Top recipients in this sector
| Recipient | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|
| LEIDOS, INC. | 1 | $3.1B |
| ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. | 5 | $1.2B |
| ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC | 3 | $920.9M |
| TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION | 1 | $640.7M |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | 1 | $400.0M |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | 1 | $396.7M |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | 2 | $388.3M |
| WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION | 2 | $167.1M |
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | 1 | $140.9M |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 1 | $124.0M |
| G2 OPS, INC. | 1 | $119.1M |
| CHESAPEAKE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, CORP. | 1 | $87.4M |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | 2 | $77.2M |
| INFINITY LABS LLC | 1 | $64.3M |
| SYNECTICS FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS, INC. | 1 | $64.3M |
Top agencies funding this sector
National Science Foundation
$7.4B 88%
Department of Energy
$477.2M 6%
General Services Administration
$371.6M 4%
Department of Commerce
$96.6M 1%
Department of Defense
$48.9M 1%
Department of Health and Human Services
$34.4M 0%
Recent awards in this sector
| Action date | Recipient | Agency | Amount | Description | Sector | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | LEIDOS, INC. | National Science Foundation | $3,080,759,042 | SCIENCE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR THE UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC PROGRAM | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION | National Science Foundation | $640,746,599 | MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE JOIDES RESOLUTION AS A FACILITY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL OCEAN DISCOVERY PROGRAM (IODP) | research | active |
| 2026-04-20 | ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. | National Science Foundation | $570,618,065 | CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE (LSST) UNDER THE MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION (MREFC) ACCOUNT | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC | National Science Foundation | $480,514,346 | ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY (ALMA) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC | National Science Foundation | $406,246,554 | NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY: VERY LARGE ARRAY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | National Science Foundation | $399,999,980 | CONSTRUCTION OF UP TO THREE REGIONAL CLASS RESEARCH VESSELS (RCRVS) - PHASES III & IV | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Department of Energy | $396,718,000 | OPERATION OF THE FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS AS SCIENTIFIC USER FACILITY | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. | National Science Foundation | $277,033,094 | AURA MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY | research | active |
| 2026-04-28 | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | National Science Foundation | $254,534,978 | IT SERVICES | research | expired |
| 2026-03-04 | ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. | National Science Foundation | $153,666,534 | MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEMINI OBSERVATORY -NSF?S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (NSF?S NOIRLAB) IS THE U.S. NATIONAL CENTER FOR GROUND-BASED NIGHTTIME OPTICAL ASTRONOMY. NOIRLAB INCLUDES THE INTERNATIONAL GEMINI OBSERVATORY, THE KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY, THE CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY, OPERATIONS OF VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY, AND THE COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND DATA CENTER (CSDC). THIS AWARD SUPPORTS MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE FACILITIES FOR FIVE YEARS, 2023-2027. THE AWARD SUPPORTS PREPARATIONS FOR THE LAUNCH OF RUBIN OBSERVATORY AND THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF RUBIN?S TEN-YEAR LEGACY SURVEY IN SPACE AND TIME (LSST). GEMINI IS OPERATED BY NSF IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN CANADA, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND CHILE. RUBIN IS OPERATED JOINTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. NOIRLAB WILL ALSO CONTINUE AND FURTHER DEVELOP AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM OF COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. NOIRLAB COMMUNICATES THE WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY THROUGH ITS FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE. NOIRLAB ENGAGES WITH THE