Nevada System Of Higher Education: Lobbying, Contracting, and Taxes

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Description

BAA UNIV OF NEVADA RENO ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT MINING SYSTEMS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 11, 2021	September 1, 2019	January 11, 2021

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	496,963.00	496,963.00	1,225,984.00

Award 2 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
75D30119C05759	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Description

MINING BAA

Place of Performance

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 992072223 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 6, 2021	September 1, 2019	January 6, 2021

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	364,421.00	364,421.00	364,421.00

Award 3 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC21K0159	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

CONSTRAINING PARENTAL MELT COMPOSITIONS AND MINERAL FORMATION IN MARTIAN NAKHLITE AND CHASSIGNITE METEORITES

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891541060 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 4, 2021	January 4, 2021	January 4, 2021

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	70,000.00	453,879.00	453,879.00
Total	70,000.00	453,879.00	453,879.00

Award 4 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18M0027	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

RECENT DATA FROM MARS INDICATE SEASONAL FLOWS OF BRINE IN HILLSLOPES (I.E., RECURRING SLOPE LINEAE), RAISING THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTANT LIFE IN THE SHALLOW SUBSURFACE. QUESTIONS POSTULATED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: COULD THE CONCENTRATION OF SALTS, NOTABLY CALCIUM PERCHLORATE, BE TOO HIGH EVEN FOR HALOPHILIC BACTERIA BECAUSE OF THEIR CHAOTROPIC (TOXIC) PROPERTIES? HOW DO WE FIND THE MOST PROMISING SITES? WHAT DOES AN EVAPORITE/SALTS-INHABITING MICROBIAL COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE? WOULD SUCH BIOLOGY LEAVE MINERAL AS WELL AS ORGANIC BIOSIGNATURES THAT COULD BE DETECTED BY THE INSTRUMENTS ON CURRENT AND PROPOSED MISSIONS? THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CHARACTERIZE A HIGH FIDELITY TERRESTRIAL ANALOG IN WHICH THESE QUESTIONS COULD BE ADDRESSED. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE TO CHARACTERIZE A RECENTLY DISCOVERED, LAYERED, ENDO-EVAPORITIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITY IN THE BADWATER BASIN (DEATH VALLEY) AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. OBJECTIVES ARE TO (1) IDENTIFY THE MICROORGANISMS AND REDOX ENERGY IN THE DIFFERENT LAYERS (2) DETERMINE THEIR TOLERANCE FOR MARSRELEVANT MAJOR CATIONS AND IONS, INCLUDING CA AND PERCHLORATE (3) STUDY FORMATION OF THE BIOGENIC MINERAL ROSICKYITE (GAMMA SULFUR) AND S ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SULFUR BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE AND LOOK FOR OTHER BIOGENIC MINERALS (4) DEVELOP A THERMAL-HYDROLOGICAL MODEL FOR SALINITY IN EVAPORITE AS A FUNCTION OF PRECIPITATION AND EVAPORATION (5) TEST NASA LIFE-DETECTION INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING SHERLOC, A SPECTROMETER FOR MARS 2020 AND (6) ENGAGE NEVADA SCHOOL TEACHERS SO THEY CAN INSPIRE THEIR STUDENTS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN STEM DISCIPLINES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS INTERDISCIPLINARY INCLUDING MOLECULAR, PHYSIOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND HYDROLOGICAL COMPONENTS. ASTROBIOLOGISTS AT THE AMES RESEARCH CENTER AND JET PROPULSION LABORATORY AS WELL AS PLANETARY MISSION PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS WILL BE ENGAGED VIA TWO MECHANISMS: (1) THE THREE STUDENTS WILL BE CO-MENTORED BY A NASA COLLABORATOR, INCLUDING A VISIT TO THE COLLABORATOR S LABORATORY TO PERFORM EXPERIMENTS USING MISSION-RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES AND (2) THESE TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE TESTED IN YEAR THREE DURING THE FIELD CAMPAIGN. THESE SUBSTANTIVE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN NEVADA S THREE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND NASA CENTERS WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR SUBSEQUENT JOINT PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS TO A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AT NASA AND NSF. THIS PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES A STATED STRATEGIC GOAL OF NASA: TO SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS, AND A MAJOR GOAL OF THE NEVADA GOVERNOR S ECONOMIC PLAN: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHER TRAINING, ESPECIALLY IN STEM DISCIPLINES.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 21, 2020	December 21, 2020	December 22, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	750,000.00	750,000.00	750,000.00

Award 5 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
75D30119C06204	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Description

MINING BAA

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 1, 2020	September 1, 2019	December 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	370,960.00	370,960.00	370,960.00

Award 6 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC21K0141	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

GLOBAL SIMULATIONS OF DUST-GAS DYNAMICS IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS WITH DUST BACK REACTION

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 30, 2020	November 30, 2020	November 30, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	158,125.00	474,315.00	474,315.00
Total	158,125.00	474,315.00	474,315.00

Award 7 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26117C0003	P00006	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Description

THIS IS TB PREEMPLOYMENT SCREENING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 30, 2020	December 1, 2016	November 30, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	53,582.28	53,582.28	0.00
Total	202,403.76	202,403.76	202,403.76

Award 8 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0170	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

IT IS KNOWN THAT SPACEFLIGHT CAN HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON ASTRONAUT'S HEALTH AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS. AS GENOMICS DATA RAPIDLY POPULATE PUBLIC REPOSITORIES, INCLUDING NIH GEO AND GENELAB, WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE IMMUNE COUNTERMEASURES TO ENSURE ASTRONAUT HEALTH. HOWEVER, CONVENTIONAL ANALYSIS METHODS THAT FOCUS ON A SINGLE COHORT ARE PRONE TO STUDY BIAS AND DATA HETEROGENEITY, LEADING TO INCONSISTENT CONCLUSIONS. IN ADDITION, MOST ANALYSES FOCUS ON DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS AT THE GENE LEVEL, EXACERBATING THE INCONSISTENCY. OUR HYPOTHESIS IS THAT A PHENOMENON CAN BE TRIGGERED BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EVENTS, THROUGH DIFFERENT GENES, BUT STILL INVOLVE COMMON MECHANISM(S). AS SIGNALS PROPAGATE ALONG A PATHWAY, THE GENES THAT ARE DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED (DE) CHANGE OVER TIME, WHILE THE PATHWAY INVOLVED REMAINS THE SAME. THEREFORE, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON DE GENES, WE PROPOSE TO CHARACTERIZE SPACEFLIGHT DISORDERS USING PATHWAY SIGNATURES. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A MULTI-COHORT TECHNIQUE TO IDENTIFY THE PATHWAY SIGNATURES OF SPACEFLIGHT DISORDERS USING TRANSCRIPTION PROFILING. THE LONG-TERM GOAL (BEYOND THIS PROJECT) IS TO IDENTIFY TREATMENTS THAT PROVIDE IMMUNE COUNTERMEASURES BY REPURPOSING EXISTING DRUGS. IF SUCCESSFUL, THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE ASTRONAUT HEALTH, WHICH IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF NASA SPACE MEDICINE...TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVE, WE WILL DEVELOP AN R STATISTICAL PACKAGE THAT CAN: I) PERFORM MULTICOHORT ANALYSIS AND II) IDENTIFY AND VISUALIZE PATHWAY SIGNATURES (IMPACTED PATHWAYS, SIGNALING CASCADES, AND EXIT INTERFACES AND STATISTICS). THIS WORK WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE SCIENCE PI DR. TIN NGUYEN, HIS PH.D. STUDENT HUNG NGUYEN, AND THE CO-PI DR. HUNG LA, IN COLLABORATION WITH NASA SCIENTISTS DRS. JONATHAN GALAZKA AND SYLVAIN COSTES. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH NASA CONTACT DR. DAVID TOMKO. .

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 30, 2020	August 1, 2019	December 2, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-86.34	-86.34	-86.34
Total	99,913.66	99,913.66	99,913.66

Award 9 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0031	P00004	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

INTRODUCTION: THE UPPER SURFACE OF MARS IS PREDOMINANTLY BASALTIC IN COMPOSITION, WITH LARGE VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTS THAT OCCUR OVER PRESUMABLY STABLE MANTLE HOTSPOTS OR LONG-LIVED VOLCANIC CENTERS. AQUEOUS ALTERATION OF THESE BASALTIC PRECURSORS HAS BEEN PERVASIVE IN THE OLDEST (NOACHIAN) TERRAINS AND LINKED TO WEATHERING, HYDROTHERMAL AND DIAGENETIC ALTERATION. CLAY MINERALS (PHYLLOSILICATES) ARE FOUND THOUGH THEIR PROVENANCE IS NOT WELL KNOWN AND CAN INCLUDE FORMATION IN GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS, IN HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE FOUND AROUND IMPACT CRATERS, OVER INTRUSIVE MAGMATIC CENTERS OR DURING COOLING OF THE EARLY MARTIAN CRUST. RECENTLY, TWO CONTINUOUSLY-CORED BOREHOLES WERE MADE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. WE COLLECTED 780 SPECTRA USING A FIELD PORTABLE SPECTROMETER TO CHARACTERIZE ALTERATION PHASES IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE FIRST HOLE. THE DATA SHOW BOTH NOTABLE CHANGES IN THE PRIMARY MAFIC MINERALOGY AND ALTERATION SUITES THAT INCLUDE A VARIETY OF MG-FE CLAY MINERALS AND ZEOLITES, ALL PHASES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CRUSTAL ALTERATION PRODUCTS ON MARS. ADDITIONALLY, 25 CUT SECTIONS WERE TAKEN TO EXPLORE THE ALTERATION MINERALOGY IN MORE DETAIL, INCLUDING IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY USING A PLANETARY PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT AT JPL. KEY OBJECTIVES: THE MAIN GOALS OF THE PROPOSED WORK ARE TO EXPAND ON THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY WITH A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE MINERALOGY OF BOTH CORE HOLES, USING BOTH POINT SPECTROSCOPY AND MODERN CORE SPECTRAL IMAGING TOOLS, COUPLED WITH GEOCHEMICAL MODELING. IN PARTICULAR, EVOLUTION OF THE MODAL MINERALOGY OF MAFIC SUITES WAS NOT A TARGET OF THE 2014 DATA COLLECT, BUT OBSERVED SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES CAN POTENTIALLY BE LINKED DIFFERENCES IN ALTERATION PRODUCTS. BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF BOTH PRIMARY AND ALTERATION MINERALOGY WITH DEPTH, SELECTED SAMPLES WILL BE EXAMINED AT HIGHER RESOLUTION USING ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES TO CONSTRAIN THE ALTERATION HISTORY, DURATION, TIMING AND TEMPERATURE OF ALTERATION EVENTS, AND WHETHER THEY ARE SUB-AERIAL OR SUB-SURFACE WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS. THE STUDY IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROVENANCE OF MARTIAN CRUSTAL CLAYS AND ILLUMINATE POTENTIAL ALTERATION PATHWAYS AND THE NATURE OF EARLY MARTIAN ENVIRONMENTS. METHODS/TECHNIQUES: WE WILL COLLECT BOTH POINT AND IMAGING SPECTROMETER DATA FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF BOTH CORE HOLES, ~ 3290M. DATA WILL BE ACQUIRED FOR BOTH THE VNIR/SWIR (0.4 TO 2.5 UM) AND LWIR (2-15 UM) SPECTRAL RANGES ALLOWING COMPARISON OF DATA WITH INFORMATION FROM OMEGA, CRISM AND TES. DATA WILL BE ANALYZED USING A COMBINATION OF STANDARD ENVI PROCESSING ROUTINES, BAND COMBINATIONS AND RATIOS TO HIGHLIGHT DISTINCT MINERAL COMPOSITIONS, AND CUSTOM CODE FOR LINEAR AND INTIMATE SPECTRAL MIXTURE MODELING. SELECTED SECTIONS OF CORE WILL BE CUT AND PROCESSED USING HIGH-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES INCLUDING ELECTRON MICROPROBE AND SEM, XRD, AND XRF. DETAILED MINERALOGY WILL BE MODELED TO DERIVE FLUID-ROCK RATIOS AND ALTERATION TEMPERATURES USING TOUGHREACT OR THE GEOCHEMISTS WORKBENCH. PERCEIVED IMPACT AND RELEVANCE TO SSW: THE PROPOSED EFFORT ADDRESSES TOPICS WITHIN THE "SURFACES AND INTERIORS" COMPONENT OF SSW INCLUDING VOLCANISM, EVOLUTION AND MODIFICATION OF SURFACES, AND FLUID INVENTORIES THAT LEAD TO OBSERVED SURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY. THE DATA FROM THE HAWAII ANALOG SITE WILL BE LINKED TO EXISTING RESULTS FROM BOTH ORBITAL AND LANDED MISSIONS AT MARS. CONCURRENT PME REQUEST: WE PLAN TO SUBMIT A CONCURRENT PLANETARY MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUEST FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VNIR/ SWIR PORTABLE FIELD SPECTROMETER $73,300 FOR UNR. THE EXISTING UNIT WAS ACQUIRED IN 2005 AND IS FAILING DUE TO AGE. THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED TO COLLECT NEW DATA FOR THIS PROJECT.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 20, 2020	November 20, 2020	November 20, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	70,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	539,789.00	669,148.00	669,148.00

Award 10 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DENA0003590	30	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	NNSA NON-M&O CNTRCTNG OPS DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

TECHNICAL RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TREDS) SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) - NEVADA FIELD OFFICE (NFO)

Place of Performance

MERCURY, NEVADA 890230053 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 20, 2020	May 1, 2017	November 20, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	300,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	10,073,984.62	38,171,677.00	47,685,548.00

Award 11 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0165	P00003	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF WATER ON MARS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF LIFE ON THAT PLANET. IN ADDITION TO DOCUMENTING WHERE AND WHEN WATER WAS PRESENT ON MARS, IT IS CRITICAL TO DETERMINE HOW LONG IT WAS PRESENT ON THE SURFACE. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STABILITY OF HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS ON MARS HAS IMPLICATIONS AS TO WHERE EVIDENCE OF LIFE MAY BE FOUND. CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR HOW LONG LAKES LASTED ON MARS RANGE FROM DAYS TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS OR LONGER AND ARE COMMONLY BASED ON THE DIMENSIONS AND MORPHOLOGY OF INFLOWING CHANNELS AND DELTA DEPOSITS. AN INDEPENDENT MEASURE OF LAKE PERSISTENCE AT A PARTICULAR LEVEL IS THE DEGREE OF SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A RESULT OF THE AMOUNT OF WAVE ENERGY EXPENDED AT THAT ELEVATION OVER THE TIME OF FORMATION. ON EARTH, WELL DEVELOPED AND WELL PRESERVED SHORELINE COMPLEXES IN LAKE BASINS CAN FORM ON ANNUAL TO DECADAL TIME SCALES. WE HAVE ADAPTED PHYSICS-BASED MODELS TO SIMULATE WAVE FORMATION, PROPAGATION, SHOALING, AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT CAPABILITY FOR WAVES ON MARS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS SUGGEST THAT LARGE WAVES WOULD HAVE TRAVERSED ICE-FREE MARTIAN LAKES AND HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF MOVING COBBLE TO BOULDER-SIZED SEDIMENT, AND BY EXTENSION, FORMED RECOGNIZABLE SHORELINE COMPLEXES. THE PAUCITY OF POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED LAKE SHORELINES ON MARS IS THEREFORE PUZZLING, BUT MAY INDICATE THAT THE LAKES WERE PRESENT ONLY BRIEFLY. BASED ON OUR INITIAL SURVEYS OF DOZENS OF CRATER LAKE BASINS ON MARS, THE BEST SHORELINE CANDIDATES APPEAR TO BE ON THE FRONTS OF STEPPED AND PROGRADING DELTAS WHERE THERE ARE OFTEN PROMINENT OR SUBTLE BENCHES, BUT WE ARE LOOKING IN OTHER PLACES AS WELL. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL BE TO CONSTRAIN THE DURATIONS OVER WHICH LAKES EXISTED ON MARS BY UTILIZING A COMBINATION OF PHYSICS-BASED WAVE MODELING AND RESULTANT SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS, AND COMPARISON TO LAKE SHORELINES ON EARTH THAT FORMED ON ANNUAL TO DECADAL TIMESCALES. WE WILL USE HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS (DTMS) DERIVED FROM HIRISE IMAGERY TO TEST PUTATIVE MARTIAN SHORELINE FEATURES FOR HORIZONTALITY, A KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF SHORELINES ON EARTH. WE WILL ALSO DOCUMENT THE MORPHOLOGY AND DURATIONS OF FORMATION OF A SERIES OF HISTORICAL SHORELINE FEATURES IN THE GREAT BASIN OF THE WESTERN US. MODELING THE WAVE ENERGY DELIVERED TO THE EARTH SHORELINES OVER THEIR PERIODS OF FORMATION WILL ALLOW US TO RELATE THE AMOUNT OF WAVE ENERGY TO THE SHORELINE FORMATION PROCESS, WHICH IN TURN CAN BE SCALED TO MARTIAN SHORELINES TO HELP ESTIMATE THEIR PERIODS OF FORMATION.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 13, 2020	November 13, 2020	November 16, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	50,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	268,448.00	344,226.00	344,226.00

Award 12 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PSA826	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 13, 2020	October 11, 2019	November 13, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 13 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PS0010	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 28, 2020	October 11, 2019	October 28, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 14 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140P2120P0023	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Description

NR-ARD-39 AEROSOL ABSORPTION EXPERIMENT

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 21, 2020	March 18, 2020	November 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	37,076.00	37,076.00	37,076.00

Award 15 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX15AK48A	5	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

NEVADA NASA EPSCOR RID THE STATE OF NEVADA IS THE MOST ARID AND ONE OF THE MOST SPARSELY POPULATED STATES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. AS SUCH, IT CONTAINS IDEAL LOCATIONS THAT MEET THE MULTIPLE RESEARCH NEEDS WITHIN EACH OF NASA'S MISSION DIRECTORATES. THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECUIRTY SITE (FORMERLY THE NEVADA TEST SITE) WAS A TRAINING SITE FOR THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS. THE STATE OF NEVADA (NV) AND THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (NSHE) HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN STRATEGIC PLANNING TO ADVANCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BASED RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE STATE. THE STATE OF NV SUCCESSFULLY COMPETED FOR A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) TEST SITE THAT IS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NSHE RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS WITH NASA CENTERS (AMES AND ARMSTRONG) AND HIGH-TECH BUSINESSES. ANOTHER EFFORT SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECENTLY INITIATED A "KNOWLEDGE FUND" GRANT PROCESS TO HELP SPONSOR COLLABORATIONS AMONG NSHE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY BASED INDUSTRY IN NV. THE MOST RECENT NEVADA NASA EPSCOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (RID) ACTIVITIES HAVE LED TO THE TEAMING OF RESEARCHERS IN THE AREAS OF AEROSOL RESEARCH, ROBOTICS AND VISION RESEARCH, EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCES RESEARCH IN THE GREAT BASIN, PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES, AND DESIGNS FOR SAFE TESTING FACILITIES FOR NUCLEAR THERMAL ROCKETS. AS NSHE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, THE SYSTEM SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND EPSCOR OFFICE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO NSHE FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION TO HELP IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL STRENGTHS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD COMPETITIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS WITHIN NASA RELEVANT STEM FIELDS. THIS PROPOSAL PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE NEVADA'S RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH PROGRAMS RELEVANT TO BOTH NASA AND THE STATE'S INTERESTS.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Major Program Code

nevada nasa epscor_ rid

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 20, 2020	July 10, 2019	October 26, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-14,333.49	-14,333.49	-14,333.49
Total	485,666.51	485,666.51	485,666.51

Award 16 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K1011	P00006	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE CENTRAL REGIONS OF ACTIVE GALAXIES ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN CLUMPY GAS INCLUDING SUPERSONIC CLOUDS. FAST MOVING CLOUDS ARE ALSO OBSERVED IN GALACTIC WINDS. CLOUDS ARE IN FACT CENTRAL COMPONENTS OF UNIFICATION MODELS FOR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN) AND FORM THE BASIS OF MANY PHOTOIONIZATION AND DYNAMICAL MODELLING EFFORTS. HOWEVER, DESPITE MANY YEARS OF INTENSIVE STUDIES, THE ORIGIN AND DYNAMICS OF CLOUDS REMAIN UNCERTAIN, MOSTLY BECAUSE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRICAL EFFECTS AND THE RADIATION-HYDRODYNAMICS AND -MAGNETODYNAMICS ARE POORLY UNDERSTOOD. WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE OUR QUEST TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE AND QUANTITATIVE THEORY FOR CLOUD FORMATION, DESTRUCTION,AND ACCELERATION BASED ON HIGH RESOLUTION LOCAL SIMULATIONS. OUR EARLIER SIMULATIONS SHOWED, FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES, THAT THERMAL INSTABILITY AND RADIATION PRESSURE CAN FACILITATE THE FORMATION, REGENERATION AND ACCELERATION OF CLOUDS. HOWEVER, THESE SIMULATIONS DID NOT CAPTURE SOME IMPORTANT PHYSICAL AND GEOMETRICAL ASPECTS OF CLOUDS AS THEY WERE ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND NEGLECTED MAGNETIC FIELDS. HERE WE PROPOSE TO MAKE THREE NATURAL, YET TRANSFORMATIVE EXTENSIONS OF OUR EARLIER WORK: 1) ADD MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTION 2) CARRY OUT THE SIMULATIONS IN THREE-DIMENSIONS AND 3) COMPUTE MANY OBSERVATIONAL DIAGNOSTICS SUCH AS PROFILES OF THE OPTICAL, UV, AND X-RAY LINES, EMISSION LINE RATIOS, AND BROAD-BAND CONTINUUM SPECTRA. THE RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL REVEAL THE BASIC PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOWS IN AGN WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCURACY AND DETAIL. THE OBSERVATIONAL DIAGNOSTICS WILL BE COMPARED WITH OBSERVATIONS BY BOTH CURRENT NASA MISSIONS SUCH AS HST, CHANDRA, SPITZER, SWIFT, AND NUSTAR AS WELL AS FUTURE MISSIONS SUCH AS JWST.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 20, 2020	October 20, 2020	October 21, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	100,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	464,618.00	464,618.00	464,618.00

Award 17 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0083	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

HYDROGEN, PERCHLORATE, AND ELEMENTS SUCH AS MG AND FE WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE FOR EXTENDED HUMAN EXPLORATION OF MARS BECAUSE THEY COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF FUEL AND KEY RAW MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURING. EXTENDED HUMAN STAYS ON MARS WILL ALSO LIK

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121000 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 19, 2020	December 4, 2019	October 21, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-221.09	-221.09	-221.09
Total	99,707.91	99,707.91	99,707.91

Award 18 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DENA0003590	29	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	NNSA NON-M&O CNTRCTNG OPS DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

TECHNICAL RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TREDS) SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) - NEVADA FIELD OFFICE (NFO)

Place of Performance

MERCURY, NEVADA 890230053 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 19, 2020	May 1, 2017	October 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	9,773,984.62	38,171,677.00	47,685,548.00

Award 19 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX16AK89G	4	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

WE HAVE RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED THAT SMOOTH, YET DETAILED MAPS OF VERTICAL LAND MOTION WITH RESPECT TO OUR EARTH'S CENTER OF MASS CAN BE IMAGED FROM THOUSANDS OF GPS STATIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTINENTS. THESE IMAGES ARE BASED ON COORDINATE TIME SERIES THAT WE PROCESS AND UPDATE WEEKLY FOR OVER 13,700 GPS STATIONS, USING JPL'S GIPSY SOFTWARE COAUTHORED BY THE PI. CONSIDERING THAT STATIONS HAVE DOUBLED IN NUMBER EVERY 3 YEARS, IT IS TIMELY TO TAKE THIS 'GPS IMAGING' CONCEPT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AND APPLY SOPHISTICATED SIGNAL PROCESSING AND IMAGE FILTERING TECHNIQUES TO GENERATE IMAGES OF LAND SURFACE MOTION COVERING OUR EARTH'S CONTINENTS WITH HIGHLY IMPROVED LEVELS OF ROBUSTNESS, ACCURACY, SPATIAL RESOLUTION, AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. TOWARD THIS GOAL, WE HAVE DEVELOPED PROTOTYPE TECHNIQUES THAT FORM A SOLID FOUNDATION FROM WHICH TO MAKE 'GPS IMAGING' OPERATIONAL: 1) AN AUTOMATIC, ROBUST, AND ACCURATE NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATOR OF STATION VELOCITY, WHICH PROVES TO BE INSENSITIVE TO COMMON PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE GPS COORDINATE TIME SERIES, INCLUDING STEP DISCONTINUITIES, OUTLIERS, SEASONALITY, AND HETEROSCEDASTICITY 2) A REALISTIC, EMPIRICALLY DERIVED ESTIMATE OF THE VELOCITY ERROR BAR THAT IS BASED ON SUBSAMPLING OF THE DATA 3) AN EXTENSION OF CONTINENTAL-SCALE COMMON-MODE NOISE REMOVAL TO A GLOBAL SCALE 4) A MEDIAN SPATIAL FILTERING ALGORITHM TO CREATE A MAP OF UPLIFT RATES 5) A VELOCITY TIME SERIES ESTIMATOR THAT IDENTIFIES TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR, SUCH AS UNLOADING CAUSED BY DROUGHT AND 6) AN INTEGRATION OF INSAR AND GPS FOR FINE SCALE IMAGING OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF LAND MOTION IN TECTONICALLY AND HYDROLOGICALLY ACTIVE AREAS IN THE WESTERN US. WE PROPOSE TO BUILD THE GPS IMAGING PROCESSOR AS A BACK-END TO OUR CURRENT GPS DATA PROCESSING FACILITY, AND MAKE A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS FREELY AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE. INITIAL RESULTS DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ADDRESS ALL THREE FOCUS AREAS SPECIFIED IN THE PROPOSAL CALL: 1) DEEP EARTH PROCESSES, 2) ANTHROPOGENIC LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES, AND 3) DYNAMIC SOLID EARTH EVENTS. THE TECHNIQUES AND PRODUCTS WE WILL DEVELOP WILL SUPPORT THE GLOBAL REFERENCE FRAME (ITRF), AND MISSIONS SUCH AS GRACE AND NISAR. OUR PROTOTYPE IMAGES SHOW THAT THE STRIKING, FIRST ORDER SIGNAL IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE IS CONTINENTAL-SCALE UPLIFT AND SUBSIDENCE FROM MANTLE FLOW DRIVEN BY GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT. THUS WE ARE IMAGING DEEP EARTH PROCESSES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SCOPE, RESOLUTION AND ACCURACY. AT REGIONAL SCALES. THE IMAGES REVEAL THAT ANTHROPOGENIC LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES CAN DOMINATE VERTICAL LAND MOTION IN EXTENDED REGIONS. ONE STRIKING EXAMPLE IS THAT OF RAPID SUBSIDENCE OF CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY (CV) CAUSED BY GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL AND AQUIFER COMPACTION, EXACERBATED BY DROUGHT. IN RESPONSE TO THIS, THE EARTH'S CRUST IS REBOUNDING ELASTICALLY AS SEEN IN UPLIFT OF SURROUNDING MOUNTAIN RANGES. IMAGES ALSO REVEAL NATURAL UPLIFT OF MOUNTAINS, MANTLE RELAXATION ASSOCIATED WITH EARTHQUAKES OVER THE LAST CENTURY, AND UPLIFT AT PLATE BOUNDARIES DRIVEN BY INTERSEISMIC LOCKING. THIS ALL SUGGESTS THAT 'GPS IMAGING' IS POISED TO MAKE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS 1) TO DISCOVER NEW NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC SIGNALS 2) TO ENABLE DATA-DRIVEN APPROACHES TO UNDERSTAND SOLID EARTH PROCESSES 3) TO SUPPORT STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INCLUDING ICE SHEET MELTING AND SEA LEVEL CHANGE 4) TO VALIDATE WHETHER ITRF STATIONS ARE REGIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE, THUS SUPPORTING THE SPACE GEODESY PROGRAM'S INVESTMENT IN FUNDAMENTAL STATIONS 5) TO ENABLE THE AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DYNAMIC SOLID EARTH EVENTS, BY PROVIDING A BASELINE TREND FROM WHICH POST-EVENT RESIDUALS CAN BE IMAGED, THUS SUPPORTING THE INTERPRETATION OF NISAR MISSION DATA 6) TO PROVIDE IMAGES OF SOLID EARTH SURFACE MOTION TO SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND INTERPRETATION 7) TO MAP SURFACE MASS REDISTRIBUTION, THUS STRENGTHENING THE INTERPRETATION OF GRACE MISSION DATA.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

2015/earth surface and interior

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 19, 2020	June 16, 2019	October 22, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-32.77	-32.77	-32.77
Total	416,916.23	416,916.23	416,916.23

Award 20 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	36C26121N0147	0	Link
Parent	36C26121D0011	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Description

INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LABORATORY

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895023828 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 1, 2020	October 1, 2020	October 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	36,249.00	36,249.00	36,249.00
Total	36,249.00	36,249.00	36,249.00

Award 21 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
36C26121D0011	0	Link

Vendor

Indefinite Delivery Contract

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Description

INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LABORATORY

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 1, 2020	October 1, 2020	October 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	650,000.00
Total	0.00	0.00	650,000.00

