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| Grantee |
Amount |
Date |
 | California Institute of Technology
Programmable Molecular Technology Initiative | $7,500,000 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,500,000 | May 2012 |
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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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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. | | California Institute of Technology
Chemistry of Cellular Signaling | $6,000,000 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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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 | | 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 | | 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. | $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 | | 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 | | 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 |
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. | | California Institute of Technology
Genes, Circuits, and Behavior | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
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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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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. | | California Institute of Technology
Center for Exotic Quantum Systems | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 64 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
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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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 |
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. | | California Institute of Technology
Community Seismic Network | $1,500,000 | Oct. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 35 mo. | $1,500,000 | Oct. 2010 |
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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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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. | | California Institute of Technology
Center for Bio-inspired Wind Energy | $6,000,000 | Sep. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Sep. 2010 |
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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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 |
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. | | California Institute of Technology
Institute for the Science of Energy | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2009 |
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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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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. | | California Institute of Technology
Tectonics Observatory | $13,000,000 | Sep. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,000,000 | Sep. 2008 |
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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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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. | |