← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Seti Institute
Mountain View, CA
$254,243,624
Total funding
360
Grants
Funding over time
peak $56.9M · FY2006–25$100M$75M$50M$25M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NASA$241,535,536 · 331
NSF$7,701,603 · 27
NIH$2,939,109 · 1
DOE$2,067,376 · 1
By mechanism
—$251,304,515 · 359
R01$2,939,109 · 1
Investigators at Seti Institute
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
PLANETARY BIOLOGY: EVOLUTION AND INTELLIGENCE$8,744,400
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ON THE OCCASION OF THE PDS DISCIPLINE NODE PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW THE PDS RING-MOON SYSTEMS NODE SUBMITS THIS MID-TERM REPORT AS A REVIEW$7,804,093
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT FOR NASA SCIENCE PIPELINES.$7,174,631
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
REACHING FOR THE STARS: NASA SCIENCE FOR GIRL SCOUTS A.K.A. GIRL SCOUT STARS BRINGS TOGETHER GIRL SCOUTS GS, THEIR VOLUNTEERS AND ADULT LEADERS WITH$6,900,881
· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE AIRBORNE ASTRONOMY AMBASSADORS (AAA) PROGRAM IS A THREE-PART PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PD) EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATORS. THE$6,459,760
· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
IN DECEMBER 2001, KEPLER BECAME THE IO'H MISSION SELECTED FOR FLIGHT BY NASA'S DISCOVERY PROGRAM, AND THE FIRST SUCH ORIENTED TO ACHIEVE GOALS UNDER$5,961,799
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
IN DECEMBER 2001 THE KEPLER MISSION BECAME THE 10"' SPACEPROBE SELECTED FOR FLIGHT BY NASA'SDISCOVE$5,938,563
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FPDS BASE DESCRIPTION MULTIPLE YEAR AWARD&INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR YEARS ONE TO FIVE. THIS PROPOSAL IS ENTITLED "CHANGING PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS AND THE FINGERPRINTS OF LIFE." THIS IS AWARDED IN RESPONSE TO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NOTICE (CAN) NO. NNH13ZDA017C NASA ASTROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE) CYCLE SEVEN (7). THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IS DR. NATHALIE A. CABROL WITH SETI INSTITUTE (SETI). PROJECT SUMMARY: THE SETI INSTITUTE (SI) TEAM PROPOSES A RESEARCH PROGRAM THAT WILL DEVELOP A ROADMAP TO BIOSIGNATURE EXPLORATION IN SUPPORT OF NASA'S DECADAL PLAN FOR THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS. THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY FOR NASA TO SEARCH FOR ANCIENT TRACES OF LIFE ON MARS WILL BE 2020 WHEN A CURIOSITY-CLASS ROVER IS EXPECTED TO EXPLORE ANCIENT HABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS AND CACHE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SAMPLES. CACHING SAMPLES IS HIGH-COST AND HIGH RISK AND THE SINGLE MOST COMPELLING QUESTION TO ASK IN SUPPORT OF SUCH A MISSION IS: HOW DO WE IDENTIFY AND CACHE THE MOST VALUABLE SAMPLES? THE SI MAKES THIS QUESTION THE INTELLECTUAL FOCUS OF IT RESEARCH PROGRAM. FOUR RESEARCH AREAS STUDY THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF THIS CENTRAL QUESTION. WITHIN THEM FOCUS AREAS REGROUP INVESTIGATIONS THAT SYNERGISTICALLY TACKLE KEY ASPECTS OF EARLY MARS HABITABILITY TAPHONOMIC WINDOWS AND BIOSIGNATURE POTENTIAL THEIR PRESERVATION POTENTIAL AND THEIR DETECTABILITY. RESEARCH IS PERFORMED THROUGH AN INTEGRATED EXPLORATION OF EVER-INCREASING RESOLUTION THAT CORRELATES MEASUREMENT FROM MEGASCALE TO MOLECULAR SCALE AND ENVISIONS EACH ESSENTIAL COMPONENT THROUGH THE UNIQUE PRISM OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING EARLY MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT. ULTIMATELY IT PRODUCES GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE TO RESEARCH WHAT TO SEARCH FOR AND HOW TO SEARCH.THE RESEARCH PROGRAM PROPOSED BY THE SI TEAM IS TIMELY NEEDED AND WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT A DECADE OF SEARCHES