Federal Grant Award Summary

North Carolina State University received a $553,893 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate under the Science program (CFDA 43.001), awarded April 1, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of March 30, 2029. The award supports the execution of a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, aligned with NASA administration priorities and congressional direction. As a key partner and enabler, NC State will conduct scientific research activities utilizing NASA's space observatories, aircraft, balloons, and spacecraft missions across multiple scientific disciplines to advance NASA's strategic objective of expanding human knowledge through new scientific discoveries.

The university's substantial experience as a research institution positions it to contribute meaningfully to NASA's Science Mission Directorate objectives. The three-year award, performed in Raleigh, North Carolina, supports competitive research activities that may encompass theoretical modeling, data analysis, laboratory experiments, field studies, and publication of findings in peer-reviewed journals—consistent with the Science program's emphasis on scientific quality, technical merit, relevance to NASA's strategic plans, and cost reasonableness as primary evaluation criteria for research proposals.