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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| MANY GOALS FOR SPACE EXPLORATION REQUIRE SURFACE MOBILITY OVER MUCH LONGER RANGES AND AT COLDER TEMPERATURES THAN EVER BEFORE, E.G., THE LUNAR SURFACE AT NIGHT REACHES DOWN TO -180OC AND PERMANENTLY SHADOWED REGIONS HAVE TEMPERATURES OF -230OC | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $329,688 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Jul 24, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 | Nov 15, 2028 | ||
| EARTH OBSERVATIONS TO COMBAT INVASIVE AQUATIC VEGETATION | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $799,998 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 13, 2023 | Oct 16, 2023 | Oct 15, 2027 | ||
| FUNDING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT MERCED FOR NEW PROJECT: NOVEL SOLID ELECTROLYTE FOR SAFE AND HIGH-CAPACITY BATTERY WITH INTERNAL | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $48,648 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | AF11EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, & SOCIAL SVCS R&D SVCS; EDUCATION SVCS R&D; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 14, 2023 | Jun 14, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | ||
| WE SEEK TO BETTER UNDERSTAND COASTAL ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO CHANGING CARBON FLUX FROM WATERSHEDS DUE TO WILDFIRES, ADDRESSING A CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE GAP ON HOW CARBON MOVES FROM LAND TO THE OCEAN. WHILE MUCH ATTENTION IS ON THE FEEDBACK BETWEEN WILDFIR | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $661,094 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 14, 2021 | Aug 1, 2021 | Jul 31, 2026 | ||
| THE FUTURE OF WATER SUPPLY IS UNCERTAIN DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. DROUGHTS AND WILDFIRE ARE INCREASING IN BOTH INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY, RAISING WATER AVAILABILITY CONCERNS. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $125,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 3, 2021 | Sep 1, 2021 | Aug 31, 2024 | ||
| 1.1 OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED SIGNIFICANCE OF PROPOSED RESEARCH ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS OF METAZOAN EVOLUTION IS HOW SUCH ORGANISMS EVOLVED IN A MICROBIAL DOMINATED WORLD(1). SINCE THE FIRST MICROBES EMERGED 3.5 BILLION YEARS AGO (BYA), THERE HAS BEEN A VAST ARRAY OF DIVERSITY DISPLAYED BY UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS IN BOTH BACTERIA AND ARCHAEAL DOMAINS(2). NONETHELESS, THE FIRST EUKARYA AROSE ROUGHLY 1.8-1.4 BYA, WITH THE FIRST ANIMALS EMERGING APPROXIMATELY 800-600 MYA (MILLION YEARS AGO)(3). THUS, AS LONG AS ORGANISMS IN THE EUKARYA DOMAIN HAVE EXISTED, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN OR AROUND THEIR HABITATS(4). THE EVENTUAL FORMATION OF A HOLOBIOME (HOST + BACTERIUM OR SYMBIONT ) TO ACCOMMODATE PHYSIOLOGICAL OR METABOLIC CAPABILITIES THAT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED BY EITHER PARTNER ALONE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING, SINCE THESE ASSOCIATIONS CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT THE INTACT SYMBIOSIS(5). THE IMPACT THAT BENEFICIAL BACTERIA HAVE ON ENHANCING HOST FITNESS BY EITHER ALLOWING THE INFILTRATION INTO NOVEL HABITATS OR INITIATING PHYSIOLOGICAL OR METABOLIC CAPABILITIES THAT DID NOT EXIST IN THE HOST BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF THE SYMBIONT IS IMMENSE. THUS, THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES THAT LED TO THE EVOLUTION OF BENEFICIAL ANIMALBACTERIAL ASSOCIATIONS THROUGH THE WELL-STUDIED BOBTAIL SQUID-VIBRIO MUTUALISM. WE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER ABIOTIC FACTORS INFLUENCE HOST CHOICE, COLONIZATION, AND THE SURVIVAL OF ENVIRONMENTALLY TRANSMITTED VIBRIO BACTERIA IN SQUID HOSTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL EXAMINE THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS