Federal Project Grant Award Summary

Stony Brook University (through The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York) received a $342,248 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate under the Science program (CFDA 43.001) on February 2, 2026, with a completion date of February 1, 2029. The award supports the execution of a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and congressional direction. The project positions Stony Brook University as a key partner and enabler in NASA's Science Mission Directorate activities, leveraging the institution's extensive capabilities in multidisciplinary research and advanced analytical infrastructure.

Under the NASA Science program, which competitively funds research across astrophysics, biological and physical sciences, Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, and lunar exploration, the award supports research activities to be conducted at Stony Brook University's facilities in Stony Brook, New York. Consistent with NASA's evaluation criteria for scientific quality, technical merit, personnel qualifications, and resource availability, the funded work will contribute to NASA's strategic objective of expanding human knowledge through new scientific discoveries, with activities utilizing theoretical modeling, data analysis, laboratory experiments, and field studies as appropriate to the research objectives.