PUBLIC LOCALLY THROUGH A RANGE OF FACE-TO-FACE ACTIVITIES IN HAWAI?I, CHILE AND ARIZONA, AND ON A NATIONAL AND INDEED INTERNATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS. THROUGH ITS TELESCOPES, INSTRUMENTS AND SOFTWARE SERVICES, NOIRLAB SUPPORTS OVER 400 GRADUATE THESIS PROJECTS AND OF ORDER 550 NON-THESIS GRADUATE STUDENTS EACH YEAR. ON A YEARLY BASIS, NOIRLAB FACILITIES GENERATE DATA FOR MORE THAN 700 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS. NOIRLAB'S VISION IS TO BE THE PREEMINENT LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH IN MODERN GROUND-BASED OPTICAL-INFRARED (OIR) ASTRONOMY, SUPPORTING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF SCIENTISTS SPREAD ACROSS ALL 50 STATES THROUGH THE ENTIRE RESEARCH LIFE CYCLE. NSF?S GOAL IS TO CREATE IN NOIRLAB A NATIONAL RESOURCE THAT WILL LEAD THE WORLD IN DATA-INTENSIVE ASTRONOMY, DRIVE EXPLORATION OF THE NEW FRONTIERS IN TIME-DOMAIN ASTRONOMY AND MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS, MAXIMIZE SCIENCE RETURN FROM RUBIN OBSERVATORY, AND PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR ALL U.S. SCIENTISTS TO MAKE FULL USE OF POTENTIAL FUTURE EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES IN THE 2030S AND BEYOND. FOR THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY NOIRLAB PROVIDES ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTATION ON LARGE (8-METER MIRROR DIAMETER) AND MEDIUM-SIZED OR ?MID-SCALE? (APPROXIMATELY 4-METER DIAMETER) OIR TELESCOPES TO ENABLE RESEARCH IN ALL AREAS OF ASTRONOMY. NOIRLAB ALSO PROVIDE A NATIONAL FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES, OTHER NSF-FUNDED RESEARCH DISCIPLINES, OTHER FUNDING AGENCIES, AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS NOIRLAB WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND DEVELOP THE 4-METER BLANCO AND SOUTHERN ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH (SOAR) TELESCOPES IN CHILE AND THE TWIN 8-METER GEMINI TELESCOPES IN HAWAI?I AND CHILE. NOIRLAB WILL SUPPORT PRE-OPERATIONS OF RUBIN LEADING TO COMMISSIONING IN 2024 AND THE LAUNCH OF LSST SHORTLY THEREAFTER. RUBIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY REVOLUTIONIZE MODERN ASTRONOMY THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE SURVEY OF THE SOUTHERN SKIES BUT ALSO BY RELEASING MILLIONS OF TIME DOMAIN ALERTS EVERY NIGHT. RUBIN, WORKING IN CONCERT WITH THE OTHER NOIRLAB TELESCOPES AND WITH SOFTWARE AND ARCHIVAL SUPPORT FROM CSDC, WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ALL OF THE PRIORITY SCIENCE AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THE RECENT NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE (NASEM) DECADAL SURVEY IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, PATHWAYS TO DISCOVERY IN ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS FOR THE 2020S (ASTRO2020). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | National Science Foundation | $140,880,752 | NATIONAL HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY RENEWAL 2023-2027 -HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS ARE A POWERFUL TOOL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND HAVE WIDE SPREAD TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. THE MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS INCLUDE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, HIGH-SPEED MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRAINS, AND POWER GENERATION. SCIENTISTS USE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS TO EXPLORE NEW PHYSICAL PHENOMENA, DEVELOP MATERIALS FOR FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTERS, OVERCOME ENERGY CHALLENGES, AND INCREASE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN BRAIN AND LIFE IN GENERAL. THIS AWARD TO FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SUPPORTS THE OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY (NHMFL) IN 2023-2027. HOME TO MANY WORLD-RECORD MAGNET SYSTEMS, THE NHMFL IS LOCATED AT THREE SITES: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND THE LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SCIENTISTS FROM ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES, AND INDUSTRY AROUND THE WORLD COME TO THE NHMFL SITES EACH YEAR, AND USE THE POWERFUL MAGNETS AND STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTS FOR RESEARCH IN MATERIALS SCIENCE, CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, AS WELL AS MAGNET TECHNOLOGY. THE RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED IN MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED PAPERS EACH YEAR, AND LEAD TO THE CREATION OF START-UP COMPANIES. THE MAGNET SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AND THE ADVANCED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CENTER AT NHMFL MEET THE