THAT HAVE EVOLVED IN ANIMALS TO RECOGNIZE AND ESTABLISH AN ASSOCIATION WITH ONLY BENEFICIAL VIBRIOS. OUR THREE OBJECTIVES ADDRESS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF HOW MULTICELLULAR EUKARYA (METAZOANS) EVOLVED IN A BACTERIAL LADEN EARTH: I) EXAMINE WHETHER BACTERIA EVOLVED UNDER DIFFERENT ABIOTIC CONDITIONS ARE CAPABLE OF COLONIZING NATIVE AND NOVEL SQUID HOSTS II) MEASURE HOST RESPONSE TO NATIVE, NON-NATIVE, AND EXPERIMENTALLY EVOLVED VIBRIO BACTERIA TO DETERMINE HOW THE HOST S IMMUNE SYSTEM RECOGNIZES AND DIFFERENTIATES CLOSELY RELATED SYMBIOTIC, ADAPTED, AND NON-SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA III) DETERMINE WHETHER SPECIFIC ABIOTIC VARIABLES AFFECT THE FITNESS OF THE SYMBIOSIS BY ASSESSING HOW SQUID HOST AND INTRODUCED VIBRIO PERSIST OVER TIME UNDER CHANGING CONDITIONS. ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DRIVERS(6) IN THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE ON EARTH IS THE INFLUENCE OF BACTERIA ON THEIR BEHAVIOR, PHYSIOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, IMMUNITY, AND CELLULAR PROCESSES. CELL ADHESION IN SPONGES AND CHOANOFLAGELLATES, NUTRITION AND GUT DEVELOPMENT IN MAMMALS, METABOLIC CAPABILITIES IN TUBEWORMS AT HYDROTHERMAL VENTS, AND PROTECTION AGAINST PATHOGENS THROUGH METABOLITES OR OTHER COMPOUNDS IN INVERTEBRATE EGGS DURING DEVELOPMENT ARE ALL ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIA(1, 7, 8). WE PROPOSE TO EXAMINE WHETHER ENVIRONMENTALLY TRANSMITTED VIBRIOS ARE AFFECTED BY VARIOUS ABIOTIC FACTORS, AND WHETHER THESE FACTORS IMPACT THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SUCCESSFUL SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION IN A MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTE. LIKEWISE, WE WILL ALSO EXAMINE HOST RESPONSE TO VIBRIO THAT ARE EVOLVED UNDER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL REGIMES TO DETERMINE HOW THE HOST IMMUNE SYSTEM ACCOMMODATES CHANGES IN THESE EVOLVED BACTERIA. SINCE METAZOANS DEPEND ON BACTERIA OR THEIR PRODUCTS TO INITIATE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS OR SHAPE THE MATURATION OF IMMUNE, DIGESTIVE, NERVOUS, AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS, INSIGHT LEADING TO THE EFFECTS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE HAS ON BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS AND HOST RESPONSE CAN SHED LIGHT INTO THE GENETIC FACTORS AND ASSOCIATED MECHANISMS IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY AND THE HOLOBIONT(9) AS A UNIT OF EVOLUTION(10-12). | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $350,953 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 8, 2021 | Apr 8, 2021 | Apr 30, 2024 | ||
| WITH MACES PLANNING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A UNIVERSITY ORGANIZED RESEARCH UNIT IN 2021, THE CENTER IS POISED FOR WINNING MAJOR CENTER GRANTS, ENSURING FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY OF MACES ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $1,695,694 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Sep 24, 2020 | Oct 1, 2020 | Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| RESEARCH SERVICES FOR LABORATORY EXPERIMENT | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $83,000 | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | — | 541380Testing Laboratories and Services | B533SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- WATER QUALITY | Sep 23, 2020 | Sep 23, 2020 | Sep 30, 2021 | ||
| CONTRACT AWARD FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER EARLY CAREER INITIATIVE AWARD. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $135,209 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | AB91 | Sep 19, 2019 | Sep 19, 2019 | Sep 30, 2020 | ||
