This federal contract award, NNX16AI37G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) as the prime contractor. The award, with a ceiling value of $331,104.75, is for research focused on analyzing nutrient levels and cycling in Precambrian marine and lacustrine sedimentary rocks to determine how nutrient availability may have influenced biological evolution on the early Earth. The research objectives align with...
The University of Washington's Office of Sponsored Programs has been awarded a $150,000 research grant by a civilian federal agency to conduct a project titled "Quantifying Habitability by Measuring the Bioenergetics of a Hyperthermophilic Methanogen." The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2027, and represents a competitive award with no set-aside designation. The research will be conducted at the university's Seattle, Washington campus...
The U.S. government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $150,000.00 grant to the University of Washington (UW) for a research project titled "PHYSIOLOGY AND KINETICS OF CHEMOLITHAUTOTROPHS AT SUBZERO TEMPERATURES". The grant has a period of performance from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027. UW is the prime contractor on this grant, with no set-aside designation. This award builds upon UW's extensive experience as both a...
This federal contract award, valued at $488,746.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) to conduct biogeochemical studies of the atmosphere and oceans on the early Earth. The objective is to develop a better understanding of the evolution of the geological nitrogen cycle and the controls on the pH of the ocean over geologic time, which is relevant to NASA's exobiology program goals of studying the...
This federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $149,971, was granted to the University of Washington (UW) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for research services under the project "BUILDING A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE RESEARCH COORDINATION NETWORK FOR LIFE DETECTION" and has an ultimate completion date of October 5, 2025. The award does not have a set-aside designation. As a leading public research university, UW...
This federal contract award (80NSSC18K0829) was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) for research to support the search for life beyond the Solar System. The $8,973,916.00 grant does not have a set-aside designation. The research will focus on recognizing whether an exoplanet can or does support life, by combining scientific models, observations, and data to explore planetary habitability and identify...
This federal contract award, valued at $556,904, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington to address the "Accelerating Data Deluge from Modern Sensors" challenge faced by the agency's Science Mission Directorate. The contract is a research grant with no set-aside designation, and the ultimate completion date is December 25, 2025. The University of Washington, as a prime contractor, has a track...
This federal contract award, NNX17AB49G, was granted to the University of Washington by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $131,720.18 grant is to fund research on the interaction between the wind-driven ocean surface and the geostrophically dominated interior, using satellite and airborne ocean color observations, in-situ data, and analytical models. The research aims to develop a mechanistic understanding of the transfer of nutrients and loss...
This is a $170,034 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Washington (UW) on June 5, 2025. The grant will fund a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and Congressional direction. UW will participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. The grant aims to advance...
This federal contract award, valued at $236,692.75, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) to simulate the orbital and rotational evolution of the solar system. The goal is to provide inputs for detailed climate modeling to better understand the habitability of planets and moons in our solar system, particularly in the context of a major reconfiguration that occurred around 3.8 billion years ago. The...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington. The $193,299.11 grant will fund research to study the metabolic energetics of three thermoacidophile microbes under nutrient-limited conditions. The research aims to characterize the energetics of growth under nutrient stress, determine if the ability to grow cell surface appendages provides an advantage, and analyze the most efficient acidophile under nutrient-limited conditions. This work is relevant to NASA's Astrobiology Roadmap and the Exobiology program, as it studies extremophiles that may be analogous to organisms on the early Earth or other habitable planets. The University of Washington, a leading research university, will perform the work without any set-aside designation.