LABORATORY?S MISSION TO DEVELOP NEW MATERIALS AND TO BUILD NEW MAGNET SYSTEMS TO ADVANCE THE FRONTIERS OF HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD SCIENCE. THE MISSION OF NHMFL ALSO INCLUDES THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AS WELL AS TO INCREASE THE SCIENTIFIC AWARENESS OF THE BROADER SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. A LARGE NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING 500 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, 200 POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS, AND 250 EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS, USE THE NHMFL AS THEIR TRAINING GROUND. THE NHMFL REACHES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF K-12 STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH CLASSROOM LESSONS, SUMMER AND WINTER CAMPS, INTERNSHIPS, TOURS, AND WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS AND ACTIVITIES. AN OPEN HOUSE EVENT ORGANIZED BY THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF AT THE NHMFL BRINGS MORE THAN 10,000 MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PERFORM HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS EACH YEAR. THE NHMFL INCLUDES SEVEN USER FACILITIES: STEADY STATE OR DC FIELD, ELECTRON MAGNETIC RESONANCE, NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, AND ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY; PULSED FIELD AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; AND HIGH B/T AND ADVANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. USER ACCESS IS PROVIDED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL REVIEW PROCESS. MAGNETIC FIELDS BOTH PROBE AND MANIPULATE QUANTUM MATERIALS THROUGH COUPLING TO ELECTRON SPINS, ORBITALS, AND CURRENTS, CONTROLLING NUCLEAR SPINS, IMPOSING COMMENSURABILITIES IN ENERGY OR LENGTH SCALES, BREAKING SYMMETRIES AND/OR INDUCING MAGNETIC VORTICES. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AT THE NHMFL IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ON ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING ALONG SEVEN BROAD FRONTIERS: (A) EMERGENT BEHAVIORS THAT RESULTS FROM ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS IN QUANTUM MATERIALS; (B) THE ROLE OF TOPOLOGY IN GIVING RISE TO NEW PHYSICS IN QUANTUM MATTER; (C) EXPLORING THE NEW PHYSICS REVEALED IN ATOMICALLY-THIN MATERIALS FROM MONOLAYERS TO MULTI-LAYERS TO STRUCTURES WITH MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURES WITH TWISTED INTERLAYER ORIENTATIONS; (D) EXTRACTING ATOMIC-LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS OF COMPLEX ? OFTEN DISORDERED ? MATERIALS, INCLUDING CATALYSTS, GLASSES, AND BATTERIES, USING BOTH NUCLEAR AND ELECTRON MAGNETIC RESONANCE; (E) USING RESONANCE TECHNIQUES ON METABOLITES, BIOMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES, AND LIVING ORGANISMS TO MEASURE STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL AND IN VIVO CONDITIONS; (F) USING ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE TO PROBE CHEMICALLY-COMPLEX ORGANIC MIXTURES AT A MOLECULAR LEVEL, FROM DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER TO ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; AND (G) RESEARCHING HIGH-STRENGTH CONDUCTORS AND SUPERCONDUCTORS NECESSARY TO ADVANCE MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | research | active |
| 2026-04-28 | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | National Science Foundation | $133,776,535 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MISSION APPLICATION SUPPORT | research | active |
| 2026-04-20 | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Science Foundation | $124,000,000 | RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: LIGO LABORATORY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 2024-2028 -- EXPLORING THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE COSMOS -RESEARCHERS AT NSF'S LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY (LIGO) SEEK TO OBSERVE AND UNDERSTAND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES. GRAVITATIONAL WAVES (GWS) ARE OSCILLATIONS IN SPACE AND TIME THAT ARE GENERATED WHENEVER MASS MOVES SUDDENLY. THEY CAN CARRY INFORMATION ABOUT COSMIC CATASTROPHES, SUCH AS THE COLLISIONS OF BLACK HOLES AND NEUTRON STARS. SINCE 2015, LIGO HAS OBSERVED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED GW EVENTS, REVEALING ENTIRELY NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THESE EXOTIC OBJECTS, WHICH ARE LOCATED TENS OR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY. THIS AWARD WILL ENABLE LIGO TO SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL GW SIGNALS AND TO IMPROVE LIGO?S SENSITIVITY SO THAT IT CAN OBSERVE EVEN MORE DISTANT CATACLYSMS. LIGO IS THE WORLD?S PREMIER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY. IT