| HEALTH MONITORING IS INTEGRAL TO LONG-DURATION SPACE MISSIONS. IN PARTICULAR, THE STRESSES OF SPACE TRAVEL ON THE HUMAN BODY INCREASE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. HOWEVER, CURRENT SYSTEMS USED TO ANALYZE KEY BIOMARKERS IN IDENTIFYING HEALTH CONCERNS ARE BULKY AND REQUIRE ACCESS TO COMPLEX CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS. I PROPOSE TO USE NANOENGINEERED, PORTABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SELECTIVELY DETECT BIOMARKERS SUCH AS CARDIAC TROPONIN I (CTNI) IN BLOOD WITHOUT THE NEED FOR COMPLEX PROCESSING. THESE SENSORS CONTAIN A DNA APTAMER PROBE WITH A REDOX REPORTER DESIGNED TO BIND SPECIFIC BIOMARKERS. BINDING EVENTS CAUSE THE PROBE TO UNDERGO A CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE RESULTING IN SHIFTS OF THE MEASURED SIGNAL. WHILE THESE BIOSENSORS TRADITIONALLY LACK THE SENSITIVITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY REQUIRED FOR NASA MISSIONS, I WILL LEVERAGE OUR RECENT DISCOVERIES THAT MAY SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE PERFORMANCE BY TAILORING THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PROBE MOLECULES. SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGING TECHNIQUES WILL BE COMBINED WITH SPATIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF SINGLE MOLECULES HELP DETERMINE THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE BIOSENSORS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO ENGINEER HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND ROBUST ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSORS AT THE MOLECULAR SCALE | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $164,532 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Sep 27, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Apr 11, 2023 | ||
| HEALTH MONITORING IS INTEGRAL TO LONG-DURATION SPACE MISSIONS. IN PARTICULAR, THE STRESSES OF SPACE TRAVEL ON THE HUMAN BODY INCREASE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. HOWEVER, CURRENT SYSTEMS USED TO ANALYZE KEY BIOMARKERS IN IDENTIFYING HEALTH CONCERNS ARE BULKY AND REQUIRE ACCESS TO COMPLEX CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS. I PROPOSE TO USE NANOENGINEERED, PORTABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SELECTIVELY DETECT BIOMARKERS SUCH AS CARDIAC TROPONIN I (CTNI) IN BLOOD WITHOUT THE NEED FOR COMPLEX PROCESSING. THESE SENSORS CONTAIN A DNA APTAMER PROBE WITH A REDOX REPORTER DESIGNED TO BIND SPECIFIC BIOMARKERS. BINDING EVENTS CAUSE THE PROBE TO UNDERGO A CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE RESULTING IN SHIFTS OF THE MEASURED SIGNAL. WHILE THESE BIOSENSORS TRADITIONALLY LACK THE SENSITIVITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY REQUIRED FOR NASA MISSIONS, I WILL LEVERAGE OUR RECENT DISCOVERIES THAT MAY SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE PERFORMANCE BY TAILORING THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PROBE MOLECULES. SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGING TECHNIQUES WILL BE COMBINED WITH SPATIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF SINGLE MOLECULES HELP DETERMINE THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE BIOSENSORS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO ENGINEER HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND ROBUST ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSORS AT THE MOLECULAR SCALE | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Sep 19, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Jul 31, 2021 | ||
| SAA SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF GRAPHENE ELECTRODE-BASED OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION (ORR) WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE EFFORT TO CLARIFY THE DOMINANT FACTORS OF CATALYTIC KINETICS UNDER VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH PARAMETERS OF FABRICATION PROCESSES. GRAPHENE DERIVATIVES HAVE EXHIBITED EXCELLENT ORR CATALYSIS WITH HIGH STABILITY, AND THUS SHOWED A GREAT PROMISE AS THE ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL NOBLE METAL-BASED CATALYSTS, WHICH ARE EXPENSIVE AND SUFFER FROM AGGLOMERATION AND CO DEPOSITION ISSUES. HOWEVER, THE EXACT MECHANISM BEHIND