This federal contract award is for the NSTGRO fellowship, a research and development program focused on advanced and innovative space technologies critical to the nation's goals of exploring and understanding the Earth, solar system, and universe. The $251,336 grant was awarded to Northwestern University, a prominent private research institution, to conduct this graduate student research and development work. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Northwestern University has a...
This federal contract award, valued at $157,316.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Northwestern University, a private research institution. The contract is for the development of "Dynamic Epoxy Concretes for Extraterrestrial Habitats," a research and development project focused on advanced materials for space exploration. The contract is a grant for research and has no set-aside designation. Northwestern University, as the prime contractor, will be...
This federal contract award to Northwestern University, a private research institution, is for a grant to conduct research on freeze-casting, a novel materials processing technique, in microgravity environments. The $650,000 research grant is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and has a period of performance through March 2025. The research aims to improve scientific understanding of freeze-casting, which has potential applications for in-situ resource utilization...
This federal contract award, NNX16AI78A, was granted to Northwestern University, a private research institution, by a U.S. government civilian agency. The $198,608.39 cooperative agreement supports research to improve computational modeling of the freeze-casting process, an ice-templating technique for fabricating advanced materials. The work will utilize a CubeSat platform to obtain experimental data necessary for this purpose. The award also includes a training and mentoring plan to provide...
This federal contract award, valued at $122,279.00, was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Northwestern University for the "Micro-Raman for Offworld Construction (MROC)" project. The contract is a Cooperative Agreement with no set-aside designation. Northwestern University, a private research institution, will provide research and development services to support the development of advanced micro-Raman spectroscopy capabilities for space exploration and...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC22K0031, was granted to Northwestern University, a private research institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The $80,000.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is for research aimed at shedding light on the processes that give rise to electromagnetic radiation, specifically short gamma-ray bursts and kilonovae, that may originate from binary neutron star and neutron-star black-hole systems. The grant does not have...
This federal contract award, with the ID 80NSSC25K8008, was granted by the Shared Services Center (SSC) to Northwestern University for the "SUPREME-QG: SPACE-BORNE ULTRA-PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE SIGNATURE OF QUANTUM GRAVITY" project. The $174,984.00 grant is a research contract with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025. Northwestern University, a prominent private research university, will be conducting the research through its Sponsored Research...
This federal contract award, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was granted to Northwestern University, a private research university located in Evanston, Illinois. The $100,000.00 grant is for a project titled "NOVEL MEMBRANE MICROBIAL FUEL CELL FOR ENERGY & RESOURCE RECOVERY FROM SOLID ORGANIC WASTES," which involves research and development of a novel membrane-based microbial fuel cell technology to recover energy and resources from solid organic...
This is a $123,778 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwestern University, a private research institution, to convert custom refractory metal into feedstock for additive manufacturing. The contract has a period of performance through March 17, 2025 and does not have a set-aside designation. Northwestern University has a strong track record of securing federal contracts and grants across various agencies, including NASA, the Department...
This is a sole source federal grant awarded by the Shared Services Center to Northwestern University for a rodent research standard housing mission using a multidisciplinary approach to understanding. The $180,870.69 grant has a completion date of February 6, 2026. Northwestern University is a well-known private research institution that frequently secures federal contracts and grants, including with agencies like NASA, NIH, and the Department of Defense. The university has demonstrated...