FOR LIFE ON MARS THAT MAY CULMINATE WITH A MARS SAMPLE RETURN MISSION.SCIENTIFICALLY WE WILL CHARACTERIZE TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS TO ENVIRONMENTS AND BIOGEOMATERIALS CONSIDERED OF HIGH-PRIORITY TO THE SEARCH FOR TRACES OF ANCIENT LIFE ON MARS AND WILL INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF CHANGING EARLY MARS CONDITIONS ON THE PRESERVATION OF BIOSIGNATURES. INVESTIGATING THE PHYSICAL BIMOLECULAR AND METABOLIC RECORDS OF LIFE IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS OUR RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL DEFINE THEIR HABITABILITY POTENTIAL TAPHONOMIC WINDOWS POTENTIAL FOR BIOSIGNATURES AND THEIR PRESERVATION POTENTIAL.EXCELLENCE IN ASTROBIOLOGY MARS TAPHONOMY WORLD-CLASS LEADERSHIP IN THE EXPLORATION OF MARS ANALOGS DEEP INVOLVEMENT IN MARS MISSIONS AND PROGRAMMATIC DECISIONS AND ACCESS TO EXCEPTIONAL FIELD LABORATORY AND INSTRUMENT ASSETS UNIQUELY POSITION THE SI TEAM TO BRING TO THE NAI THE MEANS OF PROVIDING CRITICAL EXPLORATION GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE SEARCH FOR LIFE THE MARS.$5,882,105
· FY2015 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE SERVING AS A DISCIPLINE NODE OF THE PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM BUT NOW WITH AN EXPANDED SCOPE THAT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE ROL$5,736,677
· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A 4-YEAR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAM SUPPORTING NASAS STRATEGIC PLAN AND SCIENCE PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IS PROPOSED. THE GUIDING THEME FOR$5,556,947
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
GOALS&OBJECTIVES RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES THAT SYSTEMATICALLY EXAMINE AND ANALYZE CRITICAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO PLANETARY PROTECTION AND IMPLEMENTATI$5,254,373
· FY2015 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THIS UNSOLICITED GRANT PROPOSAL, "PLANETARY PROTECTION: POLICY DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND SOCIETAL CONCERNS", INCLUDES RESEARCH, DEVELOPM$4,931,483
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
IN DECEMBER 2001, KEPLER BECAME THE IO'H MISSION SELECTED FOR FLIGHT BY NASA'S DISCOVERY PROGRAM, AND THE FIRST SUCH ORIENTED TO ACHIEVE GOALS UNDER$4,725,381
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE NASA COMMUNITY COLLEGE NETWORK$4,096,892
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FROM HABITABILITY TO LIFE$3,962,862
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SETI INSTITUTES KEPLER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREA CH PROJECT$3,828,489
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
22-NUP2022-0052 PLANETARY IMAGING AND TOPOGRAPHY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT$3,521,795
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
INVADER WILL STUDY UNDERWATER HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS AT AXIAL SEAMOUNT THE LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO ON WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE JUAN DE FUCA TECTONIC PLATE OFF THE COAST OF OREGON. THE VENTS AT THE AXIAL SEAMOUNT GENERATE CHEMICAL ENERGY WHICH CAN SUSTAIN LIFE AND ARE HIGH-FIDELITY ANALOGUES TO PUTATIVE VENT SYSTEMS ON OCEAN WORLDS. OUR INVESTIGATION WILL INCLUDE IN-SITU OBSERVATION REAL-TIME DATA GATHERING AND INTERPRETATION AND SAMPLE COLLECTION ANALYSIS AND RETURN. TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS WE PROPOSE A RESEARCH PROGRAM WITH THREE MAIN GOALS. GOAL 1 - SCIENCE: CHARACTERIZE THE GEOCHEMISTRY GEOBIOLOGY AND METABOLIC ACTIVITY IN AXIAL SEAMOUNT AS AN ANALOG FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION. WE WILL IDENTIFY ACTIVE MICROBIAL METABOLISMS IN HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH IN-SITU AND LABORATORY ANALYSES OF RETURNED SAMPLES. IN PARALLEL WE WILL CHARACTERIZE THE MINERALOGY