This federal contract award to the University of Wyoming (UWY) supports the Balloon Measurements of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (BATAL) 2015 project. UWY will conduct one to two balloon soundings from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Balloon Facility in Hyderabad, India in August 2015. UWY will provide a balloon gondola with instruments to measure aerosol size distribution, volatile and non-volatile particles, ozone, altitude, pressure, temperature, and GPS position. The award has a ceiling value of $99,335.21 and was granted by the Shared Services Center (an alternate name for NASA's agency ID 8000). This is a grant for research, and the contract does not have a set-aside designation.