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| Grantee |
Amount |
Date |
 | Science Friday Initiative
Informing and Educating the Public through Science Friday innovations | $900,000 | Apr. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $900,000 | Apr. 2013 |
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Purpose
Increase public knowledge and engagement with scientific information through expansions to the radio program Science Friday, its Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) content, and accompanying online and social media resources. | | Life Sciences Research Foundation
Biological Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellowships | $915,000 | Mar. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $915,000 | Mar. 2013 |
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In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in non-biomedical biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $908,000 | May 2012 |
Purpose
In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $855,000 | Apr. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the Life Sciences Research Foundation is a renewal grant and will support prestigious post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $684,000 | Jun. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship opportunity for four top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | | University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health
New technologies to query the behavior of individual microbial cells that form a symbiosis with an animal host | $2,468,000 | Feb. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,468,000 | Feb. 2013 |
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In support of developing technologies to visualize, manipulate, and explore the behavior of individual bacterial cells that form a mutually beneficial symbiosis with a squid. Funds will be used to create a high sensitivity sequencing instrument prototype and to develop new gene expression and microscopy methods to allow tracking how symbiotic bacteria change their behavior when transitioning from a seawater ecosystem to become an integral part of the squid host’s tissues. | | Smithsonian Institution, Astrophysical Observatory
Imaging supermassive black holes with an Earth-sized radio telescope | $1,777,000 | Feb. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,777,000 | Feb. 2013 |
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In support of the development of a next-generation high-speed digital data acquisition system for the Event Horizon Telescope—-a worldwide network of millimeter-wave telescopes that will have the greatest resolving power of any astronomical instrument ever assembled, and allow imaging of the "surface" (event horizon) of a supermassive black hole. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,601,290 | Nov. 2008 |
Purpose
In support of acquiring new knowledge about many astrophysical puzzles, including dark matter, dark energy, the origin and evolution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, and black holes by developing, designing, testing, and manufacturing adjustable grazing incidence optics and developing a CMOS-based detector for the next generation of satellite-based X-ray telescopes. | | University of California, San Francisco Office of Sponsored Research
Piloting Graduate Student Internships for Career Exploration (GSICE) | $684,000 | Jan. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $684,000 | Jan. 2013 |
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Purpose
This grant to the University of California, San Francisco is in support of a scalable and externally evaluated program to address current gaps in graduate training by preparing doctoral students with the professional skills necessary for non-academic careers, dedicated mentorship for exploring nonacademic science careers and hands-on internship experiences in relevant environments. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,588,000 | Oct. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the University of California, San Francisco to develop the first-of-its-kind super-resolution cryo-microscope that will allow researchers to co-localize protein and structure within cells in their native state. | | University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics
Probing quantum effects of gravity in a table-top experiment | $1,153,000 | Dec. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $1,153,000 | Dec. 2012 |
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In support of laboratory experiments aimed to detect quantum-mechanical effects of gravity through precise quantum control of a micro-mechanical oscillator by microwaves. | | University of New South Wales, Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation
Molecular mechanisms of a bacteria-sponge symbiosis | $1,292,000 | Dec. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,292,000 | Dec. 2012 |
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Purpose
In support of research to determine if microbial symbionts that live in close association with their hosts have acquired proteins from their host over the course of evolution and if they use these eukaryotic-like proteins to facilitate the symbiotic relationship. | | University of Colorado Foundation
Matching Grant for CU Teach: Sustaining a Pathway for Science and Engineering Majors to Pursue Science and Math Teaching | $200,000 | Dec. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Dec. 2012 |
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In support of a sustainable model of a national exemplar program for discipline-based teacher education. Funds will used to meet a matching grant opportunity that will enable long-term support to increase the number and quality of science and math teachers. | | California Institute of Technology
Energy and sustainability science laboratory renovations | $400,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant will provide support towards state-of-the-art renovation of laboratory facilities which will house researchers participating in leading edge renewable and scalable energy projects. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
This grant supports progress towards completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,500,000 | May 2012 |
Purpose
For the development of the Programmable Molecular Technology Initiative to establish a center with capabilities for programming molecular function. The initiative will initially exploit these capabilities to pioneer high-impact technologies in three areas: molecular instruments for readout and regulation of cell state, efficient microbial synthesis of biofuels from non-food renewable resources, and principles and foundations for programming molecular function. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $7,500,000 | Dec. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant supports progress toward completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. This grant is paired with an identical award to the University of California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant supports six research groups within the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Center to reveal, on a chemical scale, the interactions that control complex signaling pathways in cells. These pathways govern the structure and function of every living cell and are at the forefront of research at the chemistry-biology-physics interface. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To support new experiments designed to understand the causal link between gene functions, the brain, and behavior. Funding will be used to develop automated methods for measuring behaviors in rodents and to integrate these new methods with electrophysiological recording, functional imaging, and genetically based manipulations of neuronal activity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 35 mo. | $1,500,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
For developing a dense, affordable Community Seismic Network for use in potential earthquake regions and demonstration of its capability in the Pasadena region. The network will employ large numbers of heterogeneous sensors, including sensors attached to desktop computers and in cell phones, which will be capable of sending data to a distributed "cloud computing" system and producing detailed maps of ground and building shaking intensity soon after a significant earthquake. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 64 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To establish the Center for Exotic Quantum Systems to unite a diverse on-campus community of scientists who will be able to expand their leading-edge research on quantum matter, quantum light, quantum nano-mechanics, and quantum information science. The Center will become an internationally recognized entity that substantially enhances Caltech's ability to recruit the very best students, postdocs, and faculty in this important field. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
To establish a Center for Bio-inspired Wind Energy, with facilities on the main campus of Caltech and at the recently established Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy in northern Los Angeles County. The Center will carry out research, development, and field testing of novel wind energy technologies inspired by engineering solutions found in nature. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant will help fund the initial operation of the Resnick Institute for the Science of Energy (RISE), a newly endowed program at Caltech, with a strategic focus on energy science and technology. Foundation funds will support the postdoctoral and graduate student fellowships, communications programs, and facility development for the Institute during the initial year, when RISE endowment funds are not yet available. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,000,000 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
To support Caltech's Technology Tectonics Observatory in the second phase of developing a multidisciplinary facility that combines state-of-the-art monitoring networks and innovative observations at key tectonics boundaries with modeling of tectonic forces over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. The goal of the project is to understand and eventually predict the earth's behavior near the intersection of key tectonic plates and provide strategic insights into a variety of destructive phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, and other geochemical and geophysical processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 21 mo. | $7,500,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the California Institute of Technology provides $7.5 million of additional funds to complete the Design Development Phase (DDP) of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) by March 2009. The TMT goal is to construct the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes. This grant is paired with an identical award to the University of California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $11,260,000 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of establishing the Center for Catalysis and Chemical Synthesis to accelerate the discovery of powerful new catalytic chemical reactions and novel chemical architectures. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $6,000,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of developing the molecular basis for driving the photo-oxidation of water to enable fuel production directly from sunlight. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,500,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of research in reliable generation, storage, and use of renewable energy with the establishment of the Center for Sustainable Energy Research. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,943,114 | Jul. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of experimentation with large, diverse, and interconnected socio-economic systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,998,512 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of research that will lead to an understanding of the effects of reward and punishment at numerous levels of human brain organization. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 72 mo. | $12,020,300 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of Revolutionizing Detectors for Cosmology. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,611,266 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of establishing the Center for Integrative Study of Cell Regulation, and postdoctoral fellowships. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,979,578 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
For creation of the Proteome Exploration Laboratory (CaPel). Research at CaPel is expected to generate new knowledge of how the proteins specified by a genome give rise to an organism. Outcomes for this grant include installation of equipment and maintenance of the Proteome Exploration Laboratory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $5,631,000 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
To establish the Center for Cosmochemical and Geochemical Microanalysis. The Center will sustain a program of theoretical research aimed at attacking the problems posed by dark matter, dark energy, and the early universe. Outcomes for this grant include the addition of two senior scientists (cosmology theorists), establishment of a distinguished visiting scholars program and postdoctoral fellowships, and maintenance of the Center. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $8,799,000 | Sep. 2005 |
Purpose
For establishment of the Center for Cosmochemical and Geochemical Microanalysis. Outcomes for this grant include installation of two ion microprobes, development of novel geochemical instrumentation, and maintenance of the Center. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $17,537,100 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
For establishing Caltech's center for Ultrafast Science and Technology, focusing on fundamental studies of molecular complexity, the development of the technology of ultrafast imaging, and its applications to real systems of physical, chemical, and biological function. Outcomes for this grant include creation and maintenance of the ultrafast imaging facility. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
