This is a $487,259 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH Manoa) to support the University's tasks on the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) experiment, a search for dark matter using low energy antiprotons and antideuterons. The primary focus of the work is the calibration and testing of silicon drift detector modules, instrument simulation, and support of the flight program and scientific analysis. This award is not associated with a set-aside designation and is part of the larger GAPS experiment led by Professor Charles Hailey of Columbia University. As a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, UH Manoa has extensive expertise in astronomy, earth and environmental sciences, and federal research programs, making it well-suited to support this NASA-funded dark matter detection initiative.