Where the money goes — by sector
- other7 awards$2.7B 52%
- unclassified18 awards$1.3B 24%
- energy1 award$975.8M 19%
- defense1 award$254.5M 5%
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Sub-tier offices
National Science Foundation
$5.2B 100%
Based on the agency's $5,236,498,619 in tracked awards.
Recent awards
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| Action date | Recipient | Agency | Amount | Description | Sector | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH | National Science Foundation | $975,751,088 | THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH | — | active |
| — | 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) | — | active |
| — | ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC | National Science Foundation | $480,514,346 | ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY (ALMA) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE | — | active |
| — | ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC | National Science Foundation | $406,246,554 | NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY: VERY LARGE ARRAY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE | — | active |
| — | OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | National Science Foundation | $399,999,980 | CONSTRUCTION OF UP TO THREE REGIONAL CLASS RESEARCH VESSELS (RCRVS) - PHASES III & IV | — | active |
| — | ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. | National Science Foundation | $277,033,094 | AURA MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY | — | active |
| — | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE | National Science Foundation | $275,009,457 | ARCTIC RESEARCH SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS SERVICES (ARSLS) | — | active |
| — | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE | National Science Foundation | $268,297,107 | NEON OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE: EVOLVING FROM A STRONG FOUNDATION -THE FUTURE HEALTH, WELFARE, AND SECURITY OF THE U.S. DEPEND UPON DIVERSE NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE ALTERED BY THE CHANGING WORLD. THE NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK (NEON), THE FIRST CONTINENTAL-SCALE FACILITY OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, ADDRESSES THE NATURE OF THESE CHANGES AND THEIR CAUSES BY ACQUIRING STANDARDIZED BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS FROM THE LOCAL TO CONTINENTAL SCALE. IT PROVIDES KEY DATA TO ENABLE SCIENTISTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT THE CHANGES AND ENABLE POLICY MAKERS POTENTIALLY TO LESSEN DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS. NEON IS DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO THIS AREA OF SCIENCE IN UNPRECEDENTED WAYS BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY DATA FREE OF CHARGE TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN PURSUING ADVANCED ECOLOGICAL AND CLIMATE RESEARCH. NEON PROVIDES OUTREACH NATIONWIDE IN EACH OF ITS 20 ECOLOGICAL REGIONS TO BUILD A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS. WITH ITS PARTNERS, NEON PROVIDES DATA SKILLS TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS. THE NEON MISSION IS TO ENABLE BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTION OF THE DRIVERS OF, AND RESPONSES TO, ECOLOGICAL CHANGES BY PROVIDING FREELY AVAILABLE, HIGH-QUALITY CONTINENTAL AND DECADAL-SCALE ECOLOGICAL DATA AND SAMPLES INFORMED BY BROAD SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT. THE MANAGING ENTITY FOR THIS PROJECT REALIZES THIS MISSION AND ADVANCES THE POTENTIAL FOR DISCOVERY BY PROVIDING RAPID AND BROADENED ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY NEON DATA AND SAMPLES THROUGH ROBUST, SECURE, AND ACCESSIBLE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, FINDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, INTEROPERABLE, AND REUSABLE ? FAIR - DATA PARTNERS, AND THE NEON BIOREPOSITORY. THE ROBUST NEON CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO DATA AND ANALYTIC TOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO EMPOWER A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO DEVELOP OPEN-SOURCE CODE, ANALYTIC TOOLS, STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS, AND DERIVED ECOLOGICAL DATA PRODUCTS. NEON INFRASTRUCTURE IS CONTINUOUSLY OPERATED AT 81 SITES IN 20 DISTINCT ECOLOGICAL REGIONS SPANNING THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, ALASKA, HAWAII, AND PUERTO RICO. OVER 180 DATA PRODUCTS ARE COLLECTED USING A SENSOR