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Grants paid by Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc, tax year 2024
EIN 27-5410763 · Merritt Island, FL · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE U05
In tax year 2024, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc (EIN 27-5410763) reported 48 grants paid totaling $5,914,104. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2024
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Regents of the University of Colorado Denver, CO | A | $972,528 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Redwire Space Technologies Inc Greenville, IN | A | $943,500 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Space Tango Inc Lexington, KY | A | $535,743 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | A | $423,958 | paid | STANFORD UNIVERSITY: THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO PRODUCE HIGH-QUALITY WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS WITH REDUCED DEFECTS FOR APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIES SUCH AS AVIATION, AUTOMOTIVE, AND COMMUNICATIONS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Nanoracks LLC Webster, TX | A | $405,913 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Oculogenex Inc La Habra, CA | A | $257,416 | paid | GENE THERAPY TO PREVENT SPACEFLIGHT ASSOCIATED OXIDATIVE STRESS AND APOPTOSIS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Axiom Space Houston, TX | A | $239,056 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | A | $231,968 | paid | STUDIES CARDIAC HEART MUSCLE CELLS TO INFORM FUTURE CLINICAL TREATMENTS, DISEASE MODELING, AND DRUG DISCOVERY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA | A | $225,000 | paid | THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO ENHANCE THE PRODUCTION AND VASCULARIZATION OF CARDIAC SPHEROIDS DERIVED FROM HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS TO IMPROVE DRUG SCREENING FOR HEART DISEASE. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Palo Alto Research Center Parc Palo Alto, CA | A | $199,813 | paid | SUSTAINABILITY - MICROGRAVITY SYNTHESIS OF AEROGEL COPOLYMERS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Tec-Masters Inc Huntsville, AL | A | $194,921 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance LLC Houston, TX | A | $94,513 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Carthage College Kenosha, WI | A | $80,830 | paid | THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS THE EMBEDDED TEACHERS PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO DESIGN EXPERIMENTS FOR A PARABOLIC FLIGHT, AND POSSIBLY THE ISS, TO RAISE STUDENT INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Revbio Inc Lowell, MA | A | $72,770 | paid | EXAMINES HOW A BONE-GRAFT ADHESIVE, TETRANITE, WORKS IN MICROGRAVITY TO ENABLE BONE CELLS CALLED OSTEOBLASTS TO ACCELERATE THE REPAIR OF BONE FRACTURES. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Amplyus LLC Cambridge, MA | A | $67,500 | paid | THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A PORTABLE BIOMANUFACTURING SYSTEM TO PRODUCE PROTEINS AND DO MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WITHOUT COSTLY BIOREACTORS, WHICH WOULD BENEFIT SPACE-BASED RESEARCH, HEALTH CARE IN SPACE AND ON EARTH, AND EDUCATION. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Axonis Lafayette, CA | A | $66,427 | paid | DEVELOPS A ROBUST TRANSLATABLE MODEL FOR TESTING NOVEL GENE THERAPIES FOR DEBILITATING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Arizona State University Tempe, AZ | A | $66,294 | paid | THIS PROJECT ENGAGES MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATORS IN A SERIES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS ON CURRICULA RELATED TO ISS RESEARCH LED BY SCIENTISTS FROM UNIVERSITIES THAT ARE PART OF THE ORBITAL REEF UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Leidos Inc Reston, VA | A | $66,060 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | A | $63,800 | paid | THIS PROJECT PROVIDES STUDENTS TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM FIELDS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN, BUILD, AND FLY AN ISS EXPERIMENT TO TEST DEPLOYMENT MECHANISMS FOR A LIGHT SAIL, A SMALL REFLECTIVE SAIL DRIVEN BY HIGH-POWER LASERS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | A | $60,000 | paid | ASSESSES MAGNESIUM ALLOYS FABRICATED IN MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE RESULTING ALLOYS HAVE FEWER DEFECTS AND IMPROVED MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES FOR USE IN AUTOMOTIVE, CONSTRUCTION, AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc Pittsburgh, PA | A | $60,000 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER FOR MULTIPLE FLIGHT PROJECTS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Lambdavision Farmington, CT | A | $52,500 | paid | THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE IN-SPACE PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL RETINASWHICH RESTORE VISION IN THOSE BLINDED BY RETINAL DEGENERATIONBY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FLUID MATERIALS THAT MUST BE LAUNCHED, LOWERING COSTS AND ENABLING LARGER-SCALE PRODUCTION. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Masschallenge Inc Boston, MA | A | $50,000 | paid | MASS CHALLENGE STARTUP ACCELERATOR PROGRAM | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Encapsulate LLC Farmington, CT | A | $49,400 | paid | USES AN ACCELERATED DISEASE MODEL TO PRECLINICALLY VALIDATE AN AUTOMATED TUMOR-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEM TO GROW PATIENT-DERIVED CANCER CELLS FOR TESTING CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Children's Museum of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | A | $40,022 | paid | CREATES EDUCATIONAL CONTENT TO INSPIRE STUDENTS THROUGH A SERIES OF VIDEOS THAT EACH FOCUS ON A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET AND EXPLORE THE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH BEING DONE ON THE ISS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Quest Institute for Quality Education San Jose, CA | A | $40,000 | paid | THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS A PROGRAM FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS TO DESIGN SPACE BIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS AND HELP DEVELOP THE HARDWARE FOR THE PROJECTS TO FLY TO THE SPACE STATION. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Creatorspace League City, TX | A | $40,000 | paid | THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS STUDENTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO BUILD AN ISS MODEL THAT MIMICS THE REAL ISS USING A PROCESS LIKE THAT USED BY ENGINEERS, HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS AND SPARKING INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Cornerstone Research Group Inc Miamisburg, OH | A | $40,000 | paid | THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO PRODUCE HIGH-QUALITY WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS WITH REDUCED DEFECTS FOR APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIES SUCH AS AVIATION, AUTOMOTIVE, AND COMMUNICATIONS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $32,329 | paid | DEVELOPS A HUMAN CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE CHIP SYSTEM TO EXAMINE MICROGRAVITYS EFFECTS ON HEART TISSUE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF HEART DISEASE ON EARTH AND ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW DRUGS TO TREAT HEART CONDITIONS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Science Friday Initiative Inc New York, NY | A | $29,440 | paid | THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS A MONTH-LONG ONLINE PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO APPLY ISS RESEARCH TO REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS TO INCREASE THEIR INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Flawless Photonics Inc Mountain View, CA | A | $27,657 | paid | EXAMINES THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ZBLAN OPTICAL FIBER IN SPACE. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | A | $27,359 | 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. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Pop Up Labs LLC Beaverton, OR | A | $24,665 | paid | EXPLORES THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY ON A MODULAR BIOCHEMICAL MANUFACTURING PLATFORM THAT ENABLES MEDICATION PRODUCTION USING A MEMBRANE-TO-MEMBRANE CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR SYSTEM RUNNING ON MINIMAL POWER. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Symphony Biosciences Los Angeles, CA | A | $22,500 | paid | THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO TEST A NEW CANCER THERAPEUTIC THAT HARNESSES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FLIGHT TUMORS AND PREVENT CANCER FROM SPREADING. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Colgate-Palmolive Piscataway, NJ | A | $19,235 | 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). | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Houston, TX | A | $14,980 | paid | STUDIES FLUID FLOW THOUGH VERY SMALL CHANNELS (NANOFLUIDICS) TO DEVELOP A REMOTELY CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT TO RELEASE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS OF A DRUG AND PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Association of Space Explorers Webster, TX | A | $14,000 | paid | THIS PROJECT CREATES A PROGRAM FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THE HUMAN AND GEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF EARTH IN THREE CONTEXTS: EARTH AS SEEN FROM SPACE, ASTRONAUTS AS A DIVERSE CREW, AND THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL | A | $13,050 | paid | STUDIES PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS IN MICROGRAVITY TO IMPROVE DRUG DELIVERY METHODS AND TREATMENTS FOR DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | A | $12,858 | paid | THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP DIGITAL VIDEO GAMES THAT TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HOW MICROGRAVITY AFFECTS FLUIDS IN THE HUMAN BODY, WITH THE AIM OF INCREASING INTEREST IN SPACE-FOCUSED CAREERS. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Institute of Competition Sciences San Francisco, CA | A | $12,425 | paid | THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS THE SPACE STATION TECHNOLOGY BADGE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT INCLUDES AN ONLINE COURSE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PITCH COMPETITION ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN ADVANCE INDUSTRIES IN SPACE AND ON EARTH. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Stewart Middle Magnet School STEM Boosters Club Inc Tampa, FL | A | $9,120 | paid | INTEGRATES STEM CONTENT FROM THE ISS NATIONAL LAB AND NASA INTO AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR USE BY STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL AND THE GREATER TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Magnitudeio Inc Albany, CA | A | $8,720 | paid | EXOLAB-10: CARBON FARMER | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Silver Spring, MD | A | $5,834 | paid | STUDIES THE EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY ON WOUND HEALING AND OBSERVES POST-MICROGRAVITY WOUND CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE WOUND HEALING TREATMENTS ON EARTH. | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Life Science Grants | U | $0 | paid | LIFE SCIENCES | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Implementation Partners | U | $0 | paid | IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Physical Science Grants | U | $0 | paid | PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Education | U | $0 | paid | EDUCATION | 202510509349301001 |
| 2024 | Technology Development Grants | U | $0 | paid | TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT | 202510509349301001 |
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