Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2018-09-20 to 2022-03-31
Current total value of award: $260000
Description: EO14042 THE NASA EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE  ADVANCED COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS PLASMONIC ENHANCED LONG WAVELENGTH PHOTODETECTORS FOR EARTH RADIATION BUDGET INSTRUMENTS. NOVEL PHOTODETECTOR TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE SENSITIVITY, LOWER MISSION COST, AND OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF QUANTUM INFRARED SENSOR DEVICES IS RECOGNIZED IN SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATES STMD TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP ELEMENT TA 8 1, REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS AND SENSORS. ADDITIONALLY, THE 2017 NATIONAL ACADEMIES EARTH SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY THRIVING ON OUR CHANGING PLANET A DECADAL STRATEGY FOR EARTH OBSERVATION FROM SPACE LISTS MEASURING AND MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF THE EXISTING CERES EARTH RADIATION BUDGET MEASUREMENT AS A VERY IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT DECADE.