IS A KEY PART OF AN EMERGING GLOBAL NETWORK OF SIMILAR DETECTORS. THESE ARE NOW IN OPERATION OR UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN ITALY (VIRGO), JAPAN (KAGRA), AND INDIA (LIGO INDIA). CONCURRENT MEASUREMENTS BY LIGO, VIRGO, AND OPTICAL, RADIO, AND X-RAY OBSERVATORIES HAVE INAUGURATED THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTRONOMY, WHERE SYNERGISTIC DETECTIONS OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES REVEAL ENTIRELY NEW AND EXCITING INFORMATION ABOUT THE COSMOS. LIGO?S HISTORIC GW OBSERVATIONS WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE AWARD OF THE 2017 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS TO LIGO PIONEERS BARRY BARISH, KIP THORNE, AND RAINER WEISS. THIS AWARD WILL STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICALLY EDUCATED WORKFORCE, ADVANCE THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPLICATION OF LIGO-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, AND IT WILL DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT LIGO-RELATED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS AWARD WILL FUND THE OPERATION OF THE EXISTING LIGO APPARATUS, AS WELL AS INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING, AND OPERATION OF ENHANCEMENTS TO THE APPARATUS THAT WILL IMPROVE LIGO?S SENSITIVITY. THIS, AND RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, WILL CREATE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION BETWEEN LIGO STAFF MEMBERS, POST-DOCS, AND STUDENTS, AND THE APPROXIMATELY 1400 RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS AT 127 UNIVERSITIES WORLD-WIDE THAT COLLABORATE WITH LIGO. FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE LIGO OBSERVATORIES AT HANFORD, WASHINGTON, AND LIVINGSTON, LOUISIANA, THE ASSOCIATED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT PROGRAMS AT CALTECH AND MIT, AND FOR CARRYING OUT EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT LIGO. FUNDING WILL BE AWARDED THROUGH A NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 2024, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2028. THE EFFORT INCLUDES: ? MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE LIGO SITES AND INTERFEROMETERS, ? COMMISSIONING THE INTERFEROMETERS TO ENHANCE THEIR SENSITIVITY TO GWS, ? CONDUCTING ASTROPHYSICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND DETECTOR CHARACTERIZATION TO DISCRIMINATE GW SIGNALS FROM NOISE SOURCES, ? CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE DETECTOR SENSITIVITY BEYOND THE CURRENT DESIGN PERFORMANCE, ? CURATION OF LIGO DATA AND ITS DISSEMINATION TO THE BROADER RESEARCH COMMUNITY, ? PROVISION OF SOFTWARE AND COMPUTING RESOURCES TO LIGO, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMPUTING TOOLS AND METHODS THAT EXTEND LIGOS DATA ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES, AND ? CONTINUATION OF THE VIBRANT OBSERVATORY-BASED LIGO EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD. | research | active |
| 2026-03-26 | G2 OPS, INC. | General Services Administration | $119,088,224 | SBIR PHASE III MBSE | research | expired |
| 2026-05-05 | WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION | National Science Foundation | $100,533,563 | RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INITIATIVE (OOI 2.5) -THE OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INITIATIVE (OOI) IS A COMMUNITY-INSPIRED AND COMMUNITY-SERVING RESEARCH OBSERVATORY. ITS MISSION IS TO SAFELY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN SOPHISTICATED ARRAYS OF INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COLLECT, ARCHIVE, AND DISTRIBUTE QUALITY OCEANIC AND MARINE ATMOSPHERIC DATA TO THE OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITIES. OOI MEASUREMENTS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE INSIGHTS INTO THE EARTH, OCEAN, AND ATMOSPHERE FOR SCIENTISTS, EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, LAYPERSONS, INDUSTRY, AND POLICYMAKERS. OOI DATA AND DERIVED PRODUCTS IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES THAT IMPACT CLIMATE VARIABILITY, ECOSYSTEMS, FISHERIES, GEOHAZARDS, AND THE SUBSEAFLOOR ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IN TURN ADVANCE THE CAPABILITIES OF DECISION-MAKERS CHARGED WITH THE STEWARDSHIP OF OCEAN RESOURCES. COMMON AND OPEN ACCESS TO OOI DATA AND RESOURCES FOSTERS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS. ALL OOI DATA ARE BACKED UP BY DOCUMENTED PROCEDURES AND METADATA, DISTRIBUTED FREELY TO USERS VIA A COMMON WEB PORTAL (AT WWW.OCEANOBSERVATORIES.ORG), AND ARCHIVED. OOI?S OPEN DATA POLICIES SUPPORT EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS AND INVESTIGATORS AS WELL AS AN ARRAY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF CAPABILITIES PROVIDED BY THE OOI PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIVE SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. OOI MANAGES AND OPERATES FIVE OCEAN ARRAYS LOCATED AT SCIENTIFICALLY STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN THE OPEN OCEAN (GLOBAL ARRAYS), SHELF WATERS (COASTAL ARRAYS), AND ON THE SEABED (CABLED ARRAY). THE GLOBAL IRMINGER SEA ARRAY (OFF GREENLAND) PROVIDES PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS OF THE WATER COLUMN. IT CAPTURES MESOSCALE VARIABILITY AND AIR-SEA FLUXES IN A REGION OF DOCUMENTED DEEP-WATER FORMATION, WHICH IMPACTS THE ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION AND CHANGES IN OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT. THE STATION PAPA ARRAY (GULF OF ALASKA) QUANTIFIES WATER COLUMN PROPERTIES AND MESOSCALE VARIABILITY IN A REGION OF LONGSTANDING SCIENTIFIC INTEREST FOR STUDIES RANGING FROM OCEAN CIRCULATION AND AIR-SEA FLUXES TO CARBON CYCLING AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY AMONGST OTHERS. IN 2024, THE PIONEER ARRAY WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT WHERE IT WILL ENABLE NEW SCIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN A HIGH-ENERGY CONTINENTAL SHELF ENVIRONMENT. ITS DESIGN WILL ADDRESS THE INFLUENCE OF THE STRONG WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT IN THIS PART OF THE ATLANTIC AS WELL AS TERRESTRIAL FRESHWATER INPUTS TO THE BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE AND DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS FOUND THERE. THE REGIONAL CABLED ARRAY BRINGS HIGH-POWER AND HIGH-BANDWIDTH CAPACITY, WHICH ALLOWS REAL-TIME, TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE OCEANS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS INTO INTERLINKED SEISMIC, VOLCANIC, AND HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSES OPERATING OFF THE OREGON COAST, THE FLUX OF METHANE FROM THE SEAFLOOR, AND THE SEAFLOOR BIOSPHERE. THE ENDURANCE ARRAY PROVIDES INTERDISCIPLINARY OBSERVATIONS WITHIN THE COASTAL UPWELLING REGION OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COASTS, PROVIDES OBSERVATIONS OF THE EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT REGIME AT BOTH SHORT AND LONGER, CLIMATE-RELEVANT TIME SCALES THAT LEAD TO NEW INSIGHTS INTO SHELF/SLOPE NUTRIENT EXCHANGE, AIR-SEA PROPERTY EXCHANGE, CARBON CYCLING, AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION. THIS RENEWAL AWARD TO WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION (WHOI), FOR CONTINUED OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT, BUILDS UPON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE INITIAL AWARD AND INCORPORATES NEW OPERATIONAL AND OUTREACH CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY INPUT. WHOI, THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW), AND OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU) WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INITIATIVE. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE INITIAL AWARD WILL BE RETAINED WITH THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) RESIDING AT WHOI UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. EACH OF THE THREE INSTITUTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE MARINE AND COMPUTING ASSETS FOR WHICH THEY ARE CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE; WHOI WILL OPERATE THE PIONEER ARRAY, AND THE TWO GLOBAL ARRAYS IN THE IRMINGER SEA AND AT STATION PAPA, UW WILL OPERATE THE REGIONAL CABLED ARRAY, AND OSU WILL OPERATE THE ENDURANCE ARRAY AND THE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, INCLUDING DATA INGESTION AND DELIVERY. PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR OOI INCLUDE QUANTIFICATION OF SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE, DATA USAGE, DATA QUALITY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD. | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. | National Science Foundation | $96,253,670 | NSF'S NOIRLAB: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE DIRECTORATE, MID-SCALE OBSERVATORIES, AND THE COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND DATA CENTER (NOIRLAB BASE) -NSF?S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (NSF?S NOIRLAB) IS THE U.S. NATIONAL CENTER FOR GROUND-BASED NIGHTTIME OPTICAL ASTRONOMY. NOIRLAB INCLUDES THE INTERNATIONAL GEMINI OBSERVATORY, THE KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY, THE CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY, OPERATIONS OF VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY, AND THE COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND DATA CENTER (CSDC). THIS AWARD SUPPORTS MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE FACILITIES FOR FIVE YEARS, 2023-2027. THE AWARD SUPPORTS PREPARATIONS FOR THE LAUNCH OF RUBIN OBSERVATORY