This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) for research related to the Hayabusa asteroid sample return mission. The goal is to study the surface history and characterization of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa by analyzing the returned samples. The research involves measuring cosmogenic radionuclides (such as 10Be, 26Al, 36Cl, and 53Mn) in microgram-sized samples using advanced techniques like...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), acting through its Office of Research Administration, was awarded a $423,979.57 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct coordinated petrologic, mineralogical, and isotopic investigations of early-formed nebular condensates preserved in chondritic meteorites. This research aims to better constrain the earliest environments in the solar nebula and shed light on the formation and early evolution of the solar...
This is a $495,565.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for an "IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF ASTEROID SYSTEMS". The contract is not set aside for any special designation. UCLA, a prominent public research university and 1862 Land Grant College, is the prime contractor and will leverage its extensive research capabilities to conduct this scientific...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Office of Research Administration. The $525,937.01 grant is funding two research projects at UCLA: 1) experiments simulating the chemical and isotopic effects of collision-induced melting of planet precursors, and 2) analysis of the possible crystal chemical controls on high-precision oxygen isotope ratios in...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for the project "EVALUATING GEOCHRONOLOGIC COMPLEXITY AND IMPACTOR DIVERSITY OF HIGHLAND IMPACTITES". The $142,036.77 grant has an ultimate completion date of May 13, 2025. UCLA, a U.S. state government entity and 1862 Land Grant College, is the prime awardee and has demonstrated extensive capabilities in providing specialized research and...
This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC19K0511, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as the prime contractor. The $619,809.28 grant supports research into the use of stable isotope ratios to investigate the formation and early evolution of rocky planets and planetary bodies in the solar system. The objectives of the research include calibrating models for isotope fractionation during the evaporation...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), through its Office of Research Administration, was awarded a $742,745 grant by a civilian federal agency to conduct a comprehensive isotope study on the origin of lunar volcanic glass beads. The grant, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2028, represents UCLA's participation in the federal government's broader exploration initiative focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. This research...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $130,076.23 grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to investigate the formation environment of the solar system using short-lived radionuclides. This research grant, with a completion date of September 20, 2022, is not set-aside and will be performed at UCLA's facilities in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's Office of Research Administration, a division of the university, is managing this grant award. The work...
This federal contract award to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) provides $426,857.77 in funding to characterize the distribution of stable silicon isotopes in the interstellar medium across the galaxy. The objective is to provide context for interpreting the significance of solar system stable isotope ratios, which could indicate whether the solar system's formation was atypical. The award is a grant for research from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...
This is a $24,964 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to conduct research on "Compositions and Parent-Body Processes in Chondrites and Irons." The grant, which has an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2026, is part of NASA's broader scientific investigation and exploration initiatives. As a leading research institution, UCLA has extensive capabilities in providing specialized research and...
This is a $699,981.10 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency of the U.S. government) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for a three-year research project to measure the isotopic compositions of select light elements in solar wind samples returned by the Genesis Discovery Mission and from regolith particles of the Itokawa asteroid. The overarching goal is to derive accurate, mass-fractionation corrected, photospheric isotopic abundances of boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. The work supports the goals of the NASA Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples (LARS) program and will be applicable to samples returned from the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa-2 missions. The award is not a set-aside contract. UCLA will collaborate with the Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research in Japan on portions of the research.