SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
BOULDER, Colorado
Total Received
$34.9M
Total Awards
71
State
Colorado
Last Updated
Mar 20, 2026
Yearly Funding Trend
$14.6M24
$20.1M25
$115K26
Top 50 Awards to SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Largest individual federal awards on record for this recipient, ranked by obligated amount. Data through March 20, 2026.
| Award | Awarding Agency | Program | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASST_NON_NNX16AE30A_080 NASA AT MY LIBRARY A NATIONAL EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE INITIATIVE THAT CONNECTS NASA PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $10,085,089 |
ASST_NON_1906172_049 ENHANCING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN LIBRARIES OF RURAL COMMUNITIES -AS PART OF ITS OVERALL STRATEGY TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS, THE ADVANCING INFORMAL STEM LEARN… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.076 STEM EDUCATION (FORMERLY EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES) | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $2,811,266 |
ASST_NON_2536811_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FIRE-NET: IMPROVING FIRE RESPONSE TIME THROUGH A UNIFIED DATA-DRIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH: DECISION-SUPPORT DATA INTEGRATION NETWORK SYSTEM (DESDINY) -DUE… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.084 NSF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS | PITTSBURGH, PA-12 | 2025 | $1,822,107 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21M0081_080 THE OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PARTNER WITH PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO HELP INFORM ENGAGE AND INSPIRE NEW AND UNDERSERVED PUBLIC AUDIENCES. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.008 OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT (OSTEM) | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $987,103 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K0907_080 COORDINATED INVESTIGATION OF THE LINK BETWEEN ULF WAVES AND GEOELECTRIC FIELDS THAT DRIVE GEOMAGNETICALLY INDUCED CURRENTS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $853,214 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K0904_080 ADVANCED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SOLAR WIND CONTROL OF MAGNETOSPHERIC ACTIVITY AND MAGNETOSPHERIC PARTICLE POPULATIONS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $817,461 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1406_080 THE HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT-SHEET NETWORK AND THE CELLULARIZATION OF THE SOLAR WIND | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $750,000 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0801_080 WAVES GENERATED BY ACCELERATED PARTICLES ARE IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT OUR HELIOSPHERE. THESE PARTICLES OFTEN GAIN THEIR ENERGY AT SHOCKS VIA FERMI ACCELERATION. AT THE EARTH'S BOW SHO… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $697,981 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K0841_080 RECONNECTION OUTFLOWS: ROLE OF INSTABILITIES IN PRODUCING TURBULENCE AND PARTICLE ENERGIZATION IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $679,513 |
ASST_NON_2401219_049 LABORATORY CHARACTERIZATION OF CO-PROPAGATING ALFVEN WAVE INTERACTIONS -THE BEHAVIOR OF TURBULENCE IS ONE OF THE MOST HOTLY DEBATED TOPICS AMONG RESEARCHERS, AND UNDERSTANDING THI… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $589,888 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K1215_080 IMPROVED CLIMATOLOGY OF LOWER AND MIDDLE ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVE ACTIVITY AT MARS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $548,950 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K0788_080 DUST IS UBIQUITOUS IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS. IT IS THE BUILDING BLOCK FROM WHICH ALL OBJECTS ABOUT STARS ARE CREATED INCLUDING OUR OWN SOLAR SYSTEM. THE WAY IN WHICH SOLAR SYSTEM… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $530,237 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0755_080 IN ORDER TO OBTAIN QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LUNAR REGOLITH USING REMOTE-SENSING TECHNIQUES IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW HOW THE REGOLITH SCATTERS LIGHT. LUNAR REGOLITH IS CO… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $515,116 |
ASST_NON_1906951_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WATER IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION: LIBRARIES AND EXHIBITS CONNECTING AND ENGAGING COMMUNITIES WITH THEIR WATER SYSTEMS -AS PART OF ITS OVERALL STRATEGY TO E… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.076 STEM EDUCATION (FORMERLY EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES) | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $499,697 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC18K1232_080 LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF ENERGETIC ELECTRON BEAMS IN WAVE GENERATION IN THE SOLAR CORONA AND IN THE HELIOSPHERE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $495,440 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K1341_080 21-LDAP21_2-0029 EXAMINATION OF POTENTIALLY HYDRATED LUNAR VOLCANIC TERRAINS USING ORBITAL IMAGING SPECTROMETER DATA. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $481,844 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC18K0859_080 OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES OF VENUS PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $463,195 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1680_080 INFLUENCE OF HIGH FREQUENCY WAVES AND INSTABILITIES ON THE STRUCTURE AND ENERGY PARTITION OF COLLISIONLESS SHOCKS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $459,214 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0829_080 THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE PRECISE AND ACCURATE ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCES OF STARS IS CRUCIAL FOR A NUMBER OF LINES OF INQUIRY IN ASTRONOMY. ON THE GALACTIC SCALE IT CAN TELL US ABOUT DI… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $457,488 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K0281_080 22-XRP22_2-0091 FOLLOW THE METHANE: EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF THE LOW METHANE ABUNDANCE ON WARM HYDROGEN-RICH EXOPLANETS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $451,007 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0543_080 3D SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS FOR LARGE-SCALE STELLAR SURVEYS ASTEROSEISMOLOGY AND GALACTIC ARCHAEOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $422,690 |
ASST_NON_2512084_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSF-BSF: INFLUENCE OF UPSTREAM TURBULENCE AND SHOCK RIPPLING ON DOWNSTREAM RELAXATION IN COLLISIONLESS SHOCKS -THIS AWARD SUPPORTS A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $417,053 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0314_080 SCIENCE OBJECTIVES: MOST THEORETICAL MODELS OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY ON EXTRASOLAR GIANT PLANETS HAVE FOCUSED ON HYDROGEN HELIUM OXYGEN CARBON AND NITROGEN SPECIES. THE NEGLEC… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $413,767 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1683_080 PERTURBATIONS IN IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (DTEC) WITH TIMESCALES OF ~10S-1000S CAN BE DRIVEN FROM ABOVE BY PROCESSES IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE - INCLUDING MAGNETOSPHERIC ULTR… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $401,525 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K1278_080 SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE SINGLE-SOURCE - BY INVITATION ONLY (2018) | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $356,518 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0462_080 18-SSW18-0013 COUPLED TROPOSPHERIC-STRATOSPHERIC SEASONAL PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL FOR SATURN | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $349,057 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0655_080 21-MSLPSP21_2-0046 - EXAMINING ALTERATION ENVIRONMENTS OF GRANULAR BASALTIC MATERIALS USING COMBINED RESULTS FROM APXS CHEMCAM AND MASTCAM COMPARED AGAINST TERRESTRIAL ANALOG DA… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $340,645 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K1488_080 MDA VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF WATER VAPOR IN THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE.P18_2-0005 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $339,939 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC18K0224_080 ROCKS AND ROUGHNESS: ACCOUNTING FOR ANISOTHERMALITY ON BENNU IN OSIRIS-REX SPECTRAL DATASETS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $298,485 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K0022_080 21-PDART21-0015 MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS PORTAL TO OBSERVATIONS RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO ADVANCE.LEGACY SCIENCE (MER PORTAL). | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $291,614 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0490_080 MEASURING ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES AND SURFACE ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS WITH SUPERCAM | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $274,967 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0169_080 THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AIMS TO UNDERSTAND QUANTITATIVELY THE COUPLING BETWEEN CHEMISTRY AND DYNAMICS AS EXPRESSED IN THE GLOBAL SULFUR CYCLES | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $274,649 |
ASST_NON_2206437_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PEERING TO THE HEART OF MASSIVE STAR BIRTH -MASSIVE STARS MUCH LARGER THAN THE SUN AFFECT THE EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES THROUGH THEIR POWERFUL WINDS AND THE IN… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $274,064 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K7748_080 EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTI… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $273,344 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K1377_080 21-SSW21-0033 SIMULATING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND OXYGEN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHEMICAL STABILITY OF VENUS' ATMOSPHERE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $272,800 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0708_080 THE KOREA PATHFINDER LUNAR ORBITER (KPLO) WIDE FIELD POLARIMETRIC CAMERA (POLCAM) WILL BE THE FIRST ORBITAL INSTRUMENT TO COLLECT | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $271,583 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K1454_080 23-HSR23_2-0104 ARE COULOMB COLLISIONS SUFFICIENT TO PREDICT OBSERVED NON-THERMAL SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS INCLUDING THEIR HEAT FLOW? | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $269,682 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K0325_080 21-PDART21-0034 ARCHIVING AND TOOLS FOR RADIO SCIENCE RING OCCULTATIONS AT SATURN AND URANUS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $260,750 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25M0062_080 THE OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT (OSTEM) SEEKS TO: 1. ATTRACT STUDENTS TO STEM THROUGH UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT SPARK INTEREST AND PROVIDE CONNECTIONS TO NASA S MISSION AN… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.008 OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT (OSTEM) | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $250,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0023326_089 LABORATORY STUDY OF ALFVEN WAVE STEEPENING | Department of Energy Department of Energy | 81.049 OFFICE OF SCIENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $239,930 |
ASST_NON_DESC0021291_089 STRONG TURBULENT ALFVEN WAVE INTERACTIONS IN A LABORATORY PLASMA | Department of Energy Department of Energy | 81.049 OFFICE OF SCIENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $239,137 |
ASST_NON_2432887_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DASI TRACK 1--AUTONOMOUS REMOTE GEOSPACE OBSERVATION AND RESEARCH ARRAY (AURORA) -HIGH-LATITUDE AND POLAR REGIONS PRESENT A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES FOR CO… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $237,873 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K1571_080 18-2ADAP18-0233 DEBRIS DISK VARIABILITY - EXPLORING THE DIVERSE OUTCOMES OF LARGE COLLISIONS DURING THE ERAS OF OLIGARCHS AND CHAOTIC GROWTH II | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $203,647 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K7200_080 EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTI… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $201,282 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K7166_080 24-XRP24_2-0142 AN INITIAL EXPLORATION OF THE 3-D STRUCTURE OF CO2-RICH EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERES AROUND M-DWARF STAR TYPES | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $194,011 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K0123_080 EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTI… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $184,361 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K1486_080 21-XRP21-0016 "CHARACTERIZING REJUVENATED EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS -- A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF DUSTY WHITE DWARFS USING ARCHIVAL SPITZER DATA" | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $172,812 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K0368_080 18-MDAP18_2-0061 MEASURING MOLECULAR OXYGEN WATER VAPOR AND AEROSOLS WITH CHEMCAM PASSIVE SKY OBSERVATIONS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $172,479 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0492_080 ACCURATE MASS LOSS RATES ARE REQUIRED FOR ASTROPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS RANGING FROM THE EVOLUTION OF THE ELEMENTS TO THE DYNAMICS OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. CONSEQUENTLY A FIRM UN… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2024 | $172,211 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K7443_080 EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTI… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $171,529 |
Top 50 awards shown, ranked by obligated amount. Dates reflect performance period; last-modified dates match USAspending.gov. Complete listings include all transaction history going back to FY2024.
Federal Programs (CFDA)
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43.001 — SCIENCE$26.3M
47.076 — STEM EDUCATION (FORMERLY EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES)$3.5M
47.084 — NSF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS$1.8M
43.008 — OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT (OSTEM)$1.2M
47.050 — GEOSCIENCES$877K
47.049 — MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES$691K
81.049 — OFFICE OF SCIENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM$479K
Source: USAspending.gov · All Recipients · Colorado