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The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), doing business as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), received a $295,965 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities. The grant was awarded on August 15, 2021 under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050) to support the "Collaborative Research: Elements: The LROSE Science Gateway Lidar/Radar Analysis in the Cloud" project through July 31, 2024. The goal of...

Colorado State University was awarded a $297,959 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen the national scientific enterprise. Specifically, the August 2021 award will fund the Colorado State University project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ELEMENTS: THE LROSE SCIENCE GATEWAY LIDAR/RADAR...

This $234,639 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF MPS) will support the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc. (LCO) to develop the USA Sky Partners program. The program aims to expand access to authentic astronomy research experiences for undergraduates at Hispanic-serving and minority-serving institutions. Specifically, LCO will partner with Occidental College and the University of Puerto Rico-Rio...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award Details: Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California, received a Cooperative Agreement award of $172,759 from NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012). The award was issued on September 5, 2025, with a completion date of September 4, 2028. Products and Services: Under this Cooperative Agreement, BAER Institute...

The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $496,441 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund a collaborative research project entitled "GLOW: Basal Magma Ocean Dynamos of Early Earth, Venus, and the Moon" that aims to understand the origin and dynamics of the ancient magnetic fields of Earth, Venus, and the Moon. The project will...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary UC Berkeley received a $200,549 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science program (CFDA 43.001) for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The award supports a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and NASA administration priorities. The project encompasses participation in NASA's exploration...

Luna Innovations Incorporated was awarded a $249,997 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on February 14, 2022. The grant will support Luna Innovations' CLOUD-BASED MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS OF LARGE, COMPLEX DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING DATA project through January 20, 2023. The Office of Science's mission includes delivering scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

NASA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded a $105,254 project grant under the Space Technology program to Planet Enterprises on March 26, 2021. The grant supported development of a drilling system and mission architecture utilizing a Perseverance-type rover as a drill rig with minimal science instruments. The proposed system and mission design advances NASA's goals under the Space Technology program to transform future space exploration missions and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $244,218 Project Grant under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, to study the lower ionosphere during the 2024 solar eclipse in the eastern United States. This collaborative project between UC Denver and UC Berkeley will use very low frequency (VLF) and extremely low frequency (ELF) remote sensing techniques to observe the spatial and temporal...

William Marsh Rice University received a $376,674 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The grant funds research titled "Constraining the Origin and Timescale of Lunar Mg-Suite Magmatism," which supports NASA's lunar exploration initiative and strategic objective to expand human knowledge through scientific discoveries. The research will be conducted at Rice...