Award 22 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
36C26120C0001	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Description

IRB SERVICES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895020993 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 1, 2020	October 1, 2019	October 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	81,306.72	81,306.72	0.00
Total	160,245.24	160,245.24	419,095.32

Award 23 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K1831	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

NON-INTRUSIVE OCULAR MONITORING FRAMEWORK TO MODEL OCULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES DUE TO LONG-TERMSPACEFLIGHT

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 29, 2020	September 29, 2020	September 29, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	45,000.00	149,839.00	149,839.00

Award 24 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
70RWMD20P00000022	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	DHS: OPO Department as written: "HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS"
Office:	CWMD ACQ DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	DHS: CWMD Department as written: "HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"
Office:	ASST SCTY COUNTERING WPNS OF MASS D

Description

BIOWATCH LAB PO.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891541060 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 28, 2020	September 29, 2020	September 28, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	60,000.00	60,000.00	60,000.00
Total	60,000.00	60,000.00	60,000.00

Award 25 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K1831	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

A NON-INTRUSIVE OCULAR MONITORING FRAMEWORK TO MODEL OCULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES DUE TO LONG-TERM SPACEFLIGHT

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 26, 2020	August 27, 2020	September 28, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	45,000.00	149,839.00	149,839.00
Total	45,000.00	149,839.00	149,839.00

Award 26 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E520C0021	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR

Description

BAA 20-0001 DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT U437H00

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 25, 2020	September 29, 2020	September 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	1,500,000.00	1,500,000.00	5,000,000.00
Total	1,500,000.00	1,500,000.00	5,000,000.00

Award 27 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W912HQ18C0020	P00004	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	US ARMY HUMPHREYS ENGINEER CTR SPT

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W0JV HQ USACE MIL PROGRAMS

Description

PROJECT RC18-1207 SERDP INCREMENTAL FUNDING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570002 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 25, 2020	June 20, 2018	September 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	401,206.00	0.00	0.00
Total	1,183,511.00	1,590,889.00	1,590,889.00

Award 28 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140L3920P0170	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NEVADA STATE OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	ELY DISTRICT OFFICE

Description

LCAI ROUND 12 - LUMINESCENCE DATING METHODS

Place of Performance

ELY, NEVADA 893019408 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 25, 2020	September 25, 2020	September 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	230,598.00	230,598.00	230,598.00
Total	230,598.00	230,598.00	230,598.00

Award 29 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E520C0015	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR

Description

BAA 19-0079 DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT U437N00

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 25, 2020	September 25, 2020	September 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	1,667,000.00	1,667,000.00	5,000,000.00
Total	1,667,000.00	1,667,000.00	5,000,000.00

Award 30 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140L3920P0171	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NEVADA STATE OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NEVADA STATE OFFICE

Description

LCAI ROUND 12 - STARCH RESIDUE ANALYSIS

Place of Performance

ELY, NEVADA 893019408 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 25, 2020	September 25, 2020	September 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	346,647.00	346,647.00	346,647.00
Total	346,647.00	346,647.00	346,647.00

Award 31 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0171	P00003	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

HUMAN EXPLORATION OF MARS WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT SUPPLIES OF BOTH OXYGEN AND FOOD. THE ABILITY TO GROW PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS ON MARS WOULD POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO BOTH OF THESE NEEDS. WE HERE PROPOSE TO GROW ALGAE ADAPTED TO EXTREME TERRESTRIAL CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS EDIBLE ALGAE, UNDER A SERIES OF CONDITIONS RELEVANT TO MARS. ..SNOW ALGAE GROW VERY WELL IN CHALLENGING HIGH UV, LOW TEMPERATURE, AND LOW NUTRIENT SNOW ENVIRONMENTS. WE HAVE GROWN THESE ORGANISMS UNDER LOW-NUTRIENT CONDITIONS, AND WE PROPOSE TO EXPAND UPON OUR PREVIOUS WORK TO GROW SNOW ALGAE UNDER A RANGE OF PRESSURES, ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, TEMPERATURES, AMOUNTS OF WATER AND LIGHT, AND NUTRIENT SOURCES, TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THESE ORGANISMS AS POTENTIAL OXYGEN SOURCES ON MARS. WE WILL SIMILARLY GROW EDIBLE ALGAE SPECIES UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS TO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR ALGAE TO PROVIDE BOTH NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN. IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS WORK, WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH NASA SCIENTIST DR. DOUG MING, WHO HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN LIFE SUPPORT, AND DR. JAMES RAYMOND, WHO IS A SNOW ALGAE EXPERT. THE PROPOSED WORK HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH DR. WARREN RUEMMELE, AND WILL FILL IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN THE PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS ON MARS. .

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 25, 2020	September 25, 2020	September 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	99,929.00	99,929.00	99,929.00

Award 32 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DENA0003590	28	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	NNSA NON-M&O CNTRCTNG OPS DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

TECHNICAL RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TREDS) SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) - NEVADA FIELD OFFICE (NFO)

Place of Performance

MERCURY, NEVADA 890230053 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 24, 2020	May 1, 2017	September 24, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	735,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	9,773,984.62	38,171,677.00	47,685,548.00

Award 33 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
36C26119C0037	P00003	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

EDUCATIONAL COSTS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 24, 2020	April 1, 2019	September 24, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-12,401.25	-12,401.25	-12,401.25
Total	75,831.65	75,831.65	208,181.00

Award 34 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K1464	P00004	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

DURING SPACE TRAVEL, ASTRONAUTS WILL EXPERIENCE A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO MICROGRAVITY AND STRESSFUL LIVING CONDITIONS. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO THIS IS A CHALLENGE AND THE EFFECT OF MICROGRAVITY ON ORGAN DEVELOPMENT, ARCHITECTURE, AND FUNCTION IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. HOW MICROGRAVITY MAY IMPACT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORGAN IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AS SPACE FLIGHT BECOMES MORE COMMONPLACE. THESE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS CAN BE ADDRESSED BY STUDYING SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSED CELLS IN VITRO. 3D TISSUE CULTURE MODELS MIMICKING MAMMARY GLAND STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN OPTIMIZED AND CAN BE USED TO DEFINE IF EXPOSED CELLS CAN CORRECTLY ASSEMBLE INTO THESE STRUCTURES TO ADDRESS SOME OF NASA'S KEY QUESTIONS REGARDING MICROGRAVITY EFFECTS ON CELLS AND ORGANS. ADDITIONALLY, AS PROPER ACTIVATION OF STEM CELLS IS KEY TO ORGAN FORMATION IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEFINE HOW MICROGRAVITY MAY AFFECT THESE SPECIALIZED CELLS. IN THE PROPOSED WORK WE WILL EXPOSE A MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELL LINE (COMMA 1D) KNOWN TO CONTAIN A HIGH PROPORTION OF STEM CELLS AND QUANTIFY THE CHANGES IN MAMMARY STEM CELL POPULATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE. FURTHER, WE WILL IDENTIFY HOW EXPOSURE TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AFFECTS THE CELLS ABILITY TO FORM NORMAL 3D STRUCTURES IMPORTANT IN MAMMARY ORGAN DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING THIS EXPOSURE. IN ADDITION, WE WILL TEST ROLE OF GENETICS BY ISOLATING MOUSE MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELLS FROM MICE SHOWING INCREASED AND REDUCED SENSITIVITIES TO CANCER TO DEFINE IF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY SHOWS DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS DEPENDENT ON UNDERLYING GENETICS. NEXT, WE WILL IDENTIFY MIRNA CHANGES IN STEM CELLS ISOLATED PRE AND POST SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE TO DEFINE THE UNDERLYING MOLECULAR REASONS FOR DEFECTS IN CORRECT 3D STRUCTURE FORMATION. A FINAL AIM WILL BE TO DEFINE WHETHER MICROGRAVITY IN COMBINATION WITH CERTAIN GENETIC BACKGROUNDS CAUSES CELLULAR CHANGES INDICATIVE OF AN INCREASED CANCER RISK. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT CELLS EXPOSED TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND ASSAYED IN 3D WILL ALLOW US TO DEFINE HOW THIS EXPOSURE WOULD IMPACT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMARY GLAND IN VIVO. WE FURTHERMORE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS RESPONSE DEPENDS UPON GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND THUS WILL UTILIZE CELLS FROM DIFFERENT MOUSE STRAINS TO INVESTIGATE THIS (CANCER PRONE AND RESISTANT). LASTLY, WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE IN AN AT RISK GENETIC BACKGROUND MAY CAUSE CHANGES IN CELLS THAT INCREASE THE PROPENSITY TO DEVELOP CANCER. THESE STUDIES WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR CHANGES AND UNDERLYING GENETIC MECHANISMS OF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND HOW IT IMPACTS OVERALL TISSUE FUNCTION.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 24, 2020	September 24, 2020	September 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	90,164.00	0.00	0.00
Total	299,188.00	299,188.00	299,188.00

Award 35 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K1376	P00001	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROPOSAL IS RELEVANT TO SMD PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS DIVISIONS AND IN THE SCOPE OF THE ROSES E.3 EXOPLANETS RESEARCH. IT HELPS ``IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORIGINS OF EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS'', AND HELPS ``DETECT THE EXOPLANETS''.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 23, 2020	September 23, 2020	September 23, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	45,000.00	135,000.00	135,000.00

Award 36 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
N6893617C0049	P00009	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER

Description

EXERCISE OPTION YEAR 3

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 23, 2020	September 27, 2017	September 23, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	260,712.00	260,712.00	0.00
Total	995,328.00	995,328.00	1,925,579.00

Award 37 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140L3920P0150	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NEVADA STATE OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NEVADA STATE OFFICE

Description

HYDROLOGY - STREAM PROPER FUNCTIONING CONDITION STUDY

Place of Performance

WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA 894450001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 21, 2020	September 21, 2020	September 23, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	119,588.00	119,588.00	119,588.00
Total	119,588.00	119,588.00	119,588.00

Award 38 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
HHSI247201500108A	P00001	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: IHS Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE"
Office:	PHOENIX AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: IHS Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE"
Office:	PHOENIX AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Description

DISEASE TESTING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 21, 2020	August 13, 2015	September 21, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-2,455.00	-2,455.00	-2,455.00
Total	3,545.00	3,545.00	3,545.00

Award 39 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC17K0713	P00005	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

WE PROPOSE TO CREATE A CARBON MONITORING SYSTEMS (CMS) WITH THE GOAL OF ESTIMATING THREE- DIMENSIONAL CHANGES IN FOREST BIOMASS OVER A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DISTURBANCE REGIMES USING A SUITE OF DIFFERENT REMOTELY SENSED DATA INCLUDING AIRBORNE AND TERRESTRIAL LIDAR, AND UAV AND GROUND-BASED MULTI-ANGLE DIGITAL IMAGERY PROCESSED USING STRUCTURE-FROM-MOTION TECHNIQUES. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE, WE WILL COLLECT THESE DATA BEFORE AND AFTER A DISTURBANCE, TO DETERMINE THE SENSITIVITY OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO ACCUMULATION AND LOSS OF BIOMASS IN THE OVERSTORY AND UNDERSTORY. WE BELIEVE THIS WORK WILL LEAD TO DECREASING UNCERTAINTIES IN ESTIMATING CHANGES IN BIOMASS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON DISTURBANCE RISK AND SUCCESSIONAL DYNAMICS THAT CAN IMPACT LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 21, 2020	September 21, 2020	September 22, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	812,416.00	812,416.00	812,416.00

Award 40 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	140L3520F0020	0	Link
Parent	47QRAA20D000B	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Description

THREATENED AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES SURVEY FOR THE GOBLIN VALLEY STATE PARK EXPANSION IN THE UTAH PRICE FIELD OFFICE

Place of Performance

PRICE, UTAH 845019999 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 20, 2020	September 21, 2020	September 20, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	157,000.00	157,000.00	157,000.00
Total	157,000.00	157,000.00	157,000.00

Award 41 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140P2120P6058	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Description

NR-IMD-SCPN-CLIMATE STATION MAINTENANCE

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121000 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 18, 2020	September 24, 2020	September 18, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	17,529.00	17,529.00	17,529.00
Total	17,529.00	17,529.00	17,529.00

Award 42 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX15AI48G	5	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

KNOWLEDGE OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS, ESPECIALLY IN THE ULTRAVIOLET (UV) SPECTRAL REGION IS CURRENTLY LIMITED. THIS HINDERS EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AND QUANTIFY CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS AND THEIR RADIATIVE AND CLIMATE-FORCING PROPERTIES WITH SATELLITE AND GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSORS SUCH AS THE OZONE-MONITORING INSTRUMENT (OMI) ON NASA'S AURA MISSION, NASA'S PROPOSED CLIMATE ABSOLUTE RADIANCE AND REFRACTIVITY OBSERVATORY (CLARREO), AND NASA'S AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORK (AERONET). IN TERMS OF RADIATIVE PROPERTIES, THE AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO (SSA) IS OF KEY IMPORTANCE FOR THE SIGN AND QUANTITY OF AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING THAT IS, DOES THE AEROSOL MAKE THE EARTH LOOK DARKER (HEATING) OR WHITER (COOLING). ATMOSPHERIC LIGHT ABSORBING CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS ARE DOMINATED BY BLACK CARBON (BC) AND BROWN CARBON (BRC) CONTAINING MOSTLY PARTICLES FROM NATURAL (I.E., BIOMASS BURNING) AND ANTHROPOGENIC (I.E., FOSSIL FUEL AND BIOMASS BURNING) ACTIVITIES.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

measuring absorption spectra of carbonaceous combustion aerosols to enable their identification and

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 18, 2020	March 18, 2019	September 21, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-642.98	-642.98	-642.98
Total	499,357.02	499,357.02	499,357.02

Award 43 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
HDTRA118C0062	P00005	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: DTRA Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)"
Office:	DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: DTRA Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)"
Office:	DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Description

OPTIMIZATION OF LEAD MELIOIDOSIS AND GLANDERS SUBUNIT VACCINE FORMULATIONS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 16, 2020	September 28, 2018	September 16, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	250,000.00	1,746,825.27	0.00
Total	3,826,870.17	4,824,734.44	4,824,734.44

Award 44 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX15AK85G	6	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF BROAD-BAND PROMPT EMISSION SPECTRA OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS (GRBS) BY THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY TELESCOPE SUGGEST THAT THEY DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE PREDICTIONS OF THE STANDARD FIREBALL INTERNAL SHOCK MODEL. SEVERAL INDEPENDENT OBSERVATIONS (INCLUDING DETECTIONS OF HIGH POLARIZATION DEGREE OF GAMMA-RAY EMISSION AND EARLY OPTICAL EMISSION OF SOME GRBS, AS WELL AS NONDETECTION OF $\SIM$ PEV NEUTRINOS FROM GRBS BY ICECUBE) SUPPORT OR ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE HYPOTHESIS THAT AT LEAST SOME GRBS HAVE MAGNETICALLY DOMINATED JETS. THIS CALLS FOR SERIOUS, DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS OF GRB MODELS IN THE MAGNETICALLY DOMINATED REGIME, WHICH INTERPRET GRB EMISSION AS DISSIPATION OF STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS ENTRAINED IN THE EJECTA. ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE OF THEIR COMPLEXITY, MAGNETIC MODELS ARE SO FAR MUCH LESS DEVELOPED THAN THE BARYONIC FIREBALL MODELS. HERE WE PROPOSE TO TACKLE THIS DIFFICULT PROBLEM, AIMING AT MAKING SOLID PROGRESS IN THIS DIRECTION THROUGH A SET OF NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE TO CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING SIMULATIONS. (1) USING A RELATIVISTIC MHD CODE, WE WILL PERFORM A {\EM GLOBAL} SIMULATION TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER EFFICIENT MAGNETIC DISSIPATION WOULD OCCUR WHEN TWO HIGH-$\SIGMA$ MAGNETIC BLOBS COLLIDE WITH A RELATIVISTIC SPEED. (2) WE WILL PERFORM A {\EM LOCAL} SIMULATION OF THE RELATIVISTIC COLLISIONS BETWEEN TWO HIGH-$\SIGMA$ FLUIDS, AND TRACK THE EVOLUTION OF MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATION IN THE COLLIDING REGION AND THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MAGNETIC RECONNECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAGNETIC TURBULENCE. (3) THROUGH INJECTING TEST PARTICLES IN THE SIMULATION BOX, WE WILL STUDY HOW ELECTRONS GET ACCELERATED IN THE TURBULENT RECONNECTION REGIONS. (4) BUILT UPON THE ABOVE-MENTIONED NUMERICAL SIMULATION RESULTS, ALONG WITH A MONTE CARLO CODE AND A SYNCHROTRON RADIATION CODE DEVELOPED IN OUR GROUP BEFORE, WE WILL DEVELOP A FULL NUMERICAL MODEL TO SIMULATE LIGHTCURVES, TIME-DEPENDENT SPECTRA, AND POLARIZATION PROPERTIES OF GRB PROMPT EMISSION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF MAGNETICALLY DOMINATED JETS.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

modeling gamma-ray bursts in the magnetically dominated regime

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 16, 2020	April 11, 2019	September 17, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-199.19	-199.19	-199.19
Total	399,608.81	399,608.81	399,608.81

Award 45 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E519C0009	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR

Description

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) SERVICES U437D00

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 15, 2020	August 14, 2019	September 15, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	1,999,999.82	1,999,999.82	1,999,999.82

Award 46 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0013	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE SOUTHERN RESIDUAL ICE DEPOSITS OF MARS COMPRISE BOTH WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE ICES. SURFICIAL CO2 ICE EXHIBITS COMPLEX PATTERNS OF EROSION AND DEPOSITION THAT ARE A SENSITIVE INDICATOR OF MASS BALANCE IN THE CURRENT OBLIQUITY EPOCH AND THE LONG TERM STABILITY OF THE CAP. WATER ICE IS OBSERVED AT THE MARGINS OF THE RESIDUAL CO2 ICE, WITH THE LARGEST EXPOSURE LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE STEEPEST SCARP OF THE POLAR CAP DOME (FROM 82-84S AND 315-5E). IN A RECENT ANALYSIS OF MARCI IMAGERY, THIS LARGE OUTLIER IS OBSERVED TO RETAIN SEASONAL CO2 FROST AS LATE AS LS 340 AND HAS SIGNIFICANT ANNUAL VARIABILITY IN LATE SUMMER APPEARANCE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WATER ICE EXPOSURES ARE INFERRED TO BE CONTIGUOUS LAYERS WITHIN AND UNDERNEATH THE UPPER SURFACE CO2 ICE, REFLECTING PAST CLIMATIC CONDITIONS LINKED TO ORBITAL PRECESSION. IN THE CAP INTERIOR, SHARAD OBSERVES LARGE LENSES OF SOLID CO2 ICE SEPARATED BY THIN WATER ICE LAYERS, SUGGESTING PAST EPISODES OF ATMOSPHERIC COLLAPSE. HERE WE PROPOSE A SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF ICE AND DUST COMPOSITION AND WILL LINK THOSE RESULTS TO THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE SURFACE UNITS USING CRISM, CTX, HIRISE, MOLA AND HRSC DATA. INITIAL RESULTS SHOW BOTH VARIABLE CO2 ICE GRAIN SIZE IN THOSE UNITS AND WIDELY VARYING ABUNDANCE AND GRAIN SIZE OF WATER ICE AS A CONSTITUENT IN BOTH BRIGHT AND DARK MATERIALS. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL LINK THE COMPOSITION TO THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH POLAR LAYERED DEPOSITS (SPLD) AND SYSTEMATICALLY EXPLORE COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY OF THE SURFICIAL CO2 ICE LAYER SUCH AS THE FINGERPRINT, PITTED, AND MESA TERRAINS, AND IN THE FINE SCALE LAYERS EXPOSED IN THE TROUGHS AND MARGINS THAT SAMPLE THE SPLD. RECENTLY DEVELOPED MAPS OF MODEL AGES FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SURFICIAL CO2 CAP MAY BE EXPECTED TO CORRELATE WITH ICE GRAIN SIZE AND COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES DEPENDING UPON THE CURRENT AND PAST DEPOSITIONAL AND EROSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. THE PROPOSED EFFORT HAS THREE MAIN TASKS: 1) TO GATHER, PROCESS AND MAP EXISTING CRISM HYPERSPECTRAL TARGETED AND MULTI-SPECTRAL MAPPING DATA, INCLUDING CREATING A BASE MAP FROM MULTI-YEAR COVERAGE IN A NARROW RANGE OF LS VALUES OF THE SOUTHERN RESIDUAL ICE DEPOSITS. 2) SELECT A SUBSET OF TARGETED OBSERVATIONS FOR DETAILED SPECTRAL MODELING. 3) SYNTHESIZE COMPOSITIONAL RESULTS WITH OTHER IMAGERY AND TOPOGRAPHY TO EXPLORE STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE ICE AND NON-ICE UNITS. METHODS WILL FOLLOW THOSE ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR CRISM. THE PI AND CO-I'S HAVE EXTENSIVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF CRISM DATA IN THE POLAR REGIONS. WE EXPECT TO USE A COMBINATION OF STANDARD ENVI PROCESSING ROUTINES (INCLUDING THE CRISM ANALYSIS TOOLKIT (CAT), BAND COMBINATIONS AND RATIOS INTENDED TO HIGHLIGHT SURFACE COMPOSITION INCLUDING SEPARATION OF WATER AND CO2 ICE SIGNATURES, CUSTOM IDL AND FORTRAN CODE FOR LINEAR SPECTRAL UNMIXING AND DETAILED RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING OF ICES AND NON-ICE MATERIALS RELEVANT TO THE POLES, AND INTEGRATION OF DATA SETS IN GIS-BASED MULTIDIMENSIONAL GEOREGISTERED PRODUCTS.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 15, 2020	September 15, 2020	September 17, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	163,433.00	0.00	0.00
Total	486,152.00	486,152.00	486,152.00

Award 47 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	140L1220F0053	0	Link
Parent	47QRAA20D000B	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE

Description

CALIFORNIA DESERT DISTRICT CERAMICS CONTENT

Place of Performance

MORENO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 925538659 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Major Program Code

california desert district ceramics content

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 15, 2020	October 1, 2020	September 16, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	194,397.22	194,397.22	194,397.22
Total	194,397.22	194,397.22	194,397.22

Award 48 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E519C0007	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR

Description

BAA QUANTIFICATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC, ACOUSTIC, THERMAL, AND SEISMIC SIGNATURES IN NEAR-SURFACE SOIL ENVIRONMENTS TO IMPROVE COUNTERMINE SENSOR PERFORMANCE U437N00

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 11, 2020	August 8, 2019	September 11, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	1,500,000.00	1,500,000.00	1,500,000.00

Award 49 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A20F00TC	P00001	Link
Parent	N0018916GZ010	0	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 11, 2020	August 10, 2020	September 11, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	17,984.72	17,984.72	17,984.72
Total	50,688.16	50,688.16	50,688.16

Award 50 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	140P2120F0189	0	Link
Parent	INP16PC00229	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Description

NR-ARD - DRI FILTER ANALYSIS

Place of Performance

DENVER, COLORADO 802250065 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Major Program Code

carbon analysis idiq

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 9, 2020	September 21, 2020	September 15, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	479,125.00	479,125.00	1,249,800.00
Total	479,125.00	479,125.00	1,249,800.00

Award 51 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80MSFC19M0049	P00001	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

Description

"DESIGNING IONIC LIQUIDS BASED ADSORBENT FOR TREATING DIMETHYLSILANEDIOL CONTAMINATED WATER IN INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION"..THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND TEST IONIC LIQUID ADSORBENTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF DIMETHYLSILANEDIOL AND DIMETHYL SULFONE FROM WATER. THE PERFORMANCE TEST RESULTS OF THE DEVELOPED IONIC LIQUID ADSORBENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN A CLOSEOUT BRIEFING.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 2, 2020	September 10, 2019	September 8, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	98,438.00	98,438.00	98,438.00

Award 52 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140L3920P0119	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NEVADA STATE OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NEVADA STATE OFFICE

Description

PALAEOECOLOGICAL STUDY SOLIDER MEADOWS

Place of Performance

WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA 894450001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 27, 2020	August 31, 2020	August 30, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	64,994.00	64,994.00	64,994.00
Total	64,994.00	64,994.00	64,994.00

Award 53 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140G0118C0007	P00004	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: USGS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY"
Office:	OFC OF ACQUSITION&GRANTS-NATIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: USGS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY"
Office:	EROS DATA CENTER(00012)

Description

LANDSAT SCIENCE TEAM CONTRACT FOR THE EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE CENTER (EROS), U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LOCATED IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Place of Performance

SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA 571980002 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 26, 2020	December 22, 2017	August 26, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	170,773.00	170,773.00	0.00
Total	783,804.00	783,804.00	962,791.00

Award 54 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140G0320P0310	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: USGS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY"
Office:	OFFICE OF ACQUISITON&GRANTS

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: USGS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY"
Office:	OFFICE OF ACQUISITON&GRANTS

Description

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE DATING OF 30 SAMPLES OF QUARTZ-RICH GRAVEL, COBBLES, AND SAND.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 25, 2020	August 25, 2020	August 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	22,097.00	22,097.00	22,097.00
Total	22,097.00	22,097.00	22,097.00

Award 55 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20M0255	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROPOSAL INTENDS TO IDENTIFY AND DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY OF TASK SPECIFIC ACIDIC IONIC LIQUIDS (ILS) TO DISSOLVE REGOLITH MINERALS AND RECOVER CALCIUM, ALUMINUM, SULFUR, SILICON, AND OXYGEN. ROBOTIC OR HUMAN SPACE MISSIONS ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSI

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 21, 2020	September 1, 2020	August 24, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	145,580.00	145,580.00	145,580.00
Total	145,580.00	145,580.00	145,580.00

Award 56 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20M0259	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROPOSAL INTENDS TO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY OF DEEP-EUTECTIC SOLVENTS (DESS) IMPREGNATED GRAPHITIC BIOCHAR AS WATER FILTRATION MEDIA TO TREAT DIMETHYL SULFONE (DMSO2) CONTAMINATED WATER ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS). DMSO2 IS A CONTAM

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 21, 2020	September 1, 2020	August 24, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	94,084.00	94,084.00	94,084.00
Total	94,084.00	94,084.00	94,084.00

Award 57 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
HHSI247201400087A	P00002	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: IHS Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE"
Office:	PHOENIX AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: IHS Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE"
Office:	PHOENIX AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Description

DE-OBLIGATE RESIDUAL FUNDING AND CLOSE OUT DISEASE TESTING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 21, 2020	August 6, 2014	August 21, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-1,130.00	-1,130.00	-1,130.00
Total	4,370.00	4,370.00	4,370.00

Award 58 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	1332KP20FNWWG0033	0	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

RCC - OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF WXCODER 3

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121000 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 19, 2020	August 19, 2020	August 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	20,600.00	20,600.00	20,600.00
Total	20,600.00	20,600.00	20,600.00

Award 59 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	1332KP20FNEEN0034	0	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

RCC - WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER FOR ENGAGING FOR CRITICAL DATA

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121000 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 19, 2020	August 19, 2020	August 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	50,083.92	50,083.92	50,083.92
Total	50,083.92	50,083.92	50,083.92

Award 60 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140G0320P0306	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: USGS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY"
Office:	OFFICE OF ACQUISITON&GRANTS

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: USGS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY"
Office:	OFFICE OF ACQUISITON&GRANTS

Description

WATER TEMPERATURE MAPS; 40498071

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 19, 2020	August 20, 2020	August 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	6,675.00	6,675.00	6,675.00
Total	6,675.00	6,675.00	6,675.00

Award 61 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	1332KP20FNWWM0035	0	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

DESERT RESEARCH (DRI) WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER WEB-TOOL

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121000 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 19, 2020	August 19, 2020	August 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	59,999.06	59,999.06	59,999.06
Total	59,999.06	59,999.06	59,999.06

Award 62 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20M0221	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE RESEARCH GOAL IS TO DEVELOP SELF-ADAPTIVE LUBRICANT COATINGS FOR MOVING MECHANICAL ASSEMBLIES (MMAS), SUCH AS BEARINGS, BUSHINGS, AND GEARS, OPERATING IN EXTREME CONDITIONS. THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF MMAS CRITICALLY DEPENDS ON ADEQUATE LUBRICA

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 18, 2020	September 1, 2020	August 18, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	750,000.00	750,000.00	750,000.00
Total	750,000.00	750,000.00	750,000.00

Award 63 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PSA824	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 18, 2020	October 11, 2019	August 18, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 64 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K1472	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO PRODUCE A FUNCTIONING PLATFORM, DETERMINE A CONTROL SCHEME FOR A COMPLEX ACTUATOR ARRAY AND PRODUCE ACCURATE MODELS FOR THE ACTUATION COMPONENTS AND THE DYNAMIC MOTION OF THE PLATFORM.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 17, 2020	August 21, 2020	August 18, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	55,000.00	55,000.00	55,000.00
Total	55,000.00	55,000.00	55,000.00

Award 65 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A20F00TC	0	Link
Parent	N0018916GZ010	0	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 10, 2020	August 10, 2020	August 10, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	34,849.44	34,849.44	34,849.44
Total	52,834.16	52,834.16	52,834.16