HYDROTHERMAL FLUID CHARACTERISTICS AND GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF VENT SYSTEMS. GOAL 2 - SCIENCE OPERATIONS: VALIDATE SCIENCE OPERATIONS STRATEGIES ADAPTIVE SCIENCE DATA PROCESSING AND INSTRUMENT CONTROL. WE WILL: PERFORM LABORATORY LRS/LIBS/LINF MEASUREMENTS OF HYDROTHERMAL FLUID AND MINERAL SAMPLES; TEST SCIENCE OPERATIONS AND SCIENCE PLANNING STRATEGIES IN THE FIELD; DEVELOP DATA FUSION STRATEGIES FOR THE SYNERGISTIC VISUALIZATION AND EXPLOITATION OF SCIENCE DATA; AND DEVELOP TEST AND VALIDATE NEW EXPLORATION STRATEGIES BASED ON IN-SITU LASER SENSING AND SAMPLE CORING. GOAL 3 - TECHNOLOGY: DEMONSTRATE INVADER'S ASTROBIOLOGY TECHNOLOGY. WE WILL: PERFORMANCE-TEST INVADER WITH NATURAL SAMPLES (BOTH FLUID AND PRECIPITATES) FROM HYDROTHERMAL VENT SITES; DEPLOY INVADER AND PERFORM IN-SITU ANALYSES IN AXIAL SEAMOUNT; DEVELOP ROUTINES FOR RECORDING IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPIC DATA FIRST LEVEL SCIENCE DATA PROCESSING AND SAMPLE CACHING ANALYSIS AND RETURN. TO IMPLEMENT THESE GOALS WE WILL INTEGRATE AND DEPLOY AN ASTROBIOLOGY PAYLOAD THAT FEATURES A COMBINATION OF RAPID IN-SITU STANDOFF ANALYSES AND SAMPLE CORING INSTRUMENTS: STEREO OPTICAL IMAGING; LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY AND LASER-INDUCED NATIVE FLUORESCENCE (LRS/LIBS/LINF); AND A CORING TOOL. BOTH THE IMAGING AND CORING SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED UNDERWATER. THE SPECTROSCOPY SUITE IS A REPLICA OF AN EXISTING TRL 4 SYSTEM FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION. WE WILL INSTALL THE PAYLOAD INTO THE OOI CABLED ARRAY A CHAIN OF POWER/DATA DISTRIBUTION NODES CONNECTED BY SUBSEA TELECOM CABLE. INVADER WILL INTEGRATE A PAYLOAD CONTAINING 3D VISUAL MAPPING AND LRS/LIBS/LINF TECHNOLOGIES INTO A DIVEBOT. THIS PAYLOAD WILL ENABLE STANDOFF DETERMINATIONS OF: A) RELEVANT DISEQUILIBRIA IN VENT SYSTEMS B) COMPOSITION AND MINERALOGY OF HYDROTHERMAL CHIMNEYS AND ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATES C) RELEVANT SMALL-SCALE FEATURES THAT ARE INDICATORS OF VENT GEOCHEMISTRY AND/OR HABITABILITY AND D) THE PRESENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANICS. THUS THE PROJECT IS RELEVANT TO PSTAR'S OVERARCHING OBJECTIVES AND ADDRESSES MULTIPLE AREAS OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE OPERATIONS FIDELITY. WHILE THESE VENT CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE ANALYZED USING EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH ANALYSES CANNOT AT PRESENT BE CONDUCTED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN AN AUTONOMOUS NON-DESTRUCTIVE RAPID WAY. INVADER AIMS TO FILL THESE GAPS AND ADVANCE READINESS IN VENT EXPLORATION ON EARTH AND OCEAN WORLDS BY SIMPLIFYING OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING SEAFLOOR VENTS. WE WILL INTEGRATE AND APPLY A NOVEL TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE FOR THE SEARCH FOR SIGNATURES OF LIFE IN EXTREME UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENTS THEREBY ADDRESSING THE CALL FOR "DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUPPORT SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS ... AND IDENTIFICATION OF LIFE AND LIFE-RELATED CHEMISTRY IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS." OUR TEAM BRINGS EXPERTISE IN GEOCHEMISTRY MINERALOGY AND ASTROBIOLOGY OF HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS AS WELL AS OCEAN ENGINEERING SPECTROSCOPY ROBOTICS SCIENCE OPERATIONS AND ANALOG RESEARCH.$3,397,116
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SETI INSTITUTE THE RINGS NODE FOR THE PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE IN OUR ROLE AS$3,335,469
· FY2010 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
IN APRIL 2013, THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS) WAS SELECTED FOR FLIGHT IN AUGUST 2017 BY NASA S EXPLORER PROGRAM TO DISCOVER THE 1,0$3,128,261
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration