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  • CSRA to Support Grant Application Reviews for Texas Cancer Prevention Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Support Grant Application Reviews for Texas Cancer Prevention Research

    CSRA has received a potential five-year, $34 million recompete contract to help the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas review grant applications in efforts to advance cancer prevention research. The company said Thursday it will provide scientific management, information technology and administrative services as well as its Software-as-a-Service Grants Management platform to support CPRIT’s cancer research and prevention efforts. The platform includes the P2RMIS system that […] More

  • Life Length Receives CMS Certification, EU Grant for Biomarker Study - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Life Length Receives CMS Certification, EU Grant for Biomarker Study

    Telomere diagnostics firm Life Length has received an estimated $3.5 million grant from the European Union under the Horizon 2020 program to support the company’s clinical studies on a potential biomarker for cancer treatment. The Telomere Analysis Technology cellular health biomarker works to identify the biological health of cells, measure the effects of lifestyle programs and detect the risk and early onset of […] More

  • DHS Awards Cyber Training Course Development Grant to UTSA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Awards Cyber Training Course Development Grant to UTSA

    A team led by the University of Texas at San Antonio has received a $3 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security under the agency’s Continuing Training Grants program to develop and deliver cybersecurity training courses. UTSA said Tuesday its team will create curriculum on present and emerging cyber threats in an effort to address areas such as information sharing, analysis […] More

  • Capricor Receives DoD Grant to Develop Therapeutic Exosome Production Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capricor Receives DoD Grant to Develop Therapeutic Exosome Production Process

    The Defense Department has awarded Capricor Therapeutics a $2.4 million grant to develop a process to produce cardiosphere-derived cell exosomes. Capricor said Monday it plans to file an investigational new drug application with the Food and Drug Administration in 2017 for the use of CAP-2003 to treat ocular graft-versus-host disease. “As we advance and expand our exosomes program, this grant […] More

  • NASA to Fund STEM Projects of 3 Informal Education Organizations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Fund STEM Projects of 3 Informal Education Organizations

    NASA will provide three informal education organizations close to $3 million in grants to fund projects that will work to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers in support of the Journey to Mars. The space agency said Wednesday the organizations will build a Mars exploration exhibit, provide educator professional development on space science and engineering, develop Mars-themed lesson plans for regional […] More

  • Oklahoma State University Receives DoD Grant for Local Business Diversification Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oklahoma State University Receives DoD Grant for Local Business Diversification Effort

    The Oklahoma State University’s Institute of Technology has received a Defense Department grant to continue support for a DoD program that seeks to help Oklahoma-based companies diversify their businesses amid defense spending cuts. OSUIT said Thursday the university will partner with industry providers to administer business diversification and sustainment services for qualified DoD contractors in Oklahoma […] More

  • Purdue University Prof Receives Energy Dept Grant to Support Aluminum Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Purdue University Prof Receives Energy Dept Grant to Support Aluminum Research

    The Energy Department‘s Office of Basic Energy Sciences has awarded a $450,000 grant to Xinghang Zhang, a professor at Purdue University’s school of materials engineering, to support his three-year research project on the strength of aluminum. Purdue said Aug. 9 the “Deformation Mechanisms of Nanotwinned Aluminum and Binary Aluminum Alloys” project will use a transmission electron microscope to analyze the […] More

  • DHS Seeks Academic Institution to Lead New CoE for Homeland Security Quantitative Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Academic Institution to Lead New CoE for Homeland Security Quantitative Analysis

    The Department of Homeland Security plans to provide $40 million in funds to an institution that will lead a new center of excellence for homeland security quantitative analysis. DHS said Monday the funds will cover 10 years of CoE operations under a cooperative agreement with the lead institution. The department added it also seeks potential partners from academia, industry, federally funded research […] More

  • SimplyHome to Develop Voice Command Platform for Assistive Tech Under VA Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SimplyHome to Develop Voice Command Platform for Assistive Tech Under VA Grant

    SimplyHome has received a $200,000 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a technology platform for voice commands to control assistive technology under the Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology program. The company said Tuesday the platform will work to enable physically disabled veterans and service members to use voice commands to trigger pre-customized actions on the technologies installed […] More

  • Florida State University Receives Navy Grant to Lead Development of All-Electric Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Florida State University Receives Navy Grant to Lead Development of All-Electric Ship

    The Office of Naval Research has awarded Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems a five-year, $35 million grant to lead a team of scientists and engineers from various universities to help the U.S. Navy build an all-electric ship. The team will work on various energy and machinery aspects such as ship architecture, energy storage and power distribution, Florida […] More

  • SayVU App Selected to Help Secure Participants at Rio Olympics; Amotz Koskas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SayVU App Selected to Help Secure Participants at Rio Olympics; Amotz Koskas Comments

    International Security and Defense Systems has selected a mobile application developed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to secure attendees of the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Jewish Business News reported Monday. The mobile app SayVU is available on Android devices and is designed to help users send a distress signal to an emergency hotline, the […] More

  • NASA Issues RFP for Novel Aerospace Tech Platforms Under NIAC Program Phase 1 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Issues RFP for Novel Aerospace Tech Platforms Under NIAC Program Phase 1

    NASA has asked industry to submit proposals for the initial phase of a program that seeks to develop novel platforms designed for future aerospace missions. The space agency said Wednesday it will award $125,000 in grants over a nine-month period to selected projects under Phase 1 of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program. NASA will select up to […] More