Recipient of federal assistance · CLAYTON, DE

BLUE MARBLE SPACE

BLUE MARBLE SPACE received $4.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 24 actions, −5.1% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $19.4M. Its largest awarding agency was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($4.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.4M
New awards
1
Actions
24
Since FY2021
$19.4M
UEI
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Location
CLAYTON, DE
Nonprofits
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.5MFY2021
  2. 3.2MFY2022
  3. 2.3MFY2023
  4. 3.3MFY2024
  5. 4.7MFY2025
  6. 4.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.4M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 43.001 · Science$4M89%
  2. 43.009 · Mission Support$248.6K5.6%
  3. 43.012 · Space Technology$248K5.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.4M100%

Largest awards

  1. UNSOLICITED COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATION OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO PROLONGED.SPACEFLIGHT USING MODEL ORGANISMS.$6.3M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 1, 2024 – Aug 19, 2026· 80NSSC24M0123
  2. EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE…$566K
    43.009 · Mission Support· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Feb 11, 2025 – Apr 23, 2026· 80NSSC25M7036
  3. 21-EXO21-0055 EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF METHANE PRODUCTION RATES BY AUTOTROPHIC METHANOGENS IN SERPENTINIZING$453.7K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Sep 28, 2022 – Aug 28, 2026· 80NSSC22K1940
  4. 24-24NIACPROP-0008 MYCOTECTURE OFF PLANET: EN ROUTE TO THE MOON AND MARS$449K
    43.012 · Space Technology· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· May 9, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· 80NSSC25M7066
  5. EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE…$395.8K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 26, 2025 – Jul 6, 2026· 80NSSC25M0017
  6. THE NASA AMES INTERNAL SCIENCE FUNDING MODEL (ISFM) PROGRAM OBJECTIVE IS TO FUND NASA SCIENCE THAT IS STRATEGIC BY UTILIZING UNIQUE NASA…$387.8K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jul 9, 2025 – Aug 5, 2026· 80NSSC25M7138

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $165.1K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS$135.8K82%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY$29.3K18%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $71.7K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$43.1K60%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  2. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$28.6K40%
    WOODS HOLE, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $112.4K paid out · $210.8K received
  • FY2022: $681K paid out · $53.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $402.1K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $566.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $292K received
  • FY2026: $165.1K paid out · $71.7K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.