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...
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...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K0375, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) for the development of advanced microchannel plate (MCP) detectors with cross-strip (XS) readouts. The goal is to create high-performance, radiation-hardened UV detectors that can meet the requirements of future NASA missions, such as the Large Ultraviolet/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) and the Habitable Exoplanet...
The Regents of the University of California, operating as the University of California, Berkeley, have been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a TRL5 ultraviolet detector that can be scaled up for future NASA telescope missions. This effort will result in a technology readiness level 5 detector prototype that is intended to advance NASA's goals for next-generation ultraviolet space telescopes requiring 200mm detector arrays. No...
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 Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded a $251,123 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to conduct theoretical atomic physics research. Specifically, UC Berkeley will use the Flexible Atomic Code to calculate accurate atomic structure and collisional-radiative data for ions of carbon through zinc relevant for high-resolution x-ray spectroscopy observations from NASA's upcoming...
This is a $188,826 federal grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The grant is for a research project titled "FALLBACK DISKS AND THE IR EMISSION OF MAGNETARS" with a period of performance through July 14, 2025. UC Berkeley is a public research university that has received over $825,000 in prime federal contract awards from agencies like NASA and the...
The U.S. government has awarded a $449,852 grant to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) for a research project titled "CHARACTERIZING LUNAR DAYSIDE PHOTOEMISSION AND ELECTROSTATIC PROPERTIES". The grant was awarded on March 15, 2025 with an ultimate completion date of March 14, 2028. The research is being funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and will be conducted at UC Berkeley's facilities in Albany, California. This grant supports UC...
This is a $2,050,118 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of a civilian federal agency to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant is part of the ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) funding opportunity, which aims to execute a balanced science program, participate in the agency's exploration initiative, advance discovery in emerging fields, and develop applied programs in areas...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The $413,075 award will fund research on "Properties of the Suprathermal Ion Population in the Inner Heliosphere During Quiet Times" over a period ending on September 30, 2025. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. As a public research university, UC Berkeley has received numerous federal...