Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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: 2016-12-01 to 2018-09-14
Current total value of award: $486463
Description: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE THE MEANS BY WHICH NASA CAN OBTAIN ACCESS TO INDEPENDENT, AUTHORITATIVE FORUM FOR INFORMATION, DIALOGUE, AND ADVICE ON ALL ASPECTS OF SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS, AND SERVE AS THE FOCAL POINT WITHIN THE ACADEMIES FOR ACTIVITIES ON SPACE RESEARCH.  THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD (SSB) OVERSEES ADVISORY STUDIES AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS, FACILITATES INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COORDINATION, AND PROMOTES COMMUNICATIONS ON SPACE SCIENCE AND SCIENCE POLICY BETWEEN THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC.  THE SSB ALSO SERVES AS THE U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH.