This $626,561 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) to conduct research on "GENOME-INFORMED HABITABILITY, BIOSIGNATURE POTENTIAL, AND LIMIT OF METHANE PRODUCTION IN PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS". The grant, which runs from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026, does not have a set-aside designation, indicating open competition. Georgia Tech, a non-profit research organization and state institution...
This is a $399,440.55 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education, to develop new ecophysiological modeling capabilities for understanding the links between microbial metabolism and atmospheric biosignatures on potentially habitable exoplanets. The research aims to provide fundamental new constraints on the types of metabolic networks that...
This is a $771,277 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs. The grant is for research on the widespread synthesis of complex organic compounds, including nucleobases, amino acids, and sugars, that occurred early in the history of the solar system. The work is being performed in Atlanta, Georgia and has a final completion date of January 19, 2026. This grant award is...
This is a $100,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia. The award will contribute to the Exobiology program, specifically to understand the phylogeny and physiology of microorganisms that may reflect the nature of primitive environments. This is a civilian research contract and there is no set-aside designation. Georgia Tech is a non-profit research organization and state...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education associated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The grant, valued at $362,626.00, is for a research project that builds on prior systematic sampling work conducted along variable aridity transects in the Atacama desert. The work involves...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education. The grant is for the project "PLANETARY BRINES: IMPACTS ON HABITABILITY, BIOSIGNATURE STABILITY, AND LIFE DETECTION", with a period of performance through August 31, 2025. The award does not have a set-aside designation....
This is a $663,210.33 grant award to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education, to conduct research into the origins and evolution of the ribosome. The work aims to retrace the earliest stages of ribosome formation and investigate the accretion model for how the ribosome, the central catalytic molecule of the protein translation system, may have emerged on the early Earth. This grant is part of the NASA Astrobiology...
This is a $400,966.00 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, requires the awardee to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The work will focus on scientific research related...
The U.S. government awarded a $1,266,335.00 grant for research to the Georgia TECH Research Corp, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education, under Contract Number 80NSSC20K0621. The research will focus on the "present-day surface of Mars" which is described as a "frigid, UV radiation-soaked desert blanketed by a hypobaric atmosphere." This grant does not have a set-aside designation, indicating open competition. Georgia TECH Research Corp,...
This is a $5,998,552.00 grant for research awarded to Georgia Tech Research Corp by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the contract ID 80NSSC23K1357. The grant is for a project titled "ENGINE OF INNOVATION: HOW COMPARTMENTALIZATION DRIVES EVOLUTION OF NOVELTY AND.EFFICIENCY ACROSS SCALES" with a period of performance through September 30, 2028. Georgia Tech Research Corp, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education, will be...