The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $420,800.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research on the capacity of microbes to survive in extreme environments, such as the Earth's stratosphere. The grant supports UF's work to study viable bacteria isolated from the stratosphere, where conditions include hypobaric pressure, low temperature, and ultraviolet radiation. This research aligns with NASA's mission to advance our...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $461,949.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide advanced biological fluorescent imaging instrumentation for suborbital applications in support of space and lunar exploration science. This grant, identified as Federal Contract Award ID 80NSSC20K0113, has an ultimate completion date of October 9, 2025. The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, is intended to...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research has been awarded a $336,000.00 grant from the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for "Controlled Therapeutic Biomanufacturing for Deep Space Missions". The grant, which runs from August 15, 2023 to August 14, 2027, will support UF's research and development efforts in the area of advanced biomanufacturing technologies for use in deep space exploration. As a top-tier public...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research has been awarded a $749,056.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the "Alteration of Bacillus subtilis DNA Architecture in Space: Global Effects on DNA Supercoiling, Methylation, and the Transcriptome." This grant, awarded on December 3, 2020, is a research contract without a set-aside designation, reflecting UF's extensive research capabilities across various...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research has been awarded a $832,836 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) funding opportunity. This 5-year grant (ending December 31, 2027) supports UF in executing a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The grant aims to advance UF's participation as a key...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research has been awarded a $322,683 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on detecting signs of dynamic cloud formation in eccentric warm Jupiters in the Kepler space telescope data. This grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. The award does not have a set-aside designation, indicating UF was selected based on its research capabilities in...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research for research on how microbial cells respond to the human spaceflight environment. The $159,395.08 grant will fund a project to analyze transcriptomic data from the NASA GeneLab database to identify common molecular mechanisms used by bacteria to cope with the stresses of spaceflight, such as microgravity and ionizing radiation. The goal is to...
This $244,000 grant for research was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. The contract aims to address a key challenge for planned crewed missions beyond low-Earth orbit - the infeasibility of regular resupply from Earth due to physical distance and launch economics. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. UF is a major research institution that provides a wide range of goods and services...
The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research has been awarded a $39,999.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center for the development of a "Library of 20 Second Light Curves." This research grant has a completion date of February 1, 2024. The University of Florida, a top-tier public land-grant research university, has a strong track record of securing federal research grants and contracts across various domains,...
This is a $591,285.29 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research for research on the "Interactive Effects of Vacuum, Ionizing Radiation, Temperature, and UV Irradiation on Bacterial Survival During Simulated European Orbiter and Lander Missions." The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports UF's cutting-edge research capabilities across science, engineering, and space...