This is a grant award to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the development of focal-plane detector and multiplexed detector technology, as well as mission simulations, for next-generation cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization missions. The award, valued at $203,315.66, has an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2023. The award was not set aside for any...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $1,009,909.00 grant to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), for research related to developing very large format, high-resolution detectors for potential future NASA satellite missions in the ultraviolet, such as LUVOIR (LUMOS) and HABEX (UVS). This grant does not have a set-aside designation. UC Berkeley, a public research university, will...
The University of California, Berkeley received a $1.17 million research grant from NASA (awarded February 15, 2022, with completion targeted for February 14, 2027) to advance microchannel plate (MCP) detector technology with cross-strip (XS) readout systems for future space missions. The project focuses on developing a multi-channel application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) to improve upon earlier prototypes, specifically addressing power consumption challenges that currently limit...
This federal contract award to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, is for the development of planar-antenna-coupled superconducting bolometer arrays for observations at sub-millimeter to millimeter wavelengths. The $990,616 grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aims to create an hierarchical phased array of broadband pixels that can greatly reduce the cost and improve the performance of...
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) was awarded a $608.7K research grant by a civilian federal agency effective October 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2028. This grant supports UC Berkeley's participation in a balanced science program aligned with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine guidance and congressional direction. The research focuses on the agency's exploration initiative, emphasizing scientific research related to the...
This is a $100,474.03 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant is part of NASA's Astrophysical Research Program and will directly benefit the agency's Exoplanet Exploration Program, which focuses on discovering and characterizing exoplanets. The contract has no set-aside designation and is for the purpose of conducting research. UC...
This federal grant award to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) aims to scale up their existing 50mm cross-strip (XS) photon counting ultraviolet (UV) detector technology to a larger 100x100mm format. The grant, valued at $973,962.28, is funded by NASA and is part of their "Development of Large Area (100x100 mm) Photon Counting UV Detectors" program. The goal is to raise the technology readiness level (TRL) of the XS detector from 4 to 6, which includes testing the...
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded a $524,603 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on field-aligned currents in the near-Earth magnetotail. This research is expected to be completed by February 28, 2026. The grant is not set aside for a specific business type. As a public research university, UC Berkeley has a long history of supporting federal agencies through...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,204,510.60, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The contract aims to develop a large format, high dynamic range ultraviolet (UV) detector using micro-channel plates (MCPs) and Timepix4 readouts, which will result in a technology readiness level 5 (TRL5) detector that can be scaled for NASA's next...
The University of California, Berkeley has been awarded a $711,964 research grant by a civilian federal agency through a shared services center, with performance completion targeted for September 30, 2028. This grant supports the execution of a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The work encompasses scientific research focused on...
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded a $4,852,633.45 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of focal-plane superconducting detectors and readout electronics for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) LITEBIRD cosmic microwave background (CMB) mission and other future CMB space missions. The project aims to develop two types of polarization-sensitive detector arrays based on transition-edge sensor bolometers, as well as flight-representative focal plane modules and integrated detector systems. Simulations will also be conducted to understand the impact of the detector design on systematic errors and mission performance. This grant award does not have a set-aside designation.