Federal Grant Award Summary

The University of Maryland Baltimore County received a Project Grant award of $152,815 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Science program (CFDA 43.001), with an award date of April 8, 2026 and completion date of April 7, 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, as well as administration priorities and congressional direction. Research activities will be conducted at the awardee's Baltimore, Maryland location and are expected to advance NASA's strategic objective of expanding human knowledge through new scientific discoveries across multiple scientific disciplines.

Under this three-year project grant, UMBC will participate as a key partner and enabler in delivering scientific research products consistent with NASA's Science Mission Directorate portfolio, which may encompass theoretical modeling, data analysis, laboratory experiments, field studies, and publication of scientific results in peer-reviewed journals. The specific research focus reflects NASA's competitive science solicitation process, which evaluates proposals based on intrinsic scientific merit, technical approach, personnel qualifications, available resources, relevance to NASA's mission objectives, and cost reasonableness.