tb FY2000 PROGRAM RESEARCH TASK SUMMARY: Overview Information and Statistics

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Overview Information and Statistics

Total Number of Principal Investigators (excluding GSRPs)
349
Total Number of Research Tasks
438
Competitive Grants
302
NASA Internal Research Tasks
32
Graduate Student Research Projects
25
NSCORT Individual Projects
40
NSBRI Projects
39
Total Number of Co-Investigators
866
Total Number of Students Supported (excluding GSRPs):
671
Graduate
374
Undergraduate
257
Pre-College
40
Total Number of Post-Doctoral Associates Supported:                                                                                                214
Number of States with Funded Research                                                                                                  41
Total Number of Bibliographic Listings:
2,436
Proceedings Papers
258
Journal Citations
315
Peer-Reviewed Articles
731
Non Peer-Reviewed Articles
42
Abstracts
249
Government Publications
27
Presentations
549
Books/Chapters
124
Theses/Dissertations
57
Awards
62
Total Number of Patents Applied for or Awarded:
22
Summary of Life Science Research Projects for FY 2000
Program
(Total)		 Element
Total
Ground
Flight
AHST (121) Advanced Environmental Monintoring and Control 
25
25
  
  Advanced Life Support 
69
65
4
  Space Human Factors Engineering 
23
23
 
  Extravehicular Activity 
3
3
 
  Behavior and Performance 
1
1
 
   
 
 
 
BR&C (169) Behavior and Performance
25
22
3
  Bioethics
1
1
  
  Environmental Health
5
2
3
  Operational and Clinical Research 
28
20
8
  Physiology 
77
56
21
  Radiation Health 
33
32
1
   
 
 
 
FBP (148) Advanced Technology Development 
1
1
 
  Behavior and Performance 
1
 
1
  Cellular and Molecular Biology
68
57
11
  Developmental Biology
24
13
11
  Evolutionary Biology 
12
12
 
  Molecular Structures + Physical Interactions 
1
1
 
  Organismal Biology 
39
28
11
  Physiology 
2
1 
1
   
 
 
 
Totals  
438
363
75
         
  Flight Mission
Total Tasks
    
  ISS
15
    
  Neurolab
17
    
  Pre/Post
7
    
  Shuttle
24
    
  Shuttle/ISS
5
    
  TBD
7
    
Summary of NASA Life Sciences Research Projects for FY 2000 by Project Type
Program Element
Competitive Grants
GSRP
NSCORT
NSBRI
Internal Projects
Not Available
AHST  Advanced Environmental Monintoring and Control
13
 1
 
 
10
  Advanced Life Support 
31
8
16
 
22
  Behavior and Performance 
1
 
 
 
 
  Extravehicular Activity 
3
 
 
 
 
  Space Human Factors Engineering 
22
 
 
 
  
  Physical/Chemical Regeneration
 1
  
 
 
 
BR&C Behavior and Performance 
17
1
 
7
 
  Bioethics
1
 
 
  
 
  Environmental Health 
5
 
 
  
 
  Operational and Clinical Research 
20
 
 
7
 
1
  Physiology
45
11
  
21
 
2
  Radiation Health 
14
 
9
4
 
6
   
 
 
 
 
 
FBP Advanced Technology Development
1
 
 
 
 
  Cellular and Molecular Biology 
51
3
13
 
 
  Developmental Biology 
24
 
 
 
 
  Evolutionary Biology
12
 
 
 
 
  Molecular Structures + Physical Interactions 
1
 
 
 
 
  Organismal Biology 
37
1
2
 
 
  Physiology 
3
 
 
 
 
Totals  
289
25
40
39
32
9
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