This is a $413,767.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant is to fund research on the atmospheric chemistry of extrasolar giant planets, focusing on elements beyond hydrogen, helium, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen. SSI has extensive experience supporting science programs at NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy, and often serves as...
This is a $451,007 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant, titled "FOLLOW THE METHANE: EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF THE LOW METHANE ABUNDANCE ON WARM, HYDROGEN-RICH EXOPLANETS," is for research to investigate the low methane abundance observed on some exoplanets. SSI has extensive experience supporting NASA, the National Science Foundation...
This is a $209,559 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant is for a study of the hydrological, carbon dioxide, and methane cycles of Earth and other planets in our solar system, including Titan. This research is intended to provide insights that will support the transition from discovery to characterization of exoplanets. The grant...
This is a $457,488.00 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a non-profit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant is for a project titled "NON-LTE 3D SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS FOR LARGE-SCALE STELLAR SURVEYS, ASTEROSEISMOLOGY AND GALACTIC ARCHAEOLOGY", with a period of performance ending on June 30, 2026. The award does not have a set-aside designation, indicating SSI competed for the grant based on scientific and technical...
This is a $274,649 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a non-profit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant aims to quantitatively understand the coupling between chemistry and dynamics as expressed in the global sulfur cycles. SSI has extensive experience supporting NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Energy (DOE) in areas such as astrophysics, planetary science,...
This is a $203,647 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant, titled "DEBRIS DISK VARIABILITY - EXPLORING THE DIVERSE OUTCOMES OF LARGE COLLISIONS DURING THE ERAS OF OLIGARCHS AND CHAOTIC GROWTH II," is for research related to the formation and evolution of planetary systems. SSI has extensive experience conducting scientific research and...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a non-profit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The $172,812.00 grant is for a project titled "CHARACTERIZING REJUVENATED EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS -- A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF DUSTY WHITE DWARFS USING ARCHIVAL SPITZER DATA" and has an ultimate completion date of August 13, 2026. The grant does not have a set-aside designation,...
This is a $272,800 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a non-profit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant is for a research project to simulate the spatial distributions of carbon monoxide and oxygen in order to better understand the chemical stability of Venus' atmosphere. The grant has a period of performance ending on July 19, 2026. SSI has a history of federal contract and...
This is a $498,136 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant is for SSI to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The grant focuses on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond, as part of NASA's...
This is a $530,237 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant is for a research project to study the light-scattering properties of interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) using newly developed particle-trapping techniques. The goal is to better understand the composition and evolution of protoplanetary disks, which are the building blocks of solar systems like our own. The project will...