Execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences engineering and medicine administration priorities and direction from congress

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded $157,506 to the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), a division of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., on June 1, 2026, under the Science program (CFDA 43.001).

The award funds execution of a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and administration priorities and direction from Congress. STScI will serve as a key partner and enabler in the agency's science mission.

Performance runs through May 31, 2029, with work performed at STScI's facility in Baltimore, Maryland. STScI is a nonprofit research organization that operates major space telescopes including the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope on behalf of NASA, with core expertise in exoplanet detection, wavefront sensing and control, advanced astronomical data analysis at scale, and scientific instrumentation design for next-generation observatories.

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