Award 66 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0223	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

AN INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT IS PROPOSED TO CHARACTERIZE BOTH THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND RESULTANT MICRO-TONANO MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF SOLDERS IN TERRESTRIAL VS. MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS, 1G VS. ~1 10-5G. RESULTS FROM THE IN-SPACE SOLDERING INVESTIGATION (ISSI) EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) HAVE SHOWN THAT SOLDERING IN MICROGRAVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT THAN THEIR GROUND BASED COUNTERPARTS DUE TO EARTH S NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW AND BUOYANCY EFFECTS BEING MINIMIZED IN MICROGRAVITY DURING MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION. THE ISSI DATA HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT A LACK OF BUOYANCY FORCES IN MICROGRAVITY CAN INTERNALLY TRAP THE FLUX CREATED DURING SOLDERING AT INTERFACES, SUCH AS REPAIR JOINTS. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT SUCH INTERNAL POROSITY CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE DESIRED STRENGTH OF THE JOINT, AS WELL AS ITS THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OUR STUDY AIMS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THESE EFFECTS IN THE MILLIMETER-SIZED SOLDERS USING AN ARRAY OF NANOMECHANICAL TESTING TOOLS SUCH AS INDENTATION AND FOCUSED ION BEAM (FIB) FABRICATED MICRO-PILLAR COMPRESSION AND MICRO TENSILE TESTING, AND NANOSCALE ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE (NANO-ECR) MEASUREMENTS. RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ENHANCING OUR FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS OF SURFACE TENSION DRIVEN CONVECTION PHENOMENA DURING SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING OPERATIONS SUCH AS BRAZING, SOLDERING, AND WELDING. FURTHERMORE, THE MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS REPRESENT A LOWEST GRAVITY BOUNDARY CONDITION. AS SUCH, THESE RESULTS COULD ALSO BE USEFUL IN PREDICTING SOLIDIFICATION BEHAVIOR ON OTHER LOWER GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS (E.G. MOON OR MARS). THIS PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT TWO GRADUATE STUDENTS (ONE AT EACH UNIVERSITY) TO WORK ON A CUTTING-EDGE EXPERIMENTAL-COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT ABOUT SOLDERING AND SOLIDIFICATION IN MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 7, 2020	August 7, 2020	August 10, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	125,000.00	200,000.00	200,000.00

Award 67 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K1376	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROPOSAL IS RELEVANT TO SMD PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS DIVISIONS AND IN THE SCOPE OF THE ROSES E.3 EXOPLANETS RESEARCH. IT HELPS ``IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORIGINS OF EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS'', AND HELPS ``DETECT THE EXOPLANETS''.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 7, 2020	September 1, 2020	August 7, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	45,000.00	135,000.00	135,000.00
Total	45,000.00	135,000.00	135,000.00

Award 68 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K1343	0	Link

Vendor

Indefinite Delivery Contract

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOODS (GLOFS) ARE LARGE-SCALE CATASTROPHIC FLOODS THAT INITIATE FROM PROGLACIAL OR ICE-MARGINAL LAKES DUE TO DAM FAILURE. ONGOING GLOBAL GLACIER MASS LOSS AND RETREAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THIS HAZARD BY EXPANDING THE

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 7, 2020	August 1, 2020	August 10, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	281,188.00	779,901.00	779,901.00
Total	281,188.00	779,901.00	779,901.00

Award 69 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K0373	P00008	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

SPACE TRAVEL RESULTS IN ADAPTATION TO UNIQUE CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDE EXPOSURE TO LOW DOSES OF COSMIC RADIATION AND MICROGRAVITY, AND HEIGHTENED STRESS. ADAPTING TO THESE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSORS CAN ALTER HORMONE AND IMMUNE FUNCTIONS, DISRUPTING NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF HORMONE-SENSITIVE ORGANS AND NEGATIVELY IMPACTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. STUDIES INVESTIGATING MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG ADULT MICE WILL HELP DEFINE HOW ADAPTATIONS TO SPACE TRAVEL CAN INFLUENCE THESE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES. THE DUCTAL NETWORK OF THE MAMMARY GLAND CONTAINS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CELL TYPES INCLUDING EPITHELIAL CELLS, ADIPOCYTES, IMMUNE CELLS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS, AND FIBROBLASTS. SIGNALING BETWEEN THESE CELL TYPES IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS. IN ADDITION, BOTH HORMONE AND IMMUNE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN DUCTAL NETWORK BRANCHING OF THE DEVELOPING MAMMARY GLAND. A COMBINATION OF NOVEL ASSAYS WILL BE USED TO UNDERSTAND HOW SPACE EXPOSURES IMPACT IMMUNE FUNCTION ADVERSELY AFFECTING MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT, STEM CELL POPULATIONS AND THE REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY OF MICE. WE WILL TEST WHETHER SPACE ADAPTATION-INDUCED EPIGENETIC CHANGES IN THE OOCYTES OF MICE CORRELATE WITH REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT WEAKENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND ALTERS HORMONE BALANCE RESULTING IN ALTERATIONS IN NUMBER AND FUNCTION OF MAMMARY STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMARY GLAND. ADDITIONALLY, WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT EPIGENETIC CHANGES AS A RESULT OF SPACE EXPOSURE WILL AFFECT REPRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY AS COMPARED TO MICE ON EARTH. WE FURTHER PROPOSE THAT THE SENSITIVITY TO THESE EFFECTS IS DEPENDENT ON THE GENETIC BACKGROUND OF EXPOSED MICE. THESE STUDIES WILL AID IN DEFINING HOW ALTERATIONS IN IMMUNE FUNCTION FROM ADAPTATION TO SPACE TRAVEL AND SUBSEQUENT RE-ADAPTATION ON EARTH, RESULTS IN DEFECTS IN ORGAN DEVELOPMENT, REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY, AND EPIGENETIC CHANGES AFFECTING THE FITNESS OF SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 6, 2020	August 6, 2020	August 7, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	170,852.00	170,852.00	170,852.00

Award 70 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
HSHQDC15CB0067	P00003	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	DHS: OPO Department as written: "HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS"
Office:	SCI&TECH ACQ DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	DHS: S&T Department as written: "HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"
Office:	OFF OF THE USCTY FOR SCIENCE&TECH

Description

CLOSEOUT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 3, 2020	November 2, 2015	August 3, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-27,476.98	0.00	-27,476.98
Total	1,022,523.02	0.00	1,022,523.02

Award 71 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
36C26120P1328	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LAB TESTING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570002 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
July 31, 2020	August 1, 2020	August 7, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	13,929.00	13,929.00	13,929.00
Total	13,929.00	13,929.00	13,929.00

Award 72 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K1044	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

BASED ON MEDIAN-BASED ESTIMATORS, WE RECENTLY DEVELOPED GPS IMAGING, A SOPHISTICATED SIGNAL PROCESSING AND IMAGE FILTERING TECHNIQUE TO GENERATE ROBUST IMAGES OF SECULAR VERTICAL LAND MOTION. WE HAVE NOW EXTENDED THE CONCEPT TO THREE DIMENSIONS BY IMAGING THE HORIZONTAL STRAIN-RATE TENSOR USING THE TECHNIQUE MELD (MEDIAN ESTIMATE OF LOCAL DEFORMATION). BOTH THESE TECHNIQUES ARE UNDERPINNED BY ROBUST ESTIMATION OF GPS STATION VELOCITIES USING MIDAS (MEDIAN INTERANNUAL DIFFERENCE ADJUSTED FOR SKEWNESS). TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE DATA-DRIVEN TECHNIQUES HAVE REVEALED GEOGRAPHICALLY-COHERENT LOW-AMPLITUDE SIGNALS OF GEOPHYSICAL ORIGIN THAT APPROACH THE NOISE LEVEL OF GPS GEODESY. FOR EXAMPLE, IN NORTH AMERICA WE HAVE IMAGED A LARGE-SCALE ANNULUS OF HORIZONTAL CONTRACTION (~4 NANOSTRAINS/YR) SURROUNDING THE UPLIFTING AND EXTENDING CENTRAL CAP OF GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT (GIA) CENTERED ON HUDSON BAY. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EXTEND GPS IMAGING BEYOND SECULAR DEFORMATION, TO THE ROBUST ESTIMATION OF TIME-DEPENDENT EARTH DEFORMATIONS THAT MAY BE DETECTABLE BY SUFFICIENTLY DENSE GPS NETWORKS. WE GIVE SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO THE OPERATIONAL DETERMINATION OF CO-SEISMIC OFFSETS AS PART OF A NEW GEODETIC EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE, PLUS NON-SEISMO-TECTONIC DRIVERS SUCH AS REGIONAL SURFACE MASS LOADING. OUR INITIAL STUDIES SUGGEST A WEB OF INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HYDROLOGY, TECTONICS, SEISMOLOGY, VOLCANOLOGY, CLIMATE, METEOROLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS. FOR EXAMPLE, USING OUR 5-MINUTE-INTERVAL GPS POSITION DATA PRODUCTS, OUR PRODUCTS ENABLED THE DETECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NATURE BIOT S SLOW (SUBSONIC) WAVE IN THE SOLID EARTH ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE SANDY, EXCITED BY THE STORM SURGE. AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, OUR PRODUCTS REVEALED UPLIFT OF THE SIERRA NEVADA DRIVEN BY THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC REMOVAL OF WATER TO THE WEST IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY, DROUGHT-RELATED DEPLETED SNOW FALL ON THE MOUNTAIN RANGE, TOGETHER WITH A SHARP CONTRAST IN LITHOSPHERIC STRENGTH IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST. MOREOVER, OUR PRODUCTS SHOW SEASONAL VARIATION IN STRAIN AND SUGGEST POTENTIAL COUPLING BETWEEN SURFACE LOADING AND SEISMICITY ON THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT, HOWEVER THAT LINE OF RESEARCH HAS NOT YET BENEFITED FROM THE ROBUST TECHNIQUES WE AIM TO DEVELOP HERE. OUR CURRENT GPS IMAGING PROCESSOR IS BUILT AS A BACK-END TO OUR CURRENT MASSIVE DATA PROCESSING FACILITY, WHICH MAKES A VARIETY OF GEODETIC PRODUCTS FREELY AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION. WE USE ALL GPS DUAL-FREQUENCY DATA IN THE WORLD THAT IS KNOWN TO US, GOING BACK TO 1996, FROM OVER 17,000 STATIONS. PRODUCTS ARE UPDATED EVERY WEEK FOR FINAL PRODUCTS FROM CURRENTLY OVER 10,000 STATIONS, EVERY DAY FROM OVER 6,000 STATIONS, AND EVERY HOUR FROM ~2,000 STATIONS. DATA PRODUCTS INCLUDE 24-HOUR AND 5-MINUTEINTERVAL STATION POSITIONS, 5-MINUTE-INTERVAL TROPOSPHERIC PARAMETERS, DAILY QUALITY ASSURANCE PARAMETERS TO ASSESS STATION PERFORMANCE, MIDAS STATION VELOCITIES, METADATA, AND A STEP-FUNCTION DATA BASE WITH LINKS ASSOCIATED WITH EARTHQUAKES AND EQUIPMENT CHANGES. IN THIS PROJECT, WE WILL DEVELOP ADDITIONAL DATA PRODUCTS TO SERVE ANY INTERESTED SCIENTIST WITH TIME SERIES AND DERIVED FIELDS THAT HAVE SENSITIVITY TO TIME-DEPENDENT DYNAMIC PROCESSES IN THE SOLID EARTH. THESE PRODUCTS WILL ADDRESS SEVERAL TOPICS IN THE PROPOSAL CALL, CONNECTING WITH THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TECTONICS AND CLIMATE, SOLID EARTH RESPONSE TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY, FORCING BY HURRICANES AND STORM SURGES, MAGMATIC SYSTEMS, CONNECTION TO STATE OF STRESS, AND THE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON SOLID EARTH DEFORMATION. THE TIME-VARIABLE DEFORMATION PRODUCTS DEVELOPED HERE WILL BENEFIT NOT ONLY OUR OWN SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS, RATHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL OUR PRODUCTS FREELY AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR USE BY OTHER INVESTIGATORS OVER A BROAD VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES, ALONG WITH OUR EXPERT SUPPORT.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
July 30, 2020	July 30, 2020	July 30, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	153,062.00	0.00	0.00
Total	321,974.00	477,583.00	477,583.00

Award 73 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0223	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

AN INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT IS PROPOSED TO CHARACTERIZE BOTH THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND RESULTANT MICRO-TONANO MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF SOLDERS IN TERRESTRIAL VS. MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS, 1G VS. ~1 10-5G. RESULTS FROM THE IN-SPACE SOLDERING INVESTIGATION (ISSI) EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) HAVE SHOWN THAT SOLDERING IN MICROGRAVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT THAN THEIR GROUND BASED COUNTERPARTS DUE TO EARTH S NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW AND BUOYANCY EFFECTS BEING MINIMIZED IN MICROGRAVITY DURING MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION. THE ISSI DATA HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT A LACK OF BUOYANCY FORCES IN MICROGRAVITY CAN INTERNALLY TRAP THE FLUX CREATED DURING SOLDERING AT INTERFACES, SUCH AS REPAIR JOINTS. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT SUCH INTERNAL POROSITY CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE DESIRED STRENGTH OF THE JOINT, AS WELL AS ITS THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OUR STUDY AIMS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THESE EFFECTS IN THE MILLIMETER-SIZED SOLDERS USING AN ARRAY OF NANOMECHANICAL TESTING TOOLS SUCH AS INDENTATION AND FOCUSED ION BEAM (FIB) FABRICATED MICRO-PILLAR COMPRESSION AND MICRO TENSILE TESTING, AND NANOSCALE ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE (NANO-ECR) MEASUREMENTS. RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ENHANCING OUR FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS OF SURFACE TENSION DRIVEN CONVECTION PHENOMENA DURING SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING OPERATIONS SUCH AS BRAZING, SOLDERING, AND WELDING. FURTHERMORE, THE MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS REPRESENT A LOWEST GRAVITY BOUNDARY CONDITION. AS SUCH, THESE RESULTS COULD ALSO BE USEFUL IN PREDICTING SOLIDIFICATION BEHAVIOR ON OTHER LOWER GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS (E.G. MOON OR MARS). THIS PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT TWO GRADUATE STUDENTS (ONE AT EACH UNIVERSITY) TO WORK ON A CUTTING-EDGE EXPERIMENTAL-COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT ABOUT SOLDERING AND SOLIDIFICATION IN MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
July 24, 2020	July 24, 2020	July 27, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	75,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	125,000.00	200,000.00	200,000.00

Award 74 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0171	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

HUMAN EXPLORATION OF MARS WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT SUPPLIES OF BOTH OXYGEN AND FOOD. THE ABILITY TO GROW PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS ON MARS WOULD POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO BOTH OF THESE NEEDS. WE HERE PROPOSE TO GROW ALGAE ADAPTED TO EXTREME TERRESTRIAL CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS EDIBLE ALGAE, UNDER A SERIES OF CONDITIONS RELEVANT TO MARS. ..SNOW ALGAE GROW VERY WELL IN CHALLENGING HIGH UV, LOW TEMPERATURE, AND LOW NUTRIENT SNOW ENVIRONMENTS. WE HAVE GROWN THESE ORGANISMS UNDER LOW-NUTRIENT CONDITIONS, AND WE PROPOSE TO EXPAND UPON OUR PREVIOUS WORK TO GROW SNOW ALGAE UNDER A RANGE OF PRESSURES, ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, TEMPERATURES, AMOUNTS OF WATER AND LIGHT, AND NUTRIENT SOURCES, TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THESE ORGANISMS AS POTENTIAL OXYGEN SOURCES ON MARS. WE WILL SIMILARLY GROW EDIBLE ALGAE SPECIES UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS TO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR ALGAE TO PROVIDE BOTH NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN. IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS WORK, WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH NASA SCIENTIST DR. DOUG MING, WHO HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN LIFE SUPPORT, AND DR. JAMES RAYMOND, WHO IS A SNOW ALGAE EXPERT. THE PROPOSED WORK HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH DR. WARREN RUEMMELE, AND WILL FILL IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN THE PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS ON MARS. .

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
July 18, 2020	July 18, 2020	July 20, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	99,929.00	99,929.00	99,929.00

Award 75 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0172	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO EVALUATE AND REDUCE THE SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF SELECTIVE LASER MELTING (SLM) MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE "ADDITIVE COMPONENT INTERNAL FEATURE SURFACE ROUGHNESS REDUCTION" RESEARCH PRIORITY SET BY THE NASA COMMERCIAL SPACE CAPABILITIES OFFICE. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO IMPROVE COMPONENT FABRICATION FOR PROPULSION AND POWER CONVERSION APPLICATIONS. TO MEET THIS NEED, WE PROPOSE A NOVEL ULTRASONIC ASSISTED ELECTROCHEMICAL POLISHING APPROACH, WHICH IS HIGHLY SCALABLE, TO REDUCE THE SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF INTERNAL FEATURES OF COMPONENTS FABRICATED BY SLM. WE WILL DEVISE AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SETUP IN WHICH THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF THE AS-BUILT COMPONENT WILL ACT AS AN ANODE WHILE A STAINLESS STEEL ROD WILL BE THE CATHODE. AN OPTIMIZED ELECTROCHEMICAL SOLUTION WILL BE DEVELOPED DEPENDING ON THE MATERIAL OF INTEREST. THE INTERNAL SURFACE WILL BE ELECTROCHEMICALLY POLISHED UNDER ULTRASONIC AGITATION CONDITIONS USING THE SETUP DEVELOPED IN THIS RESEARCH. ..DURING ELECTROCHEMICAL POLISHING, DIFFERENT-SIZED ELECTROCHEMICAL INERT ABRASIVE MEDIA, SUCH AS SILICON CARBIDE (SIC) AND/OR ALUMINA (AL2O3), WILL BE ADDED TO THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOLUTION. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ULTRASONIC AGITATION AND ELECTROCHEMICAL POLISHING CONDITIONS, THESE ABRASIVE MEDIA GENERATE A SYNERGISTIC EFFECT TO REMOVE THE SURFACE LAYER AND THUS EFFICIENTLY REDUCE SURFACE ROUGHNESS. TO OBTAIN UNIFORM SURFACE ROUGHNESS, WE WILL INTERMITTENTLY ROTATE THE SETUP 180 DEGREES COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AND CLOCKWISE. SURFACE ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS WILL BE MEASURED USING AN OPTICAL PROFILOMETER AFTER A SELECTED NUMBER OF CYCLES TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF CYCLES REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED ROUGHNESS. THE SURFACES WILL BE MASKED WITH POLYMERIC MATERIAL AT LOCATIONS WHERE POLISHING IS NOT REQUIRED, SUCH AS CHANNEL INLETS AND OUTLETS WITH SHARP TURNS. AFTER THE DESIRED ROUGHNESS IS ACHIEVED, THE INTERNAL SURFACE WILL BE POLISHED WITH FINE ABRASIVE MEDIA IN DEIONIZED (DI) WATER FOLLOWED BY ETHANOL CLEANING WITH AN ULTRASONICATOR TO REMOVE ANY RESIDUE. THE POST-FABRICATION STEP PROPOSED HERE IS UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE IN ITS USE OF TRIBOCORROSION PROPERTIES TO REDUCE THE SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF THE INTERNAL FEATURES OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (AM) METALLIC COMPONENTS. IT IS A SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD METHOD THAT CAN EASILY BE SCALED UP. .

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
July 14, 2020	July 14, 2020	July 14, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	100,000.00	100,000.00	100,000.00

Award 76 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX17AK40G	4	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

RECENT HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS (E.G. ALMA, VLT) OF PROTOPLANETARY DISKS HAVE BEGUN TO REVEAL COMPLICATED STRUCTURE (E.G. SPIRAL ARMS, GAPS, RINGS ETC.). IN PRINCIPLE SUCH OBSERVATIONS CAN PROVIDE CONSTRAINTS ON DISK DYNAMICS, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME REVEAL THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES WHICH CONTROL THE PLANET FORMATION PROCESS. HOWEVER, THIS REQUIRES REALISTIC THEORETICAL MODELS OF DISK DYNAMICS, INCLUDING A PROPER TREATMENT OF MHD EFFECTS, DUST GROWTH, SETTLING, AND FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS ACCURATE RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS THAT CAN GENERATE SYNTHETIC IMAGES FOR COMPARISON TO DATA. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO COMPUTE SUCH MODELS. WE WILL CALCULATE THE MOST REALISTIC GLOBAL NUMERICAL MODELS OF PROTOPLANETARY DISKS AND DISK-PLANET INTERACTION TO DATE, COMPUTE SYNTHETIC IMAGES OF THE MODELS BASED ON A SELF-CONSISTENT TREATMENT OF THE DUST DYNAMICS IN THE DISK, AND COMPARE THESE MODELS TO INTERPRET EXISTING DATA AND TO PREDICT FUTURE OBSERVATIONS. IN PARTICULAR, WE WILL COMPARE OUR MODELS WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM EXISTING NASA SPACE MISSIONS (E.G. SPITZER, HERSCHEL), AND GROUND BASED TELESCOPES (E.G. ALMA, EVLA, VLT, SUBARU, GEMINI), AND WE WILL MAKE PREDICTIONS FOR FUTURE OBSERVATIONS. OVER YEARS, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN BUILDING TOOLS TO ACHIEVE SUCH GOALS. WE HAVE STUDIED NON-IDEAL MHD EFFECTS ON DISK TURBULENCE, DUST PARTICLE DYNAMICS IN GASEOUS DISKS, PLANET-DISK INTERACTION, AND OTHER ASTROPHYSICAL DISK RELATED PROBLEMS. NOW, ADOPTING NOVEL NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES IN OUR NEWLY DEVELOPED 3-D MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD) CODE ATHENA++, WE CAN FINALLY PUT ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER AND CONSTRUCT FIRST-PRINCIPLE GLOBAL SIMULATIONS TO BE DIRECTLY COMPARED WITH OBSERVATIONS. WE PLAN TO USE THIS NEW CODE TO (1) STUDY HOW PROTOPLANETARY DISKS ACCRETE BY CARRYING OUT GLOBAL 3-D MHD SIMULATIONS INCLUDING ALL IMPORTANT NON-IDEAL MHD EFFECTS. (2) INCLUDE DUST PARTICLES AND YOUNG PLANETS IN OUR SIMULATIONS TO STUDY DUST DYNAMICS, PLANETESIMAL FORMATION, AND THE OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES OF YOUNG PLANETS IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS. SINCE MOST DISK EMISSION COMES FROM DUST, THIS STEP IS ESSENTIAL FOR CONNECTING SIMULATIONS WITH OBSERVATIONS. (3) POST PROCESS OUR GLOBAL 3-D SIMULATIONS WITH 3-D MONTE CARLO RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES TO GENERATE OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES OF DISK TURBULENCE AND YOUNG PLANETS IN DISKS. COMPARISONS WITH CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS FOR FUTURE OBSERVATIONS WILL BE MADE. THESE FIRST-PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS (INCLUDING MHD EFFECTS, DUST-GAS DYNAMICS, AND RADIATIVE TRANSFER) WILL ADDRESS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ON PROTOPLANETARY DISKS AND ALLOW US TO STUDY PLANET FORMATION PROCESSES IN DETAIL. THE PREDICTIONS FROM THESE SIMULATIONS WILL NOT ONLY BE COMPARED WITH OBSERVATIONS (E.G. ALMA) DIRECTLY, BUT ALSO SERVE AS A FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING PLANET FORMATION AND EXOPLANET PROPERTIES FOR FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS (E.G. JWST, WFIRST, TESS).

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

predicting observational signatures of planet formation in realistic models of protoplanetary disks

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
July 14, 2020	July 14, 2020	July 15, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	444,188.00	444,188.00	444,188.00

Award 77 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
HHSD200201139965C	6	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Description

WEAK ROCK MASS IN NEVADA GOLD MINES: BEHAVIOR, SUPPORT DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
July 9, 2020	August 1, 2011	July 9, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-0.02	0.00	0.00
Total	1,249,999.98	1,250,000.00	1,250,000.00

Award 78 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	140P2120F0119	0	Link
Parent	INP16PC00229	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Description

NR-ARD - DRI FILTER ANALYSIS/PURCHASE

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Major Program Code

carbon analysis idiq

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
July 6, 2020	July 7, 2020	July 7, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	468,675.00	468,675.00	468,675.00
Total	468,675.00	468,675.00	468,675.00

Award 79 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A20F00G6	P00001	Link
Parent	N0018916GZ010	0	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 30, 2020	January 1, 2020	June 30, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-1,572.83	-1,572.83	-1,572.83
Total	32,199.44	32,199.44	32,199.44

Award 80 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC17K0548	P00005	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN METAGENOMICS AND SINGLE-CELL GENOMICS HAVE ENABLED UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO GENOMES FROM CANDIDATE (YET-UNCULTIVATED) PHYLA OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA, INCLUDING THOSE INHABITING EXTREME AND EARLY EARTH-LIKE SYSTEMS. THESE DATA HAVE ENABLED INSIGHTS INTO THE BIOLOGY OF THESE ORGANISMS, INCLUDING THEIR CATABOLIC AND ANABOLIC POTENTIAL, MOLECULAR ADAPTATIONS TO LIFE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, AND INSIGHTS INTO THE EARLY DIVERSIFICATION OF MICROBIAL LINEAGES. HOWEVER, THE PREDICTED METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF THESE ORGANISMS AND THEIR GENES REMAIN LARGELY UNTESTED. THE CENTRAL GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO LEVERAGE A FOUNDATION OF GENOMIC EXPLORATION IN GREAT BOILING SPRING (GBS), NV, TO ASSESS METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF THERMOPHILES REPRESENTING CANDIDATE PHYLA OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA AND THEIR ROLES IN MAJOR BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. WE HAVE RECENTLY DESCRIBED THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL GENOMIC DATA FOR THE CANDIDATE BACTERIAL PHYLA ATRIBACTERIA (OP9), CALESCAMANTES (EM19), AND FERVIDIBACTERIA (OCTSPA1-106), AND KRYPTONIA. TO ADDRESS THE METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF THESE AND OTHER YET-UNCULTIVATED MAJOR LINEAGES, WE WILL USE A COMBINATION OF TARGETED AND BROADBASED APPROACHES. OBJECTIVE 1: ASSESS C AND N ASSIMILATORY METABOLISMS IN SPECIFIC TARGETED TAXA IN MICROCOSMS AND ENRICHMENT CULTURES USING (A) STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING (SIP), FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION AND NANOSIMS IMAGING (FISH-SIMS) AND (B) IN SITU TRANSCRIPTION OF GENES PREDICTED TO BE INVOLVED IN H, C, N, AND S CYCLING, BY QUANTITATIVE REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE PCR. OBJECTIVE 2: DETERMINE METABOLIC FUNCTION OF ABUNDANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS USING BROAD-BASED APPROACHES SUCH AS (A) 16S RRNA SIP WITH A CUSTOM PHYLOGENETIC MICROARRAY (CHIP-SIP) TO ASSESS C AND N ASSIMILATION IN MICROCOSMS AND ENRICHMENT CULTURES, (B) WHOLECOMMUNITY TRANSCRIPTOMICS, AND (C) WHOLE-COMMUNITY PROTEOMICS. ULTIMATELY, THE COMBINATION OF BOTH TARGETED AND UNTARGETED APPROACHES WILL PROVIDE ROBUST EVIDENCE OF THE ECOLOGICAL ROLES OF SEVERAL YET-UNCULTIVATED MICROBIAL PHYLA IN GBS AND BEYOND.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 29, 2020	June 29, 2020	June 30, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	642,999.00	642,999.00	642,999.00

Award 81 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC17K0581	P00003	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

LIQUID WATER IN SEDIMENTS AT GALE CRATER, MARS CREATED ENVIRONMENTS THAT WERE LIKELY HABITABLE AND SAMPLED BROAD, BASIN-WIDE HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS. HOWEVER, MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN REGARDING THESE ENVIRONMENTS AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FLUIDS (E.G. PH, WATER: ROCK RATIO, DURATION OF AQUEOUS ALTERATION, SOLUTION COMPOSITION, TEMPERATURE, AND OXIDATION STATE) THAT GENERATED THEM. MEASUREMENTS TAKEN BY THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY CURIOSITY OF ALTERED MATERIAL IN FRACTURE ZONES CAN HELP CONSTRAIN THESE AQUEOUS CONDITIONS. BECAUSE THE ALTERED MATERIAL WITHIN THE FRACTURE ZONES IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH NEARBY PARENT MATERIAL FROM WHICH IT FORMED, CHANGES DUE TO FLUID INTERACTIONS CAN BE QUANTIFIED. REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING CAN THEN BE USED TO YIELD QUANTITATIVE CONSTRAINTS ON AQUEOUS PARAMETERS SUCH AS PH, WATER: ROCK RATIO, DURATION OF AQUEOUS ALTERATION, SOLUTION COMPOSITION, TEMPERATURE, AND OXIDATION STATE IF APPROPRIATE KINETIC AND SOLUBILITY DATA ARE AVAILABLE.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 29, 2020	June 29, 2020	June 29, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	221,018.00	221,018.00	221,018.00

