The Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), has been awarded a $570,789 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct a comprehensive petrological and geochemical study of understudied Martian poikilitic shergottite meteorites. The research aims to further understand the formation processes and evolution of the Martian interior through analysis of these meteorite...
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), a public Hispanic-Serving Institution and child entity of the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, was awarded a $453,879 grant by the Shared Services Center (a civilian federal agency) on January 4, 2021, to conduct research on constraining parental melt compositions and mineral formation in Martian nakhlite and chassignite meteorites. This award represents a fundamental research initiative focused on planetary science and meteorite...
The Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, operating as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), was awarded a $92,615.40 research grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center. The contract, which commenced on January 4, 2021, and concluded on January 3, 2025, supported scientific research investigating the composition and formation processes of igneous rocks on Mars. This research directly contributes to understanding the protoliths of sedimentary and...
This is a $285,242 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The grant is for a research project to use thermodynamic modeling to reconstruct the magmatic processes and conditions that formed the diverse range of igneous rock compositions, including felsic and alkaline compositions, discovered on Mars by the Curiosity rover. The goal is...
This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC23K0910, was granted by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The $799,348.00 grant is for a research project titled "LOOKING FOR LIFE ON MARS: POTENTIAL TRACE ELEMENT, ISOTOPIC, AND MINERALOGICAL BIOSIGNATURES IN MATERIALS WITH A HIGH ORGANIC PRESERVATION POTENTIAL", with a completion date of June...
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), operating under the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, received a $100,000 research grant from the Shared Services Center for a project titled "Using X-Ray Computed Tomography to Constrain the Emplacement History of Martian Meteorites." The award, issued on December 1, 2024, is scheduled for completion by November 30, 2026, and carries no set-aside designation. The research will be conducted at UNLV's Las Vegas, Nevada...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), for research related to understanding the aqueous environments on Mars. The $198,033.85 grant will allow UNLV to use data collected by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover to model the geochemical conditions, such as pH, water-rock ratio, and temperature, of the...
This federal contract award, valued at $586,865.00, was granted to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The contract is a grant for research focused on examining chemical and mineralogical evidence of alteration in Gale Crater, where liquid water is essential for life and critical to biosignature preservation and potential chemical biosignatures. The funding agency is a civilian agency, the Shared Services...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), a public research university. The $142,099.03 cooperative agreement is intended to demonstrate the ability of task-specific acidic ionic liquids to dissolve regolith minerals and recover calcium, aluminum, sulfur, silicon, and oxygen, which could support...
This federal contract award is for a grant to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), to execute a balanced science program focused on discipline-specific guidance, exploration initiatives, and applied research across areas such as Earth science, space weather, planetary defense, and space situational awareness. The $503,763 grant was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, with a...
This federal contract award is for a grant to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), to study the formation and alteration of whitlockite and merrillite phosphate minerals in Martian meteorites. The research aims to understand the effects of shock on these minerals and how they can provide insights into past Martian atmospheric and hydrosphere conditions. The grant, worth $157,067.65, is funded by the Solar System Workings Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). UNLV has extensive experience supporting federal research and education initiatives through contracts and grants, including past work for NASA, the Department of Defense, and other agencies. No set-aside designation was used for this award.