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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$49,499,955

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

WORK BEGAN2024-07-01·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NA24NESX432C0001_013
Award description

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

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

Renewal of NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, supporting five years of satellite operations and earth system research.

Sub-sectors
satellite-earth-observationsclimate-monitoringnoaa-operations
Why this matters

CISESS sustains NOAA's satellite operations for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and disaster response—critical national infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Maintains demand for satellite data products and services used by weather forecasters, climate scientists, and environmental agencies.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. earth observation capability is strategically important amid global competition in satellite remote-sensing technology.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-10. Cost: $0.011374.

Period of performance
Start
2024-07-01
End
2029-06-30
Status
activein 1096 days
Sources

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