Federal Project Grant Award Summary

Georgetown University received a $174,737 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science program (CFDA 43.001), effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029. The award supports Georgetown's execution of a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, as well as administration priorities and direction from Congress. As a key partner and enabler, Georgetown will participate in advancing NASA's strategic objective to expand human knowledge through new scientific discoveries across research areas including astrophysics, biological and physical sciences, Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, and lunar exploration initiatives.

The specific deliverables under this award are expected to include theoretical modeling, data analysis, laboratory experiments, field studies, and publication of scientific results in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at scientific meetings. Research activities will be conducted at Georgetown's facilities in Washington, D.C., leveraging the university's established research and technical capacity to support NASA's Science Mission Directorate objectives. The three-year funding supports Georgetown's contributions to competitive research initiatives that advance the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics community's scientific investigations utilizing NASA's space observatories and spacecraft missions.