Grant For Research NNX16AR38G
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- This is a $98,278.74 training grant awarded by NASA to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, to develop a comprehensive understanding of the geochemical and mineralogical variations that occur in a terrestrial basaltic watershed. The project will trace the evolution of the Columbia River Basalts as they weather, are transported via streams and fluvial processes, deposited in a stream point bar, and ultimately lithified into a...
- This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), on behalf of Stony Brook University, for a research project focused on exploring the formation, characterization, and stability of amorphous salts on Mars. The $729,546.12 grant will fund a three-year research effort to better understand the possible phases that could comprise hydrated amorphous materials detected on the Martian...
- Stony Brook University, through The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, was awarded a $187,983.95 grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center on February 11, 2020, with an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2025. The research project will provide thermal inertia and conductivity measurements of 50 sedimentary and igneous rock samples with varying density, compaction, and porosity characteristics under Martian atmospheric pressures—representing the first...
- The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, was awarded a $384,960 research grant on August 14, 2025, to conduct spectral and geologic analyses of light-toned units and other outcrops in Southern Sinus Meridiani and Sinus Sabaeus on Mars. This award is structured as a grant for research with an ultimate completion date of August 13, 2028, and will be performed at Stony Brook University's campus in Stony Brook, New York. The contract was...
- This is a $77,891.49 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY), doing business as Stony Brook University. The grant supports research relevant to several key science objectives for the Mars 2020 mission, including characterizing the processes that formed and modified the geologic record within a field exploration area on Mars. There is no set-aside designation for this award, which has an...
- The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, operating as Stony Brook University, was awarded a $97,266 research grant by a civilian federal agency on December 1, 2024, to investigate the age, origin, and abundance of chloride salt deposits on Mars. This grant-type contract, which carries no set-aside designation, will be performed in Stony Brook, New York, with a completion deadline of November 30, 2026. The research aligns with the scientific community's broader efforts to...
- This federal contract award, valued at $274,114.29, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), which operates on behalf of Stony Brook University. The award, titled "Spectroscopy of Salt-Bearing Mineral Assemblages," supports two tasks to constrain the physical properties and composition of chloride salt-bearing deposits on Mars and determine the detection limits of various...
- Stony Brook University, through The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, was awarded a $1.13M grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center on October 10, 2023, to conduct research titled "Habitability Estimates for Heterotrophic Metabolisms in Wet-to-Dry Transient Environments on Noachian Mars" (HABMARS). The award, which carries no set-aside designation, is scheduled for completion by October 9, 2026, and will be performed at Stony Brook's primary...
- This is a $285,450.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University. The grant supports Stony Brook's participation as a Participating Scientist in the InSight mission to Mars. The research under this award involves four key tasks focused on characterizing the chemical composition and structure of the Martian crust, mantle, and planetary differentiation processes,...
- This is a $444,825.32 grant awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University. The grant is for research to better understand the formation, preservation, and exposure of bedrock units in the Martian highlands. The research aims to investigate the roles of burial, exhumation, wind erosion, and material strength in giving rise to the current spatial distribution of bedrock on Mars. The research will...
This is a Grant for Research award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Stony Brook University, a research institution within the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The $150,981.01 award will fund a two-year project to study the geochemical and mineralogical composition of sediments derived from basaltic sources, with the goal of providing a reference frame for interpreting Martian sedimentary rock data. The research will be conducted in basaltic watersheds in Idaho and Iceland, examining how sediment composition evolves under different climate conditions. The project aims to determine if provenance tracers used in felsic sedimentary systems can be applied to basaltic systems, filling a critical knowledge gap in the terrestrial and planetary sciences. This research supports NASA's broader efforts to prepare for the analysis of Martian sedimentary samples expected to be returned to Earth in the late 2020s. The award does not utilize any set-aside designations.
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| 5 | Funding Only Action | ($69k) | 8/9/22 | |
| 4 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 1/28/21 | |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/24/19 |