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Grants paid by Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc, tax year 2020
EIN 27-5410763 · Merritt Island, FL · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE U05
In tax year 2020, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc (EIN 27-5410763) reported 48 grants paid totaling $4,590,567. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Regents of the University of Colorado Denver, CO | A | $577,828 | paid | EXAMINE HOW A MICROSCOPIC ROUNDWORM COMMON IN SOIL GROWS AND BEHAVES IN MICROGRAVITY TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AS A BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL SOLUTION. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Techshot Inc Greenville, IN | A | $450,448 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER TO SUPPORT PRINICIPAL INVESTIGTOR IN MISSION INTEGRATIONS & OPS | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Zin Technologies Inc Middleheights, OH | A | $365,936 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Houston, TX | A | $335,537 | paid | LEVERAGES THE EXTREME ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE TO TEST THE PERFORMANCE OF FIVE PROPRIETARY CARBON FIBER MATERIALS, INCLUDING FORGED AND 3D-PRONTED CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES, DEVELOPED BY AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Boston University New Yor, NY | A | $197,240 | paid | THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND INSTALLATION OF A FLOW CHEMISTRY CUBELAB PLATFORM ON THE ISS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY ON A WIDE RANGE OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Colgate Palmolive Company Piscataway Nj, NJ | A | $173,792 | paid | USES A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE TO CREATE BACTERIAL BIOFILMS THAT SIMULATE DENTAL PLAQUE GROWING ON AN ENAMEL SURFACE TO EXAMINE THE MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEALTHY AND DISEASED ORAL MICROBIOME (COMMUNITY OF MICROBES IN THE ORAL CAVITY). | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Made in Space Inc Jacksonville, FL | A | $165,401 | paid | DEVELOP AND FLIGHT TEST AN AUTOMATED SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWTH CHAMBER FOR MICROGRAVITY PRODUCT MANUFACTURING AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE INDUSTRIAL CRYSTALLIZATION FACILITY (ICF) | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Regents of the University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN | A | $156,654 | paid | THIS PROJECT AIMS TO EXAMINE CHANGES IN A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR DIFFERENTIATION IN MOUSE STEM CELLS UNDER CONDITIONS OF MAGNETIC LEVITATION. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Kernal Biologics Inc Cambridge, MA | A | $139,430 | paid | THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO TEST CANDIDATE MESSENGER RNA MOLECULES TO IDENTIFY WHICH ARE BEST ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CANCER CELLS AND HEALTHY CELLS IN THE STRESSFUL MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT, TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW IMMUNOTHERAPY DRUGS TO TREAT LEUKEMIA. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Space Tango Inc Lexington, KY | A | $136,740 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL | A | $136,101 | paid | STUDIES PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS IN MICROGRAVITY TO IMPROVE DRUG DELIVERY METHODS AND TREATMENTS FOR DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Craig Technologies Merritt Island, FL | A | $118,584 | paid | ACCELERATES FLIGHT HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AND A FLIGHT TEST PLATFORM TO SUPPORT LOW EARTH ORBIT MISSIONS AND EXPERIMENTS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Clemson University Clemson, SC | A | $118,300 | paid | EXAMINES GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN COTTON PLANT TISSUES IN SPACEFLIGHT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN PLANT REGENERATION. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Twin Cities Public Television Saint Paul, MN | A | $107,000 | paid | ENGAGES YOUNG LEARNERS (AGES 2-8) IN READING AND HANDS-ON SCIENCE. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems Inc Houston Tx, TX | A | $105,260 | paid | EVALUATES PROTEIN STABILITY TO IMPROVE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN DISEASES. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System Milwaukee, WI | A | $101,265 | 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. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Masschallenge Inc Boston, MA | A | $100,000 | paid | MASS CHALLENGE STARTUP ACCELERATOR PROGRAM | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | A | $94,441 | paid | EVALUATES POTENTIAL THERAPIES TO TREAT AND PREVENT OSTEOPOROSIS AND OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS VIA A MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEM THAT MODELS HUMAN TISSUE. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | H Nu Photonics LLC Kahului, HI | A | $90,561 | paid | GROWS MADIN-DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELL CULTURES INFECTED WITH THE INFLUENZA VIRUS IN MICROGRAVITY TO EXPLORE THE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN VIRAL REPLICATION AND PRODUCTION, TOWARD CELL-BASED MANUFACTURING OF INFLUENZA VACCINES. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Upstream Pbc Inc Alameda, CA | A | $89,768 | 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. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Microquin Ltd Cambridge, MA | A | $86,350 | paid | THIS PROJECT AIMS TO CRYSTALLIZE A MEMBRANE PROTEIN THAT PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN TUMOR FORMATION AND CANCER SURVIVAL AND IS INVOLVED IN THE DISEASE PROGRESSION OF PARKINSONS, ALZHEIMERS, AND TYPE 2 DIABETES, TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TARGETED DRUGS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Axonis Therapeutics Inc North Cambridge, MA | A | $85,089 | paid | DEVELOP A ROBUST TRANSLATABLE MODELS FOR TESTING NOVEL GENE THERAPIES FOR DEBILITATING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Encapsulate LLC Farmington, CT | A | $74,100 | paid | PRECLININCALLY VALIDATE AN AUTOMATED TUMOR-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEM THAT CAN GROW PATIENT-DERIVED CANCER CELLS EX VIVO, FOR USE IN TESTING CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Pheronym Inc Alachua, FL | A | $58,593 | paid | THIS PROJECT AIMS TO CRYSTALLIZE A MEMBRANE PROTEIN THAT PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN TUMOR FORMATION AND CANCER SURVIVAL AND IS INVOLVED IN THE DISEASE PROGRESSION OF PARKINSONS, ALZHEIMERS, AND TYPE 2 DIABETES, TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TARGETED DRUGS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | A | $57,303 | 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. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | University of Alaska Anchorage, AK | A | $54,714 | paid | EXAMINES GENETICALLY ENGINEERED E. COLI IN MICROGRAVITY TO UNDERSTAND METABOLIC PATHWAYS INVOLVED IN BACTERIAL PRODUCTION OF ISOBUTENE, USED IN PETROCHEMICAL PROCESSES. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation Kensington, MD | A | $50,000 | paid | EDUCATES STUDENTS THROUGH RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES INVOLVING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Aphios Corporation Woburn, MA | A | $47,367 | 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. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago Il, IL | A | $42,915 | paid | SYNTHESIZES NEW TYPES OF SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS ON THE ISS THAT ARE NONTOXIC AND CAN BE GROWN AT A FASTER RATE THAN OTHER SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | A | $40,000 | 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. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne Fl, FL | A | $37,452 | paid | TESTS HOW THE HARSH SPACE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTS A NOVEL CHARGE INJECTION DEVICE SENSOR FOR EARTH AND SPACE IMAGING THAT READS LIGHT FROM EACH PIXEL INDEPENDENTLY, ALLOWING THE DIRECT IMAGING OF FAINT OBJECTS NEXT TO BRIGHT OBJECTS WITHIN THE SAME FRAME. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Stanford University Stanford Ca, CA | A | $30,593 | paid | LEVERAGES MICROGRAVITY TO IMPROVE THE SYNTHESIS OF COPPER INDIUM SULFIDE (CUINS2) SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS, TOWARD DEVELOPING HIGHER-EFFICIENCY AND MORE ECONOMIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES FOR SOLAR ENERGY | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance LLC Houston, TX | A | $23,201 | paid | TEST THE ACCELERATED AGING EFFECTS OF SPACE TEMPERATURES AND RADIATION ON THERMOGRAPHIC PHOSPHOR POWDERS AND PHOSPHOR COMPOSITES. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Orbital Sidekick Inc San Francisco, CA | A | $22,500 | 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. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Kbr Wyle Services LLC Houston, TX | A | $22,317 | paid | ANALYZES SWAB SAMPLES OF 1,000 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE ISS TO EXPLORE THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BACTERIA AND THEIR METABOLITES (CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY BACTERIAL GROWTH). | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | University of Toledo Cleveland, OH | A | $21,247 | paid | PRODUCES LARGER AND HIGHER-QUALITY CRYSTALS OF THREE MEDICALLY RELEVANT PROTEINS, TOWARD STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF THE PROTEINS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Lux Labs Inc Cambridge, MA | A | $19,640 | 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. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | First the Seed Foundation Alexandria Va, VA | A | $19,400 | paid | INVESTIGATE HOW THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT OF LOW EARTH ORBIT AFFECTS TOMATO SEEDS AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT ABILITY TO GERMINATE INTO PLANTS ON EARTH. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | A | $17,500 | paid | THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO TEST ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION, A PROCESS USED TO FORM THIN METAL FEATURES ON CONDUCTIVE SURFACES TO SEE WHETHER BETTER STRUCTURES CAN BE ACHIEVED. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | 1drop Diagnostics US Inc Boston, MA | A | $15,000 | paid | TESTS THE EFFECTS OF CAPILLARY FLOW ON FLUIDS, TOWARD IMPROVING THE DESIGN OF MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS USED IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS THAT COULD LEAD TO TIME AND COST SAVINGS. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Astrileux Corporation Oakland, CA | A | $5,000 | paid | DEVELOPS NEW SMALLER EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET OPTICS THAT WILL PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR OPTICAL SYSTEMS USED IN SOLAR RADIATION IMAGING, GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES, AND SATELLITES. | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Life Science Grants | U | $0 | paid | LIFE SCIENCES | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Technology Development Grants | U | $0 | paid | TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Facility | D | $0 | paid | FACILITY | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Implementation Partners | U | $0 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Physical Science Grants | U | $0 | paid | PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Remote Sensing Grants | U | $0 | paid | REMOTE SENSING | 202140579349300724 |
| 2020 | Education | U | $0 | paid | EDUCATION | 202140579349300724 |
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