Icefin was developed first as a prototype under PI Schmidt’s startup funds in the College of Science at Georgia Tech, and is now located at Cornell University. Since 2016, Icefin has been fully developed by the Planetary Habitability and Technology team featured on this page. Funds for development of the vehicle have come from NASA and NSF grants lead by Schmidt and field research with the vehicle has been funded by NASA, NSF, Antarctica New Zealand, the Marsden program, and Cornell University.