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$55,252,567

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

aerospaceactive
WORK BEGAN2023-01-01·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_80NSSC23M0011_080
Award description

SOLE SOURCE COLLABORATIVE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE RESEARCH BETWEEN NASA/GSFC AND UMD/ESSIC

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Support university-led Earth system science research using satellite data to study climate and environmental interactions.

Sub-sectors
earth-observationclimate-researchsatellite-data
Why this matters

Large-scale investment in climate modeling and Earth observation systems critical for understanding climate change impacts.

Supply-chain signal

Supports satellite technology providers and high-performance computing infrastructure serving climate research operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. Earth observation satellite capabilities and climate science leadership compete with expanding Chinese space programs.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-09. Cost: $0.011904.

Period of performance
Start
2023-01-01
End
2027-12-31
Status
activein 549 days
Sources

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