THE EXCELLENT CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE HAS NOT BEEN CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD YET. THROUGH THIS PROJECT, I WILL FIRST STUDY THE IMPACT OF MATERIALS PROPERTIES SUCH AS COMPOSITION OF EACH DOPING TYPE ON THE RESULTING ORR CATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND DURABILITY. THE MATERIAL PROPERTIES WILL BE SYSTEMATICALLY MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE PARAMETERS DURING FABRICATION OF GRAPHENE-BASED ELECTRODES. I WILL USE HYDROTHERMAL REACTION AND CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION FOR DOPING GRAPHENE STRUCTURES. WITH THESE EXHAUSTIVE STUDIES, WE WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR FACTORS DETERMINING ORR KINETICS OF GRAPHENE DERIVATIVES, AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH DURABILITY GRAPHENE-BASED ELECTRODES FOR FUEL CELLS AND METAL-AIR BATTERIES. FURTHERMORE, WITH THE PARAMETERS FOR 3D STRUCTURING OF DOPED-GRAPHENE, I WILL ALSO STUDY THE CORRELATION AMONG THE RESULTING MORPHOLOGY, SURFACE AREA, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, AND ORR PERFORMANCE. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $220,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Sep 17, 2015 | Sep 2, 2015 | Jul 1, 2020 | ||
| WE PROPOSE TO ESTABLISH A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE MACES BY HARNESSING THE STRONG NANOMATERIAL BASED RESEARCH PROGRAMS THAT EACH PARTICIPATING INVESTIGATOR HAS DEVELOPED AND BUILDING UPON OUR EXCELLENT TRACK RECORD OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND CLOSELY MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING FOR BOTH GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. THE MAIN GOALS OF MACES ARE ONE TO DEVELOP A PIPELINE FOR A HIGHLY QUALIFIED STEM WORKFORCE AND TWO TO CREATE NEW MATERIALS SOLUTIONS ENABLING HIGH PERFORMANCE RELIABLE COMPACT AND LIGHTWEIGHT ENERGY AND SENSING DEVICES FOR NASA MISSIONS. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS WE WILL PROMOTE INTERDISCIPLINARY AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH TO ADDRESS KEY CHALLENGES IN THE SYNTHESIS CHARACTERIZATION AND INTEGRATION OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS AND TO PROVIDE UNDERREPRESENTED STEM STUDENTS WITH STATE OF THE ART RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND STRUCTURED MENTORING. RESEARCH OUR PROPOSED RESEARCH ENCOMPASSES TWO CORE AREAS FOR NASA MISSIONS SENSING AND ENERGY. WE AIM TO ADDRESS IN SPACE ENERGY CHALLENGES BY I CREATING HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMPACT AND LIGHTWEIGHT PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES IN TANDEM WITH AN EFFECTIVE HELIPTROPISM SYSTEM II IMPLEMENTING HIGH ENERGY DENSITY FUEL CELLS AND III DEVELOPING NEW CONCEPTS FOR HELIOTROPISM AND THERMAL ENERGY HARVESTING. CONCOMITANTLY WE WILL ADDRESS THE ACUTE NEED FOR HIGHLY SENSITIVE ROBUST AND COMPACT SENSING DEVICES FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE PLANETARY MISSIONS. WE WILL I OFFER A CHARACTERIZATION METHOD FOR INTERFACIAL MOLECULAR RECOGNITION WITH AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE HIGHER RESOLUTION II CREATE PRECISE NANOSENSING MATERIALS WITH HIGH SENSITIVITY SELECTIVITY REPRODUCIBILITY AND THROUGHPUT AND III. ESTABLISH INTEGRATED SENSING SYSTEMS SUCH AS PORTABLE FIBER OPTICS BASED SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLEXED DETECTION OF BIOMARKERS WITH UNPRECEDENTED SENSITIVITY CLUE TO PRECISE ENGINEERING OF RAMAN HOT SPOTS. WITH THE COMPLEMENTARY EXPERTISE IN NANOMANUFACTURING AND CHARACTERIZATION WE WILL USE A MULTIPRONGED NANOMATERIAL APPROACH TO ACCOMPLISH THESE MISSIONS BY EXPLOITING NEW SELF ASSEMBLY PARADIGMS UNIQUE 2D AND 3D SYNTHESIS CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATIVE MOLECULAR DESIGN. EDUCATION THE PROPOSED EDUCATION PROGRAM WILL RECRUIT TRAIN AND RETAIN STUDENTS AND EVENTUALLY GUIDE THEM TO BECOME FUTURE LEADERS IN STEM FIELDS. A NEW RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS. WE WILL ALSO CREATE A NANOMATERIAL EMPHASIS TRACK WITHIN EXISTING GRADUATE PROGRAMS. THROUGH RIGOROUS TRAINING, OUR GOAL IS TO TRAIN PHD GRADUATES WHO WILL EVOLVE AS MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO NASA A MISSION. THE SUMMER TEACHER WORKSHOP WILL ENABLE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO ATTAIN TANGIBLE AND PRACTICAL CURRICULA BY CO DEVELOPING SCIENCE DISCOVERY MODULES WITH THE PARTICIPATING INVESTIGATORS WHICH WILL SPARK THE SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS OF LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PURSUE STEM EDUCATION AND CAREERS. ESTABLISHING A NASA CENTER AT THE RECIPIENT DESPITE ITS SHORT HISTORY THE RECIPIENT IS EMERGING AS A NOTEWORTHY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AMONG MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS WITH A GROUP OF YOUNG FACULTY MEMBERS WITH TRAILBLAZING SPIRITS. THE PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP WILL SIGNIFICANTLY BOLSTER THE RECIPIENT EXCELLENCE IN NANOSCALE MATERIALS RESEARCH. THE PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN THE STEM PIPELINE BY STIMULATING THE LARGELY UNTAPPED TALENT POOL IN THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS ESPECIALLY FROM THE UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. THE CREATION OF THIS CENTER WILL ALSO HELP ATTRACT HIGH CALIBER FACULTY MEMBERS AND ENHANCE COMPETITIVENESS OF BOTH INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATORS AND THE CENTER AS A WHOLE IN ATTRACTING FUTURE FUNDS. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $4,919,731 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Aug 17, 2015 | Aug 1, 2015 | Dec 31, 2021 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF DNA SEQUENCING SERVICE | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $28,673 | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | Q301MEDICAL- LABORATORY TESTING | Sep 4, 2014 | Sep 4, 2014 | Sep 16, 2015 | ||
| IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 13514 DATED OCTOBER 5, 2009 THE PRESIDENT MANDATES THAT ALL AGENCIES EVALUATE VULNERABILITIES TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN TERMS OF HOW THE CHANGES WOULD IMPACT THE MISSION AND OPERATIONS OF THE AGENCIES. THIS PROPOSAL IS A RESPONSE TO THAT MANDATE, AND FOCUSES ON ONE OF THOSE CENTERS: THE NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER (NASA ARC) LOCATED IN SILICON VALLEY CALIFORNIA. AT THIS LOCATION NASA ARC CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND COOPERATIVELY WORKS WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN THE VALLEY. ITS MISSION CATEGORIES INCLUDE SUPERCOMPUTING, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, ASTROBIOLOGY, NANOTECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AVIATION, AND OTHERS. NASA ARC HAS AN INFRASTRUCTURE VALUED AT $3.2 BILLION, EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 2300 PERSONNEL, AND HAS AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $600 MILLION. NASA ARC IS VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO ITS LOCATION ADJACENT TO SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BAY. STUDIES UNDERWAY OR COMPLETED HAVE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPACTS (SEE HTTPS://C3.NDC.NASA.GOV/NEX/PROJECTS/361/). THOSE IMPACTS INCLUDE: - INCREASES IN THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF EXTREME STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING ACROSS THE SITE. - SEA LEVEL RISE THAT COULD EXCEED A METER BY THE END OF THE 21ST CENTURY IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXTREME HIGH TIDES AND STORM SURGES. - INCREASE IN EXTREME WIND SPEEDS THAT COULD IMPAIR AVIATION OPERATIONS. - INCREASES IN FREQUENCY, DURATION AND SEVERITY OF HEAT WAVES OVER THE 21ST CENTURY. AS AIR TEMPERATURE INCREASES, AIR DENSITY DECREASES, AND THOSE CHANGES COULD IMPACT THE PERFORMANCE OF OUTDOOR AVIATION OPERATIONS. - ELEVATED GROUNDWATER TABLE BENEATH NASA ARC FROM HIGHER SEA LEVELS. IF PLUMES OF TCE THAT ARE PRESENT NEAR THE SITE MIGRATE BENEATH ON-SITE BUILDINGS, VAPOR COULD INTRUDE INTO THOSE BUILDINGS AND POSE A HEALTH RISK TO THE OCCUPANTS. - IMPACTS ON THE WETLANDS NEAR THE BAYSIDE BASE BOUNDARY. WETLANDS CAN HELP TO MITIGATE IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE AND PROVIDE HABITAT FOR MANY KINDS OF ANIMALS. - HABITAT LOSS AT OTHER LOCATIONS ON THE CENTER. FOR EXAMPLE, NASA ARC HAS ALLOCATED ABOUT 81 ACRES TO THE PROTECTION OF THE BURROWING OWL (A CALIFORNIA SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN). TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF THIS PROPOSED STUDY, WITHIN ONE MONTH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL MEET WITH THE NASA CLIMATE SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS THE TECHNICAL SCOPE OF WORK AND TO SET THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE PROJECT. DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE PROJECT, CURRENT SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENTS AT SCALES LOCAL TO NASA ARC WILL BE REVIEWED AND AN OVERVIEW OF PROJECTED IMPACTS ON NASA ARC WILL BE DEVELOPED. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, DETAILED ASSESSMENTS OF PROJECTED CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BE COMPLETED OVER THE 21ST CENTURY. THE MODELING WORK FOR THIS ANALYSIS WILL BE BASED ON DOWNSCALED RESULTS FROM NUMEROUS GCMS RECOMMENDED BY NASA, AND POSSIBLY SUPPLEMENTED WITH MODELS SUGGESTED BY THE PROJECT TEAM. THEN, IMPACT ANALYSIS USING RUNOFF MODELS (SUCH AS BASINS) AND ESTUARY HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS (SUCH AS TRIM2D) WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BUILDING ON PRIOR WORK, IF APPROPRIATE, USING HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL PROJECTIONS AS DRIVING FORCES. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS WILL BE IDENTIFIED, AND RELATED TO MISSION OBJECTIVES OF NASA ARC. THE IMPACTS WILL BE ASSESSED BOTH AT THE BASE WIDE SCALE AND AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ON NASA ARC, AS IMPACTS MAY BE LOCALIZED. THE ASSESSMENT WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW NASA ARC IS ENVISIONED TO EVOLVE OVER THE COMING YEARS. ADAPTATION MEASURES WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND EVALUATED. NASA WILL HAVE AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE PROJECT FROM BEGINNING TO END. OUR PROPOSED TEAM WILL BUILD ON THE WORK COMPLETED TO DATE. BY THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, NASA WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ALL ANALYTICAL RESULTS, DATA USED IN THE ANALYSIS, REPORTS PREPARED DURING THE PROJECT, AND ALTERNATIVES TO ADAPT TO PROJECTED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $72,210 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | May 8, 2013 | Apr 5, 2013 | Oct 6, 2016 | ||
| WE PROPOSE TO MEASURE THE ABUNDANCE, STRUCTURAL DISTRIBUTION, EE, AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF HYDROXY ACIDS IN A RANGE OF CM AND CR CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES SPANNING AQUEOUS ALTERATION STATES FROM 1 TO 3. PREVIOUS ANALYSES OF THE AMINO ACID CONTENT OF THESE METEORITES (ELSILA ET AL., 2012; GLAVIN ET AL., 2010; GLAVIN AND DWORKIN, 2009) MAKE POSSIBLE A DIRECT COMPARISON OF HYDROXY AND AMINO ACIDS. THE RESULTS OF OUR WORK WILL CONSTRAIN THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE CHIRAL FORCE THAT LEADS TO EE OF METEORITIC AMINO AND HYDROXY ACIDS, IMPROVING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORIGINS OF HOMOCHIRALITY, A CRITICAL STEP IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE. AS SUCH THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES CONCEPTS RELATED TO BOTH THE PLANETARY CONDITIONS FOR LIFE AND PREBIOTIC EVOLUTION COMPONENTS OF THE ASTROBIOLOGY: EXOBIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY PROGRAM. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $153,869 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Apr 4, 2013 | Apr 1, 2013 | Dec 7, 2016 | ||
