VLBA St Croix Repairs

Information

• NSF Award
• 1838357

Owner

• Associated Universities Inc/National Radio Astronomy Observatory

• Award Id

  1838357

• Award Effective Date

  8/1/2018 - 7 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  6/30/2020 - 5 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 2,000,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Cooperative Agreement

This proposal describes repairs activities to the St. Croix Very Large Baseline Array (VLBA) station on St. Croix Island. The St. Croix station was damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017, and, subsequently, Congress provided funding to perform repairs via the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) signed into law by the President on 9 February 2018. The proposal outlines the planned activities in detail, all of which are in support of returning the site to a world-class working science observatory, and reinstating the full capabilities of the VLBA. Observations obtained by the VLBA with St. Croix contribute to the fulfillment of scientific goals set out by astronomy communities.<br/><br/>This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

• Program Officer

  Joseph E. Pesce

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/6/2018 - 7 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  8/6/2018 - 7 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Associated Universities Inc/National Radio Astronomy Observatory

• City

  WASHINGTON

• State

  DC

• Country

  United States

• Address

  1400 16TH ST NW STE 730

• Postal Code

  200366225

• Phone Number

  2024621676

• First Name

  Anthony

• Last Name

  Beasley

• Email Address

  tbeasley@nrao.edu

• Start Date

  8/6/2018 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Adam

• Last Name

  Cohen

• Email Address

  acohen@aui.edu

• Start Date

  8/6/2018 12:00:00 AM

• Text

  NRAO-OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE

• Text

  OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY

• Code

  1207