Award 82 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
N0018920GZ016	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR NORFOLK

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Description

STUDENT TUITION-UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LV

Action Type

boa

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 26, 2020	July 1, 2020	June 29, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	0.00

Award 83 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC17K0477	P00003	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

BEFORE THE CURIOSITY MISSION AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE NOACHIAN METEORITE BRECCIA NORTHWEST AFRICA 7034 AND PAIRED METEORITES, IT WAS INFERRED THAT THE MARTIAN SURFACE WAS MOSTLY BASALTIC. SINCE THE CURIOSITY ROVER LANDED IN GALE CRATER, A DIVERSE RANGE OF COMPOSITIONS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN IGNEOUS FLOAT ROCKS, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND IGNEOUS CLASTS WITHIN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS THAT HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED IN SITU ON MARS. THESE ROCKS EXHIBIT A VARIETY OF TEXTURES AND MINERALOGIES, AND HAVE BULK COMPOSITIONS RANGING FROM MAFIC TO FELSIC, WITH A RANGE OF ALKALI ENRICHMENTS. THESE RECENTLY OBSERVED COMPOSITIONS PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THE CRUST OF MARS IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY BASALTIC, BUT ALSO DISPLAYS FELSIC AND ALKALINE COMPOSITIONS. ON EARTH, THESE COMPOSITIONS ARE MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH PLATE TECTONICS BUT CAN ALSO FORM AT SMALLER SCALES THROUGH INTRAPLATE MAGMATIC PROCESSES INVOLVING EXTENSIVE MAGMA FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION AND/OR VARIOUS DEGREES OF PARTIAL MELTING. THE PRESENCE OF FELSIC AND ALKALINE COMPOSITIONS ON MARS INDICATES THAT THESE MAGMATIC PROCESSES LIKELY OCCURRED IN THE MARTIAN INTERIOR AND THUS MARS MIGHT BE GEOLOGICALLY MORE SIMILAR TO EARLY AND MODERN EARTH THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. HOWEVER, THE MAGMATIC PROCESSES THAT COULD HAVE FORMED THE MARTIAN FELSIC AND ALKALINE COMPOSITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN WELL CONSTRAINED. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO USE THERMODYNAMICAL MODELING TO RECONSTRUCT THE COMBINATION OF MAGMATIC PROCESSES AND CONDITIONS SUCH AS MAGMA SOURCES, PARENT MAGMAS, PARTIAL MELTING, AND FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION THAT FORMED THE ALKALINE AND FELSIC IGNEOUS ROCKS OBSERVED IN GALE CRATER AND COMPARE THEM TO SIMILAR COMPOSITIONS PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED AT THE MARTIAN SURFACE, METEORITES RECOVERED ON EARTH, AND TERRESTRIAL IGNEOUS ROCKS. ULTIMATELY, THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL HELP BETTER CONSTRAIN THE FORMATION OF FELSIC AND ALKALINE ROCKS OBSERVED AT GALE CRATER AND MORE BROADLY ON MARS OVERALL, AND HOW THEY RELATE TO SIMILAR TERRESTRIAL COMPOSITIONS. CONSTRAINING THESE MAGMATIC PROCESSES WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARTIAN CRUST (PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE ONLY BASALTIC) AND MANTLE, AS WELL AS CONTRASTING THE CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF MARS WITH OUR OWN PLANET IN ORDER TO ELUCIDATE PLANETARY PROCESSES THAT RESULTED IN CRUSTAL EVOLUTION.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 24, 2020	June 24, 2020	June 24, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	299,570.00	299,570.00	299,570.00

Award 84 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26115C0031	P00015	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

EXTENSION TO CONTINUE SERVICES INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LAB TESTING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570002 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 18, 2020	April 1, 2015	June 18, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-17,365.25	-17,365.25	-17,365.25
Total	192,862.30	192,862.30	192,862.30

Award 85 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20M0130	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

HERE WE ARE PROPOSING A RENEWAL OF OUR CURRENT GRANT ENTITLED ROCK, H2O AND H2: ENERGY FROM WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS ON MARS. EXTENDED HUMAN EXPLORATION OF MARS WILL LIKELY UTILIZE THE MARTIAN REGOLITH AS PLANT GROWTH MEDIUM.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 16, 2020	June 1, 2020	June 17, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	99,881.00	99,881.00	99,881.00
Total	99,881.00	99,881.00	99,881.00

Award 86 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0171	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

HUMAN EXPLORATION OF MARS WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT SUPPLIES OF BOTH OXYGEN AND FOOD. THE ABILITY TO GROW PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS ON MARS WOULD POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO BOTH OF THESE NEEDS. WE HERE PROPOSE TO GROW ALGAE ADAPTED TO EXTREME TERRESTRIAL CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS EDIBLE ALGAE, UNDER A SERIES OF CONDITIONS RELEVANT TO MARS. ..SNOW ALGAE GROW VERY WELL IN CHALLENGING HIGH UV, LOW TEMPERATURE, AND LOW NUTRIENT SNOW ENVIRONMENTS. WE HAVE GROWN THESE ORGANISMS UNDER LOW-NUTRIENT CONDITIONS, AND WE PROPOSE TO EXPAND UPON OUR PREVIOUS WORK TO GROW SNOW ALGAE UNDER A RANGE OF PRESSURES, ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, TEMPERATURES, AMOUNTS OF WATER AND LIGHT, AND NUTRIENT SOURCES, TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THESE ORGANISMS AS POTENTIAL OXYGEN SOURCES ON MARS. WE WILL SIMILARLY GROW EDIBLE ALGAE SPECIES UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS TO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR ALGAE TO PROVIDE BOTH NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN. IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS WORK, WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH NASA SCIENTIST DR. DOUG MING, WHO HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN LIFE SUPPORT, AND DR. JAMES RAYMOND, WHO IS A SNOW ALGAE EXPERT. THE PROPOSED WORK HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH DR. WARREN RUEMMELE, AND WILL FILL IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN THE PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS ON MARS. .

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 13, 2020	June 13, 2020	June 15, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	99,929.00	99,929.00	99,929.00

Award 87 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PSA821	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 10, 2020	October 11, 2019	June 10, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 88 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0169	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

IN LATE 2018, OUR NASA COLLABORATORS, VENKATESWARAN AND SINGH, REPORTED THE PROLIFERATION OF THE DOMINANT BSL-2 PATHOGEN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE, ON ISS SURFACES OVER A THREE FLIGHT TIME COURSE (1). HERE WE PROPOSE TO UTILIZE THE SAME GENELAB DATASET (GLDS-69), SUPPLEMENTED WITH A GROUND-BASED MUTIGENERATIONAL CULTIVATION STUDY OF ISS K. PNEUMONIAE ISOLATES, TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE THREAT THESE OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS MAY POSE TO ASTRONAUT HEALTH. THIS OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE WILL BE ACHIEVED BY MINING GLDS-69 TO RECONSTRUCT METAGENOME-ASSEMBLED GENOMES (MAGS) FOR K. PNEUMONIAE USING THESE TO ASSESS STRAIN-LEVEL DIVERSITY AND POTENTIAL CHANGES IN PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL. IN PARALLEL, K. PNEUMONIAE ISOLATES FROM THE JPL ISS CULTURE COLLECTION WILL BE SUBJECTED TO MULTIGENERATIONAL SELECTION USING STRESSORS CONSISTENT WITH EXTENDED SPACE TRAVEL AND TRACKED FOR CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS (E.G. VIRULENCE GENE COMPLEMENT). SELECTION IN THE LABORATORY (E.G. DIRECTED EVOLUTION) WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE PRESENCE OF DISINFECTANTS USED ON THE ISS, FOLLOWED BY A SURVEY OF GENE EXPRESSION OF EVOLVED AND UNEVOLVED STRAINS UNDER SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN COLLABORATION WITH JPL AND GENELAB SCIENTISTS, TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF STRAIN-LEVEL SUCCESSION OF A DOMINANT POTENTIAL PATHOGEN ON THE ISS AND ASSESS POTENTIAL STIMULATION OF VIRULENCE FACTORS UNDER SELECTIVE PRESSURE FROM RELEVANT DISINFECTANTS AND MICROGRAVITY.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 9, 2020	June 9, 2020	June 10, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	99,991.00	99,991.00	99,991.00

Award 89 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0535	P00001	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

IN THIS PROJECT, WE PROPOSE TO USE THE ATHENA++ CODE WITH THE NEWLY DEVELOPED PARTICLES MODULE TO SIMULATE A GLOBAL DISK OF GAS AND DUST INTERACTING VIA THEIR MUTUAL DRAG FORCE.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 3, 2020	June 3, 2020	June 4, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-110,000.00	-474,315.00	-474,315.00
Total	0.00	0.00	0.00

Award 90 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20M0043	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE NEVADA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM S (NVSGC) PRIMARY MISSION IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUTHENTIC NASA-RELEVANT STEM EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR NEVADA STUDENTS AND FACULTY. NASA RELEVANCY FOR NVSGC HAS AND CONTINUES TO BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NVSGC AWARDS. NVSGC HAS DEFINED THREE MAJOR GOALS TO MEET NASA OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT (OSTEM) AND THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (COSTEM) EDUCATION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
June 1, 2020	June 1, 2020	June 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	410,000.00	60,000.00	60,000.00
Total	760,000.00	2,814,851.00	2,814,851.00

Award 91 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DEEM0003968	7	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	EM-ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT CON BUS CTR

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

SERVICES TO PERFORM A DETERMINATION OF ASH TRANSPORT PROPERTIES FOR USE IN MODELING WIND RESUSPENSION OF ASH FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOLCANO.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895123400 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 29, 2020	October 1, 2015	May 29, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-8,173.38	0.00	0.00
Total	727,735.62	792,460.65	792,460.65

Award 92 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E519C0004	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR

Description

R&D SERVICES BAA TITLED, "MEASURING SURFACE SHEAR STRESS AND EVALUATING ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SURFACE ALBEDO" U437N00

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 29, 2020	April 29, 2019	May 29, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	78,544.00	117,817.00	117,817.00

Award 93 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DENA0003590	27	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	NNSA NON-M&O CNTRCTNG OPS DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

TECHNICAL RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TREDS) SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) - NEVADA FIELD OFFICE (NFO)

Place of Performance

MERCURY, NEVADA 890230053 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 28, 2020	May 1, 2017	May 28, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	9,038,984.62	38,171,677.00	47,685,548.00

Award 94 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26115P0618	P00010	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

P00001 EXERCISES OPTION 1001 FOR $63,475.28. ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR UNR TO PROVIDE INSTITUTIONAL REVEIW BOARD (IRB) SERVICES FOR THE VA'S HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH. 0001. BASE YEAR (10/1/14 - 09/30/15) 0002. OPTION YEAR 1 (10/1/15 - 09/30/16) 0003. OPTION YEAR 1 (10/1/16 - 09/30/17) 0004. OPTION YEAR 1 (10/1/17 - 09/30/18) 0005. OPTION YEAR 1 (10/1/18 - 09/30/19)

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 27, 2020	October 1, 2014	May 27, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-2,334.41	-2,334.41	-2,334.41
Total	314,101.58	314,101.58	314,101.58

Award 95 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26115C0031	P00016	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

EXTENSION TO CONTINUE SERVICES INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LAB TESTING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570002 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 27, 2020	April 1, 2015	May 27, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	210,227.55	210,227.55	210,227.55

Award 96 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX17AB96G	5	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

ABOUT HALF OF OBSERVED EXOPLANETS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE IN BINARY SYSTEMS. UNDERSTANDING PLANET FORMATION AND EVOLUTION IN BINARIES IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL FOR EXPLAINING OBSERVED EXOPLANET PROPERTIES. RECENTLY, WE DISCOVERED THAT A HIGHLY MISALIGNED CIRCUMSTELLAR DISK IN A BINARY SYSTEM CAN UNDERGO GLOBAL KOZAI-LIDOV (KL) OSCILLATIONS OF THE DISK INCLINATION AND ECCENTRICITY. THESE OSCILLATIONS LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE FORMATION AND ORBITAL EVOLUTION OF PLANETS IN BINARY STAR SYSTEMS. PLANET FORMATION BY CORE ACCRETION CANNOT OPERATE DURING KL OSCILLATIONS OF THE DISK. FIRST, WE PROPOSE TO CONSIDER THE PROCESS OF DISK MASS TRANSFER BETWEEN THE BINARY MEMBERS. SECONDLY, WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF PLANET FORMATION BY DISK FRAGMENTATION. DISK SELF-GRAVITY CAN WEAKEN OR SUPPRESS THE OSCILLATIONS DURING THE EARLY DISK EVOLUTION WHEN THE DISK MASS IS RELATIVELY HIGH FOR A NARROW RANGE OF PARAMETERS. THIRDLY, WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE EVOLUTION OF A PLANET WHOSE ORBIT IS INITIALLY ALIGNED WITH RESPECT TO THE DISK, BUT MISALIGNED WITH RESPECT TO THE ORBIT OF THE BINARY. WE WILL STUDY HOW THESE PROCESSES RELATE TO OBSERVATIONS OF STAR-SPIN AND PLANET ORBIT MISALIGNMENT AND TO OBSERVATIONS OF PLANETS THAT APPEAR TO BE UNDERGOING KL OSCILLATIONS. FINALLY, WE WILL ANALYZE THE EVOLUTION OF MISALIGNED MULTI-PLANET SYSTEMS. THIS THEORETICAL WORK WILL INVOLVE A COMBINATION OF ANALYTIC AND NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES. THE AIM OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE FORMATION OF PLANETS IN BINARY STAR SYSTEMS AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO NASA'S GOAL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORIGINS OF EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

planet formation in binary star systems

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 26, 2020	May 26, 2020	May 27, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	297,116.00	297,116.00	297,116.00

Award 97 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX17AK94G	2	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

DESCRIPTION DR. STEFFEN WILL ASSIST IN THE ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM THE KEPLER MISSION TO DETERMINE THE ARCHITECTURES OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS. DR. STEFFEN'S WORK WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORBITAL PERIOD RATIOS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF NEW STATISTICAL QUANTITIES AND THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING STATISTICAL TESTS TO THE NEW KEPLER DATA PRODUCTS. DR. STEFFEN WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRODUCTION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE WITH REGARDS TO THIS EFFORT.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

architecture of kepler's multiple planet systems

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 25, 2020	August 15, 2019	September 15, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-10.58	-10.58	-10.58
Total	53,446.42	53,446.42	53,446.42

Award 98 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	140P2119F0030	P00002	Link
Parent	INP16PC00229	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Description

NR-ARD-170-DRI FILTER ANALYSIS/PURCHASE 019 - OPTION TASKS

Place of Performance

DENVER, COLORADO 802250065 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Major Program Code

carbon analysis idiq

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 19, 2020	April 24, 2019	May 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	82,107.48	82,107.48	82,107.48
Total	1,249,653.38	1,249,653.38	1,249,653.38

Award 99 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W912HQ19C0021	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	US ARMY HUMPHREYS ENGINEER CTR SPT

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W0JV HQ USACE MIL PROGRAMS

Description

SERDP PROJECT ER19-1214

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 15, 2020	August 8, 2019	May 15, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	111,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	369,800.00	784,382.00	784,382.00

Award 100 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PA0008	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 9, 2020	October 11, 2019	May 9, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 101 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0347	P00002	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

RECENT EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM BEGINS TO REVEAL MORE AND MORE DETAILED STRUCTURE OF ASTEROIDS, KUIPER BELT OBJECTS (KBOS), AND COMET NUCLEI. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROSETTA MISSION FOUND THAT THE NUCLEUS OF THE COMET 67P IS IRREGULAR AND APPEARS TO BE TWO ATTACHED SOLID BODIES. THE NEW HORIZONS SPACECRAFT FOUND THAT THE KBO 2014 MU69 (ULTIMA THULE) IS ALSO IRREGULAR AND IDENTIFIED AS A CONTACT BINARY. THESE BODIES ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE RELIC PLANETISIMALS IN THE FORMATION HISTORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND IT IS IMPERATIVE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ORIGIN. THE STREAMING INSTABILITY HAS BEEN A PROMISING MECHANISM TO DRIVE THE FORMATION OF KILOMETER-SCALE PLANETESIMALS IN THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM. WITH COMPUTER SIMULATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO STUDY THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION OF PLANETESIMALS RESULTING FROM THIS MECHANISM AND EVEN HAVE SOME HINT OF THEIR ROTATION AND BINARY FRACTION. HOWEVER, EVEN WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE RESOLUTION (~10^3 CELLS PER GAS SCALE HEIGHT), THERE STILL EXISTS AT LEAST TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE SCALE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE RESOLUTION AND THE SIZES OF PLANETESIMALS. IT REMAINS CHALLENGING FOR COMPUTER SIMULATIONS TO RESOLVE AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE OF FORMING PLANETESIMALS, LET ALONE PLANETESIMAL BINARIES. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THEREFORE, WE PLAN TO EMPLOY THE RECENTLY DEVELOPED ATHENA++ SIMULATION CODE WITH OUR NEWLY IMPLEMENTED PARTICLES MODULE. ATHENA++ USES THE FINITE VOLUME METHODS TO EVOLVE THE GAS DYNAMICS ON AN EULERIAN GRID. IT IS CAPABLE OF ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT (AMR), WITH WHICH WE CAN RESOLVE ANY REGION OF INTEREST IN HIGH DETAIL. IT IS ALSO CAPABLE OF SIMULATING DUST-GAS DYNAMICS BY POPULATING LAGRANGIAN SOLID PARTICLES. TO ACTIVATE SELF-GRAVITY BETWEEN PARTICLES, WE WILL COMPLETE THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF THE MULTI-GRID METHOD WITH AMR. USING THESE TOOLS AT HAND, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SIMULATE THE STREAMING INSTABILITY AND FOLLOW THE COLLAPSE OF MM--CM-SIZED PEBBLES INTO PLANETESIMALS IN ITS FINEST DETAIL BY CONTINUALLY REFINING HIGH-DENSITY REGIONS. IN THIS INVESTIGATION, WE PROPOSE TO USE THE LOCAL SHEARING BOX WITH AMR SELF-GRAVITY TO SIMULATE THE FORMATION OF PLANETESIMALS DOWN TO THE SCALE OF ABOUT 100 KM. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO PROPERLY FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE OF THE PEBBLE CLUMPS WITH MUCH.HIGHER RESOLUTIONS THAN EVER BEFORE. FROM THE SIMULATION DATA, WE CAN OBTAIN A SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER STATISTICS ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE.NEWBORN PLANETESIMAL BINARIES, OR PLANETESIMALS IN GENERAL, WHICH WILL HELP US TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING KEY QUESTIONS:.(1) HOW IS THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION OF PLANETESIMALS SHAPED, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE VERY LOW-MASS END (~1KM SIZED)?.(2) WHAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROTATION PERIODS OF THE NEWBORN PLANETESIMALS?.(3) WHAT IS THE FRACTION OF PLANETESIMAL BINARIES AND WHAT ARE THEIR PROPERTIES?.(4) ARE THE PROPERTIES OF THE PLANETESIMALS FORMED BY THE STREAMING INSTABILITY CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OBSERVED IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM,.ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW AND UPCOMING DATA FROM THE NEW HORIZONS SPACECRAFT?.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 7, 2020	May 7, 2020	May 8, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	38,031.00	0.00	0.00
Total	152,125.00	456,315.00	456,315.00

Award 102 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0056	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROPOSAL IDENTIFIES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE NEVADA S RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH PROGRAMS RELEVANT TO BOTH NASA AND THE STATE S INTERESTS. THE OVERALL GOALS OF THE NEVADA NASA EPSCOR PROGRAM ARE: CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND/OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NEVADA IMPROVE THE CAPABILITIES OF NEVADA FACULTY/RESEARCHERS TO GAIN SUPPORT FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE THE NASA EPSCOR PROGRAM THAT ARE MOST RELEVANT TO NASA RESEARCH AND MISSIONS DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS AMONG RESEARCHERS AT NSHE, NASA CENTERS, AND INDUSTRY AND WORK IN COORDINATION WITH THE NASA SPACE GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN NEVADA. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES THAT HAVE BEEN TARGETED TO MEET NEVADA NASA EPSCOR RID PROGRAM GOALS INCLUDE: OBJECTIVE 1: ENHANCE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE BY COMPETITIVELY AWARDING AT LEAST TWO SIGNIFICANT RID SEED GRANTS EACH YEAR. GRANTS WILL BE RELEVANT TO BOTH NASA AND NEVADA STRATEGIC SCIENCE PLANS, AS WELL AS THE NASA CENTER AND MISSION DIRECTORATE SCIENCE PRIORITIES PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL NASA EPSCOR PROJECT MANAGER. A REQUIREMENT OF THE SEED GRANT SOLICITATION IS THE SUBMISSION OF AT LEAST ONE COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL. OBJECTIVE 2: PROMOTE THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAINING AND PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS THAT WILL FOSTER COLLABORATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE NEVADA RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. FUNDING FOR AT LEAST ONE WORKSHOP PER YEAR IS BUDGETED. AN EXPECTED OUTCOME FROM THE WORKSHOPS IS THE SUBMISSION OF A COMPETITIVE RESEARCH PROPOSAL. OBJECTIVE 3: FACILITATE NEW RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AMONG NASA CENTERS AND NSHE FACULTY BY AWARDING TRAVEL GRANTS. AS MANY TRAVEL SUB-AWARDS AS POSSIBLE WITH REMAINING RID FUNDS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE EACH YEAR. AN EXPECTED OUTCOME IS THE SUBMISSION OF A COMPETITIVE AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROPOSAL AMONG NSHE FACULTY AND NASA CENTER SCIENTISTS. THE SCIENCE PRIORITIES FOR THIS PROPOSAL ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE NASA CENTER AND MISSION DIRECTORATE PRIORITIES PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL NASA EPSCOR PROJECT MANAGER, THE 2018 NASA STRATEGIC PLAN, THE 2015 NSHE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PLAN AND THE GOVERNOR S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN ENTITLED 2012-2014 MOVING NEVADA FORWARD: A PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . IN PREPARATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL, THE NV RID TAC COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED A SUBSET OF SCIENCE PRIORITIES AS A FOCAL POINT FOR FUTURE NEVADA NASA EPSCOR ENDEAVORS BASED ON THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS, NSHE CURRENT AND EMERGING RESEARCH AREAS AND BUSINESS MEMBER PERCEPTIONS OF CURRENT FOCUS AREAS FOR NASA. THE TAC IDENTIFIED SUBSET OF SCIENCE PRIORITIES IS LISTED BELOW BY NSHE, STATE, AND BUSINESS FOCUS AREAS. NSHE RESEARCH FOCAL AREAS THAT ARE NASA RELEVANT: SPACE EXPLORATION MATERIALS SPACE PSYCHOLOGY MATERIALS AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ROBOTICS (EMERGENCY SERVICES HUMAN SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION AND MINING TECHNOLOGIES) UAS (MATERIALS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, COMMAND/CONTROL AND APPLICATIONS) BIG DATA RADIATION PROTECTION RENEWABLE ENERGY AND PHOTOVOLTAICS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CYBERSECURITY ELECTRONICS 3D PRINTING CUBESAT MARS GEOCHEMISTRY ASTROBIOLOGY/EXOBIOLOGY ASTROPHYSICS AND PLANETARY SCIENCES (JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE LAUNCHING IN 2020) SAMPLE SCIENCE, CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY PLANT BIOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEMS MICROBIAL BIOFILMS WILL SHED LIGHT ON HOW BIOFILMS FORM AND IDENTIFY MATERIALS AND WAYS TO CONTROL BIOFILM FORMATION. WATER RESOURCES HYDROMETEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE MODELING DRY LAND AGRICULTURE EARTH SCIENCE AND FORM NRESS-300 VERSION 3.0 APR 09 AEROSOLS AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS AND PROPERTIES STATE OF NEVADA FOCAL AREAS FOR NSHE: MORE STEM-RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UAS AND AUTONOMOUS GROUND VEHICLES AEROSPACE AND CRYPTO/CYBER SECURITY

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
May 5, 2020	May 5, 2020	May 6, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	150,000.00	75,000.00	75,000.00
Total	275,000.00	450,000.00	450,000.00

Award 103 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0347	P00001	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

RECENT EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM BEGINS TO REVEAL MORE AND MORE DETAILED STRUCTURE OF ASTEROIDS, KUIPER BELT OBJECTS (KBOS), AND COMET NUCLEI. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROSETTA MISSION FOUND THAT THE NUCLEUS OF THE COMET 67P IS IRREGULAR AND APPEARS TO BE TWO ATTACHED SOLID BODIES. THE NEW HORIZONS SPACECRAFT FOUND THAT THE KBO 2014 MU69 (ULTIMA THULE) IS ALSO IRREGULAR AND IDENTIFIED AS A CONTACT BINARY. THESE BODIES ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE RELIC PLANETISIMALS IN THE FORMATION HISTORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND IT IS IMPERATIVE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ORIGIN. THE STREAMING INSTABILITY HAS BEEN A PROMISING MECHANISM TO DRIVE THE FORMATION OF KILOMETER-SCALE PLANETESIMALS IN THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM. WITH COMPUTER SIMULATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO STUDY THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION OF PLANETESIMALS RESULTING FROM THIS MECHANISM AND EVEN HAVE SOME HINT OF THEIR ROTATION AND BINARY FRACTION. HOWEVER, EVEN WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE RESOLUTION (~10^3 CELLS PER GAS SCALE HEIGHT), THERE STILL EXISTS AT LEAST TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE SCALE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE RESOLUTION AND THE SIZES OF PLANETESIMALS. IT REMAINS CHALLENGING FOR COMPUTER SIMULATIONS TO RESOLVE AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE OF FORMING PLANETESIMALS, LET ALONE PLANETESIMAL BINARIES. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THEREFORE, WE PLAN TO EMPLOY THE RECENTLY DEVELOPED ATHENA++ SIMULATION CODE WITH OUR NEWLY IMPLEMENTED PARTICLES MODULE. ATHENA++ USES THE FINITE VOLUME METHODS TO EVOLVE THE GAS DYNAMICS ON AN EULERIAN GRID. IT IS CAPABLE OF ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT (AMR), WITH WHICH WE CAN RESOLVE ANY REGION OF INTEREST IN HIGH DETAIL. IT IS ALSO CAPABLE OF SIMULATING DUST-GAS DYNAMICS BY POPULATING LAGRANGIAN SOLID PARTICLES. TO ACTIVATE SELF-GRAVITY BETWEEN PARTICLES, WE WILL COMPLETE THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF THE MULTI-GRID METHOD WITH AMR. USING THESE TOOLS AT HAND, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SIMULATE THE STREAMING INSTABILITY AND FOLLOW THE COLLAPSE OF MM--CM-SIZED PEBBLES INTO PLANETESIMALS IN ITS FINEST DETAIL BY CONTINUALLY REFINING HIGH-DENSITY REGIONS. IN THIS INVESTIGATION, WE PROPOSE TO USE THE LOCAL SHEARING BOX WITH AMR SELF-GRAVITY TO SIMULATE THE FORMATION OF PLANETESIMALS DOWN TO THE SCALE OF ABOUT 100 KM. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO PROPERLY FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE OF THE PEBBLE CLUMPS WITH MUCH.HIGHER RESOLUTIONS THAN EVER BEFORE. FROM THE SIMULATION DATA, WE CAN OBTAIN A SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER STATISTICS ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE.NEWBORN PLANETESIMAL BINARIES, OR PLANETESIMALS IN GENERAL, WHICH WILL HELP US TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING KEY QUESTIONS:.(1) HOW IS THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION OF PLANETESIMALS SHAPED, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE VERY LOW-MASS END (~1KM SIZED)?.(2) WHAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROTATION PERIODS OF THE NEWBORN PLANETESIMALS?.(3) WHAT IS THE FRACTION OF PLANETESIMAL BINARIES AND WHAT ARE THEIR PROPERTIES?.(4) ARE THE PROPERTIES OF THE PLANETESIMALS FORMED BY THE STREAMING INSTABILITY CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OBSERVED IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM,.ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW AND UPCOMING DATA FROM THE NEW HORIZONS SPACECRAFT?.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 30, 2020	April 30, 2020	May 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	38,032.00	0.00	0.00
Total	114,094.00	456,315.00	456,315.00

Award 104 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DENA0003590	26	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	NNSA NON-M&O CNTRCTNG OPS DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

TECHNICAL RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TREDS) SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) - NEVADA FIELD OFFICE (NFO)

Place of Performance

MERCURY, NEVADA 890230053 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 30, 2020	May 1, 2017	April 30, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	765,000.00	9,726,949.00	0.00
Total	9,038,984.62	38,171,677.00	47,685,548.00

Award 105 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
75D30119C06044	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Description

BAA UNIV OF NEVADA RENO ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT MINING SYSTEMS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 23, 2020	September 1, 2019	April 24, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	246,963.00	246,963.00	0.00
Total	496,963.00	496,963.00	1,225,984.00

