March 1, 2012

Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif
650-604-4789 michael s mewhinney@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-008

NASA AWARDS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif -- NASA has awarded a cooperative agreement to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute of Sonoma, Calif , to support Earth science research at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif

The Ames Cooperative for Research in Earth Science and Technology (ARC-CREST) agreement has a total value of approximately $137 million, which will be funded annually up to $14 million The 10-year agreement covers the period from March 1, 2012 through Feb 28, 2022

The agreement is based on the original solicitation titled "The Silicon Valley Earth Science Cooperative Agreement " Partners in the cooperative agreement include California State University, Monterey Bay; the University of California, Davis; and the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Through this new agreement, NASA scientists will collaborate with scientists from other organizations to conduct Earth science research, and airborne and space-based Earth observations for NASA's missions NASA hopes to expand its cooperative relationships among Ames Earth scientists and other partners in academia, federal, state and local agencies, non-profits and private industry

For more information about Ames, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ames

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