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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| IGF::OT::IGF|!#^SAMPLES | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $19,177 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541712 | R425SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL | Jan 16, 2015 | Jan 16, 2015 | Feb 27, 2015 | ||
| THIS TASK WILL PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING TRAINING TO THE SSC ATLANTIC WORKFORCE IN THE FORM OF TECHNICALLY FOCUSED AND TARGETED SUBJECT MATTER. THE COURSE CURRICULUMS WILL BE DEVELOPED BY THE APPROPRIATE UNIVERSITY(S) ON THE UNIVERSITY MAC CONTRACT, AND WILL BE DELIVERED IN A ONE WEEK TRAINING SESSION. TECHNICAL SUBJECT MATTER IS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE PWS | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $74,022 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | J070 | Sep 27, 2014 | Sep 27, 2014 | Sep 30, 2015 | ||
| THIS TASK WILL PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING TRAINING TO THE SSC ATLANTIC WORKFORCE IN THE FORM OF TECHNICALLY FOCUSED AND TARGETED SUBJECT MATTER. THE COURSE CURRICULUMS WILL BE DEVELOPED BY THE APPROPRIATE UNIVERSITY(S) ON THE UNIVERSITY MAC CONTRACT, AND WILL BE DELIVERED IN A ONE WEEK TRAINING SESSION. TECHNICAL SUBJECT MATTER IS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE PWS. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $74,022 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | J070 | Sep 27, 2014 | Sep 27, 2014 | Oct 24, 2015 | ||
| IGF::CL::IGF CARBON SAMPLE ANALYSIS | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $12,176 | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | — | 541711 | B526SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- OCEANOLOGICAL | Jun 16, 2014 | Jun 16, 2014 | Jun 30, 2015 | ||
| THE MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO) IS A CLIMATE FLUCTUATION FOUND IN THE EQUATORIAL REGIONS OF THE WORLD OCEANS THAT EFFECTS PRECIPITATION PATTERNS AND HAS INFLUENCES OVER MANY DIFFERENT WEATHER PHENOMENA. GENERALLY, THERE IS A 20-30 DAY PERIOD OF ENHANCED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, WHICH PROPAGATES EASTWARD FOLLOWED BY 20-30 DAYS OF REDUCED ACTIVITY AND CLEARER SKIES. THERE IS A STRONG LINK BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN DURING DIFFERENT STAGES OF ITS PROPAGATION WITH WARMER WATERS GENERALLY INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THIS INCREASE IN ACTIVITY COOLS THE SURFACE OCEAN, WHICH IS UNFAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND CLEARER SKIES BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALLOWING FOR OCEAN TEMPERATURES TO RISE AGAIN. THE MJO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING DROUGHT AND FLOODING CONDITIONS ACROSS INDONESIA, AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIATING AND AFFECTING OTHER CLIMATE EVENTS SUCH AS EL NI O/ LA NI A AND THE INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE. DEPENDING UPON WHICH PERIOD OF THE MJO IS OCCURRING, THE PATHS AND INTENSITIES OF CYCLONES IN MANY TROPICAL OCEANS CAN BE ALTERED BY THE EFFECTS OF THE MJO. IN THE TROPICAL OCEANS THERE ARE LARGE WAVES (KELVIN AND ROSSBY WAVES) THAT AFFECT THE STRUCTURE OF THE SURFACE OCEAN AND CHANGE HOW THE OCEAN HEATS AND COOLS AS WELL AS HOW IT INTERACTS WITH THE ATMOSPHERE. THESE WAVES ARE GENERALLY OBSERVED USING SATELLITE ALTIMETRY. THE MJO HAS BEEN SHOWN TO INITIATE THESE WAVES AS WELL AS INDIRECTLY INTERACT WITH THESE WAVES. THE AIR-SEA COUPLING OF THE MJO IS ALSO STUDIED USING SATELLITE ALTIMETRIC SEA SURFACE HEIGHT (SSH) DATA, WHICH IS AVAILABLE NOW MORE THAN 20+ YEARS WORTH OF DATA (TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1 AND JASON-2 ALTIMETRY), TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTION OF KELVIN AND ROSSBY WAVES WITH THE MJO. SALINITY IS OFTEN NEGLECTED BUT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN OCEAN DYNAMICS AND THERMODYNAMICS. UNDERSTANDING HOW SALINITY VARIES DURING CLIMATE VARIATIONS IS AN IMPORTANT THE MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION AND ITS INTERACTION WITH OCEAN TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AND STUDIED SINCE ITS DISCOVERY. HOWEVER, UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE MJO ON SSS FLUCTUATIONS DURING EACH STAGE OF THE PROPAGATION IS IMPORTANT. SALINITY MAY INFLUENCE SURFACE OCEAN DYNAMICS AND WILL PROVIDE BETTER REPRESENTATION OF THE MJO IN CLIMATE MODELS IF INCLUDED. NASA LAUNCHED AQUARIUS/SAC-D SALINITY MISSION ON JUNE, 10 2011. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO DETERMINE WHETHER AQUARIUS SALINITY MISSION, WILL BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE VARIABILITY AND ON WHAT TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES. THE EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE THE ADVANCEMENT IN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MJO DYNAMICS AND INITIATION PROCESSES NECESSARY FOR IMPROVING MJO SIMULATION AND PREDICTION CAPABILITY THAT DELIVER CLIMATE PREDICTION AND ASSESSMENT PRODUCTS ON INTRASEASONAL TIMESCALES FOR RISK MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING. THIS RESEARCH FALLS WITHIN THE NASA PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH, WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAM (WCRP) OBJECTIVES; SPECIFICALLY THE WCRP SPONSORED YEAR OF TROPICAL CONVECTION/MJO TASK FORCE (YOTC/MJOTF), AND COMPLEMENTS THE FIELD CAMPAIGN OF DYNAMICS OF THE MADDEN JULIAN OSCILLATION (DYNAMO) AND COOPERATIVE INDIAN OCEAN EXPERIMENT ON INTRA SEASONAL VARIABILITY (CINDY). THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY: (A) DETECTION OF THE MJO SIGNAL IN SEA SURFACE HEIGHT (SSH) DERIVED FROM SATELLITE ALTIMETRY IN THE TROPICAL INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS WITH EMPHASIS ON UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF SSH IN THE INITIATION, MAINTENANCE, AND PROPAGATION OF THE MJO. (B) INFLUENCE OF THE MJO ON THE SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS) IN THE TROPICAL INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS USING AQUARIUS SALINITY AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE FEEDBACK BETWEEN MJO AND SSS. (C) UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF THE MJO AND INTERACTION WITH THE EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION AND THE INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE VIA OCEAN SURFACE FEATURES. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $296,249 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | May 20, 2014 | May 20, 2014 | Jul 7, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF FOR OTHER FUNCTIONS - EVALUATION OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT MOTOR-VEHICLE CRASH PREVENTION PROGRAM | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $108,652 | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | — | 541690Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services | R499SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER | Feb 28, 2014 | Mar 3, 2014 | Jul 31, 2017 | ||
| SUMMARY: THE CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR SHORTCOMING FOR THE CURRENT ATMOSPHERE REVITALIZATION SYSTEM. THE STATE OF THE ART FOR SPACECRAFT OXYGEN RECOVERY IS THE CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION ASSEMBLY (CRA) CURRENTLY IN USE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THE CRA EMPLOYS A SABATIER REACTOR TO RECOVER OXYGEN BY REDUCING THE METABOLIC CARBON DIOXIDE. HOWEVER, THE CRA RECOVERS LESS THAN 50% OF THE OXYGEN PRESENT IN THE CARBON DIOXIDE STREAM. NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES ARE DESIRED SO THAT THE OXYGEN RECOVERY RATE CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED TO AT LEAST 75% OR HIGHER, THEREBY APPROACHING FULL CLOSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE REVITALIZATION LOOP. IN THIS PROJECT, DIRECT CARBON DIOXIDE ELECTROLYSIS VIA MICROTUBULAR SOLID OXIDE CELL TECHNOLOGY IS PROPOSED TO ACHIEVE HIGH OXYGEN RECOVERY RATES. THE MAJOR RESEARCH OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: 1) IDENTIFICATION AND INNOVATION OF OXIDE FUEL ELECTRODE MATERIALS FAVORING CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION REACTION; 2) FABRICATION