University of Florida
Who it subcontracts to
- Emory University$240K
DR. XIAO HUANG, AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AT EMORY UNIVERSITY, IS SET TO PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING A DATA HARMONIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING GLOBE MOSQUITO HABITAT DATA WITH RELEVANT NASA EARTH OBSERVATION PRODUCTS, ENSURING DATA QUALITY, CONSISTENCY, AND INTEROPERABILITY (OBJECTIVE 1) AND DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING AN AI-DRIVEN MODELING APPROACH FOR PREDICTING THE SUITABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOSQUITO HABITATS USING THE HARMONIZED GLOBE-NASA DATASET AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SPATIAL NON-STATIONARITY, NON-LINEARITY, AND COMPLEX VARIABLE INTERACTIONS (OBJECTIVE 2). IN ADDITION, DR. XIAO HUANG WILL ALSO ASSIST PI DI YANG AND CO-PI YAQIAN HE IN COUPLING THE AI-BASED MOSQUITO HABITAT MODELS WITH CLIMATE MODELS (CMIP6) AND MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE TRANSMISSION MODELS TO PREDICT FUTURE DISEASE RISKS UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS (OBJECTIVE 3).
TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS TO USE UP-TO-DATE AND INCLUSIVE EARTH OBSERVATIONS DATA FOR BETTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO CHOLERA OUTBREAKS IN KENYA AND NIGERIA.
DR. MOLLALO WILL PROVIDE EXPERTISE IN DISEASE ECOLOGY AND GEOSPATIAL MODELING IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND RISK ASSESSMENT, COLLABORATING WITH DR. YANG AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS TO APPLY MECHANISTIC MODELS OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE TRANSMISSION, FOCUSING ON INTEGRATING THE AI-DRIVEN MOSQUITO HABITAT SUITABILITY PREDICTIONS WITH HUMAN POPULATION DYNAMICS AND DISEASE INCIDENCE DATA. HE WILL ALSO DISSEMINATE RESEARCH FINDINGS THROUGH SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
DR. RITA COLWELL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DECISION-MAKERS AND POLICY MAKERS ON THE USE OF GLOBAL CHOLERA PREDICTION SYSTEM AND BUILDING CAPACITY FOR USE OF SUCH TECHNOLOGIES. IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH UNOCHA AND UN FOUNDATION, SHE WILL TRAVEL TO ATTEND MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, DEMONSTRATE THE UTILITY OF CHOLERA PREDICTION, ASSOCIATED DECISION MAKING ACTIVITIES, AND PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER SAMPLING FOR VIBRIOS.
Who it works for
Not reported as a subcontractor on lunar awards.
Lunar awards as prime
| Award | Description | Period | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80NSSC25K0192 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCYS EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-06-30 → 2028-06-29 | $695K |
| 80NSSC25K7190 | THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-01-01 → 2027-12-31 | $553K |
| 80NSSC25K7660 | THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-02-20 → 2027-02-19 | $500K |
| 80NSSC25K7484 | THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-01-01 → 2027-12-31 | $494K |
| 80NSSC17K0199 | THIS PROJECT BRINGS ESTABLISHED RESEARCH FROM NASA FUNDED SCIENCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION INTO AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT LED BY DLR TOWARD THE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF PLANT GROWTH IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN EXPLORATION. IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED AS PART OF ONGOING ISS SCIENCE WILL BE DEPLOYED WITHIN THE ANTARCTIC EDEN ISS PLANT PRODUCTION UNIT TO PROVIDE TELE-SCIENCE SUPPORT AND PLANT SCIENCE ANALYTICS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSES OF PLANTS AND PRODUCTION SUPPORT TO OPTIMIZE PLANT PERFORMANCE. PLANT PRODUCTION FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT WITHIN DEEP SPACE AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL COLONIES HAS LONG BEEN AN APPRECIATED AREA OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. INDEED ISS SCIENCE IS NOW IS TURNING TOWARD SMALL SCALE PLANT PRODUCTION IN SPACE AND PLANT PRODUCTION UNITS IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS ON EARTH HAVE PROVEN THE VALUE OF FRESH FOOD. HOWEVER THERE HAS AS YET TO BE ANY INTEGRATED TESTS OF PLANT PRODUCTION WITHIN SPACE VEHICLE-LIKE STRUCTURES IN EXTREME ANALOG ENVIRONMENTS.TO ADDRESS THIS GAP IN KNOWLEDGE THE EDEN ISS PROJECT BY THE DLR GERMAN SPACE AGENCY IS DESIGNED TO PLACE AN ISS-INSPIRED MODULE IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ESTABLISHED ANTARCTIC STATION DRAWING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME STRUCTURES AND PRODUCTION UNITS DESIGNED TO SPACE VEHICLE