This is a $508,511.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Zin Technologies, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for research on "Microgravity Analogs as Proxies for Spaceflight to Validate Biofilm Formation and the Exchange of Genes Between Organisms." The grant is for a period of five years, with a completion date of January 3, 2026. This award is not associated with a set-aside designation. Zin...
This is a $435,699,066.72 federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Zin Technologies, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, which is a definitive, fixed-price incentive contract, is for microgravity research, development, and related services. It does not have a set-aside designation. Zin Technologies, which specializes in aerospace engineering and R&D, has received numerous contract awards and...
This is a federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Zin Technologies, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $227,726.00, is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order with no set-aside designation. Zin Technologies, as the prime contractor, will provide engineering services, mission integration and operations support, spacecraft systems, and aerospace-related research and development to support...
This is a federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Zin Technologies, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $3,597,975.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the development of the Intravenous Fluid Generation Mini (IVGEN MINI) system, which will support long-duration space missions. The contract has a period of performance through February 28, 2025. Zin Technologies, Inc. specializes in aerospace-related...
This federal contract was awarded to Zin Technologies, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center. The contract, a delivery order under the Research, Engineering, Mission Integration Services (REMIS) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle, provides mission integration and operations support for the CASIS ACE-T (Thermophoresis) experiment. The potential value of the award is $370,877.08 and the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $248,439.77 grant to the University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research to conduct research on the impact of simulated microgravity conditions on the growth and virulence potential of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). The research aims to contribute to a better understanding of how spaceflight environmental conditions affect S. aureus-human interactions, which will inform the development of countermeasures to protect...
This is a $317,000.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Photon Systems, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation, for the development of an "optical swab" technology for direct, non-contact microbial analysis. The grant is part of NASA's research and development efforts and is not designated as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project or set aside for small businesses. Through this NASA grant, Photon Systems, which specializes in...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research on Staphylococcus epidermidis, an opportunistic human pathogen found on the International Space Station (ISS). The $140,000.00 grant will fund comparative genomic analysis of S. epidermidis strains isolated from the ISS, characterization of their biofilm-forming capacity and antibiotic resistance, and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $198,354.38 grant for research to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. This university-led project aims to systematically characterize changes in microbial cell growth dynamics, aggregation, drug resistance, and virulence across simulated micro-, lunar (1/6 g), and Martian (1/3 g) gravity environments. The research will utilize spaceflight...
This is a $1,148,591 grant awarded by NASA to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization, to study the effects of altered gravity on microbial biofilm formation. The research aims to develop improved methods for microbiological monitoring and contamination control on long-duration human space missions, which is crucial for crew health and safety. The contract supports testing three model microbial systems - E. coli, a Staphylococcus sp....