The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences a project grant of $746,522 on June 2, 2026, under the NASA Science program (CFDA 43.001). The award funds execution of a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, administration priorities, and congressional direction. Performance occurs in East Boothbay, Maine, with a completion date of June 1, 2029. The Science Mission Directorate pursues NASA's strategic objective to expand human knowledge through scientific discoveries, competitively soliciting proposals across astrophysics, biological and physical sciences, Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, and lunar exploration research domains.