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NASA Microgravity Biotechnology Awards Announced
NASA has announced 48 awards in microgravity biotechnology research. The selections, including 34 new projects and 14 continuation grants, were made from 165 proposals and total approximately $33 million. The total amount of the 48 awards was not available.
The research will permit researchers to Atake advantage of a low-gravity environment to improve understanding of fundamental physical and chemical processes associated with biotechnology,@ according to NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity Science and Applications.
The grants include 40 ground-based research projects and eight flight-definition efforts. Awards were made in 20 states and the District of Columbia. The table below presents the number of grants made in each state by academic institutions, businesses, non-profit organizations and federal facilities. A list of winning project titles and organizations can be downloaded from: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-217a.txt.
STATE
AWARDS
TOTAL
Academic
Company
Non-Profit
Federal
AL
8
3
2
0
3
CA
5
4
0
0
1
DC
1
0
0
0
1
FL
1
1
0
0
0
GA
1
1
0
0
0
IA
4
4
0
0
0
IN
1
1
0
0
0
MD
3
2
1
0
0
MA
1
1
0
0
0
MI
1
1
0
0
0
MO
1
1
0
0
0
MS
1
1
0
0
0
NC
2
2
0
0
0
NH
1
1
0
0
0
NY
2
1
0
1
0
OH
3
2
1
0
0
PA
1
1
0
0
0
TN
1
1
0
0
0
TX
7
5
0
1
1
VA
2
2
0
0
0
WI
1
1
0
0
0
TOTAL
48
36
4
2
6