To support and expand Caltech's diversity programs. Outcomes for this grant include increased participation of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering, recruitment of non-Caltech and Caltech undergraduate and graduate students every year, support for postdoctoral students, and assessment of the diversity recruitment program. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,510,000 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to Caltech partially funds construction costs for the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA). Caltech, University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana Campaign, and University of Maryland are collaborating to build CARMA, which merges six 10-meter telescopes from Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory array with nine six-meter telescopes from the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array on one site at Cedar Flat near Bishop, California. The CARMA Association (made up of the four partner universities) will operate the new array. Outcomes for this grant include relocation of six ten-meter telescopes, completion of the observatory, upgraded telescope electronics, development and deployment of an array computing system, and establishment of the array infrastructure. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $22,222,222 | Oct. 2004 |
Purpose
In support of Caltech's institute-wide intellectual, educational, and outreach initiative called Information Science and Technology. Outcomes for this grant include establishment of (including staff and equipment) four Information Science and Technology centers: Biology, Physics, Social Science, and Math. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,254,000 | Jul. 2004 |
Purpose
Caltech is using this grant to build the Tectonics Observatory, which is part of a ten-year initiative aimed at revolutionizing earth sciences research. As part of this initiative, Caltech will utilize the latest technologies and multi-disciplinary research methods to study the tectonic plate boundaries. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a Tectonics Observatory infrastructure, increased pool of tectonics researchers, and improved tectonics data. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 72 mo. | $25,426,741 | May 2004 |
Purpose
In support of Caltech's Nanoscale Systems Initiative and the operation of the initiative's laboratories and facilities. Outcomes for this grant include renovation and relocation of labs, recruitment of faculty, and the launch of the Nanoscale Systems Initiative's laboratories and facilities. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $30,822,486 | Feb. 2004 |
Purpose
This administrative grant is part of the Foundation's $300 million commitment to Caltech. The outcome for this grant is reimbursement of all program-related indirect costs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 108 mo. | $14,206,289 | Nov. 2003 |
Purpose
To establish an observatory for structural molecular biology. The new observatory, called a beam line, will make use of the extremely bright X-rays produced by a newly installed advanced electron accelerator at Stanford's Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a macromolecular crystallography facility for studying complicated biological systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $17,500,000 | Sep. 2003 |
Purpose
Caltech received this grant to initiate a detailed design study of the Thirty-Meter Telescope. This giant optical/infrared telescope is larger than any ground-based telescope in operation. Caltech and the University of California will collaborate with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy for the detailed design phase of the telescope. Outcomes for this grant include development of a preliminary design for the telescope. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $4,000,000 | Nov. 2002 |
Purpose
Caltech used this grant to establish a Cryoelectron Microscopy Laboratory and equip it with two cryoelectron microscopes capable of helping scientists "see" biological structures that are too small for conventional electron microscopy, and too large to be resolved by X-ray crystallography. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $27,745,260 | Apr. 2002 |
Purpose
In support of creation and deployment of a magnetic resonance imaging center for higher-brain research in a facility designed to give researchers an opportunity for deeper understanding of neural function through noninvasive studies. | | University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Development of new technology to study zooplankton | $1,370,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 50 mo. | $1,370,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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In support of designing and building a new autonomous underwater vehicle with new capabilities for identifying and quantifying the abundance of the tiny marine animals – zooplankton – using pictures and sound. The instrument will observe zooplankton using cutting-edge optical imaging and acoustic sensors while simultaneously measuring the physical and biological properties of the ocean to collectively provide new insights into the distribution and behavior of these animals that form a critical component of the marine food web. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $867,414 | Jun. 2011 |
Purpose
The grant to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography supports investigating how closely coupled marine microorganisms interact physically and exchange nutrient molecules. By combining new microscopy tools with molecular and isotope techniques, this project aims to advance understanding of the mechanisms that drive biogeochemical cycles in the surface ocean. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $261,847 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of enhancing communication and collaboration between managers, shellfish industry representatives, and scientists to respond to the evolving threats posed by ocean acidification along the U.S. West Coast. Funding will be used to design an effective and sustainable ocean acidification monitoring system that builds upon current efforts and addresses pressing needs of the shellfish industry and the scientific community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 33 mo. | $768,674 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To support a multi-institution effort to assess the impacts of ocean acidification at Palmyra Atoll. The funding will be used to determine how numerous species respond to natural variability in ocean pH and temperature present across the Atoll, an environment with few other local stressors. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $730,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To procure leading-edge, next-generation microscopes to enable new science through technology. The new instruments will enable investigations of microbial interactions and associations that influence biogeochemical processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $660,446 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant supports the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography to purchase and install a multi-frequency acoustic system and single-warp mid-water trawl to assess and sample mid- to higher-trophic levels during research cruises within the U.S. West Coast Ecosystem to inform fisheries management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $842,058 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
Scripps Institution is using this grant for two related marine microbe projects. Outcomes for this grant include performance of field and lab studies on the microbial ecology of coral mucus layers and application of imaging to determine the sources, composition, and distribution of marine organic particles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,408,850 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography funds the purchase of instruments and equipment for research and monitoring of the U.S. West Coast ecosystem off Southern California. The research conducted by Scripps will lead to a better understanding of the hydrographic structure and variability of the system and the dynamics of plankton communities there. Outcomes for this grant include deployment of four Spray gliders, Moving Vessel Profiler, and SeaSoar (autonomous devices for measuring and recording oceanographic data) in California waters. | | University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics
Novel instrumentation to measure dark energy | $2,100,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,100,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant supports the acquisition of first-of-a-kind optical instruments (wide field optics and massively parallel spectrographs) to measure dark energy and its effects on the Universe’s expansion using the recently proven technique of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $157,500 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to the University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics is to undertake further detailed studies of stellar characteristics by interferometry, which are challenging our current understanding of many stars. Use of the Infrared Spatial Interferometer has already made preliminary discoveries of a class of non-spherical stars, a quite unexpected result that may elucidate unanticipated and previously unknown stellar evolution processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $166,125 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To continue the studies in interferometry, atmospheric fluctuations, and stellar asymmetries. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $450,000 | Jan. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Berkeley's Department of Physics supports scientific observations at the Mt. Wilson Infrared Spatial Interferometer three telescope system. Outcomes include the continuation of studies in interferometry, atmospheric fluctuations, and stellar asymmetries. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Jul. 2001 |
Purpose
UC Berkeley's Department of Physics used this grant to complete the installation and integration of Mt. Wilson's third telescope. | | California Institute of Technology
Thirty Meter Telescope Early Construction Phase | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant supports progress towards completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
This grant will provide support towards state-of-the-art renovation of laboratory facilities which will house researchers participating in leading edge renewable and scalable energy projects. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,500,000 | May 2012 |
Purpose
For the development of the Programmable Molecular Technology Initiative to establish a center with capabilities for programming molecular function. The initiative will initially exploit these capabilities to pioneer high-impact technologies in three areas: molecular instruments for readout and regulation of cell state, efficient microbial synthesis of biofuels from non-food renewable resources, and principles and foundations for programming molecular function. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $7,500,000 | Dec. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant supports progress toward completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. This grant is paired with an identical award to the University of California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant supports six research groups within the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Center to reveal, on a chemical scale, the interactions that control complex signaling pathways in cells. These pathways govern the structure and function of every living cell and are at the forefront of research at the chemistry-biology-physics interface. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To support new experiments designed to understand the causal link between gene functions, the brain, and behavior. Funding will be used to develop automated methods for measuring behaviors in rodents and to integrate these new methods with electrophysiological recording, functional imaging, and genetically based manipulations of neuronal activity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 64 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To establish the Center for Exotic Quantum Systems to unite a diverse on-campus community of scientists who will be able to expand their leading-edge research on quantum matter, quantum light, quantum nano-mechanics, and quantum information science. The Center will become an internationally recognized entity that substantially enhances Caltech's ability to recruit the very best students, postdocs, and faculty in this important field. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 35 mo. | $1,500,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
For developing a dense, affordable Community Seismic Network for use in potential earthquake regions and demonstration of its capability in the Pasadena region. The network will employ large numbers of heterogeneous sensors, including sensors attached to desktop computers and in cell phones, which will be capable of sending data to a distributed "cloud computing" system and producing detailed maps of ground and building shaking intensity soon after a significant earthquake. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
To establish a Center for Bio-inspired Wind Energy, with facilities on the main campus of Caltech and at the recently established Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy in northern Los Angeles County. The Center will carry out research, development, and field testing of novel wind energy technologies inspired by engineering solutions found in nature. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant will help fund the initial operation of the Resnick Institute for the Science of Energy (RISE), a newly endowed program at Caltech, with a strategic focus on energy science and technology. Foundation funds will support the postdoctoral and graduate student fellowships, communications programs, and facility development for the Institute during the initial year, when RISE endowment funds are not yet available. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,000,000 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