Award 106 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K1011	P00005	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE CENTRAL REGIONS OF ACTIVE GALAXIES ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN CLUMPY GAS INCLUDING SUPERSONIC CLOUDS. FAST MOVING CLOUDS ARE ALSO OBSERVED IN GALACTIC WINDS. CLOUDS ARE IN FACT CENTRAL COMPONENTS OF UNIFICATION MODELS FOR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN) AND FORM THE BASIS OF MANY PHOTOIONIZATION AND DYNAMICAL MODELLING EFFORTS. HOWEVER, DESPITE MANY YEARS OF INTENSIVE STUDIES, THE ORIGIN AND DYNAMICS OF CLOUDS REMAIN UNCERTAIN, MOSTLY BECAUSE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRICAL EFFECTS AND THE RADIATION-HYDRODYNAMICS AND -MAGNETODYNAMICS ARE POORLY UNDERSTOOD. WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE OUR QUEST TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE AND QUANTITATIVE THEORY FOR CLOUD FORMATION, DESTRUCTION,AND ACCELERATION BASED ON HIGH RESOLUTION LOCAL SIMULATIONS. OUR EARLIER SIMULATIONS SHOWED, FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES, THAT THERMAL INSTABILITY AND RADIATION PRESSURE CAN FACILITATE THE FORMATION, REGENERATION AND ACCELERATION OF CLOUDS. HOWEVER, THESE SIMULATIONS DID NOT CAPTURE SOME IMPORTANT PHYSICAL AND GEOMETRICAL ASPECTS OF CLOUDS AS THEY WERE ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND NEGLECTED MAGNETIC FIELDS. HERE WE PROPOSE TO MAKE THREE NATURAL, YET TRANSFORMATIVE EXTENSIONS OF OUR EARLIER WORK: 1) ADD MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTION 2) CARRY OUT THE SIMULATIONS IN THREE-DIMENSIONS AND 3) COMPUTE MANY OBSERVATIONAL DIAGNOSTICS SUCH AS PROFILES OF THE OPTICAL, UV, AND X-RAY LINES, EMISSION LINE RATIOS, AND BROAD-BAND CONTINUUM SPECTRA. THE RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL REVEAL THE BASIC PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOWS IN AGN WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCURACY AND DETAIL. THE OBSERVATIONAL DIAGNOSTICS WILL BE COMPARED WITH OBSERVATIONS BY BOTH CURRENT NASA MISSIONS SUCH AS HST, CHANDRA, SPITZER, SWIFT, AND NUSTAR AS WELL AS FUTURE MISSIONS SUCH AS JWST.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 16, 2020	April 16, 2020	April 17, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	59,800.00	0.00	0.00
Total	364,618.00	464,618.00	464,618.00

Award 107 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K1464	P00003	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

DURING SPACE TRAVEL, ASTRONAUTS WILL EXPERIENCE A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO MICROGRAVITY AND STRESSFUL LIVING CONDITIONS. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO THIS IS A CHALLENGE AND THE EFFECT OF MICROGRAVITY ON ORGAN DEVELOPMENT, ARCHITECTURE, AND FUNCTION IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. HOW MICROGRAVITY MAY IMPACT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORGAN IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AS SPACE FLIGHT BECOMES MORE COMMONPLACE. THESE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS CAN BE ADDRESSED BY STUDYING SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSED CELLS IN VITRO. 3D TISSUE CULTURE MODELS MIMICKING MAMMARY GLAND STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN OPTIMIZED AND CAN BE USED TO DEFINE IF EXPOSED CELLS CAN CORRECTLY ASSEMBLE INTO THESE STRUCTURES TO ADDRESS SOME OF NASA'S KEY QUESTIONS REGARDING MICROGRAVITY EFFECTS ON CELLS AND ORGANS. ADDITIONALLY, AS PROPER ACTIVATION OF STEM CELLS IS KEY TO ORGAN FORMATION IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEFINE HOW MICROGRAVITY MAY AFFECT THESE SPECIALIZED CELLS. IN THE PROPOSED WORK WE WILL EXPOSE A MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELL LINE (COMMA 1D) KNOWN TO CONTAIN A HIGH PROPORTION OF STEM CELLS AND QUANTIFY THE CHANGES IN MAMMARY STEM CELL POPULATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE. FURTHER, WE WILL IDENTIFY HOW EXPOSURE TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AFFECTS THE CELLS ABILITY TO FORM NORMAL 3D STRUCTURES IMPORTANT IN MAMMARY ORGAN DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING THIS EXPOSURE. IN ADDITION, WE WILL TEST ROLE OF GENETICS BY ISOLATING MOUSE MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELLS FROM MICE SHOWING INCREASED AND REDUCED SENSITIVITIES TO CANCER TO DEFINE IF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY SHOWS DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS DEPENDENT ON UNDERLYING GENETICS. NEXT, WE WILL IDENTIFY MIRNA CHANGES IN STEM CELLS ISOLATED PRE AND POST SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE TO DEFINE THE UNDERLYING MOLECULAR REASONS FOR DEFECTS IN CORRECT 3D STRUCTURE FORMATION. A FINAL AIM WILL BE TO DEFINE WHETHER MICROGRAVITY IN COMBINATION WITH CERTAIN GENETIC BACKGROUNDS CAUSES CELLULAR CHANGES INDICATIVE OF AN INCREASED CANCER RISK. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT CELLS EXPOSED TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND ASSAYED IN 3D WILL ALLOW US TO DEFINE HOW THIS EXPOSURE WOULD IMPACT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMARY GLAND IN VIVO. WE FURTHERMORE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS RESPONSE DEPENDS UPON GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND THUS WILL UTILIZE CELLS FROM DIFFERENT MOUSE STRAINS TO INVESTIGATE THIS (CANCER PRONE AND RESISTANT). LASTLY, WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE IN AN AT RISK GENETIC BACKGROUND MAY CAUSE CHANGES IN CELLS THAT INCREASE THE PROPENSITY TO DEVELOP CANCER. THESE STUDIES WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR CHANGES AND UNDERLYING GENETIC MECHANISMS OF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND HOW IT IMPACTS OVERALL TISSUE FUNCTION.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 14, 2020	April 14, 2020	April 15, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	39,024.00	0.00	0.00
Total	209,024.00	299,188.00	299,188.00

Award 108 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX15AI02H	9	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

GOALS&OBJECTIVES THE OVERALL MISSION OF THE NEVADA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM (NVSGC) IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ENHANCE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR .NEVADA (.NV) STUDENTS AND FACULTY. DURING THE NEXT THREE YEARS OUR FOCUS WILL BE TO MEET THIS MISSION BY INCREASING CAPACITY, CONTENT, DIVERSITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND NETWORKING. THIS WILL ENABLE FUTURE NEVADANS TO BECOME QUALIFIED AND VALUED PARTICIPANTS IN NASA MISSIONS AND OTHER STEM RELATED CAREERS. THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (NSHE) AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL GROUPS WITHIN NV ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING STEM EDUCATION AND HAVE DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO MEET THIS GOAL. NVSGC WILL SEEK TO PARTNER WITH THESE PROGRAMS TO EXPAND EFFORTS AND REACH MORE STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE. BY DOING SO, WE CONTRIBUTE TO AND FACILITATE BASIC SCIENCE DISCOVERIES AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL FOSTER OUR STATE'S ECONOMY AND HELP ENABLE THE SCIENCE AND SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS OF THE US GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

nevada space grant consortium 2015-2018

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 10, 2020	April 10, 2020	April 13, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	2,721,400.00	2,721,400.00	2,721,400.00

Award 109 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0537	P00004	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, THE PROPOSED WORK WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE ANALYTICAL TASKS. THESE TASKS ARE EACH DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE THREE MAJOR INVESTIGATIVE GOALS. TASK 1, A COMPREHENSIVE PETROLOGIC STUDY OF POIKILITIC SHERGOTTITES, IS PLANNED, WHICH INCLUDES DETAILED IN SITU MAJOR AND TRACE ANALYSIS OF MINERALS IN TEXTURAL DOMAINS 1 AND 2 IN ALL ENRICHED AND INTERMEDIATE POIKILITIC SHERGOTTITES (GOAL 1). TASK 2 CORRESPONDS TO MELT INCLUSIONS CHEMISTRY ANALYSES (GOAL 2). TASK 3 IS THE INVESTIGATION OF EJECTION AND CRYSTALLIZATION AGES AND SOURCE COMPOSITIONS USING HIGH PRECISION TECHNIQUES TO ANALYZE RADIOGENIC NOBLE GAS AND METAL ISOTOPES, RESPECTIVELY (GOAL 3). THIS PROPOSAL IS RELEVANT TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM WORKINGS (SSW) PROGRAM&#1048644S MAIN GOAL, WHICH IS TO&#1048644SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO ATMOSPHERIC, CLIMATOLOGICAL, DYNAMICAL, GEOLOGIC, GEOPHYSICAL, AND GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES OCCURRING ON PLANETARY BODIES, SATELLITES, AND OTHER MINOR BODIES (INCLUDING RINGS) IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.&#1048644 BECAUSE THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL CONSTRAIN MARTIAN MAGMATIC PROCESSES AND EVOLUTION OF THE MARTIAN INTERIOR THROUGH METEORITE STUDIES.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 6, 2020	April 6, 2020	April 6, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-15,514.00	0.00	0.00
Total	530,876.00	570,789.00	570,789.00

Award 110 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PA0005	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 1, 2020	October 11, 2019	April 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 111 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26115C0031	P00014	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

EXTENSION TO CONTINUE SERVICES INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LAB TESTING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570002 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
April 1, 2020	April 1, 2015	April 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	210,227.55	210,227.55	210,227.55

Award 112 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K0846	2	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

BLACK CARBON (BC) AEROSOLS EMANATING FROM BIOMASS AND FOSSIL FUEL BURNING SOURCES PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL HEATING TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND COOLING OF THE SURFACE ACROSS LARGE REGIONS OF THE TROPICS AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE EXTRA-TROPICS BECAUSE OF AEROSOL INTERACTION WITH SOLAR RADIATION. THIS MODIFICATION OF THE DAYTIME AIR TEMPERATURE BY AEROSOLS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED TO IMPACT CLOUD COVERAGE AND IS OFTEN CALLED THE SEMI-DIRECT EFFECT. THIS EFFECT IS HYPOTHESIZED TO REDUCE CLOUDS IN SOME LOCATIONS AND INCREASE CLOUDS IN OTHERS, PARTLY DEPENDING ON THE RELATIVE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE AEROSOL AND CLOUDS. NEVERTHELESS, OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS WELL AS GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS OFFER DIFFERING MAGNITUDES, AND EVEN DIFFERING SIGNS, FOR THE RESPONSE OF LOW CLOUDS TO ABSORBING AEROSOLS. HENCE, A DEEPER PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CLOUD RESPONSE IS REQUIRED TO EVALUATE CLIMATE MODEL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SEMIDIRECT EFFECT AND ITS RESULTING RADIATIVE FORCING. TOWARD THIS GOAL, WE PROPOSE TO EXPLOIT ACTIVE AND PASSIVE OBSERVATIONS, TOGETHER WITH PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION FROM AN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY MODEL TO EXPLORE, IN A VARIETY OF REGIONS AROUND THE GLOBE, THE RESPONSES OF ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE, STABILITY, AND CLOUDS TO VARIATIONS IN BC AEROSOLS. WE WILL EVALUATE TWO HYPOTHESES: (1) THAT THE PRESENCE OF DAYTIME HEATING BY AEROSOL ABSORPTION CAN BE DIAGNOSED FROM A DEPENDENCE ON AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS OF THE CONTRAST BETWEEN DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME AIR TEMPERATURE IN SATELLITE SOUNDING DATA AND (2) THAT LOW CLOUD THICKNESS AND COVERAGE GENERALLY INCREASE IN REGIONS OF SIGNIFICANT ABSORBING AEROSOL. WE AIM TO EXPLOIT THE DIFFERENT EQUATOR CROSSING TIMES OF THE AQUA AND METOP-2 SATELLITE TO RESOLVE THE DIURNAL SIGNAL OF BC AEROSOL ABSORPTION IN THE PROFILE OF LOWER-TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE. WE WILL FURTHER RELATE THESE RESULTS TO HORIZONTAL SAMPLING OF CLOUD PROPERTIES FROM MODIS AND AMSR-E ON AQUA, AS WELL AS THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF AEROSOLS AND CLOUDS FROM CLOUDSAT AND CALIPSO. KEY ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGY INCLUDE: (1) USING RECENTLY PUBLISHED OMI AND MODIS DIAGNOSTICS FOR AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS ABOVE CLOUD TO DETERMINE THE KEY REGIONS FOR SEMI-DIRECT AEROSOL FORCING (2) DEVELOPING A SEASONALLY AND DIURNALLY RESOLVED CLIMATOLOGY OF THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF AEROSOL AND CLOUD FOR EACH KEY REGION (3) UTILIZING AIRS AND IASI TEMPERATURE RETRIEVALS TO DIAGNOSE THE PROFILE OF DAY/NIGHT TEMPERATURE CONTRAST AND EVALUATING ITS MAGNITUDE COMPARED TO AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS IN THE CLEAR SKY AND ABOVE CLOUD (4) EVALUATING THE DEPENDENCE OF MICROPHYSICAL AND MACROPHYISCAL CLOUD PROPERTIES ON AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS IN THE CLEAR SKY AND ABOVE CLOUD AND (5) APPLYING A LAGRANGIAN PARCEL TRACKING SCHEME AND SENSITIVITY STUDIES WITH THE WRFCHEM MODEL TO TEST THE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION FROM THE EMPIRICAL STUDY AS WELL AS TEST FOR CHANGES IN CLOUD THAT ARE MERELY COINCIDENTAL WITH ABSORBING AEROSOL. THIS STUDY WILL BUILD ON PRIOR RESULTS BY BROADLY APPLYING SUCCESSFUL ANALYTICAL APPROACHES THAT HAVE SO FAR BEEN APPLIED ONLY TO LIMITED GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. WE SEEK AN EMPIRICAL DETERMINATION OF CHANGES IN STATIC STABILITY AND CLOUDS ATTRIBUTABLE TO BC AEROSOL RADIATIVE EFFECTS ACROSS A BROADER RANGE OF CLIMATE REGIMES. THE STUDY WILL DRAW ON A WIDE ARRAY OF EARTH OBSERVING SATELLITE DATA SETS&#1048649 INCLUDING CALIPSO, CLOUDSAT, AIRS, IASI, MODIS, OMI, AND AMSR-E. THIS STUDY IS RESPONSIVE TO SECTION 2.1.1 OF THE SCIENCE OF TERRA, AQUA AND SOUMI NPP PROGRAM: MULTI-PLATFORM AND SENSOR DATA FUSION AND COMBINES MULTIPLE AQUA DATA PRODUCTS WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM THE IASI INSTRUMENT ON THE METOP-2 SATELLITE AND ALSO APPLIES DATA FROM THE CALIPSO, CLOUDSAT AND AURA SATELLITES.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 31, 2020	March 31, 2020	April 1, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	185,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	571,000.00	756,429.00	756,429.00

Award 113 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K0846	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

BLACK CARBON (BC) AEROSOLS EMANATING FROM BIOMASS AND FOSSIL FUEL BURNING SOURCES PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL HEATING TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND COOLING OF THE SURFACE ACROSS LARGE REGIONS OF THE TROPICS AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE EXTRA-TROPICS BECAUSE OF AEROSOL INTERACTION WITH SOLAR RADIATION. THIS MODIFICATION OF THE DAYTIME AIR TEMPERATURE BY AEROSOLS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED TO IMPACT CLOUD COVERAGE AND IS OFTEN CALLED THE SEMI-DIRECT EFFECT. THIS EFFECT IS HYPOTHESIZED TO REDUCE CLOUDS IN SOME LOCATIONS AND INCREASE CLOUDS IN OTHERS, PARTLY DEPENDING ON THE RELATIVE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE AEROSOL AND CLOUDS. NEVERTHELESS, OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS WELL AS GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS OFFER DIFFERING MAGNITUDES, AND EVEN DIFFERING SIGNS, FOR THE RESPONSE OF LOW CLOUDS TO ABSORBING AEROSOLS. HENCE, A DEEPER PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CLOUD RESPONSE IS REQUIRED TO EVALUATE CLIMATE MODEL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SEMIDIRECT EFFECT AND ITS RESULTING RADIATIVE FORCING. TOWARD THIS GOAL, WE PROPOSE TO EXPLOIT ACTIVE AND PASSIVE OBSERVATIONS, TOGETHER WITH PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION FROM AN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY MODEL TO EXPLORE, IN A VARIETY OF REGIONS AROUND THE GLOBE, THE RESPONSES OF ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE, STABILITY, AND CLOUDS TO VARIATIONS IN BC AEROSOLS. WE WILL EVALUATE TWO HYPOTHESES: (1) THAT THE PRESENCE OF DAYTIME HEATING BY AEROSOL ABSORPTION CAN BE DIAGNOSED FROM A DEPENDENCE ON AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS OF THE CONTRAST BETWEEN DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME AIR TEMPERATURE IN SATELLITE SOUNDING DATA AND (2) THAT LOW CLOUD THICKNESS AND COVERAGE GENERALLY INCREASE IN REGIONS OF SIGNIFICANT ABSORBING AEROSOL. WE AIM TO EXPLOIT THE DIFFERENT EQUATOR CROSSING TIMES OF THE AQUA AND METOP-2 SATELLITE TO RESOLVE THE DIURNAL SIGNAL OF BC AEROSOL ABSORPTION IN THE PROFILE OF LOWER-TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE. WE WILL FURTHER RELATE THESE RESULTS TO HORIZONTAL SAMPLING OF CLOUD PROPERTIES FROM MODIS AND AMSR-E ON AQUA, AS WELL AS THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF AEROSOLS AND CLOUDS FROM CLOUDSAT AND CALIPSO. KEY ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGY INCLUDE: (1) USING RECENTLY PUBLISHED OMI AND MODIS DIAGNOSTICS FOR AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS ABOVE CLOUD TO DETERMINE THE KEY REGIONS FOR SEMI-DIRECT AEROSOL FORCING (2) DEVELOPING A SEASONALLY AND DIURNALLY RESOLVED CLIMATOLOGY OF THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF AEROSOL AND CLOUD FOR EACH KEY REGION (3) UTILIZING AIRS AND IASI TEMPERATURE RETRIEVALS TO DIAGNOSE THE PROFILE OF DAY/NIGHT TEMPERATURE CONTRAST AND EVALUATING ITS MAGNITUDE COMPARED TO AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS IN THE CLEAR SKY AND ABOVE CLOUD (4) EVALUATING THE DEPENDENCE OF MICROPHYSICAL AND MACROPHYISCAL CLOUD PROPERTIES ON AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS IN THE CLEAR SKY AND ABOVE CLOUD AND (5) APPLYING A LAGRANGIAN PARCEL TRACKING SCHEME AND SENSITIVITY STUDIES WITH THE WRFCHEM MODEL TO TEST THE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION FROM THE EMPIRICAL STUDY AS WELL AS TEST FOR CHANGES IN CLOUD THAT ARE MERELY COINCIDENTAL WITH ABSORBING AEROSOL. THIS STUDY WILL BUILD ON PRIOR RESULTS BY BROADLY APPLYING SUCCESSFUL ANALYTICAL APPROACHES THAT HAVE SO FAR BEEN APPLIED ONLY TO LIMITED GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. WE SEEK AN EMPIRICAL DETERMINATION OF CHANGES IN STATIC STABILITY AND CLOUDS ATTRIBUTABLE TO BC AEROSOL RADIATIVE EFFECTS ACROSS A BROADER RANGE OF CLIMATE REGIMES. THE STUDY WILL DRAW ON A WIDE ARRAY OF EARTH OBSERVING SATELLITE DATA SETS&#1048649 INCLUDING CALIPSO, CLOUDSAT, AIRS, IASI, MODIS, OMI, AND AMSR-E. THIS STUDY IS RESPONSIVE TO SECTION 2.1.1 OF THE SCIENCE OF TERRA, AQUA AND SOUMI NPP PROGRAM: MULTI-PLATFORM AND SENSOR DATA FUSION AND COMBINES MULTIPLE AQUA DATA PRODUCTS WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM THE IASI INSTRUMENT ON THE METOP-2 SATELLITE AND ALSO APPLIES DATA FROM THE CALIPSO, CLOUDSAT AND AURA SATELLITES.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 31, 2020	March 31, 2020	April 13, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	185,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	571,000.00	756,429.00	756,429.00

Award 114 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
HDTRA118C0062	P00004	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: DTRA Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)"
Office:	DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: DTRA Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)"
Office:	DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Description

OPTIMIZATION OF LEAD MELIOIDOSIS AND GLANDERS SUBUNIT VACCINE FORMULATIONS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 30, 2020	September 28, 2018	March 30, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	953,866.10	235,904.21	653,909.03
Total	3,077,909.17	3,077,909.17	4,824,734.44

Award 115 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
1333MJ20PNRMA0067	P20001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

NO COST BILATERAL MODIFICATION TO EXTEND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121000 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 25, 2020	December 16, 2019	April 6, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	40,774.00	40,774.00	40,774.00

Award 116 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX16AJ63G	6	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROPOSAL WILL TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT EXTREME RADIATION RESISTANCE IN DESERT MICROORGANISMS IS FUNCTIONALLY RELATED TO PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF DESICCATED CELLS. AEROBIC ORGANISMS POSSESS ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES (SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE, CATALASE, PEROXIDASE) THAT PROTECT METABOLICALLY ACTIVE CELLS AGAINST ENDOGENOUS REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) GENERATED FROM AEROBIC RESPIRATION. THE ENZYMES ARE USELESS DURING DRY PERIODS AGAINST EXTERNAL, UV-INDUCED ROS. SURVIVAL THROUGH DRY PERIODS REQUIRES NONENZYMATIC ANTIOXIDANTS SUCH AS MN AND TREHALOSE. THE SAME ANTIOXIDANTS WOULD ALSO BE PROTECTIVE AGAINST IONIZING RADIATION. WE WILL TEST THIS HYPOTHESIS BY STUDYING PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION AND MICROBIAL RESPONSE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT. WE PREDICT THAT: 1) THERE IS A DEPTH LIMIT BEYOND WHICH PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS NO LONGER REACH, 2) TOPSOIL BACTERIA CAN SURVIVE HIGHER HYDROGEN PEROXIDE CONCENTRATIONS AND HIGHER IONIZING RADIATION DOSES THAN BOTTOM-SOIL BACTERIA, 3) NONENZYMATIC ANTIPEROXIDE ACTIVITY, BUT NOT CATALASE ACTIVITY, DIFFERS BETWEEN RADIATION RESISTANT AND SENSITIVE BACTERIA, AND 4) BOTH RESISTANT AND SENSITIVE ISOLATES CAN SURVIVE BRIEF DEHYDRATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN PROTECTED FROM OXIDATION. THIS INVESTIGATION WOULD SHED LIGHT ON AN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY ENIGMA: THE WIDESPREAD PRESENCE OF RADIATION RESISTANT ORGANISMS ON A PLANET WHERE NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATION IS LOW.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

origin of radiation resistance

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 25, 2020	March 25, 2020	March 25, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	543,148.00	543,148.00	543,148.00

Award 117 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
36C26119C0037	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

EDUCATIONAL COSTS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 24, 2020	April 1, 2019	August 6, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	44,116.45	44,116.45	0.00
Total	88,232.90	88,232.90	220,582.25

Award 118 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0920	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

AS PART OF NASA S NEW PROGRAMMATIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUPPORT OF THE ASTROBIOLOGY PROGRAM, WE ARE PROPOSING A RESEARCH COORDINATION NETWORK FOR OCEAN WORLDS, (NOW). THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF NOW IS ADVANCING COMPARATIVE STUDIES TO CHARACTERIZE EARTH AND OTHER OCEAN WORLDS ACROSS THEIR INTERIORS, OCEANS, AND CRYOSPHERES, INVESTIGATE THEIR HABITABILITY, SEARCH FOR BIOSIGNATURES, AND UNDERSTAND LIFE IN RELEVANT OCEAN WORLD ANALOGUES AND BEYOND. THIS GOAL WILL BE ACHIEVED BY COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION ACROSS A VIRTUAL NETWORK OF SCIENTISTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY NASA TO CONDUCT DIVERSE RESEARCH RANGING FROM OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM OCEAN WORLDS TO THE OCEANS AND CRYOSPHERE OF EARTH, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY. NOW WILL BE LED BY AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO FOSTER INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THESE FIELDS OF INQUIRY AND ADVANCE TECHNICAL CONCEPTS FOR ASSESSMENT OF HABITABILITY AND BIOSIGNATURE DETECTION IN REMOTELY SENSED AND IN SITU STUDIES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 20, 2020	March 20, 2020	March 20, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	50,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	100,000.00	150,000.00	150,000.00

Award 119 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX17AF49G	3	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OCEAN WORLD EXPLORATION IS THE SEARCH FOR LIFE. IN THIS SEARCH, IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE ARE NEEDED TO BUILD A CASE LEADING TO THE ULTIMATE POTENTIAL CLAIM THAT LIFE, INDEED EXISTS, OR PERHAPS, EXISTED IN THE PAST, ON THE PLANETARY BODY OR MOON OF INTEREST. THUS, INSTRUMENTATION IS REQUIRED TO DETECT NOT ONLY THE MOLECULAR MAKEUP OF LIFE BASED ON CHEMISTRY, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF PUTATIVE BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES AND TO LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF ACTIVITY. OF THESE THREE, INTEGRATED LAYERS OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION POTENTIALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO DEPICT LIFE, DETECTING ACTIVITY IS PERHAPS THE MOST CHALLENGING. WE PROPOSE A DEVICE THAT DETECTS LIFE IN A CHEMISTRY INDEPENDENT MANNER. THIS APPARATUS USES A SENSOR THAT MONITORS NANOMETRIC SCALE MOTION TO CHARACTERIZE LIVING ORGANISMS. THE DEVICE IS INSPIRED FROM ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY AFM TECHNOLOGY AND CONSISTS OF A 100 TO 200 MICOMETER LONG CANTILEVER SENSOR AND A MOTION DETECTION SYSTEM LASER AND A MULTI SEGMENT PHOTODIODE. EVEN THE SLIGHTEST MOVEMENTS OF CELLS ON THE CANTILEVER INDUCE OSCILLATIONS THAT MODIFY THE LASER REFLECTION ANGLE AND THESE MOVEMENTS ARE RECORDED. THIS VERY BASIC, AND CHEMISTRY INDEPENDENT, LIFE DETECTION METHOD WAS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED ON DOZENS OF DIFFERENT BACTERIA TYPES MOTILE AND IMMOBILE, GRAM POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, FAST AND SLOWLY GROWING, AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS WITH ALWAYS THE SAME RESULT LIVING ORGANISMS INDUCE CANTILEVER OSCILLATIONS THAT STOP WHEN THE ORGANISM DIES. SIMILARLY, IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT THE OSCILLATIONS NOT ONLY REFLECT THE DEAD LIVE STATE OF THE STUDIED ORGANISM BUT ALSO ITS METABOLIC STATE THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH A TEAM THAT USES THESE DEVICES TO RAPIDLY ASSESS BACTERIAL SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN MINUTES INSTEAD OF DAYS OR WEEKS AS IT IS THE CASE WITH TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES. WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADVANCE THE TECHNOLOGY IN AN OCEAN WORLD COMPATIBLE FRAMEWORK SO THAT IT CAN BECOME A POTENTIALLY INVALUABLE INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE FOR LIFE DETECTION IN OCEAN WORLDS TARGETED MISSIONS. DUE TO ITS INTRINSIC SIMPLICITY, LIGHT WEIGHT AND CHEMISTRY INDEPENDENT OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT THIS APPARATUS IS WELL ADAPTED TO DETECT YET UNKNOWN LIFE FORMS IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS AND FITS WELL IN THE FRAME OF THE COLDTECH PROGRAM. THERE ARE SIX PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WE ARE PROPOSING 1. DEVELOP PROTOTYPE MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS AND A SAMPLE COLLECTION SYSTEM THAT CAN BE AUTOMATED FOR OPERATIONS COMPATIBLE WITH SPACECRAFT SCIENCE. 2. DESIGN AND DEVELOP NANOMOTION DETECTOR PROTOTYPE TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE. 3. DESIGN STRATEGY, CONCEPT AND OPERATION REQUIREMENTS FOR A DUAL FUNCTION NANOMOTION DETECTION AFM IMAGING INSTRUMENT. 4. EVALUATE SAMPLE ADHESION SUBSTANCES, DETERMINE OPTIMAL CELLULAR-INACTIVATION AGENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS. 5. DEMONSTRATE LIFE DETECTION SENSITIVITIES WITH EXTREMOPHILE ORGANISMS AND SAMPLES. 6. OCEAN WORLDS ANALOGUE VALIDATION OF PROTOYPE 2ND GENERATION INSTRUMENT. TOGETHER, THIS SUITE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS DEVELOPED BY TEAMS FROM USA, SWITZERLAND AND BELGIUM POSITIONS NANOMOTION DETECTION TECHNOLOGY TO BE SPACECRAFT COMPATIBLE FOR OCEAN WORLD LIFE DETECTION TO SUPPORT NEAR TERM MISSIONS TO OCEAN WORLDS. IN ADDITION, THE DESIGN OF A DUAL FUNCTION LIFE DETECTION SYSTEM WHICH CAN BOTH IMAGE SAMPLES AND DETECT NANOMOTION MAY BE INVALUABLE FOR SPACEFLIGHT OPTIMIZATION. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL LEAD TO AN INSTRUMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR THE ACTIVITY OF LIFE, COMPATIBLE, BUT DISTINCT FROM CHEMISTRY OR MICROSCOPY BASED APPROACHES. PROOF OF CONCEPT SCIENCE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND THROUGH THE WORK PROPOSED, THIS INSTRUMENTATION WILL MEET NASAS TRL LEVEL GOALS AND BE FLIGHT COMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF SPECIFICATIONS SET OUT FOR LIGHT WEIGHT PAYLOAD MISSIONS, SUCH AS THE EUROPA LAND

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

advancing nanomotion sensor technology to provide evidence for active life in ocean worlds

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 19, 2020	March 19, 2020	March 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	691,838.00	691,838.00	691,838.00

Award 120 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140P2120P0023	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Description

NR-ARD-39 AEROSOL ABSORPTION EXPERIMENT

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 18, 2020	March 18, 2020	April 3, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	37,076.00	37,076.00	37,076.00
Total	37,076.00	37,076.00	37,076.00

Award 121 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140F0120P0064	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: USFWS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE"
Office:	DEPT OF INTERIOR FISH WILDLIFE SVC

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: USFWS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE"
Office:	DEPT OF INTERIOR FISH WILDLIFE SVC

Description

NV-DESERT NWRC-AQUATIC MONITOR

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891302301 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 17, 2020	March 17, 2020	March 17, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	68,833.00	68,833.00	68,833.00
Total	68,833.00	68,833.00	68,833.00

Award 122 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20M0043	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE NEVADA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM S (NVSGC) PRIMARY MISSION IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUTHENTIC NASA-RELEVANT STEM EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR NEVADA STUDENTS AND FACULTY. NASA RELEVANCY FOR NVSGC HAS AND CONTINUES TO BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NVSGC.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
March 16, 2020	April 10, 2020	March 16, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	350,000.00	2,754,851.00	2,754,851.00
Total	350,000.00	2,754,851.00	2,754,851.00

Award 123 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E519C0004	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR

Description

RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT (R&D) SERVICES U437N00

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 27, 2020	April 29, 2019	February 27, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	39,272.00	0.00	0.00
Total	78,544.00	117,817.00	117,817.00

Award 124 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A19F0116	P00002	Link
Parent	N0018916GZ010	0	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 27, 2020	August 29, 2019	February 27, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-900.00	-900.00	-900.00
Total	32,872.27	32,872.27	32,872.27

Award 125 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	1332KP20FNRMT0011	0	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

US DROUGHT MONITOR AUTHOR

Place of Performance

BOULDER, COLORADO 803053328 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 26, 2020	February 26, 2020	February 26, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	101,743.00	101,743.00	101,743.00
Total	101,743.00	101,743.00	101,743.00

Award 126 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	1332KP20FNRMT0022	0	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

NIDIS DROUGHT AND WILDFIRE NEXUS.

