Project Grant NNX07AB14G

Federal Grant Award Summary Remote Sensing Systems received a $149,885 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) effective May 14, 2025, through May 13, 2026. The award funds the OBS4MIPS (Observations for Model Intercomparison Projects) initiative, which enhances the accessibility and utility of NASA-sponsored observational datasets for climate modeling research. The primary deliverables include reformatting and re-gridding satellite observational data to align with...

This $652,363 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports capacity building and engagement activities for U.S. scientists conducting global change research through Future Earth. Future Earth will provide strategic communications, publications like the award-winning Anthropocene magazine, and convenings like the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress to connect the global scientific community studying sustainability...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $104,590 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) supports a research project titled "PACE VALIDATION USING AIRBORNE HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION LIDARS AND THE RESEARCH SCANNING POLARIMETER." The project, performed by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, will use airborne lidar and polarimeter instruments to validate the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate awarded $185,021 to The Research Foundation For The State University of New York (SUNY ESF) on June 10, 2025, for a project titled "Multiscale Coupled Subsurface-Atmosphere Drought Stress Response: A Hierarchical NUWRF Modeling and Data Assimilation Study." This project grant, issued under CFDA 43.001 (Science), supports research activities to be conducted at SUNY ESF's facility in Syracuse, New...

This $570,041 Project Grant, awarded September 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports collaborative research to develop a theoretical framework for assessing the value of climate and weather information in risk management and adaptation decision-making. The research team at the University of California, Davis will apply economic theory to quantify how different types of climate model...

This $249,992 federal Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) supports a 2-year collaborative research project led by the University of California Irvine (UCI). The project, titled "Triangulating NASA Data and Participatory GIS with Local Organizing to Advance Environmental Justice in Los Angeles," aims to leverage NASA Earth observation data and participatory GIS techniques to support environmental...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded $577,535 to Columbia University for a three-year collaborative research project (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028) under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050). The project develops a theoretical framework for assessing the value of climate model information in support of weather and climate risk management and adaptation decision-making. The research addresses a...

This $563,190 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support the development of a community-driven roadmap to advance broadening participation goals in the geoscience community over the next 50 years. The University of Texas at Austin will convene a conference for stakeholders from academia, industry, professional organizations, and government agencies to reflect on past efforts and cultivate new partnerships to support diversity, equity and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Lynker Corporation received a $144,588 Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Science program (CFDA 43.001), with an award date of December 10, 2025, and completion date of December 9, 2027. The project, performed in Leesburg, Virginia, focuses on research related to Rossby waves—global-scale atmospheric waves driven by planetary rotation that propagate westward due to the Coriolis force. This...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded $115,489.63 through its Science (CFDA 43.001) federal grant program to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to determine if commercial Earth observation satellite data could help satisfy NASA's future observational requirements. The project grant funding period spans from April 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022. As part of NASA's Commercial Earth Observation Data-Buy...