NETWORK, AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING, AND MANUAL FIELD OBSERVATIONS AND COLLECTIONS. THESE FREE AND OPENLY AVAILABLE DATA ARE PROVIDED TO SCIENTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND THE PUBLIC FOR SOCIETAL BENEFIT THROUGH THE NEON DATA PORTAL (HTTPS://DATA.NEONSCIENCE.ORG/). PHYSICAL SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE THROUGH THE NEON BIOREPOSITORY (HTTPS://BIOREPO.NEONSCIENCE.ORG/PORTAL/). NEON PROVIDES CUSTOMIZED ACCESS TO MANY PARTS OF ITS INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING PERSONNEL, THROUGH A COST-RECOVERABLE ASSIGNABLE ASSETS PROGRAM. CENTRALIZED PLANNING DRIVES EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT WITH CONSISTENCY AND QUALITY IN DATA; DECENTRALIZED EXECUTION ACROSS THE 20 NEON DOMAINS ACCOMMODATES THE DIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTS IN THE US. THE POTENTIAL FOR NEON TO ADVANCE INTERDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE WILL BE AMPLIFIED BY ENGAGING IN EXTENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. NEON WILL BUILD A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS AND WORKFORCE BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE USE OF NEON DATA, SUPPORTING NEON AMBASSADORS AND PARTNERS, AND CONDUCTING TRAINING IN STANDARDIZED ECOLOGICAL FIELD SAMPLING PROTOCOLS. CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT OF NEON OPERATIONS, INCLUDING TRAINING AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, WILL BE DRIVEN BY REGULAR EXTERNAL EVALUATION AGAINST OBSERVATORY PERFORMANCE METRICS. 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. | — | active |
| — | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | National Science Foundation | $254,534,978 | IT SERVICES | — | expired |
| — | 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. | — | active |
| — | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | National Science Foundation | $133,776,535 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MISSION APPLICATION SUPPORT | — | active |
| — | 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. | — | active |
| — | 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. | — | active |
| — | BY LIGHT PROFESSIONAL IT SERVICES LLC | National Science Foundation | $99,795,511 | IT INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT (ITIS) | — | active |
| — | 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. | — | active |
| — | 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. | — | active |
| — | SYNECTICS FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS, INC. | National Science Foundation | $64,288,877 | EDAS | — | active |
| — | 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) | — | active |
| — | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | National Science Foundation | $46,979,167 | U.S. CMS OPERATIONS AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER | — | active |
| — | ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC | National Science Foundation | $45,032,222 | ITRAK CORE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES | — | active |
| — | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | National Science Foundation | $44,608,149 | CENTER FOR BRIGHT BEAMS | — | active |
| — | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | National Science Foundation | $38,357,018 | MID-SCALE RI-2: THE RESEARCH DATA ECOSYSTEM (RDE), A NATIONAL RESOURCE FOR REPRODUCIBLE, ROBUST, AND TRANSPARENT SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN THE 21ST CENTURY -THIS PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT A NEW PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE DATA. DIVERSE TYPES OF DATA ENABLE PATH-BREAKING ANALYSES INTO HUMAN BEHAVIOR BUT ALSO PRESENT CHALLENGES OF SCALE, SENSITIVITY, AND STRUCTURE. CURRENT BARRIERS TO CONDUCTING RESEARCH INCLUDE MULTIPLE INCOMPATIBLE STANDARDS FOR DATA, LACK OF INTEROPERABILITY, AND THE INHERENT DIFFICULTY OF MANAGING BIG DATA. