Project Grant 90XP0546

Starnav LLC received a $295,979 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant to develop a Low Earth Orbit Navigation System (LEONS) ground network. Under this award effective December 1, 2021 through October 31, 2022, Starnav will deliver a ground-based navigation system to support spacecraft in low Earth orbit. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program seeks to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award provides $976,584 to Starnav LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a ground network service that supports the use of existing and future low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite signals for positioning and timing. The project aims to create an alternative or complement to the Global Positioning System (GPS) that is resilient to jamming and hacking. The key...

HISEASNET: Continuous Internet Connectivity for Oceanographic Research The University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography received a $1,956,645 Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. This award supports the HISEASNET project, which provides mobile communication infrastructure and connectivity services for the U.S. Academic Research Fleet...

This Project Grant from the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research provides $152,997.60 to support multidisciplinary observations for the study of vertical velocities and subduction in Italy. Funded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), the award will support Lagrangian, microstructure and microplastic observations from December 2021 through February 2025. The Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche - CNR, through its Ismar-Cnr Istituto DI Scienze Marine...

The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) received a $585,165 Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded on March 15, 2025, with a completion date of February 28, 2030. Under this award, BIOS provides oceanographic technical services supporting the R/V Atlantic Explorer, a research vessel operated as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF) and scheduled through the University-National Oceanographic...

The Department of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded a $1,511,900 Project Grant to Geosystem Research Corporation to support the Korea-USA International Collaborative Observations of Marine Fog for Project FATIMA (Fog and Turbulence Interactions in Marine Atmosphere) from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. The grant will fund research and technology development with the potential to improve naval operations under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of collision regulations-aware autonomy systems and software for safe interactions between crewed and uncrewed vessels. Funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, the awardee will design and simulate autonomous systems capable of complying with International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. This includes maintaining compliance within documented operating conditions. The...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $119.3 million to the National Center For Manufacturing Sciences Inc. (NCMS) under the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Program (CFDA 12.225). This award, effective December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of March 7, 2029, funds research and development initiatives focused on maintenance and sustainment technologies for military and civilian...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Washington received a $541,948 Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) effective March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2030, to provide oceanographic technical services supporting research operations on two Academic Research Fleet (ARF) vessels: R/V Thomas G. Thompson and R/V Rachel Carson. As the primary service provider, the University of Washington will deploy shipboard technicians...

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) supports Oregon State University's (OSU) Center for Integrative Marine Ecosystem Research (CIMERS) in developing acoustic tools, technologies and services to address a wide variety of NOAA's research priorities. The key objectives are to maintain and enhance the Ocean Noise Reference Station Network...