The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $87,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  GAS GIANT EXOPLANETS IN SHORT-PERIOD ORBITS AROUND THEIR PARENT STAR -- THE ``HOT JUPITERS" -- ARE EXPOSED TO IONIZING RADIATION ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE MORE INTENSE THAN FOR SOLAR SYSTEM GAS GIANTS. ENERGETIC PHOTONS ABSORBED AT HIGH ALTITUDE HEAT AND IONIZE GAS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF ONE PLANET, HD 209458B, HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED BY THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. A NEW ERA OF COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF EXOPLANET UPPER ATMOSPHERES IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE WITH THE RENOVATED SPACE TELESCOPE IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH AND THE NEWLY INSTALLED COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPH. THE DENSITY AND PRESSURE OF IONIZED GAS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IS SO LOW THAT MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS BECOME IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THE ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE. THE PI AND CO-PI PROPOSE TO DEVELOP MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO DETERMINE THE DENSITY AND VELOCITY PROFILES FOR THE GAS, AND TO ASSESS THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN AND CLOSED MAGNETIC FIELD LINE REGIONS. A MICROPHYSICAL MODEL FOR THE IONIZATION STATE AND LEVEL POPULATIONS OF IMPORTANT ATOMIC SPECIES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE SIMULATIONS. THE MODELS FOR UPPER ATMOSPHERE STRUCTURE WILL BE USED AS INPUT FOR RADIATION TRANSFER CALCULATIONS TO DETERMINE THE ORBITAL PHASE-DEPENDENT LYMAN ALPHA FLUX. OUR PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FIND THAT LYMAN ALPHA REFLECTED OFF THE PLANET, AND DOPPLER SHIFTED BY ITS ORBITAL MOTION, MAY EXPLAIN THE OBSERVED LINE PROFILE FOR HD 209458B. DETAILED MONTE CARLO CALCULATIONS OF RESONANT SCATTERING INCLUDING REDISTRIBUTION IN ANGLE AND FREQUENCY WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LINE PROFILE AS A FUNCTION OF ORBITAL PHASE. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE TWO PROJECTS WILL DEVELOP A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE HUBBLE OBSERVATIONS OF EXTRASOLAR PLANET UPPER ATMOSPHERES.

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• $850,213 - Monday the 8th of September 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF FLIGHT CRITICAL SYTEMS FOR NEXTGEN AA INTEGRATED MODEL CHECKING AND SIMULATION OF NEXTGEN AUTHORITY AND AUTONOMY

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• $75,000 - Tuesday the 4th of October 2011
  Department Of Army
  W4PZ USA MED RSCH ACQUIS ACT
  BASE YEAR: PHASE II: 4 MULTI-STEP ASSAYS

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• $6,026 - Wednesday the 26th of October 2011
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR NORFOLK
  TELEPHONE SERVICE

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• $55,000 - Tuesday the 18th of September 2012
  National Institutes Of Health
  NIH, NLM, OD OA OA OFC ACQUISITIONS
  TAS::75 0884::TAS POTS # 12-007550 UROLOGY CONSULTANT FOR KUH POP: 09/01/2012 - 02/28/2013

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• $5,265 - Tuesday the 11th of August 2015
  Department Of Navy
  NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL
  TUITION AND FEES

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• $51 - Tuesday the 11th of August 2015
  Department Of Navy
  NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL
  TUITION AND FEES

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• $51 - Tuesday the 11th of August 2015
  Department Of Navy
  NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL
  TUITION AND FEES

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• $5,000 - Wednesday the 25th of January 2012
  Department Of Army
  W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR
  U433D70 -DIVERSIFICATION OF PROJECT PORTFOLIOS FOR NONSYSTEMATIC RISKS OF VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS., BAA #08-4386, TASK 3 FUNDING

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• $49,875 - Friday the 20th of January 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR SAN DIEGO
  TUITION AND FEES

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