University of Alberta

$367,500.00 CAD

≈ 5 Canadians' average pay for a year

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2019-2020
Agreement period: January 8, 2020 – June 30, 2027
Reference: csa-asc:003-2019-2020-Q4-04400

Published purpose

NASA has selected 10 international scientists to help the Mars 2020 mission select which rock samples it will collect. The grant is to support the participation of the only Canadian scientist chosen for this group.

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