Grant For Research NNX16AT12G
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- This federal contract award to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution, is for the GEOTASO instrument, which serves as a test bed for upcoming NASA and Korean geostationary air quality monitoring missions like TEMPO and GEMS. The $79,918.10 grant award from NASA is for GEOTASO's participation in air quality field campaigns, where it will act as a satellite analog for validation of these future missions. The contract has no set-aside designation....
- This five-year, $499,800 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) supports research related to the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) satellite instrument. As the Principal Investigator (PI) and Deputy PI for TEMPO, SAO will continue to collaborate with NASA on this project. The grant will fund activities such as instrument development, data processing, and scientific analysis to enhance the...
- This federal contract award, with ID NNX17AH47G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution. The $890,530.74 grant is part of the "AURA SCIENCE TEAM: ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING MEASUREMENTS" program and will fund research to improve global air quality indicators and address atmospheric chemistry and air quality issues using data from...
- This federal contract award, with ID NNX16AG51G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution. The $472,223.72 grant is funding the continuing development of the Molecular Spectroscopic Line Lists, which will aid current and future studies of planetary atmospheres. This supports the HITRAN database, a U.S. national treasure maintained by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for...
- This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Smithsonian Institution, acting through its Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division. The $373,016.09 grant funds research and development tasks to support NASA space missions and scientific research. Key objectives include modeling and prototyping a solar grating system, expanding software for full-sun unfolding, and improving the pointing system for...
- This is a $549,944 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution. The grant is for a 3-year study to improve the retrieval accuracy and long-term consistency of ozone profile and tropospheric ozone products derived from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite. The work aims to produce a significantly improved long-term and spatially consistent ozone...
- This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K0729, was granted to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division. The $1,171,584.00 grant is for research on X-ray optics, a critical component for future X-ray astronomy missions. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, is a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Smithsonian Institution frequently collaborates with universities and other institutions as a prime...
- The Smithsonian Institution, operating through its Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), was awarded a grant valued at $1.11M on October 23, 2023, for algorithm maintenance supporting SAO Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) products. This research grant, which carries no set-aside designation, is funded by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center and will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a completion date of October 22, 2026. As a non-profit research organization and...
- The Smithsonian Institution, through its Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division, was awarded a $198,237.32 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The award, which has an ultimate completion date of June 23, 2026, is a grant for research and does not have a set-aside...
- This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K1112, was granted to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division for research on the atmospheres of exoplanets. The $305,629.05 grant, awarded on May 24, 2021 by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will support this scientific research with a completion date of March 10, 2025. The Smithsonian Institution, a non-profit trust instrumentality of the U.S....
This federal contract award with ID NNX16AT12G was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution. The $199,752.64 grant is for the application of retrieval algorithms to determine trace gas column amounts of O3, HCHO, and SO2 from GEOTASO spectra, as well as tropospheric ozone profile retrieval. This work will support the GEOTASO instrument and preparations for the future TEMPO mission. The award does not have a set-aside designation. As a leading provider of scientific research and instrumentation development to federal agencies, the Smithsonian Institution, through its SAO division, has an extensive history of supporting NASA's space exploration and scientific research efforts through both contract awards and grant funding.
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| 3 | Funding Only Action | ($132) | 8/25/20 | |
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| 1 | Funding Only Action | $88.3k | 8/2/17 |