The federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K0304, was granted by NASA to the University of Illinois for research to support NASA's plans to send astronauts to the Moon in the next five years, followed by missions to Mars and beyond. The award, valued at $654,994.00, is a grant for research with no set-aside designation. The University of Illinois, as the prime contractor, will provide research, products, and services to NASA to advance its robotic exploration of Mars through the Mars 2020 and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $349,543.00 grant to the University of Illinois for a research project titled "ORGANIC VOLATILE COMPOUNDS COEVOLVED WITH REFRACTORY MATERIAL DURING THE EMERGENCE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM FROM ITS PROTOSTELLAR DISK AND WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE MULTITUDE OF BODIES THAT POPULATE OUR SYSTEM, FROM DUST TO COMETS AND". This grant, which has a completion date of December 6, 2024, does not have a set-aside designation. As a public...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,705,467.00, was granted to the University of Illinois (the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to execute a balanced science program. The contract requires the University to participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research related to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Additionally, the University will advance discovery in emerging fields by...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $324,000.00 grant to the University of Illinois for research to develop new technology that will enable higher mass payloads to land on Mars in scientifically interesting locations. This research grant does not have a set-aside designation and will be completed by August 27, 2024. The University of Illinois, a public land-grant research university located in Urbana, Illinois, has a long history of providing research, products,...
This federal contract award, valued at $91,000.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois, doing business as The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The contract is for a Grant for Research under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which supports early-stage research into advanced aerospace concepts. The contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025 and does not have a set-aside...
This federal contract award, Grant ID NNX16AJ38G, was granted to the University of Chicago by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Mars Data Analysis Program. The $250,459.54 grant is funding research to quantify the role of fluvial erosion versus other processes in modifying Noachian craters on Mars. The research aims to better constrain the rates and processes of Noachian landscape evolution, which can inform climate models for early Mars. This grant does not have...
The University of Illinois has been awarded a $335,602 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the use of oxygen in critical space technologies, such as spacecraft propulsion, life support systems, and power systems. This research grant, with a period of performance ending on August 14, 2028, does not have a set-aside designation. As a prime grantee, the University of Illinois will be responsible for delivering research, prototypes, and...
This is a $395,524 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois for research on "Quantum Chemical Studies of Ice Chemistry with Cations and Anions in Protostellar and Protoplanetary Disks." The grant is for a period of 3 years, with a completion date of June 2, 2027. The University of Illinois, a renowned public land-grant research university, has extensive experience in executing federal contracts and grants across various...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,877,456.63, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois, doing business as The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, to advance understanding of solar system formation. The project addresses two main goals of NASA's Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples (LARS) program: developing instrumentation and methodology for analyzing samples from the Genesis mission, which collected solar...
This is a $281,057.72 contract awarded by NASA to the University of Colorado to develop technology for producing methane and oxygen from Martian resources using co-electrolysis with task-specific ionic liquids. The goal is to advance this technology from Technology Readiness Level 2 to 4, demonstrating the feasibility of a low-fidelity system and positioning it for further refinement and integration into in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) systems for future crewed missions to Mars. The contract...