PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE
TUCSON, Arizona
Total Received
$69.2M
Total Awards
138
State
Arizona
Last Updated
Mar 20, 2026
Yearly Funding Trend
$49.7M24
$18.2M25
$1.3M26
Top 50 Awards to PLANETARY 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_80ARC017M0005_080 MULTIPLE YEAR AWARD WITH INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR YEARS ONE TO FIVE. THIS PROPOSAL IS ENTITLED "TREX: TOOLBOX FOR RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION." THIS IS AWARDED IN RESPONSE TO COOPE… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $5,485,341 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22M0026_080 21-PDSDNPR21-0003 -RENEWAL FOR THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NOTICE - THE SMALL BODIES NODE OF NASA'S PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM WITH THE MINOR PLANET CENTER | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $4,795,957 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1286_080 22-MATISE22_2-0042 UMIS: THE ULTRAVIOLET MICROMIRROR IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $3,410,200 |
CONT_AWD_80MSFC20C0015_8000_-NONE-_-NONE- THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CAPTURE INSTRUMENT REQUIREMENTS IN A PRELIMINARY INSTRUMENT FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT, INITIATE LONG-LEAD MATERIALS PROCUREMENT AND HOLD A HERITAGE REQ… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | — | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $3,226,580 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20M0115_080 UNSOLICITED SUPPORTING NIRVSS DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $1,768,552 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC18K0432_080 LARGE LANDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDE/GLACIER-DAMMED HIMALAYAN AND KARAKORAM RIVERS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSBOUNDARY DISRUPTIONS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $1,345,672 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0771_080 MOTIVATION: THE LUNAR HEAT FLUX RADIOMETER (HFR) WILL PEER INTO THE LUNAR SUBSURFACE USING MICROWAVE WAVELENGTHS (~10-200CM 300MHZ TO 6GHZ AND A 90GHZ SURFACE RADIOMETER) PROVID… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $1,033,535 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1076_080 22-MDAP22_2-0035 - HIGH-RESOLUTION 3D RADAR MAPPING ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF THE INTERNAL LAYERS WITHIN THE NORTH POLAR LAYERED DEPOSITS. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $978,164 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0383_080 UNDERSTANDING RADIATION PROCESSING AND ALTERATION OF ICY REGOLITHS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $976,331 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1299_080 SPARC FOCUSES ON TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF OXYGEN FUGACITY (FO2) DURING THREE STAGES IN THE FORMATION OF GLASS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE: VOLCANISM IMPACT MELTING AND POST-ERUPTION RE… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $919,861 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K1399_080 COMETARY OUTBURSTS (TRANSIENT RAPID MATERIAL EJECTIONS FROM THE COMET S NUCLEUS) HAVE BEEN OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND FOR DECADES MANY OF WHICH APPEAR TO RESULT FROM THE EJECTION… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $887,770 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1823_080 SATELLITE ALTIMETRY HAS RESHAPED OUR VISION OF THE GLOBAL EDDY FIELD WITH LONG-LIVED PROPAGATING COHERENT EDDIES NOW UNDERSTOOD TO BE A MAJOR FEATURE OF THE OCEAN CIRCULATION. M… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $867,049 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K1031_080 A FAR-UV MICROMIRROR INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROGRAPH FOR PLANETARY SCIENCE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $836,502 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0317_080 WE WILL OBSERVE 38 UHJS USING THREE SITES IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE USING MOSTLY MODERATE-APERTURE ROBOTICIZED TELESCOPES TO ACQUIRE HUNDREDS OF TRANSITS WITH MIDT… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $705,335 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K1222_080 MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF SULFATES AT GALE CRATER FROM ORBITAL DATA SETS AND PREPARING FOR FUTURE ROVER EXPLORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $678,815 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K0802_080 THE PROPOSED ANALYSES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BROADEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH PRE-AND POST-ERUPTIVE OXIDATIVE AND REDUCTIVE CONDITIONS IN LUNAR IGNEOUS MATERIALS AND THE LUNAR INT… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $669,045 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1285_080 COLLISIONS GRAVITATIONAL FORCES AND NON-GRAVITATIONAL FORCES LIKE YORP AND YARKOVSKY DRIFT ARE THREE MAJOR PROCESSES THAT SHAPE PLANETARY SYSTEMS. DUE TO THEIR SMALL SIZES AND L… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $658,696 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23M0029_080 EXTENDED MISSION 4 SUPPORT FOR THE CHEMIN MINERALOGICAL INSTRUMENT ONBOARD MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY: EXPERIMENT PLANNING DATA ANALYSIS AND MISSION OPERATIONS. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $641,373 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0862_080 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE RELEVANT TO NASA S SOLAR SYSTEM WORKINGS PROGRAM WHICH SUPPORTS RESEARCH INTO THE GEOLOGIC PROCESSES OCCURRING ON PLANETARY BODIES AND… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $628,907 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0670_080 THE GLOBAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF CERES FROM DAWN | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $599,794 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0513_080 THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ARCHIVE ALL AVAILABLE IMAGES OBTAINED WITH THE LOWELL OBSERVATORY NEAR EARTH OBJECT SURVEY (LONEOS) TELESCOPE INTO THE SMALL BODIES NODE OF THE PLANETARY DATA… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $595,067 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K1087_080 21-MDAP21_2-0074 - 3-D SUBSURFACE IMAGING AND ANALYSIS OF GLACIERS AND LAVA FIELDS WITH SHARAD DATA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $593,433 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K1057_080 WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A WEB-BASED PLANETARY ORBITAL RADAR PROCESSING AND SIMULATION SYSTEM (PORPASS) BUILT AROUND A NEW GENERALIZED RADAR SOUNDER PROCESSOR (GRASP) AND A NEW 3D O… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $591,245 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1335_080 A FRESH EXAMINATION OF THE MOON'S YOUNG CRATERS: INSIGHTS FROM NEW DATASETS AND ANALYSIS TOOLS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $589,400 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K1834_080 WE PROPOSE TO ENHANCE MARSTHERM BY AUGMENTING ITS COMPUTER HARDWARE WITH AN ADDITIONAL SERVER MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE THERMAL MODELING AND THERMAL-INERTIA DERIVATION CODES AN… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $574,841 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC18K1054_080 18-RRNES18-0006RAPID RESPONSE AND NOVEL RESEARCH IN EARTH SCIENCE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $573,133 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0877_080 OPTICAL CONSTANTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL INPUT PARAMETERS IN RADIATIVE TRANSFER AND LIGHT SCATTERING CODES USED FOR THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLANETARY SPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING DATA. T… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $559,145 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0749_080 LABORATORY CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DIFFUSIVE PROPERTIES OF ANALOG SOLAR SYSTEM REGOLITH MATERIALS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $551,821 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0432_080 PLUTO AND TRITON ARE STRIKINGLY SIMILAR BODIES IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM WITH COMPARABLE SIZES DENSITIES AND COMPOSITIONS. THEY BOTH CAN BE CONSIDERED LINKS TO EARLY CONDITIONS… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $551,604 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1074_080 EO14042 ANALYSES OF SULFATES IN CHAOS REGIONS ON MARS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $541,386 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K1490_080 18-MDAP18_2-0074 GEOLOGIC MAP OF SOUTHERN CIRCUM-CHRYSE AND MARGARITIFER TERRA MARS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $534,233 |
ASST_NON_NNX16AL34G_080 SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MODELING OF SPECTROMETER AND IMAGER OBSERVATIONS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $532,000 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K1150_080 OBJECTIVES: WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP AND ACCOMPANYING CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF URVARA CRATER CERES BASED ON HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE DATA (3.5-20 M/PX) ACQUIRED A… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $527,296 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1339_080 22-LDAP22_2-0041 EXPLORING THE VOLCANIC HISTORY OF THE CRISIUM BASIN THROUGH GEOLOGIC MAPPING | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $521,560 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K1152_080 PHOTOMETRIC STUDY ON HOW THE SURFACE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO CHANGE WITH ITS PERIHELION PASSAGE COULD PROVIDE CLUES TOWARD UNDERSTANDING OF THE SURF… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $510,681 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K7115_080 THIS PROPOSAL IS FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING WHERE SHALLOW MOONQUAKES (SMQS) OCCUR IN THE LUNAR CRUST AND IF THEY ARE TRIGGERED BY TIDAL STRESSES. FROM 1969 TO 1977 THE APOLLO LUNAR… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $510,280 |
ASST_NON_2243745_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BUILDING AND APPLYING A UNIVERSAL PLAGIOCLASE OXYBAROMETER USING X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY -THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON HOW VOLCANIC MAGMAS CHANGE AS THEY T… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $506,856 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1160_080 HISTORICAL EXTENT OF MARS' SOUTH POLAR MASSIVE CO2 ICE DEPOSIT | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $492,845 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC26K0236_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 | TUCSON, AZ-06 | 2026 | $489,147 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0932_080 GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN RIM OF HELLAS BASIN MARS INVESTIGATIONS OF AMPHITRITES PATERA AND BARNARD CRATER | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $480,830 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0183_080 SATURN S MOON TITAN IS UNIQUE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AS THE ONLY BODY BESIDES EARTH WITH AN ACTIVE HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM. THE DETAILS OF THIS HYDROCARBON-BASED HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM REMA… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $479,570 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1017_080 SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MODELING AND MAPPING OF YOUNG GEOLOGICAL FEATURES ON CERES | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $475,804 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC17K0733_080 THE INS AND OUTS OF THE IO PLASMA TORUS: UNDERSTANDING MASS AND ENERGY TRANSPORT USING TWO DECADES OF OPTICAL AND RADIO OBSERVATIONS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $473,933 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K1425_080 19-LDAP19_2-0011 UNRAVELING THE EXTENT OF BASALTIC VOLCANISM IN THE SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASIN | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $472,456 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K0270_080 UNRAVELING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CIRCUMBINARY PLANETS (CBPS) IS OF FUNDAMENTAL VALUE IN EXOPLANETARY ASTRONOMY AS THIS NEW CLASS OF BODIES ENABLE RESEARCHERS TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $465,583 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K1066_080 19-MDAP19_2-0162 CHARACTERIZING THE DYNAMIC ACTIVITY OF MARTIAN MEGA-RIPPLES AND TRANSVERSE AEOLIAN RIDGES-PSI | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $463,038 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1096_080 20-MDAP20_2-0052 SEASONAL ANNUAL AND MULTIDIRECTIONAL SAND FLUX TRENDS RELATED TO GLOBAL OR REGIONAL FORCING FACTORS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $460,588 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0165_080 PRODUCTS OF EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS REPRESENT IMPORTANT SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE THERMAL HISTORY AND VOLATILE CONTENT OF THE PLANET FROM WHICH THEY ORIG… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $455,055 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0307_080 THE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE SURFACES OF ICY SATELLITES ARE AFFECTED BY PRIMARILY EXOGENIC PROCESSES SUCH AS E RING GRAIN BOMBARDMENT AND PLASMA AND ELECTRON INTERACTIONS… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $450,830 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K1085_080 VOLCANISM IS A DOMINANT PROCESS FORMING THE SURFACES OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS. ON EARTH BASALTIC LAVA FLOW FIELDS OFTEN CONSIST OF DIVERSE LAVA FLOW TYPES HAWAIIAN AND OTHER FL… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $448,404 |
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.
Source: USAspending.gov · All Recipients · Arizona