To support Caltech's Technology Tectonics Observatory in the second phase of developing a multidisciplinary facility that combines state-of-the-art monitoring networks and innovative observations at key tectonics boundaries with modeling of tectonic forces over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. The goal of the project is to understand and eventually predict the earth's behavior near the intersection of key tectonic plates and provide strategic insights into a variety of destructive phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, and other geochemical and geophysical processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 21 mo. | $7,500,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the California Institute of Technology provides $7.5 million of additional funds to complete the Design Development Phase (DDP) of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) by March 2009. The TMT goal is to construct the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes. This grant is paired with an identical award to the University of California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $11,260,000 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of establishing the Center for Catalysis and Chemical Synthesis to accelerate the discovery of powerful new catalytic chemical reactions and novel chemical architectures. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $6,000,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of developing the molecular basis for driving the photo-oxidation of water to enable fuel production directly from sunlight. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,500,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of research in reliable generation, storage, and use of renewable energy with the establishment of the Center for Sustainable Energy Research. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,943,114 | Jul. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of experimentation with large, diverse, and interconnected socio-economic systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 72 mo. | $12,020,300 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of Revolutionizing Detectors for Cosmology. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,998,512 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of research that will lead to an understanding of the effects of reward and punishment at numerous levels of human brain organization. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,611,266 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of establishing the Center for Integrative Study of Cell Regulation, and postdoctoral fellowships. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $5,631,000 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
To establish the Center for Cosmochemical and Geochemical Microanalysis. The Center will sustain a program of theoretical research aimed at attacking the problems posed by dark matter, dark energy, and the early universe. Outcomes for this grant include the addition of two senior scientists (cosmology theorists), establishment of a distinguished visiting scholars program and postdoctoral fellowships, and maintenance of the Center. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,979,578 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
For creation of the Proteome Exploration Laboratory (CaPel). Research at CaPel is expected to generate new knowledge of how the proteins specified by a genome give rise to an organism. Outcomes for this grant include installation of equipment and maintenance of the Proteome Exploration Laboratory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $8,799,000 | Sep. 2005 |
Purpose
For establishment of the Center for Cosmochemical and Geochemical Microanalysis. Outcomes for this grant include installation of two ion microprobes, development of novel geochemical instrumentation, and maintenance of the Center. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $17,537,100 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
For establishing Caltech's center for Ultrafast Science and Technology, focusing on fundamental studies of molecular complexity, the development of the technology of ultrafast imaging, and its applications to real systems of physical, chemical, and biological function. Outcomes for this grant include creation and maintenance of the ultrafast imaging facility. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
To support and expand Caltech's diversity programs. Outcomes for this grant include increased participation of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering, recruitment of non-Caltech and Caltech undergraduate and graduate students every year, support for postdoctoral students, and assessment of the diversity recruitment program. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,510,000 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to Caltech partially funds construction costs for the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA). Caltech, University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana Campaign, and University of Maryland are collaborating to build CARMA, which merges six 10-meter telescopes from Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory array with nine six-meter telescopes from the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array on one site at Cedar Flat near Bishop, California. The CARMA Association (made up of the four partner universities) will operate the new array. Outcomes for this grant include relocation of six ten-meter telescopes, completion of the observatory, upgraded telescope electronics, development and deployment of an array computing system, and establishment of the array infrastructure. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $22,222,222 | Oct. 2004 |
Purpose
In support of Caltech's institute-wide intellectual, educational, and outreach initiative called Information Science and Technology. Outcomes for this grant include establishment of (including staff and equipment) four Information Science and Technology centers: Biology, Physics, Social Science, and Math. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,254,000 | Jul. 2004 |
Purpose
Caltech is using this grant to build the Tectonics Observatory, which is part of a ten-year initiative aimed at revolutionizing earth sciences research. As part of this initiative, Caltech will utilize the latest technologies and multi-disciplinary research methods to study the tectonic plate boundaries. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a Tectonics Observatory infrastructure, increased pool of tectonics researchers, and improved tectonics data. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 72 mo. | $25,426,741 | May 2004 |
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In support of Caltech's Nanoscale Systems Initiative and the operation of the initiative's laboratories and facilities. Outcomes for this grant include renovation and relocation of labs, recruitment of faculty, and the launch of the Nanoscale Systems Initiative's laboratories and facilities. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $30,822,486 | Feb. 2004 |
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This administrative grant is part of the Foundation's $300 million commitment to Caltech. The outcome for this grant is reimbursement of all program-related indirect costs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 108 mo. | $14,206,289 | Nov. 2003 |
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To establish an observatory for structural molecular biology. The new observatory, called a beam line, will make use of the extremely bright X-rays produced by a newly installed advanced electron accelerator at Stanford's Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a macromolecular crystallography facility for studying complicated biological systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $17,500,000 | Sep. 2003 |
Purpose
Caltech received this grant to initiate a detailed design study of the Thirty-Meter Telescope. This giant optical/infrared telescope is larger than any ground-based telescope in operation. Caltech and the University of California will collaborate with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy for the detailed design phase of the telescope. Outcomes for this grant include development of a preliminary design for the telescope. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $4,000,000 | Nov. 2002 |
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Caltech used this grant to establish a Cryoelectron Microscopy Laboratory and equip it with two cryoelectron microscopes capable of helping scientists "see" biological structures that are too small for conventional electron microscopy, and too large to be resolved by X-ray crystallography. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $27,745,260 | Apr. 2002 |
Purpose
In support of creation and deployment of a magnetic resonance imaging center for higher-brain research in a facility designed to give researchers an opportunity for deeper understanding of neural function through noninvasive studies. | | University of California
Thirty Meter Telescope Early Construction Phase | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant supports progress towards completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $7,500,000 | Dec. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant supports progress toward completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. This grant is paired with an identical award to Caltech. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 21 mo. | $7,500,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of California provides $7.5 million of additional funds to complete the Design Development Phase (DDP) of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) by March 2009. The TMT goal is to construct the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes. This grant is paired with an identical award to the California Institute of Technology. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $17,500,000 | Dec. 2003 |
Purpose
The University of California is using this grant to design, construct, and to share in the operation of the Thirty Meter Telescope with Caltech. At 30 meters in diameter, this giant optical, infrared telescope is larger than any ground-based telescope in operation. Outcomes include the continuation of work on the telescope in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology. | | Stanford University, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials
Exotic Emergent Particles in Nanostructures | $1,563,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $1,563,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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In support of investigations of engineered nano-structures, "designer quantum materials," in which electron-electron interactions are manipulated by design, and the resulting complex cooperative electron behavior probed by the state-of-the-art methods of tunneling spectroscopy, magnetic microscopy, and on-chip electron interferometry. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $550,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will support the development of a nanoscale photoelectron spectroscopy system. The system will be able to study materials down to 10 nanometers at ambient pressure, unlike current systems which must operate in vacuum, providing critical electronic and chemical sensitive information. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 31 mo. | $1,800,000 | Aug. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of developing a new method to acquire electricity from sunlight that combines both the photon (quantum) and thermal approaches, called Photo-Enhanced Thermionic Emission. Funding will be used to identify optimal materials, design, fabricate, and test Photo-Enhanced Thermionic Emission devices, and benchmark their efficiencies and cost per watt compared to other technologies. | | Gordon Research Conferences
Support of Gordon Research Conferences 2013-2016 | $300,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $300,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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To support Gordon Research Conferences on topics related to areas of interest to the Science Program. Gordon Research Conferences bring together leading investigators from around the world to discuss their latest work and future challenges in a uniquely informal, interactive format and thus fosters collaborations that can potentially break barriers in the field. | | University of California, San Francisco Office of Sponsored Research
Super-resolution correlative X-Ray tomography | $1,588,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,588,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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In support of the University of California, San Francisco to develop the first-of-its-kind super-resolution cryo-microscope that will allow researchers to co-localize protein and structure within cells in their native state. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $684,000 | Jan. 2013 |
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This grant to the University of California, San Francisco is in support of a scalable and externally evaluated program to address current gaps in graduate training by preparing doctoral students with the professional skills necessary for non-academic careers, dedicated mentorship for exploring nonacademic science careers and hands-on internship experiences in relevant environments. | | Fedora Commons
Advanced on-line services for scholarly content | $861,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $861,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of a new DuraSpace service offering called "DuraCloud," a suite of on-line tools and services for the long-term preservation and analysis of research and other scholarly content. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $4,933,000 | Jul. 2007 |
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To provide the technical expertise and community framework needed to develop sustainable open-source software for innovative collaboration and knowledge sharing among scientists, scholars, and educators, while ensuring the integrity and longevity of the results of their work. | | University of California Museum of Paleontology
Understanding Global Change: a web-based resource for teachers and the public | $954,300 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $954,300 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of the development and dissemination of a high-quality, high-profile, web-based resource for rigorously-vetted scientific information about the nature and impacts of global change with a focus on biological/ecological responses to, and interactions with, changing environments, including climate change. Targeting K-16 teachers and the lay public, the site will examine the drivers and consequences of past change, how they compare to those of the present, and how we know what we know. | | Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics
Using Ultracold Atoms to Investigate Cooperative Phenomena in Materials | $969,921 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $969,921 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of the design and implementation of a novel "atom chip microscope," which will use ultracold magnetic atoms to image magnetic and transport properties of materials with an unprecedented sensitivity and at variable temperatures. | | Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education
Lab Internships for Teachers | $105,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $105,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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To support research internships for teachers in science laboratories at San Francisco Bay Area universities, and travel costs for a subset of teacher participants to attend the annual Partners in Science conference to share research, interact with scientist, and network with other teachers. | | National Academy of Sciences
Improving Impact of Science & Entertainment Exchange | $480,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $480,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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To support establishment of development capacity for the National Academies of Sciences’ Science & Entertainment Exchange to enhance programming that supports public engagement with and appreciation of science. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $67,000 | Oct. 2005 |
Purpose
The National Academy of Sciences, with its partner UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources, used this extension grant to further develop an initiative on urban sustainability. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $252,127 | May 2005 |
Purpose
The National Academy of Sciences, with its partners, used this grant to develop a five-year initiative focusing on urban environmental sustainability in medium-sized cities of the developing world. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $250,000 | Oct. 2004 |
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This grant supports a National Academy of Sciences survey aimed at identifying barriers to the effective management of coastal and marine resources, particularly in the developing world. The Academy's Ocean Studies Board will review past and current efforts to develop and implement marine conservation policies in developing nations. The survey will lead to recommendations on ways in which the United States, working in partnership with others, can help strengthen the marine protection and management capacity of these nations. Outcomes for this grant include recommendations for strengthening international marine protection and management capacity. | | New York Hall of Science
Making Meaning: Assessment Framework Development for STEM Learning through Making | $250,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $250,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of an initial design of a tool that offers rich and relevant assessment and documentation of the science and engineering-rich Making process, an accompanying platform for a performance-based assessment repository for young Makers’ project work, and a national symposium on assessment of STEM learning in Making activities. | | University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Ocean Sciences, School of Earth & Marine Science
Tohoku Subduction Zone Observatory: Investigating Mechanisms of Megathrust Earthquakes | $757,876 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $757,876 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of participation in the international rapid-response project Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project, which has established the first ever underwater earthquake "observatory" by deep-water drilling at the site of the devastating March 2011 Tohoku megathrust earthquake. Researchers will analyze the temperature and permeability data recovered from the observatory to obtain new fundamental knowledge about physical properties of the fault during a major earthquake and as the fault recovers and prepares for the next event. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $3,761,929 | May 2008 |
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For research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. Jonathan P. Zehr on the microbiological underpinnings of the nitrogen cycle in the ocean. The objectives of this grant are to investigate the microbiology, diversity, physiology, biochemistry, and biogeochemistry of the open ocean nitrogen cycle, including N2 fixation and nitrate assimilation. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $4,186,000 | Jul. 2004 |
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This grant to UC Santa Cruz supports the work of Dr. Zehr in the development of remote-sensing probes and sampling procedures for the study of nitrogen-fixing marine microbes. Outcomes for this grant include deployment of remote microbe samplers, construction of probes for, and investigation of, the gene expression of Crocosphaera. | | University of California, Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office
Imaging Molecular Interactions: Superlens Microscope (SLM) | $6,000,000 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $6,000,000 | Aug. 2012 |
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In support of a collaboration among the University of California, Berkeley, Imperial College London, Purdue University and the University of California, San Diego to develop a prototype microscope that will use special materials, which can manipulate light in ways that allow imaging of living cells at resolutions not possible today with conventional light microscopes. | | LDOS Media Lab
Informing and Educating the Public on Exciting Science Research | $600,000 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $600,000 | Aug. 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated program to increase public knowledge and awareness of exciting scientific research and discoveries, The Loh-Down on Science Media Lab will annually produce 250 new 90-second daily radio science segments and distribute them at no cost to all requesting national public radio stations in the United States and the Voice of America stations abroad. The program will also increase its current audience of over 4 million listeners in 40 countries by 50% through the redesign of a robust interactive website that integrates traditional radio and modern social networks. | | United States Geological Survey
Coordination and Integration of West Coast Earthquake Early Warning Prototype Activities | $594,406 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $594,406 | Jul. 2012 |
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In support of coordination and integration of earthquake early warning grant activities conducted at the California Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley, and University of Washington to develop a west coast prototype earthquake early warning system capable of providing robust advance warning—ranging from tens of seconds to minutes—of the size, extent and timing of imminent earthquakes. | | Queensland University of Technology
Integrating the global patent and science literatures within The Lens, a public platform for mapping innovation | $478,875 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $478,875 | Jul. 2012 |
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For architectural enhancements to The Lens, a public informatics platform that enables searching of the world’s patent literature. Funding will be used to enable linkage of the patent literature to the scientific and technology literature, which will substantially increase the utility of The Lens to scientists, science policy makers, and science funders. | | University of Guelph
Insect DNA Barcodes From Old Museum Specimens | $484,000 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $484,000 | Jul. 2012 |
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In support of a program to the University of Guelph focused on the development of protocols that will enable the cost-effective recovery of insect DNA barcode records from old museum specimens. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $250,000 | Aug. 2007 |
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This grant to the University of Guelph will be used to develop a new approach to DNA barcoding that will radically advance its utility as a tool for large-scale biodiversity analysis. The new protocol is based on gathering large numbers of DNA barcodes through a new, massively parallel pyrosequencing technology. Applied to bulk samples of organisms these barcodes will define the pool of species represented in the sampled environment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $145,728 | Sep. 2006 |
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Purchase of hardware to increase DNA bar-coding capacity. In continued support of a DNA bar-coding project titled 'Bar Code of Life.'
| Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,406,800 | Jun. 2004 |
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University of Guelph researchers are using this grant to develop standardized procedures for species identifications using DNA applications. Ultimately, this DNA recognition system may be used to identify all animal species on the planet (including the millions still unknown) and lead to a better understanding of biodiversity. Outcomes include support of a DNA bar-coding project titled Bar Code of Life. | | American Association for the Advancement of Science
Broadening impact for science and technology policy fellowship programs | $465,031 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $465,031 | Jul. 2012 |
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In support of placing PhD-level science and technology policy fellows in new and undersubscribed host offices, such as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and offices related to the justice functions of the U.S. government. Funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee’s long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $113,887 | Apr. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the American Association for the Advancement of Science is a renewal grant and is in support of placing a PhD-level science and technology policy fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy for one year. Funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee’s long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $111,826 | Jul. 2010 |
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To place a PhD-level science and technology policy fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy for one year. The funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee's long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | | University of California, Santa Cruz Center for Adaptive Optics
Guide Star Laser for Lick Observatory | $377,002 | Jun. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $377,002 | Jun. 2012 |
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In support of installation and deployment of a state-of-the-art solid-state laser at Lick Observatory, which will be used to excite sodium atoms in the upper atmosphere and produce a bright spot ("guide star") to enable operation of the adaptive optics system for reduction of atmospheric blurring of sky images. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $9,100,000 | Aug. 2002 |
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UC Santa Cruz's Center for Adaptive Optics is using this grant to establish the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics. This new laboratory complements the Center for Adaptive Optics and supports its broader mission to advance and disseminate adaptive optics technology. Outcomes include development, application, and popularization of adaptive optics techniques with primary emphases on astronomy, human vision, integrating education with research, and industrial partnerships. | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Imaging Molecular Interactions: Quantum Electron Microscope (QEM) | $1,684,076 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,684,076 | May 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated program among Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics to demonstrate interaction-free measurements with electrons, which if successful will form the basic principles for future development of an electron microscope based on quantum physics—a quantum electron microscope. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $550,000 | Apr. 2010 |
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For the acquisition of a next generation DNA sequencing platform to enable important advances in the field of marine microbial ecology. This grant is part of a multi-grant strategy to expand the diversity and capacity of DNA sequencing technologies available to marine microbial ecology researchers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $4,539,188 | May 2008 |
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In support of research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm on the ecology of Prochlorococcus, a major group of primary producers in the upper ocean, and its mechanisms of evolution. The outcomes of this grant include a deeper understanding of ecological differentiation among various groups of Prochlorococcus and how they interact with co-occurring heterotrophic bacteria and infective viruses. Key physiological and time series data are expected to be generated and supplied to ecosystem models. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $4,705,729 | May 2008 |
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In support of research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. Edward F. DeLong on the dynamics of the composition and gene expression patterns of planktonic microbial communities. The outcomes of this grant include a deeper understanding of how bacterial and archaeal populations change in space and time in natural and perturbed marine systems, how microbes communicate with each other in ocean environments, and how widely distributed genes of important ecological function impact marine biogeochemical cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,500,000 | Jul. 2004 |
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This grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology supports the work of Dr. Chisholm into the ecology and evolution of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Commonly called blue-green algae, cyanobacteria are among the largest and most important groups of bacteria alive today. Outcomes for this grant include explanation of the ecotype genomics and diversity of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus, definition of Prochlorococcus ecotype growth factors, and examination of the relative fitnesses of mixed culture strains. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,350,000 | Jul. 2004 |