AND THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF RUBIN?S TEN-YEAR LEGACY SURVEY IN SPACE AND TIME (LSST). GEMINI IS OPERATED BY NSF IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN CANADA, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND CHILE. RUBIN IS OPERATED JOINTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. NOIRLAB WILL ALSO CONTINUE AND FURTHER DEVELOP AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM OF COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. NOIRLAB COMMUNICATES THE WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY THROUGH ITS FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE. NOIRLAB ENGAGES WITH THE PUBLIC LOCALLY THROUGH A RANGE OF FACE-TO-FACE ACTIVITIES IN HAWAI?I, CHILE AND ARIZONA, AND ON A NATIONAL AND INDEED INTERNATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS. THROUGH ITS TELESCOPES, INSTRUMENTS AND SOFTWARE SERVICES, NOIRLAB SUPPORTS OVER 400 GRADUATE THESIS PROJECTS AND OF ORDER 550 NON-THESIS GRADUATE STUDENTS EACH YEAR. ON A YEARLY BASIS, NOIRLAB FACILITIES GENERATE DATA FOR MORE THAN 700 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS. NOIRLAB'S VISION IS TO BE THE PREEMINENT LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH IN MODERN GROUND-BASED OPTICAL-INFRARED (OIR) ASTRONOMY, SUPPORTING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF SCIENTISTS SPREAD ACROSS ALL 50 STATES THROUGH THE ENTIRE RESEARCH LIFE CYCLE. NSF?S GOAL IS TO CREATE IN NOIRLAB A NATIONAL RESOURCE THAT WILL LEAD THE WORLD IN DATA-INTENSIVE ASTRONOMY, DRIVE EXPLORATION OF THE NEW FRONTIERS IN TIME-DOMAIN ASTRONOMY AND MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS, MAXIMIZE SCIENCE RETURN FROM RUBIN OBSERVATORY, AND PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR ALL U.S. SCIENTISTS TO MAKE FULL USE OF POTENTIAL FUTURE EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES IN THE 2030S AND BEYOND. FOR THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY NOIRLAB PROVIDES ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTATION ON LARGE (8-METER MIRROR DIAMETER) AND MEDIUM-SIZED OR ?MID-SCALE? (APPROXIMATELY 4-METER DIAMETER) OIR TELESCOPES TO ENABLE RESEARCH IN ALL AREAS OF ASTRONOMY. NOIRLAB ALSO PROVIDE A NATIONAL FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES, OTHER NSF-FUNDED RESEARCH DISCIPLINES, OTHER FUNDING AGENCIES, AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS NOIRLAB WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND DEVELOP THE 4-METER BLANCO AND SOUTHERN ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH (SOAR) TELESCOPES IN CHILE AND THE TWIN 8-METER GEMINI TELESCOPES IN HAWAI?I AND CHILE. NOIRLAB WILL SUPPORT PRE-OPERATIONS OF RUBIN LEADING TO COMMISSIONING IN 2024 AND THE LAUNCH OF LSST SHORTLY THEREAFTER. RUBIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY REVOLUTIONIZE MODERN ASTRONOMY THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE SURVEY OF THE SOUTHERN SKIES BUT ALSO BY RELEASING MILLIONS OF TIME DOMAIN ALERTS EVERY NIGHT. RUBIN, WORKING IN CONCERT WITH THE OTHER NOIRLAB TELESCOPES AND WITH SOFTWARE AND ARCHIVAL SUPPORT FROM CSDC, WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ALL OF THE PRIORITY SCIENCE AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THE RECENT NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE (NASEM) DECADAL SURVEY IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, PATHWAYS TO DISCOVERY IN ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS FOR THE 2020S (ASTRO2020). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. | National Science Foundation | $91,491,167 | NSF'S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (NOIRLAB): MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY -NSF?S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (NSF?S NOIRLAB) IS THE U.S. NATIONAL CENTER FOR GROUND-BASED NIGHTTIME OPTICAL ASTRONOMY. NOIRLAB INCLUDES THE INTERNATIONAL GEMINI OBSERVATORY, THE KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY, THE CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY, OPERATIONS OF VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY, AND THE COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND DATA CENTER (CSDC). THIS AWARD SUPPORTS MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE FACILITIES FOR FIVE YEARS, 2023-2027. THE AWARD SUPPORTS PREPARATIONS FOR THE LAUNCH OF RUBIN OBSERVATORY AND THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF RUBIN?S TEN-YEAR LEGACY SURVEY IN SPACE AND TIME (LSST). GEMINI IS OPERATED BY NSF IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN CANADA, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND CHILE. RUBIN IS OPERATED JOINTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. NOIRLAB WILL ALSO CONTINUE AND