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR NEW MODES OF ACCESS, CONFIDENTIALITY PROTECTION, METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES, AND TOOLS SO THAT RESEARCH USING A VARIETY OF DATA TYPES MEETS ACCEPTED SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS. THE RESEARCH DATA ECOSYSTEM (RDE) WILL MODERNIZE THE MANAGEMENT OF DATA TO ENABLE A NEW ERA OF INTERCONNECTED RESEARCH FOR THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. THE PLATFORM WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF DATA-DRIVEN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE RESEARCH OVER THE ENTIRE DATA LIFE CYCLE. RDE WILL ENABLE RESEARCHERS ACROSS DISCIPLINES TO CONDUCT THEIR WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND TO CREATE, ORGANIZE, ARCHIVE, ACCESS, AND ANALYZE DATA IN WAYS THAT THEY CANNOT WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. RDE WILL MAKE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL DATA MORE USABLE OUTSIDE OF ACADEMIA BY MAKING IT MORE FINDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND WILL BROADEN AND DIVERSIFY PARTICIPATION IN THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES BY REMOVING TECHNICAL BOTTLENECKS TO RESEARCH. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE FOUNDATION-WIDE MID-SCALE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED SUITE OF SOFTWARE TO ADVANCE RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. RDE WILL ENABLE: 1) INTEROPERABILITY: AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR THE ENTIRE RESEARCH DATA LIFECYCLE, SO THAT WORK DONE EARLY IN THE DATA LIFECYCLE IS USEFUL AT LATER STAGES, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE DATA FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, 2) REPRODUCIBILITY: MAKING IT EASIER TO REPRODUCE AND BUILD ON PRIOR RESEARCH RESULTS BY BEING ABLE TO FIND AND RE-USE DATA AND CODE, 3) TRANSPARENCY: PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT PROVENANCE, INCLUDING SOURCE, CODE, METHOD OF COLLECTION, ETC. FOR RESEARCH DATA, 4) INCREASED EFFICIENCY OF DATA SHARING: REDUCING BURDEN ON DATA PRODUCERS IN SHARING DATA AND ENSURING THAT SHARED DATA ARE FAIR (FINDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, INTEROPERABLE, REUSABLE), AND 5) CONFIDENTIALITY PROTECTION: PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY WHILE INCREASING RESEARCH ACCESS. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP THE RESEARCH DATA DESCRIPTION FRAMEWORK, A METADATA SPECIFICATION SIMILAR TO THE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION FRAMEWORK, FOR DESCRIBING DIFFERENT RESEARCH DATA LIFECYCLE EVENTS. RDE WILL INCLUDE STAND-ALONE FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS FOR EACH STAGE OF THE RESEARCH LIFECYCLE THAT WILL BE INTEROPERABLE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH KEY EXISTING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PLATFORM WILL SUPPORT SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE RESEARCHERS USING TRADITIONAL (E.G., SURVEY AND EXPERIMENTAL) AND NOVEL (E.G., DIGITAL TRACE, IMAGING) TYPES OF DATA OVER THE ENTIRE RESEARCH LIFECYCLE, FROM DATA COLLECTION TO ANALYSIS TO SHARING TO RE-DISCOVERY AND RE-ANALYSIS. THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY, INTEGRITY, AND SAFETY OF DATA WHILE INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY TO DATA AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN USERS ACROSS ALL SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOME BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 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. | — | active |
| — | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | National Science Foundation | $37,758,328 | CATEGORY I. COMPUTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE LONG TAIL OF SCIENCE | — | active |
| — | ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC | National Science Foundation | $34,093,912 | MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE GREEN BANK OBSERVATORY FY 2025 - FY 2026 -ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. (AUI) WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE THE GREEN BANK OBSERVATORY (GBO) FROM OCTOBER 1, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2026. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, AUI WILL INITIATE A CRITICALLY-NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE REFURBISHMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM SAFETY AND SCIENTIFIC VITALITY OF GBO. FURTHERMORE, IT WILL REINTEGRATE GBO INTO THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NRAO) TO REALIZE A COHERENT VISION OF SERVICE TO THE RADIO ASTRONOMY COMMUNITY, WITH A RENEWED EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING SCIENTIFIC CAPABILITY, USER SUPPORT, ARCHIVAL DATA ACCESS, AND SOFTWARE TOOLS. ASTRONOMY IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN MEETING NATIONAL GOALS RELATED TO DIVERSITY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, AND INCREASED U.S. COMPETITIVENESS. GBO?S EXEMPLARY EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN WEST VIRGINIA WILL CREATE UNIQUE STEM LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR K? 16 STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS, AND THE PUBLIC. THE GREEN BANK SCIENCE CENTER ATTRACTS NEARLY 40,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR, AND ACTIVE TELESCOPES ON SITE PROVIDE INVALUABLE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS SCIENCE ENRICHMENT FOR A VERY WIDE DEMOGRAPHIC. DRIVEN BY THE PRIORITIES OF THE U.S. RESEARCH COMMUNITY AS ARTICULATED IN THE 2020 DECADAL SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, GBO WILL ENABLE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES ACROSS MANY FIELDS OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS. THE MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENT AT GBO IS THE 100-METER DIAMETER GREEN BANK TELESCOPE (GBT)---THE WORLD'S LARGEST FULLY STEERABLE SINGLE-DISH RADIO TELESCOPE. THE GBT'S LARGE SKY COVERAGE, VERY HIGH SENSITIVITY, AND EXTENSIVE SUITE OF INSTRUMENTS MAKE IT A POWERFUL AND VERSATILE TELESCOPE WHICH ENABLES ADVANCES IN VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS OF MODERN ASTROPHYSICS. SOME MAJOR STUDIES ENABLED BY THE GBT WILL INCLUDE: CHARACTERIZING THE LOW-FREQUENCY GRAVITATIONAL WAVE BACKGROUND; DETERMINING THE NATURE AND COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS OF MYSTERIOUS FAST RADIO BURSTS; ESTABLISHING THE CHEMICAL INVENTORY OF MOLECULAR CLOUDS AND EVOLVED STARS TO ELUCIDATE THE GROWTH OF MOLECULAR COMPLEXITY IN SPACE; MEASURING THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUPERHEATED GAS IN THE INTERCLUSTER MEDIUM OF GALAXY CLUSTERS; AND SCANNING NEARBY STARS, THE GALACTIC PLANE, AND EXTERNAL GALAXIES FOR TECHNOSIGNATURES. THE GBT OFFERS EXCELLENT COMPLEMENTARITY AND SYNERGY WITH INTERFEROMETRIC ARRAYS, SUCH AS THE VERY LARGE ARRAY, THE VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY, AND THE ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY. IT ALSO PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE AS A HIGHLY SENSITIVE ELEMENT OF VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY. 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 NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD. | — | active |
| — | LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY | National Science Foundation | $33,821,660 | NSF ENGINES: LOUISIANA ENERGY TRANSITION ENGINE -THIS NSF ENGINES AWARD TO THE LOUISIANA ENERGY TRANSITION ENGINE WILL ADVANCE OUR NATION?S CAPACITY FOR INNOVATION IN CLEAN ENERGY BY DRIVING RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION EFFORTS IN CARBON CAPTURE, HYDROGEN AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL, CARBON DIOXIDE AS A FEEDSTOCK, SUSTAINABLE WATER, SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING FOR CLEAN ENERGY, AND ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH TO PROMOTE PATHWAYS TO DECARBONIZATION IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WILL SURPASS THE CURRENT STATE OF PRACTICE AND OUR CURRENT CAPABILITIES BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE CAPACITY OF THIS NSF ENGINE TO LEVERAGE LOUISIANA?S UNIQUE GEOLOGY, ITS EXISTING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AS WELL AS DOWNSTREAM PETROCHEMICAL OPERATIONS, AND ITS STRONG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS WILL HAVE PROFOUND IMPACTS ON OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY AND SECURITY, AND IT WILL INCREASE THE NATION?S ABILITY TO COMPETE ON A GLOBAL STAGE AS THE WORLD RACES TO FIND MORE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS WHILE ALSO UNLOCKING REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL IMPACTS, THE NSF ENGINE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEW JOBS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR PARTICULARLY FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND/OR RURAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE REGION OF SERVICE. IF SUCCESSFUL, THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM DRIVEN BY THE NSF ENGINE WILL RESULT IN UNPRECEDENTED ADVANCES RANGING FROM CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION AND CARBON DIOXIDE AS A FEEDSTOCK TO HYDROGEN AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL BY CREATING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS THAT SOLVE INDUSTRY NEEDS, BRINGING WITH IT NEW JOBS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. THE NSF ENGINE HAS A REGION OF SERVICE THAT SPANS THE ENTIRE STATE OF LOUISIANA. THE NSF ENGINE INCLUDES A LARGE ECOSYSTEM OF CORE PARTNERS WITH REPRESENTATION FROM THE ENERGY INDUSTRY, UNIVERSITIES (INCLUDING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS AND TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS), ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, NON-PROFITS, AND INVESTMENT FIRMS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE NSF ENGINE?S SUCCESS. THIS DIVERSE COALITION OF PARTNERS WILL BE CENTRAL TO R&D, TRANSLATION, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. THE NSF ENGINE WILL FOCUS ON SIX TOPIC AREAS RELATED TO DECARBONIZATION AND THE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY. THESE TOPIC AREAS ARE: (1) CARBON SEQUESTRATION; (2) HYDROGEN AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL; (3) USE OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO PRODUCE BIOFUELS OR BIOPRODUCTS; (4) SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE ENERGY INDUSTRY?S HIGH DEMAND FOR WATER; (5) SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING PRACTICES FOR THE CLEAN ENERGY INDUSTRY; AND (6) POLICY DEVELOPMENT TO PROMOTE DECARBONIZATION OF THE ENERGY SECTOR. THE NSF ENGINE WILL ASSEMBLE A CROSS-SECTOR COMMITTEE OF CORE PARTNERS WHO WILL WORK TOGETHER TO PRIORITIZE RESEARCH INITIATIVES THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE ENERGY INDUSTRY?S NEEDS IN THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE, LOW CARBON FUTURE. SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS WILL BE SUPPORTED THROUGH SEED FUNDING COMPETITIONS. THE RESEARCH AND TRANSLATION GOALS OF THE NSF ENGINE ARE TO: (1) LEVERAGE REGIONAL EXPERTISE TO SOLVE ENERGY AND HYDROCARBON TRANSITION-RELATED CHALLENGES ALIGNED WITH THE SIX IDENTIFIED TOPIC AREAS; (2) LAUNCH AND SUSTAIN AN ENERGY TRANSITION TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR THAT PRIORITIZES HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO GROW AND DEVELOP EARLY-STAGE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS; AND (3) GENERATE AND ATTRACT MORE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS, TECHNOLOGIES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACTIVITY, STARTUPS, AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES TO ACCELERATE ENERGY TRANSITION BY DEVELOPING AND GROWING RESEARCH, PARTNERSHIPS, WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFORTS IN LOUISIANA. COLLECTIVELY, THESE GOALS WILL ENABLE LOUISIANA TO BECOME A GLOBAL LEADER IN CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS AND ACCELERATE REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH?CREATING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE COALITION OF PARTNERS BRING DEEP EXPERTISE ACROSS ALL CORE FUNCTIONS OF THE NSF ENGINE TO ENSURE THE NSF ENGINE GOALS ARE MET. THIS EXPERTISE INCLUDES CHEMICAL AND CLEAN ENERGY ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCESSIBLE CAREER PATHWAYS FOR LOUISIANA RESIDENTS; AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS HIGHER EDUCATION, INDUSTRY, COMMUNITY, AND GOVERNMENT. THE NSF ENGINE HAS ENGAGED STATE AND LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, INDUSTRY, AND LOUISIANA?S COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM TO BUILD TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEM EDUCATORS, SUPPORTING K-12 EDUCATORS LINK ENERGY TRANSITION TOPICS TO FOUNDATIONAL STEM CLASSES, AND A GRANT PROGRAM THAT WILL SUPPORT NEW, EQUITABLE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ADDRESS NEW AND EXISTING WORKFORCE GAPS IN THE CLEAN-ENERGY SECTOR. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WILL PRIORITIZE RURAL AND HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE REGION OF SERVICE. THE NSF ENGINE HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER A STRONG COALITION OF PARTNERS AND IDENTIFIED STRONG ALIGNMENT WITH REGIONAL ASSETS AND PRIORITIES. THE NSF ENGINE HAS IDENTIFIED CRITICAL R&D TOPIC AREAS THAT MUST BE ADVANCED TO DRIVE CLEAN-ENERGY INNOVATIONS AND GET CLOSER TO A NET-ZERO CARBON FUTURE. IT WILL SUPPORT R&D AND TRANSLATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO CULTIVATE AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM OF TECH COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT THE NATION?S TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY, WHILE ALSO DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH JOB CREATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR, PARTICULARLY FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND/OR RURAL COMMUNITIES, ACROSS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. 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. | — | active |
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