This federal contract award from NASA to the University of Colorado funds research on ferromagnetic liquid crystal colloids in microgravity. The $540,000 grant is part of NASA's Physical Sciences Research Program, which conducts fundamental and applied physical sciences research to enable improved space systems and technological advances. The research will be conducted as part of NASA's "Open Science" initiative, which aims to provide broad dissemination of data from experiments aboard the International Space Station. The University of Colorado, as a leading public research university, will leverage its expertise in physics and materials science to explore how physical systems respond to microgravity conditions. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. The deliverables will include fundamental research, data analysis, and sharing of results through the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System to enable further scientific discoveries and potential applications.