$33,500,000

PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF JILA, THE NIST-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER (UCB) JOINT RESEARCH INSTITUTE. JILA CONDUCTS RESEARCH TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF QUANTUM PHYSICS THAT PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION FOR QUANTUM-ENHANCED PRECISION MEASUREMENT, QUANTUM COMPUTATION AND SIMULATION, AND QUANTUM NETWORKING, FOR APPLICATIONS IN CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, AND DIVERSE ASPECTS OF FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS. UCB PERSONNEL WILL PERFORM THIS RESEARCH IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH STAFF MEMBERS OF THE NIST PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY (PML) WHO ARE ENGAGED AS JILA FELLOWS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE AREAS OF QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS; MANY-BODY QUANTUM PHYSICS; NANOSCIENCE; CHEMICAL PHYSICS; AND BIOPHYSICS. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL QUANTUM SYSTEMS, DEVELOPMENT OF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES THAT EXPLOIT QUANTUM BEHAVIOR, AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISION MEASUREMENT TOOLS. JILA WILL CONTINUE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE ?BEST AND BRIGHTEST? GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES AVAILABLE GLOBALLY. JILA WILL ALSO MAINTAIN SEMINARS WITH SPEAKERS OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION, AND WILL CONTINUE A ROBUST VISITING FELLOWS PROGRAM TO BRING INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADERS IN QUANTUM SCIENCE TO UCB. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: JILA RESEARCH RESULTS WILL ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING IN THE AREAS OF FUNDAMENTAL QUANTUM PHYSICS, AND QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. IT WILL PROVIDE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PRECISION MEASUREMENTS ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGY. A PARTICULAR OUTCOME WILL BE IMPROVED MEASUREMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS THAT HELP TO TEST FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL THEORIES AND THEIR LIMITATIONS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: JILA RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE INNOVATIONS THAT SUPPORT ON-GOING GROWTH OF QUANTUM INDUSTRIES AND THE ASSOCIATED SUPPLY CHAINS. FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE DEVELOPING QUANTUM COMPUTERS WITH CAPABILITIES FAR EXCEEDING EVEN THE WORLD'S BEST EXISTING SUPERCOMPUTERS. JILA RESEARCH WILL SUPPORT THE QUANTUM PHYSICS RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM WITH IMPROVED TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE. THE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES SUPPORTED BY JILA WILL PROVIDE A HIGHLY TRAINED WORKFORCE NECESSARY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING QUANTUM ECONOMY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUB-AWARD FUNDS.

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• 2026-06-23THE PROPOSAL IS TO ESTABLISH A NOAA COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH AND DATA SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER (UC) FOR 2022-2027 TO FULFILL NOAAS VISION OF HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES, AND ECONOMIES THAT ARE RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF CHANGE. THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROPOSES A COMPREHENSIVE, INNOVATIVE, AND FLEXIBLE RESEARCH PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE NOAAS VISION AND GOALS, WITH A FOCUS ON EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH AND DATA SCIENCE. THE COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE WILL EMPLOY WORLD-CLASS RESEARCHERS TO CONDUCT SCIENCE IN SERVICE TO SOCIETY AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NOAA. THE COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY A ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTED TO EQUITY, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. THE COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE PROPOSES TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING THEMES OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 5-YEAR AWARD: 1) FUTURE ATMOSPHERE, 2) CLIMATE SCIENCE AND PREDICTION, 3) EARTH SYSTEM DATA SCIENCE, STEWARDSHIP, AND APPLICATIONS, 4) REGIONAL SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS, 5) SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH, EDUC$222.0M
• 2026-02-23NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) IS DR. BRUCE JAKOSKY, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE PHYSICS (LASP) IN BOULDER, CO. THE PI WILL HAVE OVERALL CONTROL OF THE MAVEN PROJECT. HE WILL PROVIDE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP FOR THE MAVEN MISSION AND MANAGE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. THIS EFFORT APPLIES TO LASP AND COVERS PHASES A, B, C, D, AND E OF THE MAVEN MISSION. UNDER PHASE A OF THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT, PROVIDING TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORTS, AND MISSION REVIEWS. UNDER PHASE B, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS, PROJECT PLANS, PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEWS, MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, QUARTERLY TEAM MEETINGS, E/PO ACTIVITIES, AND THE PRELIMINARY SCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. UNDER PHASES C AND D, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, QUARTERLY TEAM REVIEWS, RESPONDING TO ACTION ITEMS THAT RESULT FROM MEETINGS/REVIEWS, SUPPORTING FORMAL REVIEWS AND LAUNCH SITE ACTIVITIES, AND MANAGEMENT OF E/PO ACTIVITIES. UNDER PHASE E, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE MAVEN SCIENCE PROGRAM AND DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES, ENSURING DELIVERY OF MAVEN SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS, MISSION DOCUMENTATION, AND ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE TOOLS INTO PDS, PARTICIPATING IN ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION OF SPACECRAFT ANOMALIES, AS NECESSARY, PROVIDING OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF E/PO ACTIVITIES PER E/PO PLAN, PRESENTING SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, AND PROVIDING CONTRACT CLOSEOUT SUPPORT.$117.3M
• 2026-04-01EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET VARIABILITY EXPERIMENT (EVE) FOR THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY(SDO)$58.9M
• 2026-03-30SUPPORT FOR THE SNOW AND ICE DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS)$42.4M
• 2026-04-07GLOBAL-SCALE OBSERVATIONS OF THE LIMB AND DISK (GOLD) MISSION. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOLD MISSION AS DESCRIBED IN THE GOLD CONCEPT STUDY REPORT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE REPORTS, REVIEWS, AND DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MANAGE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SCIENCE TEAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MAINTAIN THE GOLD SCIENCE DATA CENTER (SDC) AT UCF, AND SHALL PERFORM DATA REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF COMMISSIONING THE GOLD INSTRUMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PRESENT THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS IN PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLISHED PAPERS, AND PROVIDE RAW DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS FOR ARCHIVING TO AN APPROVED DATA ARCHIVE. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENCE PLANNING AND ANALYSIS OF MISSION DATA AND THE PUBLICATION OF RESULTS. THE GOLD PROJECT SHALL FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF A MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY AND THE GOLD CONTRACT. THE GOLD PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) SHALL HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. THE PI SHALL DELEGATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TASKS TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (PM) AS APPROPRIATE. THE PM SHALL DIRECT THE GOLD PROJECT AND HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERALL TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF THE CONTRACT AND ALL SUBCONTRACTS. THE PI/PM SHALL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR ALL CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THE PM AND STAFF SHALL SUPPORT THE PI AS REQUIRED INCLUDING THE SCHEDULING AND COORDINATING OF MEETINGS AND REVIEWS, SCHEDULE CONTROL AND REPORTING, FINANCIAL CONTROL AND REPORTING, SUBCONTRACT MANAGEMENT, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION, PROGRESS REPORTS AND REVIEWS AS WELL AS ALL ANOMALY REPORTING ACTIVITIES.$39.1M