The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $420,800.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research on the capacity of microbes to survive in extreme environments, such as the Earth's stratosphere. The grant supports UF's work to study viable bacteria isolated from the stratosphere, where conditions include hypobaric pressure, low temperature, and ultraviolet radiation. This research aligns with NASA's mission to advance our...
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 is a $591,285.29 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research for research on the "Interactive Effects of Vacuum, Ionizing Radiation, Temperature, and UV Irradiation on Bacterial Survival During Simulated European Orbiter and Lander Missions." The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports UF's cutting-edge research capabilities across science, engineering, and space...
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 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) to conduct research on methanogens, a type of microorganism, under simulated Martian conditions. The $542,194.21 grant, awarded on June 15, 2017, is focused on establishing the limits for metabolism, growth, and methane production of psychrophilic (cold-loving) methanogens under low pressure, low temperature, low oxygen, and high perchlorate/chlorate salt conditions that may...
This is a $86,480.67 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. The grant supports UF's doctoral research project to characterize the microbiomes of stromatolite-forming microbial communities from environmentally diverse sites in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Stromatolites are ancient, laminated sedimentary structures formed by microbial communities, and understanding their ecology could...
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...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research for research on how microbial cells respond to the human spaceflight environment. The $159,395.08 grant will fund a project to analyze transcriptomic data from the NASA GeneLab database to identify common molecular mechanisms used by bacteria to cope with the stresses of spaceflight, such as microgravity and ionizing radiation. The goal is to...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research has been awarded a $310,339.35 federal grant (Contract ID: 80NSSC18K1465) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the impact of microgravity on bacteria-induced apoptosis in animal tissues. The research aims to elucidate the signaling pathways associated with bacteria-induced cell death and how they are altered under simulated microgravity conditions. This work is expected to provide insights into the...
This is a $942,646 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. The grant is for a research project to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and Congressional direction. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. UF is a prominent public research university and...
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 forward contamination of special regions on Mars and contribute to developing planetary protection protocols for future robotic and crewed missions. The grant does not utilize any set-aside designations. As a large public research university, UF has extensive experience conducting research for federal agencies like NASA across a wide range of scientific and technical domains.