OF OXIDE FUEL ELECTRODE-SUPPORTED MICROTUBULAR CELLS WITH THIN FILM ELECTROLYTE; 3) DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSITE OXYGEN ELECTRODE THAT HAS BOTH HIGH BULK CONDUCTIVITY AND HIGH SURFACE CATALYTIC PROPERTY; 4) FABRICATION OF NOVEL PLATINUM NANOWIRE-NETWORK CURRENT COLLECTORS; 5) ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY TEST OF MICROTUBULAR CELLS. THE IN-HOUSE DESIGNED ORIFICE SPINNERET SYSTEM WILL BE UTILIZED TO EXTRUDE MICROTUBULAR CELLS WITH CAPABILITY OF MASS PRODUCTION. VACUUM-ASSISTED SPRAY TECHNIQUE WILL BE USED TO FABRICATE THIN FILM ELECTROLYTE. THE RECENTLY DEVELOPED LOW TEMPERATURE CO-SINTERING APPROACH WILL BE USED TO DENSIFY THIN FILM ELECTROLYTE WHILE MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT POROSITY OF OXIDE SUBSTRATE. THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY RELAXATION MEASUREMENT WILL BE EMPLOYED TO EXTRACT THE BULK CONDUCTIVITY AND SURFACE EXCHANGE KINETIC COEFFICIENT FOR ELECTRODE MATERIALS. THE HIGH PERFORMANCE NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITE ELECTRODES WILL BE FABRICATED BY INFILTRATION, COMBINING THE HIGH BULK CONDUCTING MATERIAL WITH HIGH SURFACE EXCHANGE KINETIC MATERIAL TOGETHER. THE CARBON-SUPPORTED PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES TOGETHER WITH VACUUM SPRAY WILL BE USED TO FABRICATE NANOWIRE NETWORK CURRENT COLLECTORS. THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE OXIDE FUEL ELECTRODE-SUPPORTED MICROTUBULAR CELLS WITH NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODE AND CURRENT COLLECTORS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ELECTROLYSIS INCLUDE INCREASED CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION REACTION SITES, IMPROVED REDOX STABILITY, REDUCED OHMIC RESISTANCE LOSS AND ELECTRODE POLARIZATION RESISTANCE LOSS, IMPROVED THERMAL CYCLING STABILITY, AS WELL AS REDUCED MASS, VOLUME, AND POWER. THEREFORE THE PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY OF SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS CELLS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED. THE OXYGEN RECOVERY RATES CAN BE CONTROLLED BY MERELY CHANGING THE CURRENT/VOLTAGE APPLIED ON THE MICROTUBULAR CELLS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A HIGHLY EFFICIENT OXYGEN RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY FROM DIRECT CARBON DIOXIDE ELECTROLYSIS WITH REDUCED MASS, VOLUME AND POWER, WHICH CAN FULFILL FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION NEEDS BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL OBTAIN SUSTAINABILITY FOR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM (ECLSS) BY OPERATING SOLID OXIDE CELL IN ELECTROLYSIS MODE FOR OXYGEN RECOVERY AND FUEL CELL MODEL FOR POWER GENERATION ALTERNATIVELY, THEREFORE CLOSING THE ATMOSPHERE REVITALIZATION LOOP FOR FUTURE ECLSS. THE TRANSFORMATIVE MERIT OF THIS PROJECT IS IN THE FACT THAT IT WILL BRING INNOVATIVE ADVANCEMENTS OF THE SOLID OXIDE CELL TECHNOLOGY, THEREFORE ACCELERATING COMMERCIALIZATION OF CLEAN ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY BEYOND THE NASA APPLICATION SUCH AS MILITARY AND CIVIL APPLICATIONS. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Oct 30, 2013 | Nov 1, 2013 | Nov 7, 2013 | ||
| ANALYTICAL&TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $0 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | AF13EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, & SOCIAL SVCS R&D SVCS; EDUC SVCS R&D; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Aug 12, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 | Sep 30, 2013 | ||
| THIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES PROPOSED TASKS IN SUPPORT OF NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER S (GRC S) EFFORTS IN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS). THE WORK WAS BEGUN AS NASA GRANT # NNX12AD53G WHILE THE PI WAS AT OHIO UNIVERSITY. SINCE 16 AUGUST 2012, THE PI HAS TRANSFERRED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, HENCE THIS PROPOSAL IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL (SUBMITTED IN OCTOBER 2012). THE TASKS DESCRIBED HERE SPAN THREE DISTINCT BUT RELATED AREAS: AIR-GROUND (AG) CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES L- AND C-BAND PROPAGATION CHANNEL MODELING; UAS AIR INTERFACE SPECIFICATION AND EVALUATION; AND COMPUTER SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT. DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY-AUGUST 2012, INITIAL WORK WAS CONDUCTED ON PROPAGATION MEASUREMENT AND MODELING, AND ON AIR INTERFACE EVALUATION. THREE REPORTS WERE SUBMITTED TO NASA ON THIS WORK. IN ADDITION, A FINAL CLOSEOUT REPORT, REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER OF THE GRANT FROM OHIO UNIVERSITY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WAS ALSO SUBMITTED ON 5 SEPTEMBER 2012. THE TASKS AS LISTED REMAIN LARGELY THE SAME AS IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. THESE TASK AREAS ARE FIRST DESCRIBED IN A SUMMARY PARAGRAPH EACH, THEN AN APPROXIMATE CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF TASK ACTIVITIES IS PROVIDED. A BUDGET WILL BE SENT AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $655,487 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Sep 28, 2012 | Sep 28, 2012 | Nov 27, 2016 | ||
| ANALYTICAL&TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $144,870 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | AF13EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, & SOCIAL SVCS R&D SVCS; EDUC SVCS R&D; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Sep 22, 2012 | Sep 22, 2012 | Sep 30, 2013 | ||
| SOIL MOISTURE DERIVED USING PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING IS A RELIABLE HYDROLOGICAL PRODUCT THAT IS USED IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HYDROLOGY, LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS, METEOROLOGY AND AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS. HOWEVER, THE SPATIAL SCALE OF THE RADIOMETER DERIVED SOIL MOISTURE IS INADEQUATE FOR THESE AND MANY OTHER SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS. THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL WILL USE VEGETATION AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA AT A HIGHER SPATIAL RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO DISAGGREGATE THE SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVED USING A RADIOMETER. THIS DISAGGREGATED SOIL MOISTURE PRODUCT WILL BE AT SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 1-10 KM AND HELP IN APPLICATIONS AS COMPARED TO THE 10S OF KILOMETERS (30-60KM) AS SOIL MOISTURE DERIVED FROM RADIOMETER DATA. IN OUR PROPOSAL, WE WILL USE THE THEORY OF THERMAL INERTIA AND SATELLITE SENSOR DERIVED VEGETATION AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA TO DOWNSCALE PASSIVE MICROWAVE SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS OVER THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. THIS PROPOSAL IS IN TWO PARTS. IN THE FIRST PART WE WILL USE EXISTING MODIS VEGETATION AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA TO DOWNSCALE AMSR-E SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS. IN THE SECOND PART WE USE MODIS VEGETATION INDEX AND GOES SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO DOWNSCALE RETRIEVALS USING THE SMAP TESTBED ALGORITHM DATA SET. THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVE THE METHODOLOGY ON THE EXISTING ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER (AMSR-E) SATELLITE DATA SETS AND WILL BE APPLIED FOR FUTURE SOIL MOISTURE MISSIONS. SPECIFICALLY WE CAN USE THIS ALGORITHM ON THE SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MISSION (SMAP) THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED BY NASA IN 2015. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $695,223 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Sep 10, 2012 | Aug 16, 2012 | Dec 31, 2018 | ||
