Grant For Research NAG91452

This $540,200 cost-plus-fixed-fee grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to New York Medical College, a subsidiary of Touro University, to study the long-term consequences of cosmic radiation exposure. Over the three-year period of performance ending January 2023, the contractor will evaluate the impact of heavy ion radiation like iron-56 and protons on cardiovascular function and identify pathways that lead to radiation-induced...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $115,332.01 research grant to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education, doing business as Temple University, to study the potential cardiovascular effects of ionizing space radiation exposure on astronauts during long-duration space missions to the Moon and Mars. The grant aims to determine qualitative differences and quantify radiobiological effective thresholds for biological damage induced by various...

This federal grant award to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) is for a large-scale epidemiologic investigation of one million U.S. radiation workers and atomic veterans. The goal is to provide estimates of specific health effects from long-term, gradual radiation exposure, in contrast to the acute exposure experienced by Japanese atomic bomb survivors. The $367,546 grant is funded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. NCRP is a non-profit...

This is a $2,478,052.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) in Dallas, Texas. The grant is part of NASA's "MOUSE MODELS OF CANCER RISK AND PREVENTION FROM SPACE RADIATION" program and supports research on the molecular effects of low-dose space radiation exposure. The objective is to use mouse models to understand how different types and doses of radiation impact the...

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...

Humanetics Corp, a for-profit biopharmaceutical company, was awarded a $124,693 firm-fixed-price purchase order by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for research and development of BIO 300, a radioprotective therapeutic candidate, to examine its efficacy against mission-relevant doses of neutron/gamma mixed-field radiation exposure. This effort aims to validate the utility of BIO 300 as a countermeasure for extraterrestrial radiation...

This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to conduct research on the effects of aspirin on tumor formation, cardiac function, and cardiac tissue remodeling in mice exposed to simulated space radiation. The grant has a total potential value of $213,984.00. The research study involves exposing male C3H mice to either a single dose of silicon-28 (28Si) radiation at Brookhaven...

This is a $7,516,772.62 cooperative agreement awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), a non-profit organization based in Bethesda, Maryland. The contract, which has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2028, is for an epidemiologic study on the effects of radiation and other stressors on the health and performance of submariners, whose work environment is similar to that of astronauts beyond...

Duke University Office of Research Administration was awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to research the effects of space radiation on the cardiovascular system. The grant is part of an ongoing NASA-funded study titled "Proteomic Signatures of Space Radiation Induced Cardiovascular Degeneration." The research aims to explore the role of a family of proteins called small proline-rich repeat proteins (SPRRs) in mitigating the...

This is a $2,773,956 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Loma Linda University (LLU), a private, non-profit educational institution in California. The grant is for the "Definition Phase Only" of research to study the effects of space radiation on the central nervous system. LLU will expose adult mice to various charged particle mixtures found in space, including protons, helium, oxygen, and silicon, at different dose rates over long time...