FORMATS TOGETHER WITH THE CHALLENGES OF AN EXTREME AND ISOLATED ENVIRONMENT. IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE EDEN ISS PROJECT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL SEEKS TO FUND US PARTICIPATION BRINGING PLANT IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED IN PART FROM EXTENSIVE SHUTTLE AND ISS PLANT GROWTH EXPERIMENTS INTO THE SCIENCE TO BE CONDUCTED WITHIN EDEN ISS. THE AREA OF FIDELITY TO BE ADDRESSED BY THIS PROJECT IS A SERIES OF SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS DESIGNED TO FURTHER PLANETARY RESEARCH IN TERRESTRIAL EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS THAT MAY BE ANALOGOUS TO THOSE FOUND ON OTHER PLANETS. THE EDEN ISS PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTING ESSENTIAL CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES USING BOTH AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD PAYLOAD RACK CULTIVATION SYSTEM TO RELATE TO ON-BOARD ISS AND CIS-LUNAR DEPLOYMENTS FOR CREW FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION AND A FUTURE EXPLORATION GREENHOUSE THAT IS DESIGNED WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE PLANETARY BIOREGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM DEPLOYMENTS. THE OVERALL PHYSICAL FACILITY REFERRED TO AS THE EDEN ISS MOBILE TEST FACILITY WILL PROVIDE REALISTIC MASS FLOW AND WILL DEPLOY TO THE HIGHLY-ISOLATED ANTARCTIC NEUMAYER STATION III OPERATED BY THE ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE. AMONG THE TECHNOLOGIES TO BE DEVELOPED AND DEPLOYED WILL BE IMAGERS DESIGNED BY THE UF PI TEAM THROUGH THIS PROPOSED PROJECT TO MONITOR PLANT HEALTH WITHIN THE MOBILE TEST FACILITY. OUR MAJOR GOAL IS TO EQUIP THE PLANT GROWTH SYSTEMS WITH INFORMATION-RICH IMAGING SUCH THAT PLANT HEALTH AND BASIC SCIENCE DATA CAN BE REVIEWED BY A LARGE AND INTEGRATED SCIENCE BACKROOM BACK ON EARTH . AN ADDITIONAL GOAL IS TO OPTIMIZE THE CONCEPTUAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EDEN ISS AND CURRENT ISS CAPABILITIES AND OPERATIONS. THESE TWO GOALS BRING A DIRECTED FOCUS TO THE PROJECT CONNECTING THE PLANETARY SURFACE ANALOG CONCEPTS TO NEAR TERM OPERATIONS OF ISS AND POTENTIAL CIS-LUNAR HABITATS. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS SPECTRAL IMAGING OF PLANTS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO TYPICAL DATA MONITORING SYSTEMS AND OPERATION OF THE PROJECT. EDEN ISS AS A LARGE MULTINATIONAL PROJECT HAS AN EXTENSIVE DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN (DMP). THE WORK PROPOSED HERE WILL DEPEND AND DRAW UPON THE EDEN ISS DMP FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT DATA AND WILL SPECIFICALLY DRAW MTF PLANT GROWTH IMAGES AND OPERATIONS IMAGES AS PRIMARY DATA FOR ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT BY THE UF TEAM. THE UF TEAM WILL ARCHIVE AND MAKE AVAILABLE ALL PLANT HEALTH IMAGES SPECIFIC TO OUR TASKS VIA A SEPARATE PROJECT WITHIN THE NASA LIFE SCIENCES DATA ARCHIVE (LSDA). THE TECHNOLOGY IS BASED ON SMALL ROBUST CAMERAS THAT IMAGE WAVELENGTHS RELATED TO PREVIOUS AND FUTURE ISS HARDWARE SUCH THAT DATA FROM EDEN ISS WILL PROVIDE FEED FORWARD SCIENCE FOR KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED ISS AND HABITAT PLANT GROWTH HARDWARE. | 2017-08-15 → 2022-08-14 | $383K |
| 80NSSC20K1188 | THE PROPOSED RESEARCH EFFORT WILL PROVIDE AUTONOMOUS LANDERS THE CAPABILITY TO LAND ON RUGGED TERRAIN HAVING APPLICATIONS SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR LUNAR/PLANETARY LANDERS. | 2020-08-15 → 2024-05-03 | $238K |
| 80NSSC19K0752 | THE ORIGINAL SSW PROPOSAL TO PI ELARDO THROUGH TOWSON UNIVERSITY (NNX16AQ17G) CONSISTED OF THREE RESEARCH TASKS DESIGNED TO ELUCIDATE KEY ASPECTS OF EARLY LUNAR CRUST BUILDING PROCESSES OPERATING IMMEDIATELY AFTER MAGMA OCEAN CRYSTALLIZATION. THE OBJECTIVES OF THAT PROPOSAL AND CONTINUED IN THIS PROPOSAL ARE (1) TO EXPERIMENTALLY TEST WHETHER THE KREEP RESERVOIR IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF LUNAR MG-SUITE MAGMATISM (2) TO EXPERIMENTALLY DETERMINE TRACE ELEMENT PARTITION COEFFICIENTS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO MG-SUITE MAGMAS THAT CAN BE USED FOR MODELING THEIR ORIGIN AND (3) TO CONSTRAIN INTER-SAMPLE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG MG-SUITE SAMPLES FROM APOLLO 17 AND ASSESS WHETHER THEY COULD BE DERIVED FROM A SINGLE LAYERED INTRUSION. THE MOTIVATION FOR THIS WORK IS TO ADDRESS THREE OF THE BIGGEST OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LUNAR CRUST: WHETHER MG-SUITE MAGMATISM WAS A GLOBAL MAGMATIC EVENT HOW THE LITHOLOGIES OF THE MG-SUITE ARE RELATED AND WHAT THESE RELATIONSHIPS IMPLY ABOUT THE AGE OF THE MG-SUITE. | 2019-06-04 → 2022-06-03 | $136K |