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