Funders › FL › Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc › 2018
Grants paid by Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc, tax year 2018
EIN 27-5410763 · Merritt Island, FL · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE U05
In tax year 2018, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc (EIN 27-5410763) reported 54 grants paid totaling $5,378,627. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2018
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Techshot Inc Greenville, NC | A | $1,027,694 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER TO SUPPORT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN MISSION INTEGRATIONS & OPS | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Zin Technologies Inc Middleheights, OH | A | $691,886 | paid | COMBINED IMPLEMENTATION COSTS FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Regents of the University of Colorado Denver, CO | A | $445,681 | paid | STUDY THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF MICROGRAVITY-INDUCED REDUCTIONS IN ANTIBIOTIC EFFICACY | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | A | $316,202 | paid | DEVELOPING A HIGH-THROUGHPUT OMICS-BASED RESEARCH MODEL SUPPORTING PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Space Tango Inc Lexington, KY | A | $221,650 | paid | MULTILAB EXPRESS RACK LOCKER FACILITY TO BE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED ON THE ISS | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Orbital Sidekick Inc San Francisco, CA | A | $213,750 | paid | UTILIZES THE NANORACKS EXTERNAL PLATFORM TO VALIDATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY AND FIDELITY OF OPERATING A COMPACT, COMMERCIAL, HYPERSPECTRAL, REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM IN LOW EARTH ORBIT. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Visidyne Inc Burlington, MA | A | $190,600 | paid | TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TO MEASURE WIND SPEEDS WITHIN MATURE TROPICAL CYCLONES FROM ISS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Audacy Corporation Walnut, CA | A | $180,000 | paid | PROVIDING LEO SATELLITE MISSIONS WITH A DOWNLINK CAPABILITY CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | University of Toledo Cleveland, OH | A | $155,028 | paid | DEVELOPING ALGORITHMS FOR MONITORING WATER QUALITY AND ALGAL SPECIES IN THE GREAT LAKES. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Cemisca LLC Houston, TX | A | $149,007 | paid | DEVELOPING LOWER COST MEMBRANES WITH IMPROVED FLUX AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE STABILITY. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | 490 Bio Tech Inc Knoxville, TN | A | $122,074 | paid | EXAMINING ANTI-CANCER THERAPEUTICS WITH DOWNSTREAM APPLICATIONS TO OTHER DRUGS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | A | $118,554 | paid | STUDIES MICROGRAVITYS EFFECTS ON THE GENERATION OF SPECIALIZED HEART MUSCLE CELLS DEVELOPED FROM ADULT CELLS THAT WERE ALTERED TO REINSTATE CHARACTERISTICS OF STEM CELLS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Ubiquitilink Inc Falls Church, VA | A | $110,000 | paid | SEEKS TO VERIFY AND VALIDATE THE TECHNICAL VIABILITY OF A SPACE-BASED CELL TOWER TO PROVIDE CELL ACCESS TO AREAS ON EARTH THAT CURRENTLY HAVE NO CONNECTIVITY TO GROUND-BASED TOWERS, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO ENABLE REAL-TIME GLOBAL CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS ANYWHERE ON EARTH. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | United States Army Center for Environmental Health Fort Detrick, MD | U | $85,000 | paid | IDENTIFIES THE MOLECULAR FOUNDATIONS OF TISSUE HEALING THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO SPACEFLIGHT-INDUCED STRESS, POTENTIALLY REVEALING BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT PATHWAYS FOR WOUND HEALING THERAPIES. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | A | $83,500 | paid | ESTABLISHING 3D MICRO PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEM TO TEST EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY BONE LOSS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | H Nu Photonics LLC Kahului, HI | A | $75,000 | paid | THE BCSL WILL AUTOMATE CELL CULTURE EXPERIMENTS, INCLUDING MICROFLUIDICS AND MICROSCOPY. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Orion's Quest Plymouth, MI | A | $72,895 | paid | ESTABLISHING PROGRAMS TO CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO EXCEL IN MATH AND SCIENCE. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | University of Florida Board of Trustees Gainesville, FL | A | $72,853 | paid | IMPROVE MICROFLUIDIC PROCESSING BY STUDYING THE INSTABILITY OF LIQUID INTERFACES IN SPACE | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Lux Labs Inc Cambridge, MA | A | $70,704 | paid | TESTS CONDITIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AN OPTICAL MATERIAL WITH THE ABILITY TO CONTROL LIGHT BASED ON THE ANGLE OF PROPAGATION, WHICH HAS APPLICATIONS IN OPTICAL FILMS, SOLAR POWER, AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Micro-Grx Incorporated Orlando, FL | A | $70,000 | paid | VALIDATING LAB-ON-A-CHIP BY MONITORING CHANGES IN SPHEROID DIAMETER AND MEASURING GLUCOSE UPTAKE. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Axosim Technologies LLC New Orleans, LA | A | $70,000 | paid | DEMONSTRATE UTILITY OF A HUMAN NERVE-ON-A-CHIP AS PHYSIOLOGICAL MODEL OF MYELINATION. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Launchpad Medical LLC Co Masschallenge Boston, MA | A | $66,125 | paid | EVALUATING BONE HEALING AND THE RESPONSE OF OSTEOBLASTS TO TETRANITE IN MICROGRAVITY. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Nanoracks LLC Houston, TX | A | $62,800 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER SUPPORT OF THE NANORACKS EXTERNAL PLATFORM AND FLIGHT PROJECTS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Twin Cities Public Television Saint Paul, MN | A | $55,000 | paid | TWIN CITIES PBS WILL CREATE AND IMPLEMENT SCIGIRLS IN SPACE, A NATIONAL PBS KIDS TELEVISION SERIES, FEATURING GIRLS AND FEMALE NASA/CASIS FEMALE SCIENTISTS AND ASTRONAUTS | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Houston, TX | A | $51,384 | paid | NANOFLUIDICS STUDY TO DEVELOP A REMOTELY CONTROLLED, TUNABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Masschallenge Inc Boston, MA | A | $50,000 | paid | SELECTION AND AWARDING OF PROJECTS THROUGH THE MASSCHALLENGE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | A | $50,000 | paid | ZERO ROBOTICS, A CO-SPONSORED EDUCATION PROGRAM | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | T2 Science and Math Education Consultants League City, TX | A | $50,000 | paid | STORY TIME FROM SPACE AND SCIENCE TIME FROM SPACE IS PROGRESSING THROUGH ITS DEVELOPMENT AND IS AT THE NEXT CRITICAL STEP TO DEVELOP AND TEST CURRICULUM SUPPORT MATERIALS, EDIT ON-ORBIT VIDEOS, AND INTEGRATE THESE COMPONENTS WITH THE STFS WEBSITE. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Novawurks Inc Los Alamitos, CA | A | $50,000 | paid | DESIGNS AND DEMONSTRATES IN-ORBIT ASSEMBLY AND DEPLOYMENT OF A HYPER-INTEGRATED SATELLITE THAT PROVIDES COMPLETE SATELLITE FUNCTIONALITY IN A NANOSATELLITE-SCALE PACKAGE TO REDUCE COSTS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | A | $48,157 | paid | STUDIES THE FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GEOMETRY AND PROCESS OF BUBBLE FORMATION DURING EVAPORATION IN NANOPARTICLES, A PROCESS THAT MAY ENABLE FUTURE DRUG DEVELOPMENT, WATER PURIFICATION, AND OTHER DIVERSE PURSUITS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Upstream Pbc Inc Alameda, CA | A | $46,005 | paid | LEVERAGES REMOTE SENSING DATA FROM THE ISS TO EXPAND THE CAPABILITIES OF A PLATFORM ENABLING AUTOMATED MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF COTTON PRODUCTION-RELATED WATER USE. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System Milwaukee, WI | A | $41,697 | paid | EXAMINES EFFECTSON COTTON PLANT GROWTH AND ROOT BEHAVIOR FROM THE STRESS OF MICROGRAVITY TO UNDERSTAND MOLECULAR CAUSES OF COTTON'S RESPONSE TO LIMITED WATER AVAILABILITY, TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF COTTON PLANTS THAT USE WATER MORE EFFICIENTLY. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Aphios Corporation Woburn, MA | A | $39,976 | paid | EXAMINES NANOPARTICLE BEHAVIOR IN MICROGRAVITY, TOWARD INVESTIGATING THE MANUFACTURE OF TARGETED NANOPARTICLES THAT ENCAPSULATE DRUGS IN TINY CELL-LIKE BUBBLES CALLED NANOSOMES TO TREAT ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DISEASES. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Amplyus LLC Cambridge, MA | A | $39,600 | paid | STUDENTS DESIGN A PIONEERING DNA EXPERIMENT FOR THE ISS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | University of Alaska Anchorage, AK | A | $32,500 | paid | EXAMINES GENETICALLY ENGINEERED E. COLI IN MICROGRAVITY TO UNDERSTAND METABOLIC PATHWAYS INVOLVED IN BACTERIAL PRODUCTION OF ISOBUTENE, USED IN PETROCHEMICAL PROCESSES. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Orbit Fab Inc Santa Clara, CA | A | $26,075 | paid | TESTS THE FUNCTIONALITY OF A TANKER THAT CAN REFUEL SPACECRAFT IN ORBIT FROM A COLLAPSIBLE FUEL TANK, WHICH CAN BE LAUNCHED COMPRESSED AND THEN FILLED IN ORBIT. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | National Jewish Health Denver, CO | A | $23,411 | paid | DEMONSTRATES A NOVEL PATENTED PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE TO IMPROVE COLLECTION OF SYNOVIAL FLUID FROM JOINTS AND COMPARES BLOOD AND SYNOVIAL FLUID SAMPLES ISS CREW MEMBERS, HEALTHY SUBJECTS ON EARTH, AND PATIENTS WITH A SPINAL CORD INJURY TO IDENTIFY BIOMARKERS OF CARTILAGE HEALTH. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Magnitudeio Inc Berkley, CA | A | $20,000 | paid | RUNNING EXPERIMENTS ONBOARD THE ISS WHILE CLASSROOMS RUN EARTH-BASED VERSIONS OF THE SAME EXPERIMENT. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Zaiput Flow Technologies LLC Cambridge, MA | A | $19,000 | paid | EXPLORING EFFECTS OF GRAVITY ON ZAIPUT'S DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS SEP. IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Craig Technologies Cape Canaveral, FL | A | $18,585 | paid | FLIGHT HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT UTILIZING ADDITIVE MFG. TECH & FLIGHT TEST PLATFORM. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Oncolinx Pharmaceuticals LLC Boston, MA | A | $16,000 | paid | EVALUATES NEW ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES THAT COMBINE AN IMMUNE-ACTIVATING CANCER DRUG AND ANTIBODIES THAT TARGET CANCER CELLS, INCREASING CHEMOTHERAPY EFFECTIVENESS AND REDUCING SIDE EFFECTS. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Huron City Schools Huron, MA | A | $13,642 | paid | HURON WILL ESTABLISH A SCHOOL SPACE LEARNING LAB, TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN AND EXPLORE WITH THE ISS. THIS SUPPORTS CASIS EDUCATION MISSION. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Museum of Aviation Foundation Inc Warner Robins, GA | A | $11,100 | paid | THE MUSEUM OF AVIATION WILL INSTALL AN ISS VIRTUAL TOUR DISPLAY, TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THE ISS ITS FACILITIES FOR SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS. THIS SUPPORTS CASIS EDUCATION MISSION. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | The Bionetics Corporation Yorktown, VA | A | $5,051 | paid | COMPLETE PHASE II OF MITEGEN PLATE REDESIGN PER ATTACHED TASK/BUDGET/SCHEDULE | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | President Ford Field Service Council Landsing, MI | A | $5,000 | paid | EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TO SUPPORT STUDENT EXPERIMENTS AND PROGRAM-LEVEL ACTIVITIES | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Synerge LLC Titusville, FL | A | $1,309 | paid | INVESTIGATION OF MUTUALISTIC PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS IN MICROGRAVITY. | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Physical Science Grants | U | $0 | paid | PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Technology Development Grants | U | $0 | paid | TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Remote Sensing Grants | U | $0 | paid | REMOTE SENSING | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Sponsorship Grants | U | $0 | paid | SPONSORSHIPS | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Stemeducation Grants | U | $0 | paid | STEM/EDUCATION | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Life Science Grants | U | $0 | paid | LIFE SCIENCES | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Implementation Partner Grants | U | $0 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER | 201910429349300206 |
| 2018 | Prior Year Refunds | U | -$5,868 | paid | PRIOR YEAR REFUNDS | 201910429349300206 |
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