Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department grant proposals, 1988-2010.
This collection consists of records documenting outside funding for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) research, projects, and activities. Materials include proposals, quotations, and bids from contractors, equipment makers, and other vendors to provide services, equipment, and instruments for SAO. Accession 09-022 documents grants administered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other miscellaneous institutions.
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is a research bureau of the Smithsonian Institution, which was created by Congress in 1846 to carry out a bequest of Englishman James Smithson. It was not until 1890 that SAO was founded by Samuel Pierpont Langley, the Institution's third Secretary, primarily for studies of the Sun. In 1955, SAO moved from Washington, D.C., to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to affiliate with the Harvard College Observatory and to expand its staff, facilities, and, most important, its scientific scope. As an independent trust establishment of the United States government, the Institution today conducts scientific and scholarly research, administers national collections, and provides public service, education, and outreach programs supported by Congressional appropriations, trust endowments and revenues, and private contracts, grants, and gifts.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department.
Astrophysical observatories.
Research grants
AIP-ICOS
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