| NEW AND EMERGING SATELLITE MISSIONS WILL SOON PRODUCE A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE HYDROSPHERE THAN EVER BEFORE. IT IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME TO SYNTHESIZE THE CURRENT STATUS OF HYDROLOGIC REMOTE SENSING AND DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY NEXT STEPS FOR THE STUDY OF THE WATER CYCLE. TARGETED AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE PRECIPITATION, SNOW AND COLD REGIONS, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION. THESE TOPICS AREAS ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH NEW OR UPCOMING NASA AND INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE MISSIONS, AND APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVES ARE SOUGHT TO SUMMARIZE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL STUDY OF THE WATER CYCLE. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $22,917 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Apr 19, 2012 | Mar 12, 2012 | Nov 22, 2013 | ||
| BPA CALL ORDER AGAINST BPA BBG50-A-11-0472 IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000.00 | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $15,000 | UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA, BBG | UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA, BBG | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | T006PHOTO/MAP/PRINT/PUBLICATION- FILM/VIDEO TAPE PRODUCTION | Oct 28, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | Dec 31, 2011 | ||
| DIVISION: IDD PPA: IGD THRUST: IGD PROGRAM: INCIDENT MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE PROJECT: OVERHEAD IMAGERY DATA PERFORMER: TBD APPROPRIATION YEAR: FY11 (13 FUNDS) BUDGET AUTHORITY: THREE-YEAR R&D FUNDS PROJECT MANAGER + PHONE: BRUCE DAVIS, 202-254-5893 SETA + PHONE: SHAKIA DORSEY, 202-254-8616 ALC: 70-08-1513 APPS: 70130800 | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $245,022 | OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | — | 541690Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services | AJ41 | Sep 28, 2011 | Sep 28, 2011 | Feb 28, 2017 | ||
| NEODYMIUM (ND) ANALYSES | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $34,750 | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | R699SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: OTHER | Sep 1, 2011 | Sep 1, 2011 | Sep 5, 2014 | ||
| DNA SEQUENCING | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $23,940 | US TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | B529SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SCIENTIFIC DATA | Aug 30, 2011 | Sep 1, 2011 | Aug 31, 2012 | ||
| THIS PROPOSAL BUILDS UPON OUR PREVIOUS NASA-SPONSORED RESEARCH WHERE WE DEVELOPED BIOPHYSICAL HEAT BUDGET MODELS TO SUCCESSFULLY PREDICT THE BODY TEMPERATURES OF MARINE ORGANISMS USING NASA REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS AS DATA INPUTS. LIKE MOST OTHER APPROACHES TO EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE SPECIES RANGE BOUNDARIES, OUR PRIOR RESEARCH FOCUSED LARGELY THE ROLE OF LETHAL LIMITS. HOWEVER, RECENT STUDIES HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT UNDERSTANDING SUBLETHAL PATTERNS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS MAY PLAY A KEY ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING THE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. FIRST, SOME SPECIES MAY BE "CLOSE TO THE EDGE" ALONG LARGE SECTIONS OF THEIR RANGE, SUGGESTING THAT SMALL CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE MAY LEAD TO LARGE CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION. SECOND, RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT RANGE LIMITS ARE NOT ALWAYS SET BY SHORT-DURATION, LETHAL EXPOSURES, BUT INSTEAD BY MORE CHRONIC EXPOSURES THAT LEAD TO IRREVERSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL DAMAGE. PREDICTING THE LIKELY ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DEMANDS THAT WE MOVE BEYOND THE ROLE OF LETHAL LIMITS IN SETTING SPECIES RANGE BOUNDARIES. THE USE OF NASA REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS TO PREDICT GLOBAL PATTERNS AND CHANGES OF ANIMAL BODY TEMPERATURE, THROUGH A COMBINATION OF BIOPHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS ALLOWS AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO FORECAST CHANGES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE GEOGRAPHIC RANGES OF THE MAJOR CONSTITUENTS OF COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. OUR MODELING APPROACH IS FLEXIBLE, ALLOWING FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES AND REGIONAL OR GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELING TO BE RAPIDLY INCORPORATED. FINALLY AND IMPORTANTLY, WE BASE OUR APPROACH ON A GENERAL MODEL OF THE EFFECTS OF BODY TEMPERATURE ON PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE AND TOLERANCE THAT IS APPLICABLE TO VIRTUALLY ANY ORGANISM IN ANY HABITAT AND THUS WE ANTICIPATE OUR RESULTS TO HAVE WIDE APPLICATION IN DEVELOPING APPROACHES TO FORECASTING BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO CHANGING CLIMATE. OUR PROPOSED RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. ALL ARE INDEPENDENT OF SPECIFIC SYSTEM I.E. THE RESULTS AND APPROACH ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE. ARE MODELS VALIDATED FOR ONE GEOGRAPHIC REGION OR TIME PERIOD APPLICABLE TO ALL OTHER REGIONS OF THE SPECIES# RANGE, AND ARE THEY TEMPORALLY INVARIANT? A FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTION OF MOST CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH IS THAT DETERMINANTS OF RANGE BOUNDARIES CAN BE EXTRAPOLATED IN SPACE AND TIME; YET, OUR RESULTS SUGGEST THAT SUCH STATIONARITY OR NICHE CONSERVATISM MAY BE FALSE. CAN WE PREDICT WHEN MODELS OF SPECIES# GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS WILL FAIL WHEN EXTENDED TO OTHER SPATIAL OR TEMPORAL DOMAINS? WE PREDICT THAT MODELS OF DISTRIBUTION WILL FREQUENTLY FAIL IF THE SPECIES HAS PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE CURVES SUGGESTIVE OF SIGNIFICANT THERMAL STRESS WELL BEFORE THE SPECIES# LETHAL THERMAL LIMIT. DOES A COMBINATION OF TIME-INTEGRATED PERFORMANCE METRICS SUCH AS PRODUCTIVITY WITH THERMAL LETHAL LIMITS INCREASE THE SUCCESS OF MODELS VALIDATED THROUGH HINDCASTS AND NOWCASTS IN ONE GEOGRAPHIC REGION WHEN EXTENDED TO OTHER SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DOMAINS? WE WILL TEST THIS PREDICTION USING BIVALVE SPECIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST. DATASETS OF DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS ARE AVAILABLE WITH WHICH TO TEST THIS PREDICTION THROUGH HINDCASTS AND NOWCASTS FROM OUR BODY TEMPERATURE MODELS BASED ON NASA R/S PRODUCTS. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $1,826,213 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Aug 29, 2011 | Aug 12, 2011 | Aug 31, 2017 | ||
| PA CALL ORDER | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $15,000 | UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA, BBG | UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA, BBG | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | R499SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER | Jul 26, 2011 | Aug 1, 2011 | Aug 5, 2011 | ||
| MARINE SCIENTIST-SEDIMENT TRAP EXPERIENC | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $68,258 | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | B517SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOLOGICAL | Jul 6, 2011 | Aug 1, 2011 | Jul 31, 2016 | ||
| DNA SEQUENCING 800 EGG SAMPLES | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $21,713 | NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | B599SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- OTHER | Jun 21, 2011 | Jun 21, 2011 | Aug 16, 2012 | ||
| BIO-OPTICAL MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF THE BEAUFORT AND CHUKCHI SEAS AS PART OF THE 2011-2013 ICESCAPE PROJECT WE PROPOSE TO MAKE FIELD MEASUREMENTS DURING THE 2011 ICECAPE CRUISE TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN OF OCEAN APPARENT AND INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES (AOP AND IOP), PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND COLORED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (CDOM) TO IMPROVE SATELLITE RETRIEVALS OF AOPS, IOPS, CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION (CHL-A), NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION (NPP) AND OTHER BIOGEOCHEMICAL VARIABLES THAT WILL BE USED IN THE DETECTION OF CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, NPP AND CDOM DYNAMICS IN THE BEAUFORT AND CHUKCHI SEAS. IN COLLABORATION WITH DR. CLAUDIA