News & Updates

To use products, they must first be created. Manufacturing consumes energy and emits greenhouse gases, with end-of-life scenarios like landfill disposal, incineration, or recycling. Kate

Ensemble has announced a new prize challenge on behalf of NASA: Detect, Track, and Remediate: The Challenge of Small Space Debris. The challenge is aimed

    We are excited to announce our new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II contract with the Air Force Research Lab

Space exploration captivates humanity’s imagination.  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has consistently embraced open innovation to enhance public engagement and awareness. Ensemble and

Phase 1 of the Respirator Fit Evaluation Challenge has officially closed, marking an important milestone in the multi-phase prize competition. The Challenge is a collaboration

Hello everyone, my name is Julia Carlson, and I am an analyst with Ensemble. I’m excited to introduce and highlight one of Ensemble’s newest employees,

At Ensemble, we are delighted to share our successful experience of scaling Aurorasaurus for the Solstice Report-A-Thon event using our cloud computing and software services,

Hello everyone, my name is Julia Carlson and I am an analyst with Ensemble. I’m excited to introduce and highlight one of Ensemble’s newest employees,

  We are excited to announce that Ensemble has been awarded a contract by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and Early-Stage Innovations and Partnerships

  Since October 2021, Ensemble has been supporting the development and hosting of Spritacular, a citizen science application for sprite chasers and space weather scientists,

The 2023 VelocityX Climate Innovation Hackathon, held from March 30-31, has now come to a close. The event centered around addressing the pressing concerns of

Citizen Science Month is a celebration of citizen science and the power of community-based research. Every year in April, people around the world come together

As we progress into 2023, we are excited to share some new company updates! Here’s a look at what we have been up to: New

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has declared 2023 the Year of Open Science. OSTP plans to launch a series of

Tackling Climate Change in Southern Maryland: College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) VelocityX: Climate Innovation Hackathon In partnership with Ensemble and Brightidea, The College of Southern

Over the past few months, Ensemble has been busy designing and helping launch the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) latest prize competition,

In the final hours of the Fiscal Year 2022, Congress recently signed the Small Business Innovation Research SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022, extending

Ensemble is excited to announce that the company has become an AWS Select Tier Partner within the AWS Partner Network (APN). Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Have you ever heard of the Earth Prediction Innovation Center? More commonly known as EPIC, this initiative for Earth system modeling with initial funding from

Ensemble recently worked with National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Health (NIH) to support the outreach and engagement efforts for the Cause

Hello everyone, my name is Aleigh Meredith and I am a project coordinator with Ensemble. I’m excited to introduce Ensemble’s first spotlight interview with my

Hear from the interns who joined our Space Weather Analysis Team   My name is Aleigh Meredith and I am a Project Coordinator for Ensemble.

After months of collaboration with citizen scientists (who are curious members of the public that collaborate with scientists and contribute to the advancement of scientific

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and changed every aspect of life. Due to rapid and unpredictable changes brought on by COVID-19, innovation and collaboration emerged

All about HRSA’s Building Bridges to Better Health: A Primary Healthcare Challenge Over the past weeks, Ensemble has been busy working with Health Resources Services

A few weeks ago Ensemble helped CSM Launch their first Community Innovation Hackathon at the CSM’s Velocity Center in Indian Head, MD. After months of

Ensemble is excited to announce that we are officially a Power Connector for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) American-Made Challenges Network. For a little bit

A few weeks ago, we heard some exciting news from the LAANC UI/UX Challenge program stakeholders over at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). We saved

Ensemble is thrilled to announce that we were recently accepted into the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program! The SBA 8(a) program is

The Phase 2 Winners of the P4 Challenge have been announced! Over the past year and a half, Ensemble has been working with the HHS

Due to a geomagnetic storm last month, SpaceX lost 40 of its 49 Starlink satellites, an estimated $100MM loss in assets. The geomagnetic storm occurring

On November 15, 2021, President Joe Biden passed the monumental Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Bill. Small businesses now have the opportunity to directly impact the infrastructure of

At the end of last year, the Biden White House released a fact sheet outlining reforms to increase equity and level the playing field for

Have you heard about sprites? And no, we aren’t talking about soda. Here at Ensemble, we are excited about a different type of sprite; lightning

Ensemble is very excited to be working with the Bureau of Reclamation on the Snowcast Showdown Competition along with DrivenData over the coming months! Throughout

Here at Ensemble, we know space weather has an enormous impact on our terrestrial lives. Not many natural phenomena can simultaneously paint our skies with

Ensemble is excited to announce that we’ve been officially awarded a General Service Administration’s (GSA) Schedule contract! The GSA Schedule, also known as the Federal

Solar flares have an impact reaching far beyond the Sun. On Earth, the impact of geomagnetic storms caused by solar flares can range from fantastic

Phase I of NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar (BTIL) Challenge has announced their winners! From over 300 registrations and 31 viable submissions, we are proud

Ensemble is thrilled to receive a prime position on the U.S. Navy’s SeaPort Next Generation (SeaPort-NxG) contract. This multi-award IDIQ contract vehicle has a base

Ensemble is thrilled to announce our acceptance into Parallel18’s 9th generation of startups. Ensemble was one of 40 participants selected from a pool of 558

The Circle Finder competition concluded on November 3rd, and upon evaluating the submissions, the results are in. Five winners out of 221 registrants have been

On October 21, 2020, President Donald Trump signed S.288 the “Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow Act,” or

The Crisis of Affordable Housing: Discovering Innovative Solutions The crisis of affordable public housing can be felt across America on a large scale. Many poor

As organizations continue to mobilize to combat the ongoing pandemic while also thrust into decentralized remote work environments, many have adopted new methodologies and technologies

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), one of the earliest adopters of open innovation in the federal government, has doubled down on its mission

The Army’s New Gameplan Before the surge of the internet and social media, setting up recruitment booths at sporting events and career fairs, placing advertisements

To kick off the summer on the right foot, Ensemble has welcomed two new summer interns, Kyle Korona and Jamal Gauthier. Allow them to introduce

The Power of Deep Learning The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has prompted discussions amongst field experts of the potential wide-scale applications of machine learning