Grant For Research NNX15AL28G
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- This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to William Marsh Rice University, doing business as Rice University, a private research university in Houston, Texas. The grant, valued at $135,000.00, supports research on the rise and proliferation of atmospheric oxygen on Earth. The award does not have a set-aside designation. In addition to this grant, Rice University has been awarded several prime federal contracts to conduct research and deliver...
- This is a $168,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to William Marsh Rice University, a private research university located in Houston, Texas. The purpose of the grant is to support a project that aims to bridge the gap between theory and reality for in situ resource utilization (ISRU) for interplanetary missions through experimentation and simulation. The grant has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2026. Rice University has a strong track record...
- The U.S. government awarded a $150,000 research grant to William Marsh Rice University (doing business as Rice University) on September 1, 2023, to investigate the fate of nitrogen during early silicate differentiation of rocky bodies, with constraints informed by mineral-melt partitioning studies. This grant, which is not set aside for any specific business category, will be performed at Rice University's Houston, Texas campus through August 31, 2026. The research falls under the purview of the...
- This federal contract award is a $963,000.00 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to William Marsh Rice University, a private research university located in Houston, Texas. The grant is for the "RICE UNIVERSITY-HISD PLANETARY AND SPACE EXPLORATION EDUCATION PROJECT" and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2026. The contract is not set aside for any specific business type. Rice University has a history of securing federal...
- William Marsh Rice University received a $392,895.65 research grant from a civilian federal agency, effective from April 8, 2019, through April 7, 2025. The award supports a comprehensive scientific investigation into sulfate minerals found on Mars and in meteorite samples. The project encompasses petrographic, isotopic, and modeling studies of Martian meteorites and ordinary chondrites collected from Antarctica to advance understanding of sulfate formation mechanisms and Mars' paleo-climate,...
- This federal grant award to William Marsh Rice University, located in Houston, Texas, is focused on understanding the distribution and behavior of volatile elements like carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, and nitrogen during the formation and evolution of planetary bodies. The $475,000 grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), involves experimental and modeling work to study how these volatiles partition between metallic cores, silicate mantles, and atmospheres during...
- This is a $634,290.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center (part of NASA) to William Marsh Rice University in Houston, Texas. The grant is for research related to "Evaluating Geochronologic Complexity and Impactor Diversity of Highland Impactites" and aligns with the ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) funding opportunity goals of executing a balanced science program, participating as a partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, and advancing discovery...
- This federal contract award, valued at $307,861.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to William Marsh Rice University, a private research university located in Houston, Texas. The project aims to characterize the compositional changes induced by early diagenesis of basaltic fluviolacustrine sediment and identify the influence of lacustrine groundwater discharge on alteration processes. This award is not associated with a set-aside program. Rice University...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $80,000.00 grant to William Marsh Rice University, doing business as Rice University, for research on "EO14042 COMPTONIZING WINDS IN MAGNETAR GIANT FLARES." The grant, which has a period of performance until October 15, 2025, is a research contract without a set-aside designation. Rice University, a private research university located in Houston, Texas, has extensive experience conducting federal research and...
- This is a $336,000 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to William Marsh Rice University in Houston, Texas. The grant is for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, which requires a team of autonomous robots, including a rover, lander, and orbiter, to work together to return samples from the Martian surface to Earth. The grant is part of Rice University's extensive portfolio of federal contract awards and grants, which demonstrate the institution's...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to William Marsh Rice University, a private research university in Houston, Texas. The $498,002.19 grant is for a project titled "Understanding Evolution of Redox Transduction through Ferredoxins, Iron-Sulfur Proteins that Control." The objective is to identify and characterize iron-sulfur binding peptides that can support cellular energy transduction processes, with the goal of understanding the role of these peptides in the early evolution of life. This research is relevant to NASA's Exobiology program and its interest in the origins of life. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. Rice University frequently collaborates with other institutions and has received numerous federal contract and grant awards across a range of scientific and technical domains, demonstrating its strong research capabilities.
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| 3 | Funding Only Action | ($32) | 9/19/18 | |
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| Not listed | $163.6k | 8/4/17 | ||
| 2 | Funding Only Action | $163.6k | 8/4/17 | |
| Not listed | $163.7k | 8/8/16 |