The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $633,274 - Thursday the 26th of January 2012
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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• $63,012 - Thursday the 3rd of December 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  PI WILL COORDINATE EXTENSIVE ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF LIPID BIOCHEMICALS AND THEIR SEDIMENTARY TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS IN MODEM HYPERSALINE MICROBIAL MATS FROM EVAPORATION PONDS FROM GUERRERO NEGRO (MEXICO), FOR WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF SALINITY ETC ARE WELL CONSTRAINED. MODEM MARINE MICROBIAL MATS FROM HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS, AND THEIR RECALCITRANT LIPID BIO SIGNATURES, ARE IMPORTANT ANALOGS FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND THE BIOSPHERE IN PHOTO SYNTHETIC MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS THAT FLOURISHED ON THE SHALLOW SEAFLOOR IN THE PROTEROZOIC EON (2500-542 MILLION YEARS AGO) AND PROBABLY MUCH OLDER(AT LEAST 3500 MILLION YEARS OLD). HERE WE SEEK TO BROADEN OUR KNOWLEDGE OF EARLY DIAGENESIS(TRANSFORMATION) IN WELL-STUDIED HYPERSALINE CYANOBACTERIAL MATS AND THEIR UNDERLYING SEDIMENTS IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY LIPID BIOSIGNATURES AND THEIR MODE OF OCCURRENCE (SOLVENT-EXTRACTABLE OR CHEMICALLY BOUND) TO HELP EVALUATE: I) THE TAXONOMIC AFFINITIES OF PARENT SOURCE ORGANISMS, II)THE COMPLEXITY OF MICROBIAL MAT COMMUNITIES, AND , III) THE LIPID BIOMARKER STRUCTURES WHICH HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR PRESERVATION IN COMPARABLE ANCIENT PALEOENVIRONMENTS. PI WILL COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH COLLABORATORS AT NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER. THE UCR COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT EMPHASIZES CATALYTIC HYDROPYOLYSIS (HYPY) OF ISOLATED MICROBIAL CULTURES, ENVIRONMENTAL MATS AND THEIR LITHIFIED SEDIMENTARY PRODUCTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND LONG TERM PRESERVATION OF LIPID BIOMARKER SIGNALS IN THE ANCIENT ROCK RECORD. THIS IS A UNIQUE ANALYTICAL APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN PIONEERED BY PI'S RESEARCH GROUP, AND THE TECHNIQUE CAN RELEASE WELL-PRESERVED BIOMARKER STRUCTURES FROM THEIR CHEMICAL BINDING WITHIN INSOLUBLE SEDIMENTARY MACROMOLECULES AS WELL RELEASING BIOMARKER HYDROCARBONS FROM BIOMASS. APPROXIMATELY 30 HYPY EXPERIMENTS WILL BE PERFORMED IN EACH YEAR OF THE THREE (3) YEARS OF THE PROJECT ON SELECTED CATALYST-LOADED ISOLATED MICROBIAL CULTURES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATS. A FULL SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCEDURE ON BIOMASS AND SEDIMENTS IS REQUIRED AS A FIRST STEP FOR PREPARING SAMPLES FOR PYROLYSIS, AND EXTRACTABLE LIPIDS WILL BE ANALYZED IN PARALLEL WITH THOSE RELEASED BY HYPY. A GRADUATE STUDENT WILL WORK ON THE PROJECT FOR THREE (3) YEARS AND WILL BE TRAINED IN MOLECULAR ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES AT UCR AND AT NASA AMES. THE GRADUATE STUDENT WILL PERFORM ALL THE EXPERIMENTS AND CONDUCT PRODUCTS ANALYZES IN PI'S LAB AS THE BASIS OF THEIR PHD DISSERTATION PROJECT. PI WILL SUPERVISE THE GRADUATE STUDENT AND ASSIST WITH DATA INTERPRETATION AND PUBLICATION OF MANUSCRIPTS.

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• $5,000 - Wednesday the 28th of March 2012
  Environmental Protection Agency
  LAB - ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN CONTRACTING OFFICE
  PORTABLE EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (PEMS) CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP

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• $32,000 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  Forest Service
  OCHOCO NATIONAL FOREST
  IGF::CT::IGF CRITICAL FUNCTION CONTRACT FOR THE DELIVERY OF RESEARCH UNDER THE TITLE: STUDY OF STOMATAL REGULATION OF WATER USE

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• $124,200 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  MARTIAN OXIDANT IN THE FINAL YEAR OF MARTIAN OXIDANT PROJECT I WILL BE WORKING IN UC-RIVERSIDE, WHERE I HAVE BEEN WORKING AS A RESEARCH SCIENTIST SINCE JANUARY 1, 2012. I WILL: PREPARE MIXTURES OF POWDERED RED IRON(III) OXIDE AND POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE OF VARIOUS COMPOSITION IN THE RANGE FROM 1 TO 10% PERCHLORATE. CONDUCT TRIBOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS, BY GRINDING USING MORTARS AND PESTLES AND MECHANICAL BALL MACHINE THE ABOVE MIXTURES IN A DRY GLOVE BOX WITH AND WITHOUT CRYSTALLINE POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, AND FOR DIFFERENT DURATIONS; PERFORM SIMILAR OPERATIONS AT TEMPERATURES 20 C, 4 C AND -20 C USING THE INITIAL REAGENTS AT INDICATED TEMPERATURES; PERFORM QUALITATIVE DETERMINATION OF THE FORMATION OF IRON(VI) FERRATE. FOR THAT PURPOSE, DISSOLVE THE RESULTING MIXTURE IN A SATURATED SOLUTION OF POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SYNTHESIZE FERRATES BY TRIBOCHEMICAL METHODS USING AS STARTING MATERIAL PERCHLORATECONTAINING SOIL FROM THE ATACAMA DESERT (WE HAVE SAMPLES ALREADY IN PLACE); PREPARE AND SUBMIT THE FINAL REPORT TO NASA END OF YEAR. THE PRESENCE OF FERRATE WILL BE DISPLAYED BY PURPLE COLORATION, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH MOLAR EXTINCTION OF FERRATE (VI), 510 = 1150 M-1 CM-1) AND ITS STABILITY IN STRONG ALKALI. ANALYZE THE YIELD OF TRIBOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN TERMS OF THERMAL VS NON-THERMAL CONTRIBUTIONS, OUT OF THE TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE.

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• $10,000 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  Forest Service
  LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST
  IGF::CT::IGF CRITICAL FUNCTIONS UC RIVERSIDE (LEONARD NUNNEY XYLLELA LAB): DNA SCREEN UPTO 150 BIG LEAF MAPLE SAMPLES FOR, ISOLATE, AND ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE STRAIN OF THE BACTERIA XYLLELA FASTIDIOSA.

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