BENITEZ-NELSON, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WE WILL ACCOMPLISH BIOGEOCHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS OF SINKING PARTICLE FLUXES (PARTICLE EXPORT) USING 234TH-238U DISEQUILIBRIA AND ANALYSIS OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC AND PARTICULATE INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS TO EXAMINE NUTRIENT DYNAMICS ON SAMPLES COLLECTED DURING THE 2011, 30+ DAY, RESEARCH CRUISE. THE COMPREHENSIVE DATA FROM OUR GROUP, AND OTHER ICESCAPE PIS, WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP IMPROVED MODELS OF ARCTIC OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS AS WELL AS TO DEVELOP REGIONALLY PARAMETERIZED OCEAN COLOR SATELLITE ALGORITHMS. WE WILL THEN USE THESE IMPROVED ALGORITHMS AND MODELS TO CONSTRUCT TIMESERIES IN THE ARCTIC OF VALIDATED BIO-OPTICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL VARIABLES INCLUDING PRIMARY PRODUCTION USING THE>10 YEAR TIME SERIES OF OCEAN COLOR SATELLITE DATA THAT WILL BE SERVE AS A BASELINE FOR QUANTIFYING CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH WARMING OF THE ARCTIC BASIN. ALL DATA, MODELS AND TIME-SERIES PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO OTHER SCIENTIST, NASA AND THE PUBLIC TO ASSIST WITH UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A WARMING ARCTIC OCEAN. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $223,467 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Apr 11, 2011 | Feb 23, 2011 | May 22, 2014 | ||
| DEVELOPMENT OF TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $45,327 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541712 | C118 | Jan 14, 2011 | Feb 1, 2011 | Jan 31, 2012 | ||
| HOW IS REMOTE SENSING USED (OR NOT USED AND WHY) IN A DISASTER EVENT? IS THE REMOTE SENSING SUPPORT (MISSION CONTRACTS, PROCESSING OF DATA. ETC.) HANDLED WITHIN THE STATE-EOC OR ARE EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS USED? WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH USING (OR NOT USING) REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY? FOR INSTANCE, IF STATE LEVEL MANAGERS NEED INFORMATION ON DISASTER EFFECTS WITHIN THREE DAYS OF AN EVENT ARE IMAGERY COLLECTED 7 TO 10 DAYS LAYERS USEFUL?... AND IF SO, HOW? ARE THE FEDERAL EFFORTS FOR COLLECTING/SHARING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION/IMAGERY ADEQUATE/OR THE STATES/LOCAL OFFICES AND WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS? IN THIS PROJECT THE DEPARTMENT O/GEOGRAPHY GISCIENCES RESEARCH LABORATORY AT THE UNIVERSITY O/SOUTH CAROLINA (USC) PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A STATE-OF STATE IN GIS/RS USES AND ,SPATIAL DATA NEEDS FOR THE YEAR 20/1 IN ALL STATE-LEVEL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICES, SELECTED FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND A STRATIFIED-RANDOM SAMPLING OF COUNTIES. WE WILL USE A WEB-SURVEY METHOD USING THE WELL-KNOWN TAILORED DESIGN METHOD/OR GATHERING RELIABLE DATA AT APPRECIABLE RESPONSE RATES. IN ADDITION, WE WILL USE A FOLLOW-UP TELEPHONE CALL WITH GISCIENCE STAFF USC TO VALIDATE ANSWERS AND EXPLORE ISSUES IDENTIFIED. THIS SURVEY IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO NASA AS THEY BEGIN THEIR EFFORT IN DEFINING NASA'S ROLE IN THE FEDERAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO DHS-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS THEY DEVELOP INNOVATE APPROACHES TO GISCIENCE NEEDS OF FEDERAL AND STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSES TO DISASTERS. | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $87,536 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Oct 22, 2010 | Oct 22, 2010 | Nov 14, 2012 | ||
| OTHER DIRECT COSTS | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $960,646 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | U099EDUCATION/TRAINING- OTHER | Aug 6, 2010 | Aug 13, 2010 | Feb 21, 2014 | ||
| ANALYSIS OF FORAMINIFERS | SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $0 | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | — | 541690Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services | AD22 | May 25, 2010 | May 26, 2010 | Jun 25, 2010 |