Execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences engineering and medicine administration priorities and direction from congress

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded the University of Arizona $584,227 on June 8, 2026, under the Science program (CFDA 43.001) to execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine and administration priorities and direction from Congress, with the university participating as a key partner and enabler in the agency's work.

The award runs through June 7, 2029, with place of performance in Tucson, Arizona. The University of Arizona, operating as the Arizona Board of Regents, is a public research institution and 1862 land grant university recognized as a Hispanic Serving Institution. The Science Mission Directorate pursues NASA's strategic objectives through research in astrophysics, biological and physical sciences, Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, and lunar discovery and exploration, competitively soliciting and inviting proposals from the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics community to conduct scientific studies using NASA's space observatories and spacecraft missions.

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