Cooperative Agreement 80NSSC22M0195

The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $301,160 Project Grant to the Planetary Science Institute to support research toward developing a realistic model of terrestrial planet and water delivery formation. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), this three-year award beginning September 15, 2021 will promote progress in understanding major problems in planetary sciences through advancing scientific knowledge and modeling of...

The Planetary Science Institute (PSI) received a $280,379 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science program (CFDA 43.001), effective from April 8, 2026, through April 7, 2029. Under this award, PSI executed a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, as well as administration priorities and Congressional direction. PSI served as a key partner and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $131,050 Project Grant to the National Academy of Sciences to support the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Under this award, the National Academy of Sciences will conduct a survey and assessment of planetary science and astrobiology priorities over the next decade to guide future federal investments through 2032. The award is part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences Project Grant, awarded on August 1, 2023 for $242,524, supports collaborative research by the University of Arizona aimed at exploring the composition of exoplanetary systems through observations and modeling of dusty circumstellar disks around other stars. The research goal is to determine the composition of rocky material orbiting other stars by analyzing the dust released from colliding rocks, which reflects and...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Planetary Science Institute received a $105,745 project grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science program (CFDA 43.001), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This award supports the execution of a balanced planetary science research program aligned with guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Congressional priorities. The institute will deliver scientific...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Planetary Science Institute (PSI) received a $251,623 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science program (CFDA 43.001), effective August 15, 2025, with a completion date of August 14, 2029. This award supports PSI's execution of a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, as well as administration priorities and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund a $697,725 project over 3 years to detect and characterize new low-mass planets orbiting distant stars. The award will support a team at San Francisco State University, which will use the EXPRES high-precision radial velocity spectrograph to find small, long-period planets in systems similar to our own solar system....

The Planetary Science Institute (PSI) received a $137,593 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Science program (CFDA 43.001) to execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, administration priorities, and Congressional direction. The award was obligated on November 21, 2025, with a completion date of November 20, 2027. As a key...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $520,894 Project Grant to the University of Arizona under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop improved image processing software for high-contrast imaging of exoplanets. The project aims to leverage wavefront sensor data from adaptive optics systems to enhance exoplanet detection and characterization capabilities of existing ground-based telescopes. The investigators will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences provides $587,441 to the University of Delaware over 3 years, from August 2023 to July 2026. The purpose is to adapt time-domain data analysis tools previously used in other scientific fields for application in astronomy, specifically for searches of Earth-like exoplanets around distant stars. The key deliverables include: Developing new variance-suppressing power spectrum estimators, like the...