FURTHER DEVELOP AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM OF COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. NOIRLAB COMMUNICATES THE WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY THROUGH ITS FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE. NOIRLAB ENGAGES WITH THE PUBLIC LOCALLY THROUGH A RANGE OF FACE-TO-FACE ACTIVITIES IN HAWAI?I, CHILE AND ARIZONA, AND ON A NATIONAL AND INDEED INTERNATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS. THROUGH ITS TELESCOPES, INSTRUMENTS AND SOFTWARE SERVICES, NOIRLAB SUPPORTS OVER 400 GRADUATE THESIS PROJECTS AND OF ORDER 550 NON-THESIS GRADUATE STUDENTS EACH YEAR. ON A YEARLY BASIS, NOIRLAB FACILITIES GENERATE DATA FOR MORE THAN 700 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS. NOIRLAB'S VISION IS TO BE THE PREEMINENT LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH IN MODERN GROUND-BASED OPTICAL-INFRARED (OIR) ASTRONOMY, SUPPORTING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF SCIENTISTS SPREAD ACROSS ALL 50 STATES THROUGH THE ENTIRE RESEARCH LIFE CYCLE. NSF?S GOAL IS TO CREATE IN NOIRLAB A NATIONAL RESOURCE THAT WILL LEAD THE WORLD IN DATA-INTENSIVE ASTRONOMY, DRIVE EXPLORATION OF THE NEW FRONTIERS IN TIME-DOMAIN ASTRONOMY AND MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS, MAXIMIZE SCIENCE RETURN FROM RUBIN OBSERVATORY, AND PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR ALL U.S. SCIENTISTS TO MAKE FULL USE OF POTENTIAL FUTURE EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES IN THE 2030S AND BEYOND. FOR THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY NOIRLAB PROVIDES ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTATION ON LARGE (8-METER MIRROR DIAMETER) AND MEDIUM-SIZED OR ?MID-SCALE? (APPROXIMATELY 4-METER DIAMETER) OIR TELESCOPES TO ENABLE RESEARCH IN ALL AREAS OF ASTRONOMY. NOIRLAB ALSO PROVIDE A NATIONAL FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES, OTHER NSF-FUNDED RESEARCH DISCIPLINES, OTHER FUNDING AGENCIES, AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS NOIRLAB WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND DEVELOP THE 4-METER BLANCO AND SOUTHERN ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH (SOAR) TELESCOPES IN CHILE AND THE TWIN 8-METER GEMINI TELESCOPES IN HAWAI?I AND CHILE. NOIRLAB WILL SUPPORT PRE-OPERATIONS OF RUBIN LEADING TO COMMISSIONING IN 2024 AND THE LAUNCH OF LSST SHORTLY THEREAFTER. RUBIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY REVOLUTIONIZE MODERN ASTRONOMY THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE SURVEY OF THE SOUTHERN SKIES BUT ALSO BY RELEASING MILLIONS OF TIME DOMAIN ALERTS EVERY NIGHT. RUBIN, WORKING IN CONCERT WITH THE OTHER NOIRLAB TELESCOPES AND WITH SOFTWARE AND ARCHIVAL SUPPORT FROM CSDC, WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ALL OF THE PRIORITY SCIENCE AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THE RECENT NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE (NASEM) DECADAL SURVEY IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, PATHWAYS TO DISCOVERY IN ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS FOR THE 2020S (ASTRO2020). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | research | active |
| 2026-05-01 | CHESAPEAKE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, CORP. | General Services Administration | $87,422,125 | CTI MAESTRO SBIR III AWARD PACKAGE. | research | expiring · 82d |
| 2026-03-04 | WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION | National Science Foundation | $66,599,053 | NATIONAL DEEP SUBMERGENCE FACILITY (2022-2026) -THIS AWARD PROVIDES FUNDS TO THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION (WHOI)/ NATIONAL DEEP SUBMERGENCE FACILITY, WHICH OPERATES THE HUMAN OCCUPIED VEHICLE (HOV) ALVIN, THE REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE (ROV) JASON II, AND THE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE (AUV) SENTRY AS A NATIONAL FACILITY (NDSF). THE AWARD IS FOR OPERATIONAL FUNDS FOR THE DEEP SUBMERGENCE SCIENCE VEHICLES, LISTED ABOVE, IN SUPPORT OF NSF-SPONSORED RESEARCH FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2022-2026. THE NATIONAL FACILITY, OF WHICH THE ALVIN, JASON AND SENTRY ARE THE MAJOR VEHICLES, IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY BY NSF, BUT ALSO BY AWARDS FROM THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH (ONR), THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) AND OTHER FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL SOURCES. ALL USERS OF THE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE EQUALLY TO ANNUAL OPERATIONS THROUGH A CONSISTENT, VEHICLE-SPECIFIC, DAY RATE. NSF IS THE COGNIZANT AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO DEVELOPING NDSF VEHICLE DAY RATES. THE VEHICLES PLAN A COMBINED 489 OPERATING DAYS IN 2022: ALVIN 106; JASON 218; AND SENTRY 165. NSF PLANS TO SUPPORT 440 OF THESE DAYS: ALVIN 105; JASON, 194; AND SENTRY 141. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | research | active |
