$67,019,166
to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
THE GODDARD CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION IN SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CRESSTII) WILL CARRY OUT OBSERVATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF NASA.
Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.
What the model surfaced from this award
Funds observational, experimental, and theoretical research at the Goddard Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology.
Supports NASA's core space-science mission through university partnership; ongoing since 2024 with latest obligation increment in May 2026.
U.S. investment in space-science research infrastructure and talent development at major research university.
Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-04. Cost: $0.002834.
- —SOLE SOURCE COLLABORATIVE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE RESEARCH BETWEEN NASA/GSFC AND UMD/ESSIC$55.3M
- —THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL OF THE COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR SATELLITE EARTH SYSTEM STUDIES (CISESS). THE COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE IS FORMED THROUGH A NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF ACADEMIC, NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH LEADERSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (UMCP) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA (UNC) SYSTEM. OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIVE-YEAR AWARD, THE RESEARCH PROPOSES TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING THREE THEMES: I. SATELLITE SERVICES II. EARTH SYSTEM OBSERVATIONS AND SERVICES III. EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH$49.5M
- —NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TITLED: DATA DRIVEN ENGINEERING RESEARCH (DATADRIVER)$48.9M
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- Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_80GSFC24M0006_080.
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