Lowell Observatory

Execute a Balanced Science Program Based on Discipline-specific Guidance From the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Administration Priorities and Direction From Congress. Participate as a Key Partner and Enabler in the Agency S Exploration Initiative Focusing on Scientific Research of on and From the Moon Lunar Orbit Mars and Beyond. Advance Discovery in Emerging Fields by Identifying and Exploiting Cross-disciplinary Opportunities Between Traditional Science Disciplines Develop a Directorate-wide Target-user Focused Approach to Applied Programs Including Earth Science Applications Space Weather Planetary Defense and Space Situational Awareness

Committed

$14,173

Paid to

Lowell Observatory

UEI L1A3LW734P89

1400 W Mars Hill RD, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Place

FLAGSTAFF, AZ, UNITED STATES

AZ-02

Performance

Apr 3, 2025 → Apr 2, 2026

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Source

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Federal grant · project grant (b)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Science to

Lowell Observatory

Committed

$14,173

Paid to

Lowell Observatory

UEI L1A3LW734P89

1400 W Mars Hill RD, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Place

FLAGSTAFF, AZ, UNITED STATES

AZ-02

Performance

Apr 3, 2025 → Apr 2, 2026

How to read these numbers

One award, start to finish: Everything here is this single award's whole record — signed, amended, paid — not a fiscal-year slice. The by-year charts elsewhere split an award across the years it was committed; this page keeps it whole.
Committed vs. ceiling: Committed is what the government has legally promised on this award so far. Contracts can also carry a ceiling — the maximum if every option is exercised. Unspent ceiling is headroom, not money owed.
Paid out: The cash actually disbursed against this award. The gap from committed is the disbursement pipeline: promised, not yet cashed.
The ledger: Each transaction is a signing event — an action that created or changed the award, dated the day it was signed — not a payment. Negative amounts are real: money de-committed at closeout or renegotiation.
The money bar: One bar, the award’s whole arithmetic: paid out, then committed, not yet paid, then .

Source

This award on USAspending.gov ↗