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This grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology supports the research of Dr. DeLong into the genetic diversity of planktonic marine bacteria and archaea. Outcomes for this grant include characterization of the genomes and genomic variability of dominant planktonic bacteria and archaea, integration of biogeochemical and genomic evolutionary theories, creation of a metabolic and biogeochemical model of microbe communities, and the tracking of microbe populations by DNA. | | Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Imaging Molecular Interactions: Quantum Electron Microscope (QEM) | $1,145,277 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,145,277 | May 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated program among Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics to demonstrate interaction-free measurements with electrons, which if successful will form the basic principles for future development of an electron microscope based on quantum physics—a quantum electron microscope. | | Stanford University, Department of Physics
Imaging Molecular Interactions: Quantum Electron Microscope (QEM) | $1,249,875 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,249,875 | May 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated program among Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics to demonstrate interaction-free measurements with electrons, which if successful will form the basic principles for future development of an electron microscope based on quantum physics—a quantum electron microscope. | | Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Challenging the dogma that viruses only infect a narrow range of hosts | $1,001,422 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $1,001,422 | May 2012 |
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To challenge the paradigm that viruses infect only a narrow range of hosts by investigating how viruses that infect phytoplankton may also infect the small crustaceans that feed upon them. If this conceptual shift proves correct, it would fundamentally change scientists' understanding of virus-host relationships and the influence of viruses on host evolution. The project will also shed new light on how viruses may affect crustacean feeding behavior and the consequent flow of carbon in marine ecosystems. | | Life Sciences Research Foundation
Biological Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellowships | $908,000 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $908,000 | May 2012 |
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In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $915,000 | Mar. 2013 |
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In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in non-biomedical biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $855,000 | Apr. 2011 |
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This grant to the Life Sciences Research Foundation is a renewal grant and will support prestigious post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $684,000 | Jun. 2010 |
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In support of a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship opportunity for four top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | | University of Arizona, Sponsored Projects Services
A computational system for the dynamic visualization and sharing of epigenomic data | $273,169 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $273,169 | May 2012 |
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In support of developing a computational system for the dynamic visualization and sharing of epigenomic data from plants, which will stimulate international data sharing and result in new knowledge on how plants control the expression of genes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $1,649,267 | Aug. 2010 |
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In support of developing and applying novel virus ecology approaches that enable deeper investigations of the structure and activities of natural marine virus communities and the linkages between viruses and their microbial hosts. | | Stanford University, School of Education
Technology-enabled assessment of science learning | $365,825 | Apr. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $365,825 | Apr. 2012 |
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In support of the development of technology-enabled assessment prototypes that combine motivation and cognition, which if successful have the potential to change how children’s science learning is measured and understood. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $412,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of the development of prototypes for activities that can foster parents’ abilities to explore and engage with their children in identifying, discussing and exploring science concepts and ideas that surround them in everyday settings. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $184,448 | Nov. 2011 |
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In support of the development of instrumentation and metrics for assessing student outcomes and impact of field-based informal science education programs for student interest, engagement and understandings of science and sustainability. | | University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development Center
Research Phase II: Activating Young Science Learners | $1,800,090 | Apr. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,800,090 | Apr. 2012 |
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To develop and disseminate knowledge about how to effectively support science learning for children and accompanying measurement tools. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $1,999,596 | Jan. 2011 |
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This grant will support the launch of a valid, reliable and scalable assessment system to measure efficiently how well children in grades K-5 have learned science in ways that develop and retain their ability to engage in critical inquiry in later years. The University of Pittsburgh’s Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) will partner with the University of California, Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) to understand (1) activation, (2) consequential outcomes of activation, and (3) the features of learning experiences hypothesized to promote activation of young science learners that could be used to transform the design and assessment of early science experiences for children ages 5-11 across informal and formal settings. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $380,000 | Jun. 2010 |
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For the development of a valid, reliable and scalable assessment system to measure efficiently how well children in grades K-5 have learned science in ways that develop and retain their ability to engage in critical inquiry in later years. Funding will be used to develop an assessment system that determines whether the Activated Young Science Learner (AYSL) framework effectively and efficiently captures children's persistent engagement in science learning and critical inquiry; defines how AYSL can be measured with instruments drawn from a broad range of preceding science learning efforts; and identifies and cross-validates a scalable set of measures that could be used to transform the design and assessment of early science experiences for children ages 5-11 across informal and formal settings. | | National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council
Strategies and Tools for Assessing Informal Science Learning and Programming: A Leadership Summit and Planning Meeting | $121,031 | Mar. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $121,031 | Mar. 2012 |
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In support of a convening of experts to discuss assessment and evaluation of learning outcomes for informal science education programming. Funds will cover organizing and meeting costs. | | Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Developing the Wikidata software platform | $449,636 | Mar. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $449,636 | Mar. 2012 |
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In support of the development of Wikidata, a new data service and software tool within the Wikimedia suite of products, which will enable the management and analysis of heterogeneous data tables linked with wiki content. | | University of Chicago, Computational Institute
Enabling researchers to efficiently collect environmental data | $403,979 | Mar. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $403,979 | Mar. 2012 |
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In support of developing an open-source smart phone application that will make it easier for researchers to record the contextual information that describes a habitat. Funds will also support international workshops at which the scientific community will work towards consensus regarding what descriptive information is critical when characterizing a diverse array of environments. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $2,000,000 | Nov. 2010 |
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In support of enabling new ways for scientists to manage, analyze, integrate and share their data by providing a persistent internet-based home for scientific datasets in the Open Science Data Cloud. Funding supports the development and operation of a hosted infrastructure specifically configured for scientific data that will allow scientists to better handle the deluge of new datasets from a variety of disciplines. | | Stanford University, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials
Development of ambient pressure and nano-scale photoelectron spectroscopy (ANPES) | $550,000 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $550,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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This grant will support the development of a nanoscale photoelectron spectroscopy system. The system will be able to study materials down to 10 nanometers at ambient pressure, unlike current systems which must operate in vacuum, providing critical electronic and chemical sensitive information. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $1,563,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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In support of investigations of engineered nano-structures, "designer quantum materials," in which electron-electron interactions are manipulated by design, and the resulting complex cooperative electron behavior probed by the state-of-the-art methods of tunneling spectroscopy, magnetic microscopy, and on-chip electron interferometry. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 31 mo. | $1,800,000 | Aug. 2010 |
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In support of developing a new method to acquire electricity from sunlight that combines both the photon (quantum) and thermal approaches, called Photo-Enhanced Thermionic Emission. Funding will be used to identify optimal materials, design, fabricate, and test Photo-Enhanced Thermionic Emission devices, and benchmark their efficiencies and cost per watt compared to other technologies. | | Stanford University, School of Education
Evaluation of Outcomes In Field-Based Science Learning Programs: Tool and Instrument Development | $184,448 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $184,448 | Nov. 2011 |
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In support of the development of instrumentation and metrics for assessing student outcomes and impact of field-based informal science education programs for student interest, engagement and understandings of science and sustainability. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $412,000 | Sep. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the development of prototypes for activities that can foster parents’ abilities to explore and engage with their children in identifying, discussing and exploring science concepts and ideas that surround them in everyday settings. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $365,825 | Apr. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the development of technology-enabled assessment prototypes that combine motivation and cognition, which if successful have the potential to change how children’s science learning is measured and understood. | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics
Ultrahigh Resolution Spectroscopy of Electronic Systems | $1,700,000 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 62 mo. | $1,700,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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This grant will support further development and enhancement of a novel condensed matter physics measurement technique, known as "time domain capacitance spectroscopy," to provide unprecedented high-resolution measurements of low dimensional electron systems. The increased sensitivity in instrument capabilities, combined with an attractive postdoctoral fellowship program, will allow scientists to, for the first time, achieve temperature limited energy resolution in the milliKelvin regime, expand the use of the method to other materials beyond gallium arsenide, and characterize individual electrons. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $500,000 | Aug. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will provide support for the acquisition of a next generation electron beam lithography system to enable unique research and advances in electronics, photonics, physics, chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, and nano-electromechanical systems. The electron beam lithography system will enable premier research for national, regional, and local users from universities, industry, and U.S. national laboratories. | | University of California, Santa Barbara Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Breaking Down Barriers at the Physics/Biology Interface | $1,657,800 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 44 mo. | $1,657,800 | Nov. 2011 |
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This grant to the UCSB-Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics will build an interdisciplinary community of researchers and students at the interface of Physics and Biology. | | University of Hawaii Foundation
Imiloa Mobile Science Laboratory | $1,137,029 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $1,137,029 | Nov. 2011 |
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This grant will support the design and development of a mobile science laboratory, a new learning environment that will stimulate science education across Hawaii. Funding will be used to design and construct the mobile science learning platform, develop curriculum, training and staffing plans, transport and implement the lab in a variety of communities, and evaluate the project’s effectiveness. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $453,578 | Apr. 2010 |
Purpose
For the Hawai'i Microbial Oceanography Summer Course, one of five coupled grants that will train the next generation of microbial ecologists in non-traditional, immersive academic environments that emphasize cross-disciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge analytical techniques. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,181,111 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports scientists at the University of Hawaii, Hilo to examine DNA sequence data from several endemic groups of plants and insects on Hawaii Island and neighboring islands to establish the parameters under which the DNA Barcoding method succeeds as a system of species identification for recently derived (young) species. The evolutionary age gradient of the Hawaiian Islands, anchored by the young and highly species-rich Hawaii Island, renders the archipelago an ideal location for testing the utility of DNA barcoding for species of a range of known ages. The project will focus on several well characterized, endemic groups of plants and insects that possess high species richness on Hawaii Island and representative species on older islands. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $3,796,946 | May 2008 |
Purpose
For continued research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. David M. Karl. The objectives of this grant are to quantify solar energy capture and transduction, and to improve understanding of essential bio-elemental cycles and sequestration of atmospheric carbon by the microbially-mediated oceanic biological carbon pump. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $670,789 | Apr. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports the work of the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, to teach the culture, history, and scientific wisdom of Hawaii’s people and its connection to Western science, especially astronomy on Mauna Kea. It provides funds for 50% of K-12 students on the island of Hawaii to participate in school field trips to Imiloa. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,995,400 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation will provide support for some of the University’s most high priority equipment needs and the development of a new facility for ocean science. This facility, within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) will not only benefit the University of Hawaii but will provide the necessary research infrastructure for many visiting scientists. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $450,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 4 gliders to be used for remote monitoring of marine ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $3,850,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii's Department of Oceanography supports the research of Dr. Karl into the genetic diversity and physiological capacity of microbes in the ocean. Outcomes for this grant include construction of rDNA tools to track dynamic populations, descriptions of short-time population dynamics, definition of community composition factors, and a refined ocean ecosystem model. | | W.M. Keck Observatory
Laser for Adaptive Optics on Keck Telescope II | $2,000,000 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,000,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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This grant will support the acquisition of a state-of-the-art 20-watt continuous-wave laser for the Keck II Telescope. The resulting increase in sensitivity and accuracy will aid all science being conducted on the current Keck II Telescope and future large ground-based telescopes, accelerating new waves of scientific discovery throughout the astronomy community. | | Seattle Children's Hospital, Research Institute
Business Plan for Data Enabled Life Science Alliance | $218,433 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $218,433 | Oct. 2011 |
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This grant supports the development of a business and sustainability plan for the Data Enabled Life Science Alliance (DELSA). DELSA is a newly formed community of scientists across the life sciences engaged in data driven discovery, with the shared vision of sustainable and shared access to data, knowledge, tools, and services to find solutions for the pressing needs of our global society. | | California Institute of Technology, Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences
Southern California Research to Enable an Earthquake Early Warning Prototype for the Western United States | $2,000,000 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 41 mo. | $2,000,000 | Oct. 2011 |
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The California Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the University of Washington and the University of California at Berkeley, will analyze the past 80 years of earthquakes in southern California to improve rupture forecasts, and develop both ground-level and building-specific shaking algorithms to determine when automatic shutdown of industrial processes could mitigate serious damage or injury. The knowledge gained will contribute to the development of a west coast prototype earthquake early warning system capable of providing robust advance warning—ranging from tens of seconds to minutes—of the size, extent and timing of imminent earthquakes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,260,000 | Mar. 2013 |
Purpose
To support the development of novel and innovative methods to crack open the black box of the microbial sulfur cycle using isotopic tracers. The new microanalytical methods developed will allow for unprecedented levels of inquiry into near seafloor cycling of sulfur by microbial communities using high-precision, high sensitivity measurements of sulfur-containing metabolic products. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $725,325 | Jun. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the California Institute of Technology is to develop new techniques to characterize images taken from space to monitor long term changes in the Earth’s surface at fine spatial and temporal scales. Funding will support a core team to develop the technique, analyze large image datasets acquired by a suite of instruments over multiple decades, and apply them to two case studies to detect very small changes in the Earth’s surface due to seismic-volcanic and landslide processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $650,000 | Mar. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant supports research in the Caltech laboratory of Dr. Orphan. Her interests include microbial community structure and function in deep subsurface habitats, marine sediments, oil and gas seeps, and early Earth analog environments. Outcomes for this grant include documentation of the flow of carbon and nitrogen through microbial assemblages using novel methods, detection of metabolic gene expression in uncultured archaea and bacteria, and analysis of complex microbial communities using state-of-the-art, high-resolution technologies. | | University of California, Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Northern California Research to Enable an Earthquake Early Warning Prototype for the Western United States | $2,045,000 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 41 mo. | $2,045,000 | Oct. 2011 |
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The University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington, will analyze the concurrent seismic and GPS signals of recent large (M<7) earthquakes, develop finite-fault algorithms for rupture dynamics, and create the first system to produce real-time GPS displacement measurements at northern California monitoring sites. The resulting knowledge gained will contribute to the development of a west coast prototype earthquake early warning system capable of providing robust advance warning—ranging from tens of seconds to minutes—of the size, extent and timing of imminent earthquakes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,228,785 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of the University of California, Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science for the design and implementation of a unique network of innovative seismic instruments to study recently discovered tremor activity in the deep roots of the San Andreas Fault at Cholame, California. Funding will be used to build a wide-aperture, low-noise, broadband TremorScope network and make the data collected publicly available to improve understanding of the tremor signal and its implications for fault mechanics and earthquake hazards. | | University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Cascadia Seismology Research to Enable an Earthquake Early Warning System for the Western United States | $1,850,000 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 41 mo. | $1,850,000 | Oct. 2011 |
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The University of Washington, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley, will conduct research on the pattern and progression of very large earthquake ruptures in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The resulting knowledge gained will contribute to the development of a west coast prototype earthquake early warning system capable of providing robust advance warning—ranging from tens of seconds to minutes—of the size, extent and timing of imminent earthquakes. | | University of California, Irvine, Department of Physical Sciences
High resolution airborne gravity-radar observations of glaciers in Patagonia and West Greenland. | $2,200,000 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $2,200,000 | Oct. 2011 |
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This grant will deploy state-of-the-art airborne gravity, airborne ground penetrating radar and laser profiling technologies mounted on helicopters to provide, for the first time, high-resolution, high-precision mapping of glacier thickness and coastal sea floor depth in and near the Patagonian Ice Fields of Chile and in the glacial fjords of West Greenland. | | University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Natural History Museums
Building the UC Berkeley Initiative for Global Change Biology | $1,454,900 | Sep. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 45 mo. | $1,454,900 | Sep. 2011 |
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This grant to the University of California will catalyze the startup of the Berkeley Initiative for Global Change Biology by supporting seven research projects focused on change forecasting for California ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 45 mo. | $1,044,334 | Sep. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of California will catalyze the startup of the Berkeley Initiative for Global Change Biology by supporting seven research projects focused on change forecasting for California ecosystems. | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics
Electron Beam Lithography System | $500,000 | Aug. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $500,000 | Aug. 2011 |
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This grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will provide support for the acquisition of a next generation electron beam lithography system to enable unique research and advances in electronics, photonics, physics, chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, and nano-electromechanical systems. The electron beam lithography system will enable premier research for national, regional, and local users from universities, industry, and U.S. national laboratories. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 62 mo. | $1,700,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will support further development and enhancement of a novel condensed matter physics measurement technique, known as "time domain capacitance spectroscopy," to provide unprecedented high-resolution measurements of low dimensional electron systems. The increased sensitivity in instrument capabilities, combined with an attractive postdoctoral fellowship program, will allow scientists to, for the first time, achieve temperature limited energy resolution in the milliKelvin regime, expand the use of the method to other materials beyond gallium arsenide, and characterize individual electrons. | | University of California, Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences Department
Xuemei Chen HHMI/GBMF Plant Biology Investigator Award | $1,666,665 | Aug. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 62 mo. | $1,666,665 | Aug. 2011 |
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This grant to University of California, Riverside is to support innovative, leading-edge plant biology research in the lab of Xuemei Chen. | | University of Washington, Department of Biology
Keiko Torii HHMI/GBMF Plant Biology Investigator Award | $1,666,665 | Aug. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 62 mo. | $1,666,665 | Aug. 2011 |
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This grant to University of Washington is to support innovative, leading-edge plant biology research in the lab of Keiko Torii. | | Northern Illinois University, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
NIU WISSARD Project - Remotely operated instrumentation system for subglacial environments. | $150,000 | Jun. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $150,000 | Jun. 2011 |
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This grant will support constructing, equipping, and testing a Sub-Ice Remotely Operated Vehicle and a Geochemical Instrumentation Package for Sub-Ice Exploration. The grant will fund additional costs for instruments and testing for biological, chemical, geological, and physical studies of the southern margin of the Ross Ice Shelf near the grounding line and the marine-linked subglacial lakes beneath an unstable margin of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 35 mo. | $1,300,000 | Sep. 2009 |
Purpose
