The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $49,953 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE EVOLVING ROLE OF VISUALIZATION IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION: GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE, WORKSHOPS AND VISIONARY GRANTS TO ADVANCE VISUALIZATION RESEARCH IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION TO SAY THAT VISUALIZATION PLAYS A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN BOTH THE DOING OF SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNICATING OF SCIENCE IS BOTH OBVIOUS AND ELUSIVE. THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND PROLIFERATION OF VISUALIZATIONENABLING TECHNOLOGIES HAS HAD PROFOUND AND FORMATIVE INFLUENCES ON HOW WE DO SCIENCE FROM THE USE OF MOLECULAR MODELLING IN UNDERSTANDING CHEMICAL STRUCTURE TO THE RENDERING OF ASTRONOMICAL DATA IN A VISUAL FORMAT. AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, MANY OF THE FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT VISUALIZATIONS REMAIN ELUSIVE: HOW DOES ONE DECIDE WHEN VISUALIZATION AIDS COMPREHENSION OR INHIBITS IT? WHAT ARE THERE UNDERLYING LESSONS FROM THE COGNITIVE AND LEARNING SCIENCES THAT CAN INFORM THE DESIGN OF EFFECTIVE VISUALIZATIONS IN SCIENCE AND SCIENCE EDUCATION, AND HOW CAN THEY BEST BE INFUSED INTO THE DESIGN OF VISUALIZATIONS? HOW WILL TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE PUSH THE COMPLEXITY OF VISUALIZATIONS AND CAN WE DEVELOP BEST PRACTICES TO PRESENT THESE VISUALIZATIONS TO LEARNERS AND RESEARCHERS ALIKE? IT IS THE EXPLORATION OF THESE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT, SINCE 1994, ANIMATES A UNIQUE COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS WHO MEET BIENNIALLY FOR THE GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE IN VISUALIZATION IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION (GRC-VSE HEREAFTER). THIS ECLECTIC AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF LEADING MEMBERS FROM MANY DISCIPLINES. THE COMMON LINKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ARE SHARED VISIONS AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NATURE OF VISUALIZATION AND THE EVOLVING ROLES THAT VISUALIZATIONS PLAY IN HOW SCIENCE IS DONE AND LEARNED. THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE ADDRESSES A RESEARCH GAP IN THE DUAL USE OF VISUALIZATION TOOLS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. OUR INCREASING ABILITY TO CREATE NEW KINDS OF VISUALIZATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION HAVE CREATED A NEED FOR SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH INTO HOW VISUALIZATIONS ARE PERCEIVED AND UNDERSTOOD AND FOR DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTING PRINCIPLES TO DESIGNERS AND PRACTITIONERS. LEARNING WITH VISUALIZATIONS IS NOT A GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS AN IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR IN THE LEARNING SCIENCES IS TO DISCOVER THE LIMITS OF VISUALIZATIONS, UNCOVER THE SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT PREPARE STUDENTS TO LEARN FROM VISUALIZATIONS AND, IMPORTANTLY, WHAT GOOD PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES ENHANCE LEARNING FROM VISUALIZATIONS. MOREOVER, CREATORS OF SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATIONS CAN TOO OFTEN BE GUIDED MORE BY A DESIRE TO EXPLOIT THE CAPABILITIES OF RENDERING AND ANIMATION THAN THEY ARE BY CONSIDERATIONS OF COGNITIVE AND LEARNING SCIENCES. THIS IS PARTLY A RESULT OF LACK OF COMMUNICATION AMONG THE RELEVANT COMMUNITIES AND PARTLY A RESULT OF THE NEED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH, WHICH REQUIRES ACTIVE COLLABORATION AMONG THE COMMUNITIES.

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• $227 - Thursday the 14th of June 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL
  TUITION AND FEES

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• $10,361 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WE PROPOSE TO IMPROVE ON THE VARIOUS IBL MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE OUR PREVIOUS WORK, INCLUDING OUR OWN, MAKING USE OF RECENT DEEP SURVEYS OF GALAXIES THAT HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF STAR FORMATION AND GALAXY EVOLUTION AT HIGH REDSHIFTS.1 THIS WILL ENABLE US TO BETTER DETERMINE THE EXPECTED ARCHAEO-IBL AND THUS THE !-RAY OPACITY OF THE UNIVERSE AT REDSHIFTS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE TO USE DEEP SURVEY DATA TO DEVELOP AN ANALYTICAL FORMAT TO FIT THE GALAXY LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS AS A FUNCTION OF REDSHIFT FROM THE IR TO THE UV WITH EMPHASIS ON THE UV, (E.G., OESCH ET AL. 2010). WE WILL ALSO CONSTRUCT AVERAGE IR-UV SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS (SEDS) FOR GALAXIES AT VARIOUS REDSHIFTS USING RECENT OBSERVATIONAL DATA. SUCH DATA ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR GALAXIES OUT TO A REDSHIFT OF 10 (HENRY, SIANA, MALKAN, ET AL. 2009; BOUWENS ET AL. 2008). IN ADDITION, WE WILL MAKE USE OF THE IMPORTANT RESULTS OF ONGOING OBSERVATIONS BY CO-I MALKAN (MM) (SEE SECT. 2). WE WILL THEREBY CONSTRUCT AN IBL MODEL THAT IS MOST CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE OBSERVATIONAL DATA. FROM THE IBL MODEL, WE CAN THEN DETERMINE THE !-RAY OPACITY AS A FUNCTION OF ENERGY AND REDSHIFT.

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