Place of Performance

BOULDER, COLORADO 803053328 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 26, 2020	February 26, 2020	February 26, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	234,808.00	234,808.00	234,808.00
Total	234,808.00	234,808.00	234,808.00

Award 127 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	1332KP20FNRMT0013	0	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

EXPANSION OF DEWS ACTIVITIES.

Place of Performance

BOULDER, COLORADO 803053328 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 26, 2020	February 26, 2020	February 26, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	179,945.00	179,945.00	179,945.00
Total	179,945.00	179,945.00	179,945.00

Award 128 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	1332KP20FNRMT0012	0	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

MONITORING DEBRIS FLOW&FLOOD ACTIVITY FOLLOWING WILDFIRE.

Place of Performance

BOULDER, COLORADO 803053328 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 25, 2020	February 26, 2020	February 26, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	164,325.00	164,325.00	164,325.00
Total	164,325.00	164,325.00	164,325.00

Award 129 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC17K0548	P00004	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN METAGENOMICS AND SINGLE-CELL GENOMICS HAVE ENABLED UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO GENOMES FROM CANDIDATE (YET-UNCULTIVATED) PHYLA OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA, INCLUDING THOSE INHABITING EXTREME AND EARLY EARTH-LIKE SYSTEMS. THESE DATA HAVE ENABLED INSIGHTS INTO THE BIOLOGY OF THESE ORGANISMS, INCLUDING THEIR CATABOLIC AND ANABOLIC POTENTIAL, MOLECULAR ADAPTATIONS TO LIFE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, AND INSIGHTS INTO THE EARLY DIVERSIFICATION OF MICROBIAL LINEAGES. HOWEVER, THE PREDICTED METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF THESE ORGANISMS AND THEIR GENES REMAIN LARGELY UNTESTED. THE CENTRAL GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO LEVERAGE A FOUNDATION OF GENOMIC EXPLORATION IN GREAT BOILING SPRING (GBS), NV, TO ASSESS METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF THERMOPHILES REPRESENTING CANDIDATE PHYLA OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA AND THEIR ROLES IN MAJOR BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. WE HAVE RECENTLY DESCRIBED THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL GENOMIC DATA FOR THE CANDIDATE BACTERIAL PHYLA ATRIBACTERIA (OP9), CALESCAMANTES (EM19), AND FERVIDIBACTERIA (OCTSPA1-106), AND KRYPTONIA. TO ADDRESS THE METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF THESE AND OTHER YET-UNCULTIVATED MAJOR LINEAGES, WE WILL USE A COMBINATION OF TARGETED AND BROADBASED APPROACHES. OBJECTIVE 1: ASSESS C AND N ASSIMILATORY METABOLISMS IN SPECIFIC TARGETED TAXA IN MICROCOSMS AND ENRICHMENT CULTURES USING (A) STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING (SIP), FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION AND NANOSIMS IMAGING (FISH-SIMS) AND (B) IN SITU TRANSCRIPTION OF GENES PREDICTED TO BE INVOLVED IN H, C, N, AND S CYCLING, BY QUANTITATIVE REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE PCR. OBJECTIVE 2: DETERMINE METABOLIC FUNCTION OF ABUNDANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS USING BROAD-BASED APPROACHES SUCH AS (A) 16S RRNA SIP WITH A CUSTOM PHYLOGENETIC MICROARRAY (CHIP-SIP) TO ASSESS C AND N ASSIMILATION IN MICROCOSMS AND ENRICHMENT CULTURES, (B) WHOLECOMMUNITY TRANSCRIPTOMICS, AND (C) WHOLE-COMMUNITY PROTEOMICS. ULTIMATELY, THE COMBINATION OF BOTH TARGETED AND UNTARGETED APPROACHES WILL PROVIDE ROBUST EVIDENCE OF THE ECOLOGICAL ROLES OF SEVERAL YET-UNCULTIVATED MICROBIAL PHYLA IN GBS AND BEYOND.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 19, 2020	February 19, 2020	February 19, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	150,995.00	0.00	0.00
Total	642,999.00	642,999.00	642,999.00

Award 130 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K0373	P00007	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

SPACE TRAVEL RESULTS IN ADAPTATION TO UNIQUE CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDE EXPOSURE TO LOW DOSES OF COSMIC RADIATION AND MICROGRAVITY, AND HEIGHTENED STRESS. ADAPTING TO THESE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSORS CAN ALTER HORMONE AND IMMUNE FUNCTIONS, DISRUPTING NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF HORMONE-SENSITIVE ORGANS AND NEGATIVELY IMPACTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. STUDIES INVESTIGATING MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG ADULT MICE WILL HELP DEFINE HOW ADAPTATIONS TO SPACE TRAVEL CAN INFLUENCE THESE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES. THE DUCTAL NETWORK OF THE MAMMARY GLAND CONTAINS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CELL TYPES INCLUDING EPITHELIAL CELLS, ADIPOCYTES, IMMUNE CELLS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS, AND FIBROBLASTS. SIGNALING BETWEEN THESE CELL TYPES IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS. IN ADDITION, BOTH HORMONE AND IMMUNE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN DUCTAL NETWORK BRANCHING OF THE DEVELOPING MAMMARY GLAND. A COMBINATION OF NOVEL ASSAYS WILL BE USED TO UNDERSTAND HOW SPACE EXPOSURES IMPACT IMMUNE FUNCTION ADVERSELY AFFECTING MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT, STEM CELL POPULATIONS AND THE REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY OF MICE. WE WILL TEST WHETHER SPACE ADAPTATION-INDUCED EPIGENETIC CHANGES IN THE OOCYTES OF MICE CORRELATE WITH REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT WEAKENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND ALTERS HORMONE BALANCE RESULTING IN ALTERATIONS IN NUMBER AND FUNCTION OF MAMMARY STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMARY GLAND. ADDITIONALLY, WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT EPIGENETIC CHANGES AS A RESULT OF SPACE EXPOSURE WILL AFFECT REPRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY AS COMPARED TO MICE ON EARTH. WE FURTHER PROPOSE THAT THE SENSITIVITY TO THESE EFFECTS IS DEPENDENT ON THE GENETIC BACKGROUND OF EXPOSED MICE. THESE STUDIES WILL AID IN DEFINING HOW ALTERATIONS IN IMMUNE FUNCTION FROM ADAPTATION TO SPACE TRAVEL AND SUBSEQUENT RE-ADAPTATION ON EARTH, RESULTS IN DEFECTS IN ORGAN DEVELOPMENT, REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY, AND EPIGENETIC CHANGES AFFECTING THE FITNESS OF SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 14, 2020	February 14, 2020	February 14, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	170,852.00	170,852.00	170,852.00

Award 131 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A20F00B9	P00001	Link
Parent	N0018915GZ009	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891541060 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 14, 2020	February 2, 2020	February 14, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-731.00	-731.00	-731.00
Total	37,760.00	37,760.00	37,760.00

Award 132 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC17K0743	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROPOSAL IS BASED ON A PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENT WITH FRESHWATER ALGA CHLORELLA WHICH INDICATES THAT A CA BRINE CAN BE UNINHABITABLE EVEN THOUGH ITS WATER POTENT IS BIOLOGICALLY PERMISSIBLE. THIS RESULT IS CONSISTENT WITH FRANZ HOFMEISTER S 1888 DISCOVERY THAT CA IS A CHAOTROPIC ION THAT DESTABILIZES PROTEINS AND BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES, WHEREAS NA IS HARMLESS (BEYOND CREATING OSMOTIC STRESS) OR STABILIZING, I.E. KOSMOTROPIC. IN OTHER WORDS, THE TERM WATER POTENTIAL DOES NOT CAPTURE ALL ASPECTS OF THE IONIC STRESS INHERENT IN A CA BRINE. THE PROPOSED ONE-YEAR PILOT STUDY WILL EXPAND THIS INQUIRY TO INCLUDE FIFTEEN HALOPHILC CYANOBACTERIA, BACTERIA, AND ARCHAEA THAT HAVE BEEN ISOLATED OR TO BE ISOLATED FROM LAKE VIDA IN THE ANTARCTIC DRY VALLEYS, HOT LAKE IN WASHINGTON STATE, AND THE DEAD SEA. OUR GOAL IS TO TEST THE PREDICTED HALOPHILIC HOFMEISTER SERIES CA&GT;MG&GT;NA (FROM THE MOST CHAOTROPIC TO THE MOST KOSMOTROPIC) AND TO SHOW THAT THE PRESENCE OF NA CAN MITIGATE THE CHAOTROPIC EFFECT OF CA AND MG. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL DETERMINE EACH ISOLATE S OSMOTIC TOLERANCE FOR NACL, MGCL2, AND CACL2, AND IN THE LATTER TWO CASES, BOTH IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF NACL. VIRTUALLY ALL ASTROBIOLOGICALLY INTERESTING ENVIRONMENTS ON MARS AND EUROPA ARE HIGH CA OR MG SALINE ENVIRONMENTS. IF OUR THESIS IS CORRECT, HABITABILITY ASSESSMENT THERE MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DEGREE OF CHAOTROPICITY, AS WELL AS THE OSMOTIC POTENTIAL, OF THE BRINES.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 12, 2020	February 12, 2020	March 27, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-338.23	-338.23	-338.23
Total	107,398.77	107,398.77	107,398.77

Award 133 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX17AF49G	2	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OCEAN WORLD EXPLORATION IS THE SEARCH FOR LIFE. IN THIS SEARCH, IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE ARE NEEDED TO BUILD A CASE LEADING TO THE ULTIMATE POTENTIAL CLAIM THAT LIFE, INDEED EXISTS, OR PERHAPS, EXISTED IN THE PAST, ON THE PLANETARY BODY OR MOON OF INTEREST. THUS, INSTRUMENTATION IS REQUIRED TO DETECT NOT ONLY THE MOLECULAR MAKEUP OF LIFE BASED ON CHEMISTRY, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF PUTATIVE BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES AND TO LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF ACTIVITY. OF THESE THREE, INTEGRATED LAYERS OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION POTENTIALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO DEPICT LIFE, DETECTING ACTIVITY IS PERHAPS THE MOST CHALLENGING. WE PROPOSE A DEVICE THAT DETECTS LIFE IN A CHEMISTRY INDEPENDENT MANNER. THIS APPARATUS USES A SENSOR THAT MONITORS NANOMETRIC SCALE MOTION TO CHARACTERIZE LIVING ORGANISMS. THE DEVICE IS INSPIRED FROM ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY AFM TECHNOLOGY AND CONSISTS OF A 100 TO 200 MICOMETER LONG CANTILEVER SENSOR AND A MOTION DETECTION SYSTEM LASER AND A MULTI SEGMENT PHOTODIODE. EVEN THE SLIGHTEST MOVEMENTS OF CELLS ON THE CANTILEVER INDUCE OSCILLATIONS THAT MODIFY THE LASER REFLECTION ANGLE AND THESE MOVEMENTS ARE RECORDED. THIS VERY BASIC, AND CHEMISTRY INDEPENDENT, LIFE DETECTION METHOD WAS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED ON DOZENS OF DIFFERENT BACTERIA TYPES MOTILE AND IMMOBILE, GRAM POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, FAST AND SLOWLY GROWING, AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS WITH ALWAYS THE SAME RESULT LIVING ORGANISMS INDUCE CANTILEVER OSCILLATIONS THAT STOP WHEN THE ORGANISM DIES. SIMILARLY, IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT THE OSCILLATIONS NOT ONLY REFLECT THE DEAD LIVE STATE OF THE STUDIED ORGANISM BUT ALSO ITS METABOLIC STATE THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH A TEAM THAT USES THESE DEVICES TO RAPIDLY ASSESS BACTERIAL SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN MINUTES INSTEAD OF DAYS OR WEEKS AS IT IS THE CASE WITH TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES. WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADVANCE THE TECHNOLOGY IN AN OCEAN WORLD COMPATIBLE FRAMEWORK SO THAT IT CAN BECOME A POTENTIALLY INVALUABLE INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE FOR LIFE DETECTION IN OCEAN WORLDS TARGETED MISSIONS. DUE TO ITS INTRINSIC SIMPLICITY, LIGHT WEIGHT AND CHEMISTRY INDEPENDENT OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT THIS APPARATUS IS WELL ADAPTED TO DETECT YET UNKNOWN LIFE FORMS IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS AND FITS WELL IN THE FRAME OF THE COLDTECH PROGRAM. THERE ARE SIX PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WE ARE PROPOSING 1. DEVELOP PROTOTYPE MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS AND A SAMPLE COLLECTION SYSTEM THAT CAN BE AUTOMATED FOR OPERATIONS COMPATIBLE WITH SPACECRAFT SCIENCE. 2. DESIGN AND DEVELOP NANOMOTION DETECTOR PROTOTYPE TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE. 3. DESIGN STRATEGY, CONCEPT AND OPERATION REQUIREMENTS FOR A DUAL FUNCTION NANOMOTION DETECTION AFM IMAGING INSTRUMENT. 4. EVALUATE SAMPLE ADHESION SUBSTANCES, DETERMINE OPTIMAL CELLULAR-INACTIVATION AGENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS. 5. DEMONSTRATE LIFE DETECTION SENSITIVITIES WITH EXTREMOPHILE ORGANISMS AND SAMPLES. 6. OCEAN WORLDS ANALOGUE VALIDATION OF PROTOYPE 2ND GENERATION INSTRUMENT. TOGETHER, THIS SUITE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS DEVELOPED BY TEAMS FROM USA, SWITZERLAND AND BELGIUM POSITIONS NANOMOTION DETECTION TECHNOLOGY TO BE SPACECRAFT COMPATIBLE FOR OCEAN WORLD LIFE DETECTION TO SUPPORT NEAR TERM MISSIONS TO OCEAN WORLDS. IN ADDITION, THE DESIGN OF A DUAL FUNCTION LIFE DETECTION SYSTEM WHICH CAN BOTH IMAGE SAMPLES AND DETECT NANOMOTION MAY BE INVALUABLE FOR SPACEFLIGHT OPTIMIZATION. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL LEAD TO AN INSTRUMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR THE ACTIVITY OF LIFE, COMPATIBLE, BUT DISTINCT FROM CHEMISTRY OR MICROSCOPY BASED APPROACHES. PROOF OF CONCEPT SCIENCE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND THROUGH THE WORK PROPOSED, THIS INSTRUMENTATION WILL MEET NASAS TRL LEVEL GOALS AND BE FLIGHT COMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF SPECIFICATIONS SET OUT FOR LIGHT WEIGHT PAYLOAD MISSIONS, SUCH AS THE EUROPA LAND

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

advancing nanomotion sensor technology to provide evidence for active life in ocean worlds

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 11, 2020	February 11, 2020	February 13, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	691,838.00	691,838.00	691,838.00

Award 134 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	DOCT0001	P20006	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

EXERCISING OPTION 4

Place of Performance

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 288015001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 10, 2020	April 28, 2016	February 10, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	837,500.00	837,500.00	0.00
Total	3,850,173.64	3,850,173.64	3,850,173.64

Award 135 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PA0004	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 3, 2020	October 11, 2019	February 3, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 136 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PSA812	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
February 3, 2020	October 11, 2019	February 3, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 137 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0535	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

IN THIS PROJECT, WE PROPOSE TO USE THE ATHENA++ CODE WITH THE NEWLY DEVELOPED PARTICLES MODULE TO SIMULATE A GLOBAL DISK OF GAS AND DUST INTERACTING VIA THEIR MUTUAL DRAG FORCE.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 31, 2020	July 1, 2020	February 3, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	110,000.00	474,315.00	474,315.00
Total	110,000.00	474,315.00	474,315.00

Award 138 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W81XWH20C0033	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W4PZ USA MED RSCH ACQUIS ACT

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Air Force Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE"
Office:	F2VUG0 SOF AT&L S&T

Description

FRESH WHOLE BLOOD (FWB) RESEARCH. TAS IS 21 2040 - FIELD IS GREY AND CANNOT BE MANIPULATED FOR SOME REASON.

Place of Performance

FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA 283070506 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 27, 2020	January 28, 2020	January 27, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	169,632.00	169,632.00	169,632.00
Total	169,632.00	169,632.00	169,632.00

Award 139 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DOCAB133E16CQ0022	P20002	Link

Vendor

Indefinite Delivery Contract

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

EXERCISING OPTION 4

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 23, 2020	April 27, 2016	January 23, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	9,900,000.00

Award 140 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX17AF53G	4	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE QUANTIFICATION OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (ET) FOR SPECIFIC CROPS AND REGIONS IS REQUIRED FOR BASIN WATER BALANCE ESTIMATES, FOR ESTIMATING STREAMFLOW AND GROUNDWATER DEPLETION STEMMING FROM IRRIGATION ACTIVITIES, FOR IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT, FOR WATER USE REPORTING, AND FOR REVIEW AND LITIGATION OF WATER RIGHTS APPLICATIONS, TRANSFERS, AND DISPUTES. THE USE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY IS THE ONLY WAY TO ACCURATELY ESTIMATE CROP ET UNDER ACTUAL FIELD CONDITIONS OVER LARGE AREAS IN A SPATIALLY EXPLICIT FASHION. BASED ON OUR TEAM S EXPERIENCE AND INTERACTIONS WITH WESTERN STATE WATER RESOURCE AGENCIES, THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR ACCURATE, DEFENSIBLE, AND TIMELY MAPS OF ET THAT ARE SUMMARIZED ON A FIELD-BY-FIELD BASIS, THE SPATIAL SCALE AT WHICH WATER RIGHTS ARE MANAGED. THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN OPEN-SOURCE OPEN-PLATFORM ET FRAMEWORK (OPEN-ET) THAT CAN BE USED BY WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP FIELD SCALE HISTORICAL AND OPERATIONAL ET AND CONSUMPTIVE USE (CU ET MINUS PRECIPITATION) ESTIMATES FOR DECISION-SUPPORT OVER RELEVANT TIME PERIODS AND AREAS OF INTEREST. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL STATE AGENCIES, WE WILL PROTOTYPE OPEN-ET AND DEVELOP A 10 YEAR ARCHIVE OF CROP ET AND CU ESTIMATES FOR PRIORITY AREAS OF INTEREST USING THE NASA EARTH EXCHANGE (NEX), AND MIGRATE OPEN-ET TO THE GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR OPERATIONAL STORAGE AND COMPUTE RESOURCES, WEB-MAPPING, VISUALIZATION OF GEOSPATIAL AND STATISTICAL SUMMARIES, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY. THE TECHNICAL TEAM WILL WORK WITH THE APPLICATIONS TEAM (WATER AGENCIES) DURING ALL PHASES OF THE PROJECT, TO INCLUDE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION, STAFF TRAINING, AND TRANSITIONING OF THE DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY FOR OPERATIONAL USE AND SUSTAINABILITY. THIS APPROACH WILL ENABLE AGENCY STAFF TO GAIN A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE MODELS, ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS, SOFTWARE OPERATION AND POST-PROCESSING, AND ULTIMATELY SUSTAIN INHOUSE ET MAPPING OVER THE LONG-TERM. EARTH OBSERVATION DATASETS WILL BE COMBINED WITH WELL-ESTABLISHED ET MODELS (METRIC, SIMS) THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN COOPERATION WITH WESTERN STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND HAVE BEEN USED FOR WIDE-AREA MAPPING OF CROP WATER USE. METRIC, IN PARTICULAR, IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART ENERGY BALANCE MODEL ACCEPTED BY SEVERAL COURTS AND OTHER OUTSIDE ENTITIES, AND OFFERS A FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM THAT HAS BUILT A SIGNIFICANT USER-BASE CENTERED IN THE WESTERN U.S. THE OPEN-ET FRAMEWORK WILL BE DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND APPLIED IN HIGH-PRIORITY STUDY AREAS OF FIVE WESTERN STATES: CENTRAL VALLEY AND PASO ROBLES COASTAL GROUNDWATER BASIN, CA BEAR RIVER BASIN, ID/UT TRUCKEE, CARSON, WALKER RIVER BASINS, NV/CA AND MALHEUR LAKE BASIN, OR. THIS PROPOSAL DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE SOLICITATION (AGRICULTURAL WATER USE) BY PROVIDING OPERATIONAL FIELD SCALE AGRICULTURAL ET TOOLS AND PRODUCTS AT MONTHLY TIME STEPS USING LANDSAT AND SENTINEL SATELLITE IMAGERY (WITH INTEGRATION OF VIIRS, MODIS,&PROBA-V AS NEEDED) AND LOCALIZED WEATHER STATION AND NASA GRIDDED WEATHER DATA. INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL ET TOOLS AND PRODUCTS WILL BE TESTED AND TRANSITIONED FOR IN-HOUSE USE BY WATER AGENCY CO-INVESTIGATORS FOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND SPECIAL STUDIES TO IMPROVE WATER MANAGEMENT DECISIONS RELATED TO IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RIGHTS ACCOUNTING, AND IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF WATER AVAILABILITY AND SECURITY THROUGH ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL AND CURRENT CONSUMPTIVE USE AND HYDROLOGIC BUDGETS.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

operational remote sensing of agricultural water use in cooperation with western state water resourc

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 22, 2020	January 22, 2020	January 23, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	1,029,004.00	1,029,004.00	1,029,004.00

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Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DENA0003590	25	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	NNSA NON-M&O CNTRCTNG OPS DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

TECHNICAL RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TREDS) SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) - NEVADA FIELD OFFICE (NFO)

Place of Performance

MERCURY, NEVADA 890230053 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 15, 2020	May 1, 2017	January 15, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	350,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	8,273,984.62	28,444,728.00	47,685,548.00

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Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX14AK44G	6	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PHYSICAL MODEL OF DISK WINDS IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AGN. WE WILL CARRY OUT TIME DEPENDENT, GLOBAL, MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS THAT WILL INCLUDE RADIATIVE HEATING AND COOLING, AND RADIATION PRESSURE. THEREFORE, OUR SIMULATIONS WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE THREE MAIN WIND DRIVING MECHANISMS, RADIATION, THERMAL, AND MAGNETIC DRIVING. PREVIOUS SIMULATIONS, INCLUDING OUR OWN, TOOK INTO ACCOUNT ONE OR TWO OF THESE MECHANISMS AND TYPICALLY WERE TWO DIMENSIONAL.THEREFORE, THEY DID NOT CAPTURE ALL IMPORTANT PHYSICAL AND GEOMETRICAL ASPECTS OF REAL WINDS AND SUBSEQUENTLY COULD EXPLAIN ONLY SOME OBSERVATIONS OF AGN WINDS. OUR APPROACH IS DESIGNED TO TREAT THE THREE DRIVING MECHANISMS TOGETHER AND SELF CONSISTENTLY SO THAT THE SPECIFIC ROLES OF THESE MECHANISMS CAN BE DETERMINED RATHER THAN ASSUMED. HERE, WE ALSO PROPOSE A CRUCIAL TRANSITION TO THREE DIMENSIONS. WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE THREE MECHANISMS IN LAUNCHING ACCELERATING AND SHAPING THE WIND. WE WILL ALSO TEST HOW THE BASIC WIND PROPERTIES SUCH AS THE IONIZATION, GEOMETRY, MASS AND ENERGY LOSS RATES, AND TIME VARIABILITY DEPEND ON THE LUMINOSITY, SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION, AND MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE DISK. THE RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL GIVE PHYSICAL INSIGHTS INTO THE LINK BETWEEN MASS ACCRETION AND EJECTION, AND INTO THE SO CALLED AGN FEEDBACK. WE WILL ALSO USE OUR MODELS TO CALCULATE DIAGNOSTICS SUCH AS LINE PROFILES AND BROAD BAND SPECTRA. THESE DIAGNOSTICS WILL BE COMPARED WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM BOTH CURRENT NASA MISSIONS, SUCH AS HST, CHANDRA, SWIFT, AND NUSTAR, AS WELL AS FUTURE MISSIONS SUCH AS JWST.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

computational studies of radiation-mhd disk winds

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 9, 2020	June 11, 2014	January 13, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-18.93	-18.93	-18.93
Total	498,715.07	498,715.07	498,715.07

Award 143 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0231	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

DESERT CYANOBACTERIA, LICHENS, AND BRYOPHYTES (MOSSES) POSSESS THREE ADAPTATIONS CRITICAL TO THEIR EXISTENCE NEAR THE DRY LIMIT OF HABITABILITY. THESE INCLUDE 1) POIKILOHYDRY, THE ABILITY TO SURVIVE DEHYDRATION IN A VEGETATIVE STATE 2) SUN SCREENS, THE ABILITY TO FORTIFY THEIR THALLUS OR CELL SURFACE WITH PIGMENTS THAT ARE OPTICALLY OPAQUE TO ULTRAVIOLET RAYS (UV) BUT RELATIVELY TRANSPARENT TO PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION AND 3) ANTIOXIDANTS, WHICH ARE NECESSARY DURING LONG PERIODS OF DEHYDRATION AND METABOLIC INACTIVITY. IN A PRELIMINARY STUDY INITIATED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THESE ADAPTATIONS HAVE A LIMIT, WE CHALLENGED DRIED CYANOBACTERIA AND LICHENS TO WET-DRY CYCLES, UVC (254 NM, 4.7 WATTS/M2), AND 5% O3. AFTERWARD, WE REHYDRATED THE ORGANISMS AND MONITORED THEIR PHOTOSYNTHETIC RECOVERY USING A PULSE-AMPLITUDE-MODULATED CHLOROPHYLL FLUOROMETER (PAM). RESULTS THUS FAR INDICATE THAT THE ORGANISMS ARE EFFECTIVELY INSENSITIVE TO WET-DRY CYCLES AND UVC, BUT THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO EXTREME OXIDATION. IN OXIDATION RESISTANCE, LICHENS OUTPERFORMED CYANOBACTERIA PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MORE SOPHISTICATED THALLUS WITH A MULTI-LAYERED ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE. THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO EVALUATE THESE INSIGHTS WITH THREE SPECIES FROM EACH GROUP BY DETERMINING THEIR TOLERANCE UNDER MORE CONTROLLED CONDITIONS, INCLUDING 1) A RAPID SEQUENCE OF WET-DRY CYCLES IN AN ANAEROBIC GLOVEBOX IN THE DARK WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY FOR REPAIR, 2) HIGH-INTENSITY UVC IRRADIATION (9 WATTS/M2) IN AMBIENT AIR, 3) HIGH-INTENSITY UVC IRRADIATION IN CO2 TO KEEP OUT O3, AND 4) 5% O3. PHOTOBIONT VIABILITY WILL BE ASSESSED USING PAM CHLOROPHYLL FLUOROMETRY AND 14CO2 LABELED UPTAKE. IN O3-KILLED SPECIMENS, OXIDATION BIOMARKERS SPECIFIC TO POLYSACCHARIDES, LIPIDS, AND PROTEINS SEPARATING CYTOSOLIC AND DNA/NUCLEUSASSOCIATED PROTEINS WILL BE QUANTIFIED TO UNDERSTAND DEATH BY OXIDATION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL. RESULTS ARE EXPECTED TO CHALLENGE THE NOTION THAT A UVC-ATTENUATING ATMOSPHERE IS A NECESSARY CONDITION FOR SURFACE BIOTA TO SHOW THAT DRY LIMITS ARE BECAUSE OF OXIDATION RATHER THAN DESICCATION AND TO REVEAL THE POSSIBILITY THAT ANAEROBIC WORLDS ARE WITHOUT DRY LIMITS.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 7, 2020	November 5, 2019	January 8, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	163,507.00	516,874.00	516,874.00
Total	163,507.00	516,874.00	516,874.00

