "Narrative Projections for Commercial Space Futures." The $134,011.49 grant is intended to fund research and collaboration between ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination, Consortium for Science and Technology Policy Outcomes, and Space Technology and Science Initiative. The goal is to create compelling visions of near-future space exploration through the Project Hieroglyph process, which brings together science fiction authors and domain experts. This project aims to inspire innovative thinking and solutions for financing the emerging space economy, drawing from history, science fiction, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The award does not have a set-aside designation.