Recipient of federal assistance · AUGUSTA, ME

MAINE SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

MAINE SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM received $1.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 7 actions, −30% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $10.5M. Its largest awarding agency was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($1.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
0
Actions
7
Since FY2021
$10.5M
UEI
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Location
AUGUSTA, ME
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. 975KFY2021
  2. 3.1MFY2022
  3. 1.1MFY2023
  4. 1.1MFY2024
  5. 2.5MFY2025
  6. 1.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.7M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 43.008 · Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM)$1.2M70%
  2. 43.016 · Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research$525K30%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.7M100%

Largest awards

  1. MAINE FY2025-2028 STEM ENGAGEMENT$1.8M
    43.015 · National Space Grant and Fellowship Project· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· May 30, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 80NSSC25M7116
  2. OUR GOAL FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SPACE ECONOMY IN MAINE AS ENVISIONED BY THE PROPOSED MAINE…$1.5M
    43.016 · Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Dec 8, 2021 – Aug 26, 2026· 80NSSC22M0033
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF COLD SPRAY METALLIZED COMPOSITES FOR USE AS LIGHTWEIGHT ROCKET OXIDIZER TANKS$1.5M
    43.016 · Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jul 16, 2025 – Jun 16, 2026· 80NSSC25M0007

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: $477.4K (6 subawards)

5 sub-recipients

  1. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$297.8K62%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$50K10%
    PORTLAND, ME · 1 subaward
  3. PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF COLBY COLLEGE$50K10%
    WATERVILLE, ME · 1 subaward
  4. MAINE SPACE CORPORATION$49.1K10%
    BRUNSWICK, ME · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$30.5K6.4%
    ORONO, ME · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $246K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $1.2M paid out · $60.4K received
  • FY2023: $508.8K paid out · $35.7K received
  • FY2024: $356K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $276.6K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $477.4K paid out · $0 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.