Award 144 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0223	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

AN INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT IS PROPOSED TO CHARACTERIZE BOTH THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND RESULTANT MICRO-TONANO MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF SOLDERS IN TERRESTRIAL VS. MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS, 1G VS. ~1 10-5G. RESULTS FROM THE IN-SPACE SOLDERING INVESTIGATION (ISSI) EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) HAVE SHOWN THAT SOLDERING IN MICROGRAVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT THAN THEIR GROUND BASED COUNTERPARTS DUE TO EARTH S NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW AND BUOYANCY EFFECTS BEING MINIMIZED IN MICROGRAVITY DURING MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION. THE ISSI DATA HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT A LACK OF BUOYANCY FORCES IN MICROGRAVITY CAN INTERNALLY TRAP THE FLUX CREATED DURING SOLDERING AT INTERFACES, SUCH AS REPAIR JOINTS. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT SUCH INTERNAL POROSITY CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE DESIRED STRENGTH OF THE JOINT, AS WELL AS ITS THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OUR STUDY AIMS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THESE EFFECTS IN THE MILLIMETER-SIZED SOLDERS USING AN ARRAY OF NANOMECHANICAL TESTING TOOLS SUCH AS INDENTATION AND FOCUSED ION BEAM (FIB) FABRICATED MICRO-PILLAR COMPRESSION AND MICRO TENSILE TESTING, AND NANOSCALE ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE (NANO-ECR) MEASUREMENTS. RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ENHANCING OUR FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS OF SURFACE TENSION DRIVEN CONVECTION PHENOMENA DURING SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING OPERATIONS SUCH AS BRAZING, SOLDERING, AND WELDING. FURTHERMORE, THE MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS REPRESENT A LOWEST GRAVITY BOUNDARY CONDITION. AS SUCH, THESE RESULTS COULD ALSO BE USEFUL IN PREDICTING SOLIDIFICATION BEHAVIOR ON OTHER LOWER GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS (E.G. MOON OR MARS). THIS PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT TWO GRADUATE STUDENTS (ONE AT EACH UNIVERSITY) TO WORK ON A CUTTING-EDGE EXPERIMENTAL-COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT ABOUT SOLDERING AND SOLIDIFICATION IN MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 7, 2020	January 1, 2020	January 8, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	50,000.00	200,000.00	200,000.00
Total	50,000.00	200,000.00	200,000.00

Award 145 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
36C26119C0037	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

EDUCATIONAL COSTS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
January 2, 2020	April 1, 2019	August 6, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	88,232.90	88,232.90	220,582.25

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Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0165	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF WATER ON MARS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF LIFE ON THAT PLANET. IN ADDITION TO DOCUMENTING WHERE AND WHEN WATER WAS PRESENT ON MARS, IT IS CRITICAL TO DETERMINE HOW LONG IT WAS PRESENT ON THE SURFACE. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STABILITY OF HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS ON MARS HAS IMPLICATIONS AS TO WHERE EVIDENCE OF LIFE MAY BE FOUND. CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR HOW LONG LAKES LASTED ON MARS RANGE FROM DAYS TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS OR LONGER AND ARE COMMONLY BASED ON THE DIMENSIONS AND MORPHOLOGY OF INFLOWING CHANNELS AND DELTA DEPOSITS. AN INDEPENDENT MEASURE OF LAKE PERSISTENCE AT A PARTICULAR LEVEL IS THE DEGREE OF SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A RESULT OF THE AMOUNT OF WAVE ENERGY EXPENDED AT THAT ELEVATION OVER THE TIME OF FORMATION. ON EARTH, WELL DEVELOPED AND WELL PRESERVED SHORELINE COMPLEXES IN LAKE BASINS CAN FORM ON ANNUAL TO DECADAL TIME SCALES. WE HAVE ADAPTED PHYSICS-BASED MODELS TO SIMULATE WAVE FORMATION, PROPAGATION, SHOALING, AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT CAPABILITY FOR WAVES ON MARS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS SUGGEST THAT LARGE WAVES WOULD HAVE TRAVERSED ICE-FREE MARTIAN LAKES AND HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF MOVING COBBLE TO BOULDER-SIZED SEDIMENT, AND BY EXTENSION, FORMED RECOGNIZABLE SHORELINE COMPLEXES. THE PAUCITY OF POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED LAKE SHORELINES ON MARS IS THEREFORE PUZZLING, BUT MAY INDICATE THAT THE LAKES WERE PRESENT ONLY BRIEFLY. BASED ON OUR INITIAL SURVEYS OF DOZENS OF CRATER LAKE BASINS ON MARS, THE BEST SHORELINE CANDIDATES APPEAR TO BE ON THE FRONTS OF STEPPED AND PROGRADING DELTAS WHERE THERE ARE OFTEN PROMINENT OR SUBTLE BENCHES, BUT WE ARE LOOKING IN OTHER PLACES AS WELL. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL BE TO CONSTRAIN THE DURATIONS OVER WHICH LAKES EXISTED ON MARS BY UTILIZING A COMBINATION OF PHYSICS-BASED WAVE MODELING AND RESULTANT SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS, AND COMPARISON TO LAKE SHORELINES ON EARTH THAT FORMED ON ANNUAL TO DECADAL TIMESCALES. WE WILL USE HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS (DTMS) DERIVED FROM HIRISE IMAGERY TO TEST PUTATIVE MARTIAN SHORELINE FEATURES FOR HORIZONTALITY, A KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF SHORELINES ON EARTH. WE WILL ALSO DOCUMENT THE MORPHOLOGY AND DURATIONS OF FORMATION OF A SERIES OF HISTORICAL SHORELINE FEATURES IN THE GREAT BASIN OF THE WESTERN US. MODELING THE WAVE ENERGY DELIVERED TO THE EARTH SHORELINES OVER THEIR PERIODS OF FORMATION WILL ALLOW US TO RELATE THE AMOUNT OF WAVE ENERGY TO THE SHORELINE FORMATION PROCESS, WHICH IN TURN CAN BE SCALED TO MARTIAN SHORELINES TO HELP ESTIMATE THEIR PERIODS OF FORMATION.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 20, 2019	December 20, 2019	December 20, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	104,727.00	0.00	0.00
Total	218,448.00	344,226.00	344,226.00

Award 147 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0031	P00003	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

INTRODUCTION: THE UPPER SURFACE OF MARS IS PREDOMINANTLY BASALTIC IN COMPOSITION, WITH LARGE VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTS THAT OCCUR OVER PRESUMABLY STABLE MANTLE HOTSPOTS OR LONG-LIVED VOLCANIC CENTERS. AQUEOUS ALTERATION OF THESE BASALTIC PRECURSORS HAS BEEN PERVASIVE IN THE OLDEST (NOACHIAN) TERRAINS AND LINKED TO WEATHERING, HYDROTHERMAL AND DIAGENETIC ALTERATION. CLAY MINERALS (PHYLLOSILICATES) ARE FOUND THOUGH THEIR PROVENANCE IS NOT WELL KNOWN AND CAN INCLUDE FORMATION IN GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS, IN HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE FOUND AROUND IMPACT CRATERS, OVER INTRUSIVE MAGMATIC CENTERS OR DURING COOLING OF THE EARLY MARTIAN CRUST. RECENTLY, TWO CONTINUOUSLY-CORED BOREHOLES WERE MADE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. WE COLLECTED 780 SPECTRA USING A FIELD PORTABLE SPECTROMETER TO CHARACTERIZE ALTERATION PHASES IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE FIRST HOLE. THE DATA SHOW BOTH NOTABLE CHANGES IN THE PRIMARY MAFIC MINERALOGY AND ALTERATION SUITES THAT INCLUDE A VARIETY OF MG-FE CLAY MINERALS AND ZEOLITES, ALL PHASES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CRUSTAL ALTERATION PRODUCTS ON MARS. ADDITIONALLY, 25 CUT SECTIONS WERE TAKEN TO EXPLORE THE ALTERATION MINERALOGY IN MORE DETAIL, INCLUDING IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY USING A PLANETARY PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT AT JPL. KEY OBJECTIVES: THE MAIN GOALS OF THE PROPOSED WORK ARE TO EXPAND ON THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY WITH A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE MINERALOGY OF BOTH CORE HOLES, USING BOTH POINT SPECTROSCOPY AND MODERN CORE SPECTRAL IMAGING TOOLS, COUPLED WITH GEOCHEMICAL MODELING. IN PARTICULAR, EVOLUTION OF THE MODAL MINERALOGY OF MAFIC SUITES WAS NOT A TARGET OF THE 2014 DATA COLLECT, BUT OBSERVED SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES CAN POTENTIALLY BE LINKED DIFFERENCES IN ALTERATION PRODUCTS. BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF BOTH PRIMARY AND ALTERATION MINERALOGY WITH DEPTH, SELECTED SAMPLES WILL BE EXAMINED AT HIGHER RESOLUTION USING ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES TO CONSTRAIN THE ALTERATION HISTORY, DURATION, TIMING AND TEMPERATURE OF ALTERATION EVENTS, AND WHETHER THEY ARE SUB-AERIAL OR SUB-SURFACE WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS. THE STUDY IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROVENANCE OF MARTIAN CRUSTAL CLAYS AND ILLUMINATE POTENTIAL ALTERATION PATHWAYS AND THE NATURE OF EARLY MARTIAN ENVIRONMENTS. METHODS/TECHNIQUES: WE WILL COLLECT BOTH POINT AND IMAGING SPECTROMETER DATA FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF BOTH CORE HOLES, ~ 3290M. DATA WILL BE ACQUIRED FOR BOTH THE VNIR/SWIR (0.4 TO 2.5 UM) AND LWIR (2-15 UM) SPECTRAL RANGES ALLOWING COMPARISON OF DATA WITH INFORMATION FROM OMEGA, CRISM AND TES. DATA WILL BE ANALYZED USING A COMBINATION OF STANDARD ENVI PROCESSING ROUTINES, BAND COMBINATIONS AND RATIOS TO HIGHLIGHT DISTINCT MINERAL COMPOSITIONS, AND CUSTOM CODE FOR LINEAR AND INTIMATE SPECTRAL MIXTURE MODELING. SELECTED SECTIONS OF CORE WILL BE CUT AND PROCESSED USING HIGH-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES INCLUDING ELECTRON MICROPROBE AND SEM, XRD, AND XRF. DETAILED MINERALOGY WILL BE MODELED TO DERIVE FLUID-ROCK RATIOS AND ALTERATION TEMPERATURES USING TOUGHREACT OR THE GEOCHEMISTS WORKBENCH. PERCEIVED IMPACT AND RELEVANCE TO SSW: THE PROPOSED EFFORT ADDRESSES TOPICS WITHIN THE "SURFACES AND INTERIORS" COMPONENT OF SSW INCLUDING VOLCANISM, EVOLUTION AND MODIFICATION OF SURFACES, AND FLUID INVENTORIES THAT LEAD TO OBSERVED SURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY. THE DATA FROM THE HAWAII ANALOG SITE WILL BE LINKED TO EXISTING RESULTS FROM BOTH ORBITAL AND LANDED MISSIONS AT MARS. CONCURRENT PME REQUEST: WE PLAN TO SUBMIT A CONCURRENT PLANETARY MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUEST FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VNIR/ SWIR PORTABLE FIELD SPECTROMETER $73,300 FOR UNR. THE EXISTING UNIT WAS ACQUIRED IN 2005 AND IS FAILING DUE TO AGE. THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED TO COLLECT NEW DATA FOR THIS PROJECT.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 19, 2019	December 19, 2019	December 20, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	188,471.00	0.00	0.00
Total	469,789.00	669,148.00	669,148.00

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Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	140P2119F0030	P00001	Link
Parent	INP16PC00229	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: NPS Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE"
Office:	WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICE

Description

NR-ARD-170-DRI FILTER ANALYSIS/PURCHASE 019 - OPTION TASKS

Place of Performance

DENVER, COLORADO 802250065 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Major Program Code

carbon analysis idiq

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 19, 2019	April 24, 2019	December 19, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	591,892.70	591,892.70	-309,457.30
Total	1,167,545.90	1,167,545.90	1,167,545.90

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Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
1333MJ20PNRMA0067	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

ALASKAL CLIMATE REFERENCE NETWORK FY20 SUPPORT

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121000 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 17, 2019	December 16, 2019	December 17, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	40,774.00	40,774.00	40,774.00
Total	40,774.00	40,774.00	40,774.00

Award 150 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26115C0031	P00013	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

P00004 - 3 MONTH EXTENSION TO CONTINUE SERVICES INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LAB TESTING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570002 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 17, 2019	April 1, 2015	December 17, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	15,441.00	15,441.00	6,875.25
Total	210,227.55	210,227.55	210,227.55

Award 151 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PA0003	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 16, 2019	October 11, 2019	December 16, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 152 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0537	P00003	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE CURRENT MAJOR UNKNOWNS OF MARTIAN SHERGOTTITE MAGMATISM INCLUDE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METEORITE TEXTURES AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF CRYSTALLIZATION, MAGMA MANTLE/CRUSTAL INTERACTIONS, PETROGENETIC CONNECTIONS (OR NOT) BETWEEN SHERGOTTITES, AND ORIGIN OF SHERGOTTITE SOURCES. BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE BIMODAL TEXTURE, THEIR HIGH ABUNDANCES, AND THEIR DIFFERENT SOURCE RESERVOIRS, WE AIM TO USE THE POIKILITIC SHERGOTTITE METEORITES TO ADDRESS THESE KEY PROBLEMS THAT REMAIN CONTENTIOUS IN THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF SHERGOTTITE MAGMAS.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 16, 2019	December 16, 2019	December 17, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	136,616.00	0.00	0.00
Total	546,390.00	570,789.00	570,789.00

Award 153 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A20F00G6	0	Link
Parent	N0018916GZ010	0	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 13, 2019	January 1, 2020	December 13, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	33,772.27	33,772.27	33,772.27
Total	33,772.27	33,772.27	33,772.27

Award 154 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0347	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

RECENT EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM BEGINS TO REVEAL MORE AND MORE DETAILED STRUCTURE OF ASTEROIDS, KUIPER BELT OBJECTS (KBOS), AND COMET NUCLEI.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 11, 2019	January 1, 2020	December 12, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	76,062.00	456,315.00	456,315.00
Total	76,062.00	456,315.00	456,315.00

Award 155 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PA0002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 11, 2019	October 11, 2019	December 11, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 156 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A20F00B9	0	Link
Parent	N0018915GZ009	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891541060 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 10, 2019	February 2, 2020	December 10, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	38,491.00	38,491.00	38,491.00
Total	37,760.00	37,760.00	37,760.00

Award 157 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC20K0239	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE POTENTIAL TO RETURN SAMPLES FROM MARS THAT CONTAIN EVIDENCE OF PAST MARTIAN LIFE REPRESENTS AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MARS AND THE ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 6, 2019	November 5, 2019	December 9, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	48,338.00	48,338.00	48,338.00
Total	48,338.00	48,338.00	48,338.00

Award 158 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19M0083	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

HYDROGEN, PERCHLORATE, AND ELEMENTS SUCH AS MG AND FE WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE FOR EXTENDED HUMAN EXPLORATION OF MARS BECAUSE THEY COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF FUEL AND KEY RAW MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURING. EXTENDED HUMAN STAYS ON MARS WILL ALSO LIK

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121000 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 4, 2019	December 4, 2019	December 5, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	99,929.00	99,929.00	99,929.00

Award 159 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX14AN24A	4	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CAPACITY FOR THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF SNOW AT NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (NSHE) INSTITUTIONS. THIS NEW CAPACITY WILL HELP IDENTIFY INTRINSIC LINKAGES BETWEEN SNOW PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND COMBINED NONLINEAR RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS. SNOW AND SNOWDERIVED WATER RESOURCES ARE CRITICAL IN THE ARID WESTERN U.S. WHERE 99% OF NEVADA CURRENTLY EXPERIENCES DROUGHT CONDITIONS, OVER TWO MILLION PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA RELY ON SNOWMELT, AND THE SIERRA NEVADA SNOWPACK PROVIDES MOST OF THE WATER FOR WESTERN NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH ITS AGRICULTURE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. IN THIS CHANGING WORLD, SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, INCLUDING POSITIVE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES LEADING TO DRAMATIC DECLINES IN WESTERN U.S. SNOWPACK, SHRINKING GLACIERS INCREASING THE SEASONALITY OF RUNOFF IN THE HIMALAYAS, AND 98.6% OF THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET EXPERIENCING SURFACE MELT IN 2012. SNOW AND ICE ALSO ARE SUBJECT TO MANY OTHER STRESSORS INCLUDING LAND USE CHANGE AND WILDFIRES MODULATING DEPOSITION OF DUST AND CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS, AND INCREASING POPULATION DENSITIES INCREASING POLLUTION AND NUTRIENT LOADS IN SNOWPACK. THREE CRITICAL SNOW SCIENCE AREAS WILL BE TARGETED: (I) SNOW ALBEDO AND SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, (II) LIFE IN SNOW AND ASSOCIATED BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS, AND (III) SNOWMELT PROCESSES AND WATERSHED HYDROLOGY. THESE TOPICS ARE STRONGLY INTERCONNECTED: SNOW ENERGY BALANCE AFFECTS LIQUID WATER AND SNOWMELT, AND VICE VERSA LIQUID WATER CONTROLS NUTRIENT DYNAMICS AND LIFE IN SNOW, WHICH IN TURN AFFECT ALBEDO AND ENERGY BALANCE. THESE LINKAGES AND THEIR INTEGRATED RESPONSE TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT ARE AT THE CENTER OF OUR PROPOSED PROJECT. CAPACITY TO BE DEVELOPED INCLUDES: (I) DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION OF NOVEL, MOBILE FIELD INSTRUMENTS (II) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW LABORATORY METHODS AND (III) FORMATION OF NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS FROM ALL MAJOR NSHE CAMPUSES FOR INTEGRATED SNOW STUDY. NEW CAPACITY FOR IN SITU SNOW MEASUREMENTS WILL BE LINKED WITH NEW REMOTE SENSING CAPACITY, PROVIDING A TEST BED FOR GROUND TRUTHING AND DIRECTLY SUPPORTING NASA MISSIONS INCLUDING SATELLITE MISSIONS (GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT, TERRA AND AQUA MODIS, LANDSAT 7 AND 8, AND SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE) AND AIRCRAFT MISSIONS (HYSPIRI AIRBORNE PREPARATORY MISSION, NASA S AIRBORNE SNOW OBSERVATORY, AND NASA S ER-2 AIRCRAFT PLATFORM). FOR COORDINATION, WE WILL HOST AND PARTICIPATE IN NASA S SNOW WORKING GROUP REMOTE SENSING ACTIVITIES OF THE TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGY PROGRAM. NEW CAPACITY WILL BE DEVELOPED LOCALLY STUDYING SIERRA NEVADA SNOWPACK BUT IS WIDELY APPLICABLE ON EARTH AND OTHER ICY WORLDS. PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL CAPACITY INCLUDES RESEARCH PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSES A NEW FIELD TECHNICIAN EDUCATION PROGRAM AND A LECTURE SERIES OPEN TO NSHE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. DIVERSITY WILL BE PROMOTED BY LEVERAGING EXISTING RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS TO ATTRACT FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS AND FIRST-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS TO STEM CAREERS ACTIVELY RECRUITING STUDENTS FROM NEVADA S NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES AND SUPPORTING UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS THROUGH FACULTY MENTORS AND STUDENT AMBASSADORS. THIS RESEARCH DIRECTLY ADDRESSES NASA S CORE STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES INCLUDING MAIN QUESTIONS OF NASA SEARTH SCIENCE DIVISION (HOW IS THE GLOBAL EARTH SYSTEM CHANGING? HOW WILL THE EARTH SYSTEM CHANGE IN THE FUTURE?) AND NASA S ASTROBIOLOGY PROGRAM (HOW DOES LIFE BEGIN AND EVOLVE? IS THERE LIFE BEYOND EARTH AND, IF SO, HOW CAN WE DETECT IT?). ALIGNMENT WITH THESE NASA PRIORITIES WILL OPEN FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT NASA AND OTHER AGENCIES (E.G., THE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY, THENATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE).

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Major Program Code

building capacity in interdisciplinary snow sciences for a changing world

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
December 3, 2019	November 1, 2014	December 16, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-7,392.68	-7,392.68	-7,392.68
Total	742,607.32	742,607.32	742,607.32

Award 160 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140L0619P0090	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER

Description

DESERT TORTOISE CONNECTIVITYM-MODIFICATION P00001 INCORPORATE INVOICING/PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Place of Performance

JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA 922521456 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 25, 2019	September 25, 2019	November 25, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	267,356.00	267,356.00	267,356.00

Award 161 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
HDTRA118C0062	P00003	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: DTRA Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)"
Office:	DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: DTRA Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)"
Office:	DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Description

OPTIMIZATION OF LEAD MELIOIDOSIS AND GLANDERS SUBUNIT VACCINE FORMULATIONS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 25, 2019	September 28, 2018	November 25, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	352,326.79	0.00	0.00
Total	2,124,043.07	2,842,004.96	4,170,825.41

Award 162 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E519C0009	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR

Description

MODIFICATION TO CORRECT PWS. U437D00

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 21, 2019	August 14, 2019	April 24, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	1,999,999.82	1,999,999.82	1,999,999.82

Award 163 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX15AM77A	2	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF NASA LIFE-SUPPORT, HIGH POWER ELECTRONICS AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS ENABLES A WIDE VARIETY OF CRUCIAL SPACE, AIR FLIGHT, AND MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES. THESE SYSTEMS EMPLOY FLUIDS TO COOL HEAT GENERATING MODULES AND EFFICIENTLY TRANSPORT THAT ENERGY TO COMPONENTS THAT EITHER MAKE USE OF IT OR REJECT IT TO SPACE. CURRENT HEAT EXCHANGERS AT THE INTERFACES BETWEEN THE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS THAT REJECT OR RECEIVE ENERGY RELY ON SINGLE-PHASE CONVECTION. AS A RESULT, THESE HEAT EXCHANGERS ARE RELATIVELY LARGE AND HEAVY. AUGMENTED SINGLE PHASE AND PHASE-CHANGE IN WHICH THE FLUID BOILS AND OR CONDENSES HEAT EXCHANGERS HOLD PROMISE TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE SYSTEMS, IF RELIABILITY ISSUES CAN BE RESOLVED. A HIGHLY INTEGRATED, STATEWIDE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM IS PROPOSED AMONG FOUR NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NSHE INSTITUTIONS THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO UNR, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS UNLV, TRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TMCC, AND THE DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE DRI. THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP ADVANCED SINGLE-PHASE AND PHASE-CHANGE LOOP HEAT TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES THAT WIU ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF THE NASA THERMAL MANAGEMENT/CONTROL SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, THIS WORK WUL BE THE BASES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE AND INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL MODULES AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL FUND FOUR FACULTY MEMBERS AND FOUR PHD STUDENTS WHO WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE IN AREAS OF INTEREST TO NASA. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP SURFACE TREATMENTS FOR ADVANCED SINGLE PHASE, BOILING, AND CONDENSATION PASSAGES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING, GROOVES THAT TRIGGER FLOW INSTABILITIES AND ENHANCED MIXING AND HIN HYDROPHOBIC FLLM COATINGS TO CREATE ENHANCED DROPWISE CONDENSING SURFACES AND NON COVALENTLY ASSEMBLED NANOTUBULAR POROUS LAYERS FOR HIGH CRITICAL HEAT FLUX BOILING SURFACES. INTEGRATE THESE TECHNOLOGIES INTO FEEDBACK CONTROLLED PUMPED AND CAPIUARY DRIVEN LOOPS WITH HIGH HEAT TRANSFER, STABILITY, AND COLDSTARTUP PERFORMANCE. PERFORM PROOF OF CONCEPT TESTS TO DEMONSTRATE APPLICABILITY OF THESE HEAT TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES FOR NASA AND OTHER THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. HELP NEVADA MEET ITS NEED FOR A WELL TRAINED AND DIVERSIFIED WORK FORCE BY THE FOLLOWING, TRAINING MULTIPLE PHD STUDENTS IN EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER RESEARCH. INTEGRATING THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES POSED BY NASA THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THE SOLUTIONS DEVELOPED BY THE CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAM INTO INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL MODULES. IMPROVE THE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN FOUR NSHE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, MAKING THEM MORE COMPETITIVE FOR FUNDING THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF NASA AND OTHER AEROSPACE, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING PROGRAMS. FOSTER DEVELOPMENT LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND SPINOFF COMPANIES BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED IN THIS WORK.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121666 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Major Program Code

advanced transport technologies for nasa thermal management control sytems

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 21, 2019	July 1, 2015	December 4, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-248.41	-248.41	-248.41
Total	749,751.59	749,751.59	749,751.59

Award 164 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0031	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

INTRODUCTION: THE UPPER SURFACE OF MARS IS PREDOMINANTLY BASALTIC IN COMPOSITION, WITH LARGE VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTS THAT OCCUR OVER PRESUMABLY STABLE MANTLE HOTSPOTS OR LONG-LIVED VOLCANIC CENTERS. AQUEOUS ALTERATION OF THESE BASALTIC PRECURSORS HAS BEEN PERVASIVE IN THE OLDEST (NOACHIAN) TERRAINS AND LINKED TO WEATHERING, HYDROTHERMAL AND DIAGENETIC ALTERATION. CLAY MINERALS (PHYLLOSILICATES) ARE FOUND THOUGH THEIR PROVENANCE IS NOT WELL KNOWN AND CAN INCLUDE FORMATION IN GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS, IN HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE FOUND AROUND IMPACT CRATERS, OVER INTRUSIVE MAGMATIC CENTERS OR DURING COOLING OF THE EARLY MARTIAN CRUST. RECENTLY, TWO CONTINUOUSLY-CORED BOREHOLES WERE MADE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. WE COLLECTED 780 SPECTRA USING A FIELD PORTABLE SPECTROMETER TO CHARACTERIZE ALTERATION PHASES IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE FIRST HOLE. THE DATA SHOW BOTH NOTABLE CHANGES IN THE PRIMARY MAFIC MINERALOGY AND ALTERATION SUITES THAT INCLUDE A VARIETY OF MG-FE CLAY MINERALS AND ZEOLITES, ALL PHASES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CRUSTAL ALTERATION PRODUCTS ON MARS. ADDITIONALLY, 25 CUT SECTIONS WERE TAKEN TO EXPLORE THE ALTERATION MINERALOGY IN MORE DETAIL, INCLUDING IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY USING A PLANETARY PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT AT JPL. KEY OBJECTIVES: THE MAIN GOALS OF THE PROPOSED WORK ARE TO EXPAND ON THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY WITH A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE MINERALOGY OF BOTH CORE HOLES, USING BOTH POINT SPECTROSCOPY AND MODERN CORE SPECTRAL IMAGING TOOLS, COUPLED WITH GEOCHEMICAL MODELING. IN PARTICULAR, EVOLUTION OF THE MODAL MINERALOGY OF MAFIC SUITES WAS NOT A TARGET OF THE 2014 DATA COLLECT, BUT OBSERVED SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES CAN POTENTIALLY BE LINKED DIFFERENCES IN ALTERATION PRODUCTS. BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF BOTH PRIMARY AND ALTERATION MINERALOGY WITH DEPTH, SELECTED SAMPLES WILL BE EXAMINED AT HIGHER RESOLUTION USING ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES TO CONSTRAIN THE ALTERATION HISTORY, DURATION, TIMING AND TEMPERATURE OF ALTERATION EVENTS, AND WHETHER THEY ARE SUB-AERIAL OR SUB-SURFACE WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS. THE STUDY IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROVENANCE OF MARTIAN CRUSTAL CLAYS AND ILLUMINATE POTENTIAL ALTERATION PATHWAYS AND THE NATURE OF EARLY MARTIAN ENVIRONMENTS. METHODS/TECHNIQUES: WE WILL COLLECT BOTH POINT AND IMAGING SPECTROMETER DATA FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF BOTH CORE HOLES, ~ 3290M. DATA WILL BE ACQUIRED FOR BOTH THE VNIR/SWIR (0.4 TO 2.5 UM) AND LWIR (2-15 UM) SPECTRAL RANGES ALLOWING COMPARISON OF DATA WITH INFORMATION FROM OMEGA, CRISM AND TES. DATA WILL BE ANALYZED USING A COMBINATION OF STANDARD ENVI PROCESSING ROUTINES, BAND COMBINATIONS AND RATIOS TO HIGHLIGHT DISTINCT MINERAL COMPOSITIONS, AND CUSTOM CODE FOR LINEAR AND INTIMATE SPECTRAL MIXTURE MODELING. SELECTED SECTIONS OF CORE WILL BE CUT AND PROCESSED USING HIGH-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES INCLUDING ELECTRON MICROPROBE AND SEM, XRD, AND XRF. DETAILED MINERALOGY WILL BE MODELED TO DERIVE FLUID-ROCK RATIOS AND ALTERATION TEMPERATURES USING TOUGHREACT OR THE GEOCHEMISTS WORKBENCH. PERCEIVED IMPACT AND RELEVANCE TO SSW: THE PROPOSED EFFORT ADDRESSES TOPICS WITHIN THE "SURFACES AND INTERIORS" COMPONENT OF SSW INCLUDING VOLCANISM, EVOLUTION AND MODIFICATION OF SURFACES, AND FLUID INVENTORIES THAT LEAD TO OBSERVED SURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY. THE DATA FROM THE HAWAII ANALOG SITE WILL BE LINKED TO EXISTING RESULTS FROM BOTH ORBITAL AND LANDED MISSIONS AT MARS. CONCURRENT PME REQUEST: WE PLAN TO SUBMIT A CONCURRENT PLANETARY MAJOR EQUIPMENT REQUEST FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VNIR/ SWIR PORTABLE FIELD SPECTROMETER $73,300 FOR UNR. THE EXISTING UNIT WAS ACQUIRED IN 2005 AND IS FAILING DUE TO AGE. THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED TO COLLECT NEW DATA FOR THIS PROJECT.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 18, 2019	November 18, 2019	November 18, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	281,318.00	669,148.00	669,148.00