| CDC-NEW PO-TRAINING COURSE EXPENSES FOR BINH NGUYEN | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $3,889 | STATE, DEPARTMENT OF | HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF | — | 611710Educational Support Services | U011EDUCATION/TRAINING- AIDS/HIV | Jul 26, 2012 | Jul 26, 2012 | Sep 30, 2012 | ||
| U433D70 BAA#10-4732 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $6,948 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AZ12 | Feb 10, 2011 | Feb 10, 2011 | Jun 30, 2011 | ||
| THE NASA-DEVELOPED OFFSHORE MEMBRANE ENCLOSURE FOR GROWING ALGAE (OMEGA) IS A NOVEL PHOTOBIOREACTOR (PBR) SYSTEM DESIGNED TO GROW MICROALGAE IN BAGS THAT FLOAT IN THE OCEAN. AFTER AN INCUBATION PERIOD OF L0-20 DAYS, THE MICROALGAL BIOMASS IS COLLECTED BY BARGS AND RETURNED TO LAND FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. THE MATERIAL RECOVERED FROM OMEGA CONTAINS LARGE PROPORTIONS OF WATER. THIS RESEARCH WILL DESIGN AN EFFICIENT, BARGE- MOUNTED ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROALGAE HARVESTING SYSTEM THAT WILL CONCENTRATE THE BIOMASS AT SEA. THIS WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF BIOMASS COLLECTED PER BARGE LOAD, REDUCE DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING AND INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE OMEGA PROCESS. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $28,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | U009EDUCATION/TRAINING- GENERAL | Dec 22, 2010 | Nov 29, 2010 | Nov 28, 2012 | ||
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $19,857 | FOREST SERVICE | FOREST SERVICE | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | F099NATURAL RESOURCES/CONSERVATION- OTHER | Sep 16, 2010 | Sep 16, 2010 | Jun 7, 2012 | ||
| BAA | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $0 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541330Engineering Services | AD22 | Mar 3, 2009 | Mar 9, 2009 | Sep 30, 2011 | ||
| "THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF COMPLEXITY: USING NETWORK ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND EVOLUTION" THE NOTION THAT BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS PORTEND EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY IS AS OLD AS THE STUDY OF THE PATHWAYS THEMSELVES. WHILE EARLY EFFORTS WERE TUNED TOWARDS PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY - BEST PORTRAYED IN THE STATEMENT "METABOLISM RECAPITULATES BIOGENESIS," MORE RECENT STUDIES SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE AND TOPOLOGY OF BIOCHEMICAL NETWORKS IS EMBEDDED KEY INFORMATION ON THEIR EVOLUTION, RECRUITMENT OF GENES AND METABOLITES ACROSS THE NETWORK, ACQUISITION OF NEW FUNCTIONS FROM OTHER ORGANISMS, AND WHOLESALE DUPLICATIONS OF METABOLIC PATHWAYS. WHILE IN MANY WAYS ANALOGOUS TO THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION RECORDED IN GENE AND PROTEIN SEQUENCES, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTRACTING EVOLUTIONARY INFORMATION ARE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THOSE USED FOR SEQUENCE ANALYSIS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A NEW APPROACH THAT INTEGRATES INFORMATION ON THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF ALL ENZYMES WITHIN A BIOCHEMICAL NETWORK WITH THE NEWLY DEVELOPED CAPABILITY TO MODEL NETWORK BEHAVIOR, NOT ONLY AS A FUNCTION OF THE AVAILABLE REPERTOIRE OF ENZYMES BUT ALSO CLOSELY APPROXIMATING THE CHANGING CHEMICAL MILIEUS THOUGHT TO HAVE EXISTED THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $266,515 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Jul 11, 2008 | Jun 25, 2008 | Dec 19, 2012 | ||
| VARIABILITY OF ACCUMULATION ICE-SHEET, ELEVATION AND MASS BALANCE AT REGIONAL SPATIAL SCALES | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | $212,964 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR21 | Jan 13, 2004 | Jul 1, 2003 | Jun 30, 2007 |