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 San Jose State University Research Foundation $152,318.00 on January 13, 2026, under the NASA 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 and administration priorities and direction from Congress, serving as a key partner and enabler in the agency's scientific mission.

The award runs through January 12, 2029, with performance at San Jose State University Research Foundation in San Jose, California. The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) pursues NASA's strategic goal to expand human knowledge through new scientific discoveries, competitively soliciting proposals across astrophysics, biological and physical sciences, Earth science and applied sciences, heliophysics, planetary science, multi- or cross-divisional research, and lunar discovery and exploration.

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