Award 165 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX17AF53G	3	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE QUANTIFICATION OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (ET) FOR SPECIFIC CROPS AND REGIONS IS REQUIRED FOR BASIN WATER BALANCE ESTIMATES, FOR ESTIMATING STREAMFLOW AND GROUNDWATER DEPLETION STEMMING FROM IRRIGATION ACTIVITIES, FOR IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT, FOR WATER USE REPORTING, AND FOR REVIEW AND LITIGATION OF WATER RIGHTS APPLICATIONS, TRANSFERS, AND DISPUTES. THE USE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY IS THE ONLY WAY TO ACCURATELY ESTIMATE CROP ET UNDER ACTUAL FIELD CONDITIONS OVER LARGE AREAS IN A SPATIALLY EXPLICIT FASHION. BASED ON OUR TEAM S EXPERIENCE AND INTERACTIONS WITH WESTERN STATE WATER RESOURCE AGENCIES, THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR ACCURATE, DEFENSIBLE, AND TIMELY MAPS OF ET THAT ARE SUMMARIZED ON A FIELD-BY-FIELD BASIS, THE SPATIAL SCALE AT WHICH WATER RIGHTS ARE MANAGED. THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN OPEN-SOURCE OPEN-PLATFORM ET FRAMEWORK (OPEN-ET) THAT CAN BE USED BY WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP FIELD SCALE HISTORICAL AND OPERATIONAL ET AND CONSUMPTIVE USE (CU ET MINUS PRECIPITATION) ESTIMATES FOR DECISION-SUPPORT OVER RELEVANT TIME PERIODS AND AREAS OF INTEREST. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL STATE AGENCIES, WE WILL PROTOTYPE OPEN-ET AND DEVELOP A 10 YEAR ARCHIVE OF CROP ET AND CU ESTIMATES FOR PRIORITY AREAS OF INTEREST USING THE NASA EARTH EXCHANGE (NEX), AND MIGRATE OPEN-ET TO THE GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR OPERATIONAL STORAGE AND COMPUTE RESOURCES, WEB-MAPPING, VISUALIZATION OF GEOSPATIAL AND STATISTICAL SUMMARIES, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY. THE TECHNICAL TEAM WILL WORK WITH THE APPLICATIONS TEAM (WATER AGENCIES) DURING ALL PHASES OF THE PROJECT, TO INCLUDE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION, STAFF TRAINING, AND TRANSITIONING OF THE DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY FOR OPERATIONAL USE AND SUSTAINABILITY. THIS APPROACH WILL ENABLE AGENCY STAFF TO GAIN A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE MODELS, ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS, SOFTWARE OPERATION AND POST-PROCESSING, AND ULTIMATELY SUSTAIN INHOUSE ET MAPPING OVER THE LONG-TERM. EARTH OBSERVATION DATASETS WILL BE COMBINED WITH WELL-ESTABLISHED ET MODELS (METRIC, SIMS) THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN COOPERATION WITH WESTERN STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND HAVE BEEN USED FOR WIDE-AREA MAPPING OF CROP WATER USE. METRIC, IN PARTICULAR, IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART ENERGY BALANCE MODEL ACCEPTED BY SEVERAL COURTS AND OTHER OUTSIDE ENTITIES, AND OFFERS A FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM THAT HAS BUILT A SIGNIFICANT USER-BASE CENTERED IN THE WESTERN U.S. THE OPEN-ET FRAMEWORK WILL BE DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND APPLIED IN HIGH-PRIORITY STUDY AREAS OF FIVE WESTERN STATES: CENTRAL VALLEY AND PASO ROBLES COASTAL GROUNDWATER BASIN, CA BEAR RIVER BASIN, ID/UT TRUCKEE, CARSON, WALKER RIVER BASINS, NV/CA AND MALHEUR LAKE BASIN, OR. THIS PROPOSAL DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE SOLICITATION (AGRICULTURAL WATER USE) BY PROVIDING OPERATIONAL FIELD SCALE AGRICULTURAL ET TOOLS AND PRODUCTS AT MONTHLY TIME STEPS USING LANDSAT AND SENTINEL SATELLITE IMAGERY (WITH INTEGRATION OF VIIRS, MODIS,&PROBA-V AS NEEDED) AND LOCALIZED WEATHER STATION AND NASA GRIDDED WEATHER DATA. INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL ET TOOLS AND PRODUCTS WILL BE TESTED AND TRANSITIONED FOR IN-HOUSE USE BY WATER AGENCY CO-INVESTIGATORS FOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND SPECIAL STUDIES TO IMPROVE WATER MANAGEMENT DECISIONS RELATED TO IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RIGHTS ACCOUNTING, AND IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF WATER AVAILABILITY AND SECURITY THROUGH ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL AND CURRENT CONSUMPTIVE USE AND HYDROLOGIC BUDGETS.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

operational remote sensing of agricultural water use in cooperation with western state water resourc

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 15, 2019	November 15, 2019	November 15, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	138,240.00	0.00	0.00
Total	1,029,004.00	1,029,004.00	1,029,004.00

Award 166 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DENA0003590	24	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	NNSA NON-M&O CNTRCTNG OPS DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

TECHNICAL RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TREDS) SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) - NEVADA FIELD OFFICE (NFO)

Place of Performance

MERCURY, NEVADA 890230053 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 10, 2019	May 1, 2017	November 10, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	400,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	8,273,984.62	28,444,728.00	47,685,548.00

Award 167 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26117C0003	P00005	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

THIS IS TB PREEMPLOYMENT SCREENING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
November 4, 2019	December 1, 2016	November 4, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	50,898.48	50,898.48	0.00
Total	148,821.48	148,821.48	202,403.76

Award 168 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K0373	P00006	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

SPACE TRAVEL RESULTS IN ADAPTATION TO UNIQUE CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDE EXPOSURE TO LOW DOSES OF COSMIC RADIATION AND MICROGRAVITY, AND HEIGHTENED STRESS. ADAPTING TO THESE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSORS CAN ALTER HORMONE AND IMMUNE FUNCTIONS, DISRUPTING NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF HORMONE-SENSITIVE ORGANS AND NEGATIVELY IMPACTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. STUDIES INVESTIGATING MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG ADULT MICE WILL HELP DEFINE HOW ADAPTATIONS TO SPACE TRAVEL CAN INFLUENCE THESE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES. THE DUCTAL NETWORK OF THE MAMMARY GLAND CONTAINS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CELL TYPES INCLUDING EPITHELIAL CELLS, ADIPOCYTES, IMMUNE CELLS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS, AND FIBROBLASTS. SIGNALING BETWEEN THESE CELL TYPES IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS. IN ADDITION, BOTH HORMONE AND IMMUNE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN DUCTAL NETWORK BRANCHING OF THE DEVELOPING MAMMARY GLAND. A COMBINATION OF NOVEL ASSAYS WILL BE USED TO UNDERSTAND HOW SPACE EXPOSURES IMPACT IMMUNE FUNCTION ADVERSELY AFFECTING MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT, STEM CELL POPULATIONS AND THE REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY OF MICE. WE WILL TEST WHETHER SPACE ADAPTATION-INDUCED EPIGENETIC CHANGES IN THE OOCYTES OF MICE CORRELATE WITH REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT WEAKENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND ALTERS HORMONE BALANCE RESULTING IN ALTERATIONS IN NUMBER AND FUNCTION OF MAMMARY STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMARY GLAND. ADDITIONALLY, WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT EPIGENETIC CHANGES AS A RESULT OF SPACE EXPOSURE WILL AFFECT REPRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY AS COMPARED TO MICE ON EARTH. WE FURTHER PROPOSE THAT THE SENSITIVITY TO THESE EFFECTS IS DEPENDENT ON THE GENETIC BACKGROUND OF EXPOSED MICE. THESE STUDIES WILL AID IN DEFINING HOW ALTERATIONS IN IMMUNE FUNCTION FROM ADAPTATION TO SPACE TRAVEL AND SUBSEQUENT RE-ADAPTATION ON EARTH, RESULTS IN DEFECTS IN ORGAN DEVELOPMENT, REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY, AND EPIGENETIC CHANGES AFFECTING THE FITNESS OF SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 28, 2019	October 28, 2019	November 1, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	170,852.00	170,852.00	170,852.00

Award 169 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PSA808	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 24, 2019	October 24, 2019	December 3, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 170 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26115P1553	P00006	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

DUNS: 023818268

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

TRAINING FOR COMPENSATED WORK THERAPY PARTICIPANTS

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895123901 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 23, 2019	October 17, 2019	October 23, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-30,000.00	-30,000.00	-30,000.00
Total	33,174.50	33,174.50	63,174.50

Award 171 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PSA653	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 21, 2019	October 21, 2019	December 3, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 172 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 11, 2019	October 11, 2019	December 3, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 173 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
47QRAA20D000B	PO0001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Requesting Office

Agency:	GSA: FAS Department as written: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE"
Office:	GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS

Description

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 11, 2019	October 11, 2019	December 3, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	0.00	0.00	2,000,000.00

Award 174 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0537	P00002	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

WE PROPOSE TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE PETROLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE UNDERSTUDIED MARTIAN POIKILITIC SHERGOTTITE METEORITES IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FORMATION, THEIR LINKS WITH OTHER SHERGOTTITES, AND MORE BROADLY, THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARTIAN INTERIOR DURING THE AMAZONIAN.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 10, 2019	October 10, 2019	October 11, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	64,152.00	0.00	0.00
Total	409,774.00	570,789.00	570,789.00

Award 175 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A19F00D1	P00001	Link
Parent	N0018915GZ009	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891541060 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 10, 2019	October 10, 2019	October 10, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-566.00	-566.00	-566.00
Total	42,731.94	42,731.94	42,731.94

Award 176 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0165	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF WATER ON MARS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF LIFE ON THAT PLANET. IN ADDITION TO DOCUMENTING WHERE AND WHEN WATER WAS PRESENT ON MARS, IT IS CRITICAL TO DETERMINE HOW LONG IT WAS PRESENT ON THE SURFACE.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 7, 2019	October 7, 2019	October 7, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	113,721.00	344,226.00	344,226.00

Award 177 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26115C0031	P00012	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

P00004 - 3 MONTH EXTENSION TO CONTINUE SERVICES INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LAB TESTING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570002 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 1, 2019	October 1, 2019	October 1, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	15,441.00	15,441.00	15,441.00
Total	194,786.55	194,786.55	203,352.30

Award 178 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
36C26120C0001	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

IRB SERVICES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895020993 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
October 1, 2019	October 1, 2019	October 1, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	78,938.52	78,938.52	419,095.32
Total	78,938.52	78,938.52	419,095.32

Award 179 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0537	P00001	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

WE PROPOSE TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE PETROLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE UNDERSTUDIED MARTIAN POIKILITIC SHERGOTTITE METEORITES IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FORMATION, THEIR LINKS WITH OTHER SHERGOTTITES, AND MORE BROADLY, THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARTIAN INTERIOR DURING THE AMAZONIAN. MARTIAN METEORITES ARE THE ONLY SOURCE MATERIAL FROM MARS AVAILABLE FOR STUDY WITH TERRESTRIAL LABORATORY PRECISION AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION. AS SUCH, THEY REPRESENT A FUNDAMENTAL SUITE OF ROCKS FOR CONSTRAINING THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF MARS. SHERGOTTITES, THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF MARTIAN METEORITES, ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE PETROLOGIC SUB-GROUPS: OLIVINEPHYRIC, BASALTIC, AND POIKILITIC.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 27, 2019	September 27, 2019	September 30, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	15,514.00	0.00	0.00
Total	345,622.00	570,789.00	570,789.00

Award 180 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC18K1464	P00002	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

DURING SPACE TRAVEL, ASTRONAUTS WILL EXPERIENCE A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO MICROGRAVITY AND STRESSFUL LIVING CONDITIONS. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO THIS IS A CHALLENGE AND THE EFFECT OF MICROGRAVITY ON ORGAN DEVELOPMENT, ARCHITECTURE, AND FUNCTION IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. HOW MICROGRAVITY MAY IMPACT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORGAN IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AS SPACE FLIGHT BECOMES MORE COMMONPLACE. THESE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS CAN BE ADDRESSED BY STUDYING SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSED CELLS IN VITRO. 3D TISSUE CULTURE MODELS MIMICKING MAMMARY GLAND STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN OPTIMIZED AND CAN BE USED TO DEFINE IF EXPOSED CELLS CAN CORRECTLY ASSEMBLE INTO THESE STRUCTURES TO ADDRESS SOME OF NASA'S KEY QUESTIONS REGARDING MICROGRAVITY EFFECTS ON CELLS AND ORGANS. ADDITIONALLY, AS PROPER ACTIVATION OF STEM CELLS IS KEY TO ORGAN FORMATION IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEFINE HOW MICROGRAVITY MAY AFFECT THESE SPECIALIZED CELLS. IN THE PROPOSED WORK WE WILL EXPOSE A MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELL LINE (COMMA 1D) KNOWN TO CONTAIN A HIGH PROPORTION OF STEM CELLS AND QUANTIFY THE CHANGES IN MAMMARY STEM CELL POPULATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE. FURTHER, WE WILL IDENTIFY HOW EXPOSURE TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AFFECTS THE CELLS ABILITY TO FORM NORMAL 3D STRUCTURES IMPORTANT IN MAMMARY ORGAN DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING THIS EXPOSURE. IN ADDITION, WE WILL TEST ROLE OF GENETICS BY ISOLATING MOUSE MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELLS FROM MICE SHOWING INCREASED AND REDUCED SENSITIVITIES TO CANCER TO DEFINE IF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY SHOWS DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS DEPENDENT ON UNDERLYING GENETICS. NEXT, WE WILL IDENTIFY MIRNA CHANGES IN STEM CELLS ISOLATED PRE AND POST SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE TO DEFINE THE UNDERLYING MOLECULAR REASONS FOR DEFECTS IN CORRECT 3D STRUCTURE FORMATION. A FINAL AIM WILL BE TO DEFINE WHETHER MICROGRAVITY IN COMBINATION WITH CERTAIN GENETIC BACKGROUNDS CAUSES CELLULAR CHANGES INDICATIVE OF AN INCREASED CANCER RISK. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT CELLS EXPOSED TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND ASSAYED IN 3D WILL ALLOW US TO DEFINE HOW THIS EXPOSURE WOULD IMPACT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMARY GLAND IN VIVO. WE FURTHERMORE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS RESPONSE DEPENDS UPON GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND THUS WILL UTILIZE CELLS FROM DIFFERENT MOUSE STRAINS TO INVESTIGATE THIS (CANCER PRONE AND RESISTANT). LASTLY, WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE IN AN AT RISK GENETIC BACKGROUND MAY CAUSE CHANGES IN CELLS THAT INCREASE THE PROPENSITY TO DEVELOP CANCER. THESE STUDIES WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR CHANGES AND UNDERLYING GENETIC MECHANISMS OF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND HOW IT IMPACTS OVERALL TISSUE FUNCTION.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 26, 2019	September 26, 2019	September 27, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	60,000.00	0.00	0.00
Total	170,000.00	299,188.00	299,188.00

Award 181 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A19F0116	P00001	Link
Parent	N0018916GZ010	0	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 26, 2019	September 26, 2019	September 26, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	17,781.55	17,781.55	17,781.55
Total	33,772.27	33,772.27	33,772.27

Award 182 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
140L0619P0090	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	Interior: BLM Department as written: "INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE" Agency as written: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT"
Office:	NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER

Description

DESERT TORTOISE CONNECTIVITY

Place of Performance

JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA 922521456 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 25, 2019	September 25, 2019	September 25, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	267,356.00	267,356.00	267,356.00
Total	267,356.00	267,356.00	267,356.00

Award 183 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DTFH6107C00031	11	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NSHE OBO THE", DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Transport.: FHA Department as written: "TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	693JJ3 ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MGT

Requesting Office

Agency:	Transport.: FHA Department as written: "TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	FHWA - TURNER-FAIRBANKS HIGHWAY

Description

CLOSEOUT

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 25, 2019	October 1, 2019	October 24, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-9,857.08	-9,857.08	-9,857.08
Total	6,082,786.92	6,082,786.92	6,082,786.92

Award 184 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
70RWMD19P00000017	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	DHS: OPO Department as written: "HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS"
Office:	CWMD ACQ DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	DHS: CWMD Department as written: "HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"
Office:	DIR OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

Description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER IS TO SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL LABORATORY SUPPORT FOR THE BIOWATCH PROGRAM. THIS FIRM FIXED PRICE PURCHASE ORDER WILL SUPPORT THE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES OPERATIONS.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 18, 2019	September 27, 2019	September 19, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	31,429.50	31,429.50	31,429.50
Total	31,429.50	31,429.50	31,429.50

Award 185 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
12026118P0051	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	USDA: USFS Department as written: "AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "FOREST SERVICE"
Office:	USDA FOREST SERVICE

Requesting Office

Agency:	USDA: USFS Department as written: "AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "FOREST SERVICE"
Office:	USDA FOREST SERVICE

Description

R4 WHITEBARK PINE DATA COLLECTION

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 13, 2019	September 13, 2019	September 13, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-9.32	-9.32	-9.32
Total	44,513.68	44,513.68	44,513.68

Award 186 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
DENA0003590	23	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	NNSA NON-M&O CNTRCTNG OPS DIV

Requesting Office

Agency:	Energy Department as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Description

TECHNICAL RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TREDS) SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) - NEVADA FIELD OFFICE (NFO)

Place of Performance

MERCURY, NEVADA 890230053 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 12, 2019	September 12, 2019	September 12, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	450,887.00	0.00	0.00
Total	8,273,984.62	28,444,728.00	47,685,548.00

Award 187 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
HDTRA118C0062	P00002	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: DTRA Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)"
Office:	DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: DTRA Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)"
Office:	DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Description

RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 11, 2019	September 11, 2019	September 11, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	250,000.00	1,320,288.68	0.00
Total	2,124,043.07	2,842,004.96	4,170,825.41

Award 188 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80MSFC19M0049	0	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

Description

"DESIGNING IONIC LIQUIDS BASED ADSORBENT FOR TREATING DIMETHYLSILANEDIOL CONTAMINATED WATER IN INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION" THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND TEST IONIC LIQUID ADSORBENTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF DIMETHYLSILANEDIOL AND DIMETHYL SULFONE FROM WATER. THE PERFORMANCE TEST RESULTS OF THE DEVELOPED IONIC LIQUID ADSORBENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN A CLOSEOUT BRIEFING.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

cooperative agreement

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 9, 2019	September 10, 2019	August 4, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	98,438.00	98,438.00	98,438.00
Total	98,438.00	98,438.00	98,438.00

Award 189 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
80NSSC19K0013	P00001	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

THE SOUTHERN RESIDUAL ICE DEPOSITS OF MARS COMPRISE BOTH WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE ICES. SURFICIAL CO2 ICE EXHIBITS COMPLEX PATTERNS OF EROSION AND DEPOSITION THAT ARE A SENSITIVE INDICATOR OF MASS BALANCE IN THE CURRENT OBLIQUITY EPOCH AND THE LONG TERM STABILITY OF THE CAP. WATER ICE IS OBSERVED AT THE MARGINS OF THE RESIDUAL CO2 ICE, WITH THE LARGEST EXPOSURE LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE STEEPEST SCARP OF THE POLAR CAP DOME (FROM 82-84S AND 315-5E). IN A RECENT ANALYSIS OF MARCI IMAGERY, THIS LARGE OUTLIER IS OBSERVED TO RETAIN SEASONAL CO2 FROST AS LATE AS LS 340 AND HAS SIGNIFICANT ANNUAL VARIABILITY IN LATE SUMMER APPEARANCE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WATER ICE EXPOSURES ARE INFERRED TO BE CONTIGUOUS LAYERS WITHIN AND UNDERNEATH THE UPPER SURFACE CO2 ICE, REFLECTING PAST CLIMATIC CONDITIONS LINKED TO ORBITAL PRECESSION. IN THE CAP INTERIOR, SHARAD OBSERVES LARGE LENSES OF SOLID CO2 ICE SEPARATED BY THIN WATER ICE LAYERS, SUGGESTING PAST EPISODES OF ATMOSPHERIC COLLAPSE. HERE WE PROPOSE A SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF ICE AND DUST COMPOSITION AND WILL LINK THOSE RESULTS TO THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE SURFACE UNITS USING CRISM, CTX, HIRISE, MOLA AND HRSC DATA. INITIAL RESULTS SHOW BOTH VARIABLE CO2 ICE GRAIN SIZE IN THOSE UNITS AND WIDELY VARYING ABUNDANCE AND GRAIN SIZE OF WATER ICE AS A CONSTITUENT IN BOTH BRIGHT AND DARK MATERIALS. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL LINK THE COMPOSITION TO THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH POLAR LAYERED DEPOSITS (SPLD) AND SYSTEMATICALLY EXPLORE COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY OF THE SURFICIAL CO2 ICE LAYER SUCH AS THE FINGERPRINT, PITTED, AND MESA TERRAINS, AND IN THE FINE SCALE LAYERS EXPOSED IN THE TROUGHS AND MARGINS THAT SAMPLE THE SPLD. RECENTLY DEVELOPED MAPS OF MODEL AGES FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SURFICIAL CO2 CAP MAY BE EXPECTED TO CORRELATE WITH ICE GRAIN SIZE AND COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES DEPENDING UPON THE CURRENT AND PAST DEPOSITIONAL AND EROSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. THE PROPOSED EFFORT HAS THREE MAIN TASKS: 1) TO GATHER, PROCESS AND MAP EXISTING CRISM HYPERSPECTRAL TARGETED AND MULTI-SPECTRAL MAPPING DATA, INCLUDING CREATING A BASE MAP FROM MULTI-YEAR COVERAGE IN A NARROW RANGE OF LS VALUES OF THE SOUTHERN RESIDUAL ICE DEPOSITS. 2) SELECT A SUBSET OF TARGETED OBSERVATIONS FOR DETAILED SPECTRAL MODELING. 3) SYNTHESIZE COMPOSITIONAL RESULTS WITH OTHER IMAGERY AND TOPOGRAPHY TO EXPLORE STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE ICE AND NON-ICE UNITS. METHODS WILL FOLLOW THOSE ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR CRISM. THE PI AND CO-I'S HAVE EXTENSIVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF CRISM DATA IN THE POLAR REGIONS. WE EXPECT TO USE A COMBINATION OF STANDARD ENVI PROCESSING ROUTINES (INCLUDING THE CRISM ANALYSIS TOOLKIT (CAT), BAND COMBINATIONS AND RATIOS INTENDED TO HIGHLIGHT SURFACE COMPOSITION INCLUDING SEPARATION OF WATER AND CO2 ICE SIGNATURES, CUSTOM IDL AND FORTRAN CODE FOR LINEAR SPECTRAL UNMIXING AND DETAILED RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING OF ICES AND NON-ICE MATERIALS RELEVANT TO THE POLES, AND INTEGRATION OF DATA SETS IN GIS-BASED MULTIDIMENSIONAL GEOREGISTERED PRODUCTS.

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 9, 2019	September 9, 2019	September 10, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	159,231.00	0.00	0.00
Total	322,719.00	486,152.00	486,152.00

Award 190 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E516C0005	P00007	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Description

MODELING LINKAGES AMONG SOIL-TERRAIN-ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES CRITICAL FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS U437040

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
September 6, 2019	September 6, 2019	September 6, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	0.00	-594,897.00	-594,897.00
Total	4,686,962.00	4,686,962.00	4,686,962.00

Award 191 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
75D30119C06204	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Description

MINING BAA

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 30, 2019	September 1, 2019	August 30, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	370,960.00	370,960.00	370,960.00
Total	370,960.00	370,960.00	370,960.00

Award 192 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	N0622A19F0116	0	Link
Parent	N0018916GZ010	0	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Navy Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE NAVY"
Office:	BUMED DETACHMENT BETHESDA

Description

TUITION AND FEES

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 29, 2019	August 29, 2019	November 4, 2020

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	15,990.72	15,990.72	15,990.72
Total	32,872.27	32,872.27	32,872.27

Award 193 of 250

Identifiers

	Procurement Instrument	Modification
	1332KP19FNWWG0033	0	Link
Parent	DOCAB133E16CQ0022	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Requesting Office

Agency:	Commerce: NOAA Department as written: "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Description

ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIREMENT ON WEATHERCODER3 OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT.

Place of Performance

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND 209100013 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 22, 2019	August 22, 2019	August 22, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	69,270.63	69,270.63	69,270.63
Total	69,270.63	69,270.63	69,270.63

Award 194 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
VA26117C0003	P00004	Link

Vendor

University Of Nevada, Reno

DUNS: 146515460

Contracting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Requesting Office

Agency:	Veterans Affairs Department as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF"
Office:	261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFC21 (00261)

Description

THIS IS TB PREEMPLOYMENT SCREENING

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895570001 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 22, 2019	December 1, 2016	November 4, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	-11,838.00	-11,838.00	-11,838.00
Total	148,821.48	148,821.48	202,403.76

Award 195 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
75D30119C05759	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Requesting Office

Agency:	HHS: CDC Department as written: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF" Agency as written: "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION"
Office:	CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

Description

MINING BAA

Place of Performance

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 992072223 UNITED STATES

Action Type

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 22, 2019	September 1, 2019	August 22, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	364,421.00	364,421.00	364,421.00
Total	364,421.00	364,421.00	364,421.00

Award 196 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
NNX17AK94G	1	Link

Vendor

Nevada System Of Higher Education

Vendor as written: "BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", DUNS: 098377336

Contracting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Requesting Office

Agency:	NASA Department as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION" Agency as written: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
Office:	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Description

DESCRIPTION DR. STEFFEN WILL ASSIST IN THE ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM THE KEPLER MISSION TO DETERMINE THE ARCHITECTURES OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS. DR. STEFFEN'S WORK WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORBITAL PERIOD RATIOS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF NEW STATISTICAL QUANTITIES AND THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING STATISTICAL TESTS TO THE NEW KEPLER DATA PRODUCTS. DR. STEFFEN WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRODUCTION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE WITH REGARDS TO THIS EFFORT.

Place of Performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 891549900 UNITED STATES

Action Type

grant for research

Major Program Code

architecture of kepler's multiple planet systems

Dates

Signed	Effective	Last Modified
August 15, 2019	August 15, 2019	August 15, 2019

Values (USD)

	Obligated	Exercised	Potential
Modification	17,819.00	0.00	0.00
Total	53,457.00	53,457.00	53,457.00

Award 197 of 250

Identifier

Procurement Instrument	Modification
W913E519C0009	0	Link

Vendor

Contracting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

Requesting Office

Agency:	Defense: Army Department as written: "DEPT OF DEFENSE" Agency as written: "DEPT OF THE ARMY"
Office:	W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR

Description

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) SERVICES BAA 18-0100 TESTING THE FEASIBILITY OF CRITICAL TERRAIN CONDITION PREDICTION FOR MILITARY PLANNING AND OPERATIONS USING SOIL-LANDSCAPE SYSTEM FEATURES AND RELATED CLIMATIC PARAMETERS U437D00

Place of Performance

RENO, NEVADA 895121095 UNITED STATES

Action Type