In support of constructing, equipping, and testing a Sub-Ice Remotely Operated Vehicle and a Geochemical Instrumentation Package for Sub-Ice Exploration. These instruments will be used for biological, chemical, geological, and physical sampling, to study the southern margin of the Ross Ice Shelf near the grounding line and the marine-linked subglacial lakes beneath an unstable margin of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This research will yield an understanding of past, present, and future states of this geologically and climatically important region of the Earth. | | Aspen Institute
Aspen Institute's Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) | $75,000 | Jun. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $75,000 | Jun. 2011 |
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The purpose of the Aspen Institute’s Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) is to enhance the impact of a growing and increasingly diverse social sector, transferring knowledge from large, staffed foundations to smaller unstaffed family foundations and from the philanthropic sector to other public and private social actors. | | Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
NewsHour STEM Programing | $250,000 | Jun. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $250,000 | Jun. 2011 |
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This grant to the PBS NewsHour is to continue support for a science-based program that uses traditional broadcast and web-based media content, through both in-depth journalism and short, timely reports on current breaking news in science and engineering, to inform and educate the public of the creative and innovative contributions being made by scientists and engineers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $125,000 | Mar. 2010 |
Purpose
For the creation of a new PBS science-based program entitled "What's at Stake?" Through the development of both traditional broadcast and newer, web-based media content, this program aims to inform and educate its audience with both in-depth journalism and short, timely reports on current breaking news in science and engineering. | | California Institute of Technology, Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences
Monitoring of Earth Surface Changes from Space | $725,325 | Jun. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $725,325 | Jun. 2011 |
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This grant to the California Institute of Technology is to develop new techniques to characterize images taken from space to monitor long term changes in the Earth’s surface at fine spatial and temporal scales. Funding will support a core team to develop the technique, analyze large image datasets acquired by a suite of instruments over multiple decades, and apply them to two case studies to detect very small changes in the Earth’s surface due to seismic-volcanic and landslide processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,260,000 | Mar. 2013 |
Purpose
To support the development of novel and innovative methods to crack open the black box of the microbial sulfur cycle using isotopic tracers. The new microanalytical methods developed will allow for unprecedented levels of inquiry into near seafloor cycling of sulfur by microbial communities using high-precision, high sensitivity measurements of sulfur-containing metabolic products. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 41 mo. | $2,000,000 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
The California Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the University of Washington and the University of California at Berkeley, will analyze the past 80 years of earthquakes in southern California to improve rupture forecasts, and develop both ground-level and building-specific shaking algorithms to determine when automatic shutdown of industrial processes could mitigate serious damage or injury. The knowledge gained will contribute to the development of a west coast prototype earthquake early warning system capable of providing robust advance warning—ranging from tens of seconds to minutes—of the size, extent and timing of imminent earthquakes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $650,000 | Mar. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant supports research in the Caltech laboratory of Dr. Orphan. Her interests include microbial community structure and function in deep subsurface habitats, marine sediments, oil and gas seeps, and early Earth analog environments. Outcomes for this grant include documentation of the flow of carbon and nitrogen through microbial assemblages using novel methods, detection of metabolic gene expression in uncultured archaea and bacteria, and analysis of complex microbial communities using state-of-the-art, high-resolution technologies. | | Life Sciences Research Foundation
Biological sciences post-doctoral fellowships | $855,000 | Apr. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $855,000 | Apr. 2011 |
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This grant to the Life Sciences Research Foundation is a renewal grant and will support prestigious post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $915,000 | Mar. 2013 |
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In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in non-biomedical biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $908,000 | May 2012 |
Purpose
In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $684,000 | Jun. 2010 |
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In support of a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship opportunity for four top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | | American Association for the Advancement of Science
Office of Science and Technology Policy Fellow | $113,887 | Apr. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $113,887 | Apr. 2011 |
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This grant to the American Association for the Advancement of Science is a renewal grant and is in support of placing a PhD-level science and technology policy fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy for one year. Funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee’s long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $465,031 | Jul. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of placing PhD-level science and technology policy fellows in new and undersubscribed host offices, such as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and offices related to the justice functions of the U.S. government. Funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee’s long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $111,826 | Jul. 2010 |
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To place a PhD-level science and technology policy fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy for one year. The funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee's long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | | Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Evolutionary map of life’s electron transfer reactions | $1,075,000 | Apr. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,075,000 | Apr. 2011 |
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This grant to Rutgers University is to uncover how the metal-containing enzymes responsible for the critical electron transfer reactions that turn basic elements such as H, O, C, S, and N into biologically active molecules have evolved. Funding will be used to develop bioinformatic approaches to produce independent evolutionary relationships based on protein sequence or protein structure and to generate hypotheses for how the bio-catalyzed electron transfer reactions arose and now function. | | University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development Center
Research Phase I: Activating Young Science Learners | $1,999,596 | Jan. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $1,999,596 | Jan. 2011 |
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This grant will support the launch of a valid, reliable and scalable assessment system to measure efficiently how well children in grades K-5 have learned science in ways that develop and retain their ability to engage in critical inquiry in later years. The University of Pittsburgh’s Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) will partner with the University of California, Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) to understand (1) activation, (2) consequential outcomes of activation, and (3) the features of learning experiences hypothesized to promote activation of young science learners that could be used to transform the design and assessment of early science experiences for children ages 5-11 across informal and formal settings. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,800,090 | Apr. 2012 |
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To develop and disseminate knowledge about how to effectively support science learning for children and accompanying measurement tools. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $380,000 | Jun. 2010 |
Purpose
For the development of a valid, reliable and scalable assessment system to measure efficiently how well children in grades K-5 have learned science in ways that develop and retain their ability to engage in critical inquiry in later years. Funding will be used to develop an assessment system that determines whether the Activated Young Science Learner (AYSL) framework effectively and efficiently captures children's persistent engagement in science learning and critical inquiry; defines how AYSL can be measured with instruments drawn from a broad range of preceding science learning efforts; and identifies and cross-validates a scalable set of measures that could be used to transform the design and assessment of early science experiences for children ages 5-11 across informal and formal settings. | | Princeton University, Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
Molecular Beam Epitaxy Laboratory | $2,215,146 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $2,215,146 | Nov. 2010 |
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To design and construct a Molecular Beam Epitaxy Laboratory capable of producing the highest quality gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide semiconductor hetero-structures in the world. Funding will be used to produce custom ultra-high purity specimens for physics researchers and to begin training the next generation that will be capable of growing ultra-high purity materials. | | University of Chicago, Computational Institute
Open Science Data Cloud | $2,000,000 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $2,000,000 | Nov. 2010 |
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In support of enabling new ways for scientists to manage, analyze, integrate and share their data by providing a persistent internet-based home for scientific datasets in the Open Science Data Cloud. Funding supports the development and operation of a hosted infrastructure specifically configured for scientific data that will allow scientists to better handle the deluge of new datasets from a variety of disciplines. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $403,979 | Mar. 2012 |
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In support of developing an open-source smart phone application that will make it easier for researchers to record the contextual information that describes a habitat. Funds will also support international workshops at which the scientific community will work towards consensus regarding what descriptive information is critical when characterizing a diverse array of environments. | | University of Alaska, Fairbanks Geophysical Institute
Ground and Fjord Based Observations of Glacier/Ocean Interactions | $930,000 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $930,000 | Nov. 2010 |
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To acquire, configure, test, and deploy a revolutionary radar system that is capable of observing detailed physical processes that occur during glacial ice flow at the ocean-ice interface. Funding will be used to develop a ground-based interferometric system that has a much finer spatial and temporal resolution than any current method, to configure multi-beam sonar to measure bathymetry and ice front configuration directly in the proglacial water, and to perform observations at two climatically important glaciers in Alaska: Yakutat and Lemon. | | University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space
Ground and Fjord Based Observations of Glacier/Ocean Interactions | $630,000 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $630,000 | Nov. 2010 |
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To acquire, configure, test, and deploy a revolutionary radar system that is capable of observing detailed physical processes that occur during glacial ice flow at the ocean-ice interface. Funding will be used to develop an interferometric system that has a much finer spatial and temporal resolution than any current method, and to perform observations at two climatically important glaciers in Greenland: Jakobshavn Isbr? and Kanga Nunata Sermia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $221,318 | Sep. 2007 |
Purpose
The Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space at the University of New Hampshire will use this grant to analyze historical baselines of productivity and distribution of key fish species and of fisheries effort in the Gulf of Maine from the 1800s to the present, and to use this information to impact targets for current fisheries rebuilding efforts. | | Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Extreme-scale Data Analysis in Science | $950,000 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $950,000 | Nov. 2010 |
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In support of new scientific discoveries enabled through innovative analyses of extreme-scale datasets. Funding will be used to develop technologies and create advanced methods of analysis for data-intensive science from areas such as wireless sensor platforms, turbulence, and petascale data challenges in cosmology. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,181,755 | Sep. 2010 |
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In support of the invention and development of novel instrumentation and methods to generate and detect terahertz radiation at low temperatures and in magnetic fields. The new techniques will be used to obtain fundamental knowledge about the dynamic properties of condensed matter systems, applicable to a wide range of biological, chemical, and physical investigations. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $350,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to Johns Hopkins University will support the development of a novel shared computational resource for the scientific analysis of large data sets, spreading across several scientific domains, from astronomy to turbulence research and to environmental science. The system will provide various services to the users, and enables very high, parallel throughput to access and analyze data located in several multi-Terabyte databases. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $1,200,000 | Sep. 2004 |
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Johns Hopkins University is using this grant to create tools and systems for overcoming the bottlenecks in data access and analysis. Outcomes for this grant include development of new data analysis systems and demonstration of the feasibility for specific data intensive science applications. | | University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science
Activating Science Learners in their Communities: A Pilot Project | $1,200,000 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,200,000 | Nov. 2010 |
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To develop two pilot science center satellite outposts in the San Francisco Bay Area, in order to activate science learners in communities without existing science centers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 23 mo. | $996,981 | Aug. 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated effort by Bay Area Science and Technology Museums to provide high-quality science professional development to area elementary teachers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $400,000 | Sep. 2009 |
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This grant to the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley will support the development of a robust, full-scale plan that will (1) build a field of research that investigates how to effectively and efficiently support children in grades K-5 to learn science in ways that develop and retain their ability to engage in critical inquiry; and (2) support future investment in effective science learning opportunities for Bay Area children in grades K-5. | | University of California, San Diego California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
Sensor Networks for Environmental Observing Systems | $1,750,000 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $1,750,000 | Nov. 2010 |
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In support of advancements in environmental science through creating technologies that lower the barriers for scientists to deploy and manage sensor networks. Funding will be used to support the design, development, and deployment of novel marine and lake based real-time sensor networks integrated with the open-source streaming data middleware system DataTurbine. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,996,241 | Oct. 2007 |
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To enable a consortium of investigators led by the University of California, San Diego to develop new insights into the resilience and robustness of global lake and coral reef ecosystems. The outcome will be accomplished through the comparative analysis of data resulting from the application of a suite of newly developed cyberinfrastructure tools that are freely distributed to all interested laboratories. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 82 mo. | $24,500,000 | Dec. 2005 |
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In support of the University of California, San Diego to establish a community resource and intellectual center that will facilitate and create revolutionary knowledge advances in marine microbial ecology, the microbial ecology of other natural environments, and evolutionary biology. Outcomes for this grant include construction of a central genomic and metagenomics data repository and a suite of tools for analysis and visualization that provides open, easy access to the international scientific community. | | University of California, California Digital Library
California Digital Library Excel add-in, Science Data Tool | $160,011 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $160,011 | Nov. 2010 |
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In support of the University of California, California Digital Library for creating open-source Microsoft Excel extensions, called "add-ins," which will make it easier for scientists to record and export spreadsheet data in re-usable ways that foster data integration and data sharing. Funding will be used to gather and publish requirements from a wide variety of research disciplines and develop add-ins that enable and promote publishing, sharing, and archiving of tabular research data. | | University of California, Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science
TremorScope | $1,228,785 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,228,785 | Nov. 2010 |
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In support of the University of California, Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science for the design and implementation of a unique network of innovative seismic instruments to study recently discovered tremor activity in the deep roots of the San Andreas Fault at Cholame, California. Funding will be used to build a wide-aperture, low-noise, broadband TremorScope network and make the data collected publicly available to improve understanding of the tremor signal and its implications for fault mechanics and earthquake hazards. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 41 mo. | $2,045,000 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
The University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington, will analyze the concurrent seismic and GPS signals of recent large (M<7) earthquakes, develop finite-fault algorithms for rupture dynamics, and create the first system to produce real-time GPS displacement measurements at northern California monitoring sites. The resulting knowledge gained will contribute to the development of a west coast prototype earthquake early warning system capable of providing robust advance warning—ranging from tens of seconds to minutes—of the size, extent and timing of imminent earthquakes. | | University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Assessing the Impacts of Ocean Acidification at Palmyra Atoll | $768,674 | Oct. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 33 mo. | $768,674 | Oct. 2010 |
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Purpose
To support a multi-institution effort to assess the impacts of ocean acidification at Palmyra Atoll. The funding will be used to determine how numerous species respond to natural variability in ocean pH and temperature present across the Atoll, an environment with few other local stressors. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 50 mo. | $1,370,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of designing and building a new autonomous underwater vehicle with new capabilities for identifying and quantifying the abundance of the tiny marine animals – zooplankton – using pictures and sound. The instrument will observe zooplankton using cutting-edge optical imaging and acoustic sensors while simultaneously measuring the physical and biological properties of the ocean to collectively provide new insights into the distribution and behavior of these animals that form a critical component of the marine food web. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $867,414 | Jun. 2011 |
Purpose
The grant to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography supports investigating how closely coupled marine microorganisms interact physically and exchange nutrient molecules. By combining new microscopy tools with molecular and isotope techniques, this project aims to advance understanding of the mechanisms that drive biogeochemical cycles in the surface ocean. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $261,847 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of enhancing communication and collaboration between managers, shellfish industry representatives, and scientists to respond to the evolving threats posed by ocean acidification along the U.S. West Coast. Funding will be used to design an effective and sustainable ocean acidification monitoring system that builds upon current efforts and addresses pressing needs of the shellfish industry and the scientific community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $730,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To procure leading-edge, next-generation microscopes to enable new science through technology. The new instruments will enable investigations of microbial interactions and associations that influence biogeochemical processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $660,446 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant supports the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography to purchase and install a multi-frequency acoustic system and single-warp mid-water trawl to assess and sample mid- to higher-trophic levels during research cruises within the U.S. West Coast Ecosystem to inform fisheries management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $842,058 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
Scripps Institution is using this grant for two related marine microbe projects. Outcomes for this grant include performance of field and lab studies on the microbial ecology of coral mucus layers and application of imaging to determine the sources, composition, and distribution of marine organic particles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,408,850 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography funds the purchase of instruments and equipment for research and monitoring of the U.S. West Coast ecosystem off Southern California. The research conducted by Scripps will lead to a better understanding of the hydrographic structure and variability of the system and the dynamics of plankton communities there. Outcomes for this grant include deployment of four Spray gliders, Moving Vessel Profiler, and SeaSoar (autonomous devices for measuring and recording oceanographic data) in California waters. | | University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Equipment for imaging microbial interactions | $730,000 | Oct. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $730,000 | Oct. 2010 |
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Purpose
To procure leading-edge, next-generation microscopes to enable new science through technology. The new instruments will enable investigations of microbial interactions and associations that influence biogeochemical processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 50 mo. | $1,370,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of designing and building a new autonomous underwater vehicle with new capabilities for identifying and quantifying the abundance of the tiny marine animals – zooplankton – using pictures and sound. The instrument will observe zooplankton using cutting-edge optical imaging and acoustic sensors while simultaneously measuring the physical and biological properties of the ocean to collectively provide new insights into the distribution and behavior of these animals that form a critical component of the marine food web. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $867,414 | Jun. 2011 |
Purpose
The grant to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography supports investigating how closely coupled marine microorganisms interact physically and exchange nutrient molecules. By combining new microscopy tools with molecular and isotope techniques, this project aims to advance understanding of the mechanisms that drive biogeochemical cycles in the surface ocean. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $261,847 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of enhancing communication and collaboration between managers, shellfish industry representatives, and scientists to respond to the evolving threats posed by ocean acidification along the U.S. West Coast. Funding will be used to design an effective and sustainable ocean acidification monitoring system that builds upon current efforts and addresses pressing needs of the shellfish industry and the scientific community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 33 mo. | $768,674 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To support a multi-institution effort to assess the impacts of ocean acidification at Palmyra Atoll. The funding will be used to determine how numerous species respond to natural variability in ocean pH and temperature present across the Atoll, an environment with few other local stressors. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $660,446 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant supports the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography to purchase and install a multi-frequency acoustic system and single-warp mid-water trawl to assess and sample mid- to higher-trophic levels during research cruises within the U.S. West Coast Ecosystem to inform fisheries management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $842,058 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
Scripps Institution is using this grant for two related marine microbe projects. Outcomes for this grant include performance of field and lab studies on the microbial ecology of coral mucus layers and application of imaging to determine the sources, composition, and distribution of marine organic particles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,408,850 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography funds the purchase of instruments and equipment for research and monitoring of the U.S. West Coast ecosystem off Southern California. The research conducted by Scripps will lead to a better understanding of the hydrographic structure and variability of the system and the dynamics of plankton communities there. Outcomes for this grant include deployment of four Spray gliders, Moving Vessel Profiler, and SeaSoar (autonomous devices for measuring and recording oceanographic data) in California waters. | | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Engineering of sampling system for mineral particles and cells | $252,165 | Oct. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $252,165 | Oct. 2010 |
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In support of engineering, testing, and deploying a novel sampling system for mineral particles and microbial cells that preserves the delicate chemical and genetic features of the samples at the time of collection. This equipment will enable high precision spatial and temporal observations in a range of aquatic environments to further the research community's understanding of complex microbial and geochemical interactions. | |