| 2026-04-20 | INFINITY LABS LLC | General Services Administration | $64,340,157 | SBIR PHASE III STRAFE TO 01 | research | expiring · 73d |
| 2026-05-07 | SYNECTICS FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS, INC. | National Science Foundation | $64,288,877 | EDAS | research | active |
| 2026-04-14 | WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE | Department of Commerce | $63,074,577 | RENOVATION OF BUILDING 1 WINGS 5, 4 AND PARTIAL SPINE, NIST BOULDER CO. | research | expired |
| 2026-04-06 | ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | National Science Foundation | $61,886,066 | MID-SCALE RI-2 CONSORTIUM: COMPACT X-RAY FREE-ELECTRON LASER PROJECT (CXFEL) -MODERN SCIENCE QUESTIONS ACROSS MANY DISCIPLINES INCREASINGLY FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING EVENTS, CHANGES, AND STRUCTURES AT THE SMALLEST ATOMIC SCALES. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPACT X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASER (CXFEL) FACILITY AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WILL ENABLE THESE ADVANCED STUDIES AND FULFILL AN URGENT NEED IN THE BROAD U.S. RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO DIRECTLY OBSERVE, MANIPULATE, AND CONTROL QUANTUM DYNAMICS IN COMPLEX MATERIALS, MOLECULES, AND INTERFACES. THESE CAPABILITIES WILL REVEAL NOVEL BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, ENABLE NEW ENERGY-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES, AND DECODE QUANTUM BEHAVIOR THAT CAN DRIVE NEW COMPUTING METHODS AND NOVEL MATERIALS. A DIVERSE POPULATION OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE ENGAGED IN THE SCIENTIFIC AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF THIS MID-SCALE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT. THE COMBINATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE TRAINING AND BROAD RESEARCHER ACCESS TO TRANSFORMATIVE NEW INSTRUMENTS WILL SERVE THE NSF MISSION PRIORITY TO ADVANCE ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. THE CXFEL IS A NOVEL INSTRUMENT TO PRODUCE SUB-FEMTOSECOND COHERENT X-RAYS FOR ANALYSIS OF A RANGE OF SAMPLES. CXFEL BUILDS ON THE LATEST ADVANCES IN LASER TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRON BEAM PHYSICS TO PRODUCE A ROOM-SIZED X-RAY LASER (ROUGHLY 10M LONG) WITH FULL COHERENCE IN TIME AND SPACE. THE CXFEL WILL UNIQUELY OFFER FULL CONTROL OF THE X-RAY PHASE USING ELECTRON-BEAM PATTERNING THAT ALLOWS CUSTOMIZED TIME-STRUCTURE OF THE BEAM, E.G., ATTOSECOND PULSES, VERY NARROW LINEWIDTHS, AND EXTREMELY PRECISE TIMING AMONG MULTIPLE PULSES WITH DIFFERENT COLORS. MULTIPLE END-STATIONS WILL BE CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY, SMALL- AND WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING, COINCIDENT ATTOSECOND MOMENTUM IMAGING, AND TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY FOR STUDIES IN BIOLOGY, QUANTUM MATERIALS, ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCE, AND OPTICAL SCIENCES. DURING CONSTRUCTION, SOPHISTICATED MACHINE LEARNING SOFTWARE WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE HARDWARE TO CREATE HIGHLY FLEXIBLE AND EFFICIENT ULTRAFAST SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS THAT RESPOND TO NSF?S BIG IDEAS, INCLUDING MIDSCALE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE, RULES OF LIFE, QUANTUM LEAP, AND HARNESSING THE DATA REVOLUTION. THE SOFTWARE TOOLS WILL HELP GUIDE ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS OF LARGE DATA SETS, SPEEDING UP EXPERIMENTS AND EXPANDING CAPABILITIES. THE PRIMARY OUTCOME OF THE CXFEL PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTION OF A USER-FACILITY WITH INSTRUMENTS AND END-STATIONS, INCLUDING VALIDATION OF ALGORITHMS AND EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES. THE RESULTING FACILITY WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO A NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED GROUP OF INVESTIGATORS FROM A RANGE OF DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | research | active |
| 2026-05-05 | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | National Science Foundation | $61,106,784 | A PROPOSAL TO MANAGE THE U.S. SCIENCE SUPPORT PROGRAM OFFICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OCEAN DISCOVERY PROGRAM (USSSP-IODP) | research | active |
| 2026-03-05 | PEERLESS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | General Services Administration | $53,354,699 | SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT | research | expired |
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