NASA Awards Arizona University Science Grants

It also supports research aimed
toward understanding the geochemical nature of the solar system's bodies, such
as planets, Earth's moon, satellites of the outer planets, and small bodies.

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The research also supports the Vision for Space Exploration , NASA's long-
term plan to return astronauts to the moon and extend exploration to Mars and
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WASHINGTON, NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Washington, selected three Massachusetts institutions for grants to support
the Applied Information Systems Research Program.
NASA solicited proposals for the program to seek innovative ideas for
applying advances in information science and technology to increase life cycle
effectiveness and efficiency of the Science Mission Directorate research
endeavors across all of its science programs.

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The program supports research to conduct laboratory studies of a variety
of extraterrestrial materials such as meteorites , cosmic dust, and lunar
samples, which are cosmochemical in nature.

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WASHINGTON, NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Solar System Division, Washington, selected two Arizona institutions for
grants to support the agency's Cosmochemistry Research Program.

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The research also supports the Vision for Space Exploration, NASA's long-
term plan to return astronauts to the moon and extend exploration to Mars and
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The program also covers cosmochemical studies concerned with the formation and
chemical development of the solar system.

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Organizations and maximum grant
values:

- University of Massachusetts, Amherst: $714,101
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge: $947,122
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge: $552,020

The program supports the application of emerging information technologies,
concepts, and methodologies to demonstrate their feasibility and potential
science return; informs missions and research disciplines of promising
techniques and capabilities worthy of broader application and/or further
development through full maturity.

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Institutions and maximum grant value:

- Arizona State University, Tempe: $611,000
- University of Arizona, Tucson: $494,000

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:

http://www.

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NASA Awards Massachusetts Information Systems Grants

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