The U.S. government awarded a $330,000 training grant to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, for computational modeling of thermionic energy conversion for nuclear electric propulsion. The award, contract number 21-NSTGRO22-0376, was issued on August 29, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of August 28, 2026. The work will be performed in Albany, California. This grant, funded through a civilian federal agency's Shared Services...
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded a $524,603 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on field-aligned currents in the near-Earth magnetotail. This research is expected to be completed by February 28, 2026. The grant is not set aside for a specific business type. As a public research university, UC Berkeley has a long history of supporting federal agencies through...
This federal contract award, valued at $750,000.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The contract's objective is to develop piezoelectric-based power conversion systems for small power systems on the lunar surface, with goals of achieving high power density, high efficiency, and harsh environment readiness. This award does not utilize any...
This is a $135,000 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant, which has no set-aside designation, is for research related to coronal heating, which is a significant driver of energy in the regions connecting the Sun and the Earth. As the parent organization, the State of California Controllers Office would...
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The grant is for research related to "SURFACE UPLIFT RATES, THE LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE, AND THE FLOW OF MANTLE BELOW" and has a period of performance from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025. The award was not set aside for any specific business type. As a research university, UC...
This is a $578,010 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The award does not have a set-aside designation, indicating open competition. UC Berkeley is the prime contractor and will leverage its expertise in areas such as space...
This is a $369,887 grant awarded by NASA to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), for research on the coupling between radiation belt particles and their environment. The award has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2025. UC Berkeley is a public research university that has received over $825,000 in prime federal contract awards from agencies like NASA and the Department of Defense to conduct research in areas...
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The grant is to support research on how a planet's interactions with its host star can determine its evolutionary path, specifically focusing on how the plasma environment responds to the star's dynamic radiation and magnetic field. This grant is not set aside for any particular business type. The...
This award is a $411,460.44 grant for research provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant will support a project that involves analyzing data from spacecraft such as Helios, Wind, and ACE, as well as developing simulations using a Langevin model/collisional hybrid expanding box code. The research aims to study the...
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) was awarded a $608.7K research grant by a civilian federal agency effective October 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2028. This grant supports UC Berkeley's participation in a balanced science program aligned with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine guidance and congressional direction. The research focuses on the agency's exploration initiative, emphasizing scientific research related to the...
The Regents of the University of California, operating as the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded a $245,120.22 cooperative agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on February 21, 2019. The contract is for the development of an ambient temperature high frequency power electronic inverter using wide-band-gap devices, with a target power of 200 kilowatts, a power density goal of 19 kilowatts per kilogram, and an efficiency of 99%. The project aims to leverage innovations in circuit architecture, passive component energy utilization, and the use of high-bandgap devices like gallium nitride and silicon carbide to reduce converter size and improve conversion efficiency. This contract is not set aside for any specific business category.