Project Grant 80NSSC26K0018
- Federal Grant Award Summary The SETI Institute received a $191,286 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) effective April 7, 2025, through April 6, 2028. Under this award, the Institute is executing a balanced science program aligned with guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, with activities focused on advancing scientific research related to lunar exploration, Mars investigation,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The SETI Institute received a $291,392 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate under the Science program (CFDA 43.001) awarded on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award supports execution of a balanced science program aligned with guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and Congressional priorities. Based on the SETI Institute's research focus...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The SETI Institute received a $917,014 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded on June 24, 2026, with completion anticipated by June 23, 2030. Based on the institute's established research portfolio and federal funding history, this award supports scientific research aligned with NASA's strategic objectives in astrobiology, planetary science, astronomy, and space exploration. The SETI Institute, a nonprofit research organization...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The SETI Institute received a $367,704 Project Grant from the NASA Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. Based on the institute's established research portfolio and federal funding history, this award supports execution of a balanced science program aligned with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine guidance and congressional direction. The SETI Institute, a nonprofit scientific...
- Project Grant Award Summary The SETI Institute received a $185,478 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded September 1, 2026, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The grant funds research to expand the range of realistic habitable-zone planetary environments through advanced coupled climate photochemical and atmospheric escape modeling. The project will generate diverse scenarios of both inhabited and uninhabited planetary conditions and produce...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The SETI Institute received a $222,693 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research award supports the development of pulsar timing instrumentation, algorithms, and observational pipelines for integration with the DSA-2000 (Deep Synoptic Array-2000) radio telescope to advance gravitational wave detection...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Space Science Institute received a $273,344 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded on April 30, 2025, with a completion date of April 29, 2028. The award supports execution of a balanced science program aligned with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine guidance and congressional direction. The institute will serve as a key partner in NASA's...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The SETI Institute received a $440,000 Cooperative Agreement from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded December 19, 2025, with a completion date of December 18, 2030. This award supports research activities aligned with NASA's Astrobiology Program, which focuses on studying the origins, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe as a central element of NASA's ongoing exploration efforts. The funding will support the institute's...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The SETI Institute received a $123,080 Project Grant awarded on June 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This collaborative research initiative, titled "Ion-Neutral Coupling in Geospace and Its Impact on Space Weather," conducts pioneering laboratory investigations of plasma-neutral interactions to advance space weather modeling and prediction...
- Cooperative Agreement Summary The SETI Institute received a $151,617 Cooperative Agreement award from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) effective March 3, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of March 2, 2029. Under this three-year project, Dr. Huang will generate rovibrational line lists for selected molecular species using established methodologies and laboratory data. These deliverables are designed to support refinement of atmospheric and spectroscopic models applicable to...
The SETI Institute received a $215,688 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded on August 28, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 27, 2028. Under this award, the institute executes a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The institute operates as a key partner and enabler in advancing NASA's scientific objectives through competitively selected research projects evaluated on technical and scientific merit. The award includes a collaborative sub-award component with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), effective February 6, 2026. SAO's Principal Investigator Dr. Testa and Co-Investigator Dr. Cozzo will work jointly with SETI's Principal Investigator Dr. Martinez-Sykora to develop and analyze two- and three-dimensional multi-fluid numerical simulations of solar atmospheric reconnection using the Ebysus code. The collaboration will also produce optically thin radiative synthetic observables for comparison with observational data, contributing to heliophysics research conducted under NASA's Science Mission Directorate framework.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $215.7k | 12/3/25 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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SC4242S | Smithsonian Institution | Project Grant 80NSSC26K0018 | $47.9k | 2/6/26 |