Awards

The Federal Aviation Administration will award a total of $771 million grants to fund the modernization of aircraft infrastructure such as runways, taxiways, aprons, terminals and aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles. FAA said Friday the effort is part of the Airport Improvement Program, which invests $3.2 billion in modernization projects …

NASA has awarded five minority-serving colleges a total of $1.4 million to develop their STEM courses under the MUREP Innovations in Space Technology Curriculum program. The grant, awarded in partnership with the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, provides the winning schools up to $330,000 and partners them with a NASA …

A new data visualization posted in the Data Lab, which is the brainchild of the team behind the Department of Education’s USASpending.gov, seeks to present changing federal contract spending trends over the years, FedScoop reported Wednesday. The team also conducted research on how congressional appropriations affect federal contract spending. According …

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has selected Texas A&M University to administer a center of excellence on low-energy nuclear science under a five-year, $10 million agreement. The university will manage the Center for Excellence in Nuclear Training and University-based Research in support of the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances program, DOE said Thursday. …

The Energy Department plans to provide potential four-year, $100 million funds for 42 research centers developing projects on solar and nuclear power, fuel and chemical production, conservation and storage, electronics and computation, earth subsurface control and carbon capture. An average of $2 to 4 million will be awarded annually to the …

The Energy Department will award up to $15 million in total funds to 27 atmospheric and ecological research projects that aim to modernize Earth system models designed for climate and weather forecasting. DOE said Tuesday it chose the projects through a competitive peer review process under the Atmospheric System Research and the Environmental …

The U.S. Small Business Administration gave the General Services Administration an A rating on its 2017 Small Business Procurement Scorecard, the GSA announced Wednesday. This marks the agency’s eighth straight year receiving an A. The Small Business Procurement Scorecard evaluates, among other things, the degree to which federal agencies achieve their …

The Department of Energy has invested $60 million to fund 13 nuclear technology research and development projects. The department said Friday its Office of Nuclear Energy supports the selection under the U.S. Industry Opportunities for Advanced Nuclear Technology Development funding opportunity announcement. The DOE will review applications quarterly and select more awardees throughout a five-year …

The Energy Department has earmarked $20 million for nine projects that seek to advance power electronics intended for solar power systems. DOE said Wednesday the selected projects aim to help the department address photovoltaic reliability challenges and reduce the cost of solar energy in half by 2030. The funding recipients are: Flex Power …

The Department of Defense has awarded $53 million in total funds for 175 U.S. university researchers to obtain modern technology platforms that can aid their projects. DoD said Tuesday awardees came from 91 institutions and were selected out of 671 proposers through a joint merit competition of U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and …