Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM
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: 2007-03-26 to 2017-12-31
Current total value of award: $1730800
Description: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR THE NASA AQUARIUS SATELLITE MISSION THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER PROGRAM (ESSP) IS INTENDED TO CONDUCT HIGH QUALITY, FOCUSED EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE MEASUREMENTS UTILIZING INNOVATIVE, STREAMLINED MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES DESIGNED TO YIELD HIGH VALUE, LEAST UNDERSTOOD EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE. THE CONTRACTOR TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH (E&PO) TEAM.  THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DEFINES THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY THE CONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO MEET THE NECESSARY OBLIGATIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN TO EFFECTIVELY LEAD THE AQUARIUS MISSION E&PO ACTIVITIES THROUGH FORMULATION, IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL MISSION PHASES.  THE EDUCATIONAL GOAL OF THE AQUARIUS MISSION, AS PASSED DOWN FROM NASA'S EARTH SCIENCE ENTERPRISE (ESE), IS TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG SCHOLARS TO CONSIDER CAREERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.  THE CONTRACTOR'S PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL GOAL SHALL BE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SALINITY-DRIVEN CIRCULATION -- AND ITS AFFECT ON CLIMATE AND THE WATER CYCLE CAN BENEFIT STUDENT LEARNING AND SOCIETY AS WHOLE.