This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC25K7363, was granted by the Shared Services Center (an alternate name for the funding agency) to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a state government entity and member of the Texas A&M University System. The $149,999.00 grant is for a research effort focused on investigating the effects of lower body negative pressure (LBNP) on cardiovascular, autonomic, cephalad, and ocular measures in microgravity conditions during...
This is a grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, for a project titled "Temporal Impact of Simulated Microgravity on Ocular Vascular Hydrodynamics". The $699,847.00 grant has a performance period running through January 31, 2026. This grant is part of the Texas A&M University System's extensive portfolio of federal contract and grant awards,...
This $2,926,098 federal grant award to Baylor College of Medicine, a private non-profit health sciences university in Houston, Texas, is for a long-term study to determine the health consequences of the Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS) and related brain alterations from long-duration spaceflight. The key objectives of the study are to 1) assess the long-term health impacts of SANS and associated ocular changes, and 2) evaluate the long-term health implications of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $200,000.00 grant to Texas A&M University System Health Science Center (Texas A&M Univ Hlth SCI CTR) to examine the effects of space-relevant radiation on the immune system, vascular architecture, and metabolome (bacterial products) of the gastrointestinal tract. This grant-funded research project has a completion date of July 31, 2022. Texas A&M Univ Hlth SCI CTR is an institution of higher...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Texas A&M Research Foundation, a non-profit organization affiliated with Texas A&M University. The $439,126.93 grant is for research on "Adaptations of Visceral and Cerebral Resistance Arteries to Simulated Microgravity", with a period of performance from December 1, 2001 to June 30, 2003. The award is not a set-aside contract. The Texas A&M Research Foundation has extensive...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,339,909.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a research institution and part of the Texas A&M University System. The award supports the "Definition Phase" of the VNSCOR (Validation of Neuroscience Standards and Guidelines for Crewed Operational Readiness) project, which aims to integrate individual research proposals into a cohesive project....
This is a $314,901.00 grant award to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a research institute within the Texas A&M University System, for a project titled "The Behavioral Health of Astronauts on Long Duration Exploration Missions (LDEMS)." The award is being made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate the negative effects of isolation, confinement, and sensory deprivation associated with long-duration space exploration...
This is a $148,037.47 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, to evaluate the mechanical properties of the dura mater (the outer layer of the meninges) in astronauts and its correlation with the severity of spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS). The research aims to use existing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data and computational modeling to quantify...
This $179,871.47 federal grant award to Texas A&M University was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the effects of space radiation and microgravity on the cardiovascular system. The research aims to understand how space flight imposes unique stressors on astronauts, particularly the damage and fibrosis that can occur in the heart and vasculature due to radiation exposure. The grant will fund a series of mouse studies using X-ray, heavy ion, and...
This federal contract award is for a ground-based research effort by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a research institution within the Texas A&M University System, to generate acute gravitational dose-response curves of cardiovascular and ocular variables due to changes in the gravitational vector, with and without countermeasures. The $367,029.00 grant-funded contract was awarded on September 1, 2020 by a civilian federal agency, the Shared Services Center, and...
This federal contract award is a $1,148,684.00 grant for research to Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, a prominent U.S. government entity and educational institution specializing in biomedical research. The award, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will fund a study on Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS), which affects up to 40% of astronauts on long-duration spaceflights. The research aims to clarify the pathophysiology of SANS by analyzing potential changes to the ocular vasculature caused by microgravity. This grant is not associated with a set-aside contract. The Texas A&M University System, the parent organization of the awardee, has a broad portfolio of federal contract awards and grants supporting research, development, and specialized services across various disciplines for agencies like the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and National Institutes of Health.