This is a $139,986.55 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research to conduct research on the influence of microorganisms on the growth and protection of salad crops under conditions similar to the International Space Station (ISS). The objective is to develop a refined understanding of the plant microbiome of salad crops grown in plant growth chambers under previously used ISS growth conditions, and...
This is a $544,944.69 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. The grant supports the development of a downscaling-assimilation framework to obtain high-resolution crop yields from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite observations in heterogeneous agricultural regions. The goal is to enable accurate predictions of crop yield and root zone soil moisture, which are critical for...
The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $599,967 research grant effective January 1, 2022, with completion targeted for December 31, 2026. This civilian agency grant, issued without set-aside designation, supports research investigating how microgravity environments affect plant disease resistance and development. The work directly addresses space-faring nations' strategic objective of leveraging small plant-growth payloads in microgravity to establish the...
This is a $99,567.45 grant award to the University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research on plant-microbial interactions in space. The award is part of NASA's scientific research programs and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Florida is a major research institution with extensive federal research and development capabilities, particularly in areas like advanced materials, defense technologies,...
This is a $690,435 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida to conduct research on the effects of spaceflight on plant epigenomes and gene expression. The research aims to understand how DNA methylation patterns are transmitted through plant seeds grown on the International Space Station (ISS) and whether this confers adaptive advantages to subsequent generations of plants grown in space. The research involves whole genome bisulfite...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research. The $295,471.13 grant is for research to investigate whether plants generate calcium ion (Ca2+) signals during changes in gravity levels, which could be triggered by the plant's gravity sensing machinery or stress response systems. The grant does not have any set-aside designations. As a public land-grant research university,...
This is a $704,483.80 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research to conduct research on characterizing the limits of life under Martian conditions. The research aims to identify culturable and non-culturable spacecraft-associated microorganisms that can grow under low-pressure, low-temperature, and high-salt conditions similar to the Martian environment. This information will help model the risks of...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research has been awarded a $832,836 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) funding opportunity. This 5-year grant (ending December 31, 2027) supports UF in executing a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The grant aims to advance UF's participation as a key...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research has been awarded a $577,434.00 federal grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on potential habitable zones on Mars. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. The research will focus on identifying areas on Mars where liquid water may be periodically stable, such as melting frosts or inclusions within subsurface ices, which could indicate the presence of habitable zones. As a major...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX17AK75G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research, a major research institution with expertise across various disciplines. The $588,948.72 grant is for a research project titled "Landscapes in Flux: The Influence of Demographic Change and Institutional Mechanisms on Land Cover Change" and does not have a set-aside designation. The research aims to...
This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) totaling $382,877.44. The grant supports UF's participation in the international EDEN ISS project led by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop and test controlled environment agriculture technologies for potential use in space exploration.
Specifically, UF will provide imaging technologies developed from its past space-based plant growth experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) to monitor plant health and production within the EDEN ISS mobile test facility, which will be deployed to the Antarctic. The research aims to advance the capabilities for plant growth in extreme environments, with the goal of informing future bioregenerative life support systems for space applications. This grant does not utilize any small business or socioeconomic set-asides.