NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Researchers can get more information on International Space Station research funding by contacting the following key personnel:

ISS Research Integration Office, Rod Jones, Manager, 281-244-7941

ISS Program Science Office, Julie Robinson, Program Scientist, 281-483-5582
ISS Research & Technology: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/
Ensures science leadership at the highest level within the ISS Program Office, represents all research on the space station.

ISS Technology Demonstration Office, George C. Nelson, Manager, 281-244-8514
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/tdemo/
For NASA-funded Astrophysics, Heliophysics, Space & Earth Sciences investigations, NASA-funded Technology Development investigations, and DoD investigations.

ISS National Laboratory Office, Mike Read, Manager, 281-244-7656
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/nlab/
For other government agency funded investigations and non-profit / commercially funded investigations.

Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications / ISS NASA Research Office, Sharon Conover, Manager, 281-244-8158 www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/slpsra/index.html/
For NASA-funded Human Research Program investigations, NASA-funded Physical Science investigations, and NASA-funded Life Science investigations.

If you have additional questions that are not covered here, please call our help line at 281-244-6187 or e-mail us at jsc-iss-payloads-helpline@mail.nasa.gov. The phone is staffed during regular business hours, or messages may be issued after hours, and a representative will return the call on the next business day.

All Current Opportunities

› Human Research
› Technology Development and Demonstration
› Life and Physical Sciences
› Earth and Space Science

Current Opportunities:

There are no current opportunities posted for International Space Station Human Research.

Historical Opportunities:

NASA Research Announcement NNJ11ZSA002NA: Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions -- Issued Aug. 23, 2011. 2011 NASA Omnibus Step-1 Proposals Due Date: Sept. 22, 2011. 2011 NASA Step-1 Proposals Due Date: Sept. 22, 2011. 2011 NSBRI Step-1 Proposals Due Date: Sept. 22, 2011. Selection Date: April 30, 2012.
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NASA Research Announcement NNJ10ZSA003N: Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions -- Issued July 23, 2010. Step 1 Due Date: Sept. 2, 2010. Step 2 Due Date: Dec. 1, 2010. Selection Date: April 30, 2010.
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NASA Research Announcement NNH10ZSA003L: NASA Request for Information (RFI) on Topics Supporting Crew Health and Performance -- Issued June 03, 2010. Response Date: June 17, 2010.
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NASA Research Announcement NNJ09ZSA002N: Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions -- Issued July 31, 2009, Due Dates: Step-1 Proposals, September 3, 2009; Step-2 Proposals, December 3, 2009.
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Current Opportunities:

NASA Research Announcement: Research Opportunities for International Space Station Utilization, Solicitation: NNJ13ZBG001N (November 14, 2012)
› Link to Solicitation

Historical Opportunities:

NASA Research Announcement NNM11ZDA001K: NASA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA): Technology Demonstration Missions (TDM) Program -- Issued March 01, 2011, TDM NO Due: March 31, 2011, TDM Proposals Due: June 07, 2011.
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Current Opportunities:

NASA Research Announcement NNH13ZTT001N: Research Opportunities in Complex Fluids and Macromolecular Biophysics -- Issued Dec. 21, 2012. Step 1 Proposal Due Date; Feb. 06, 2013; Step 2 Proposal Date Due Apr. 10, 2013
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NASA Request for Information (RFI) NNH12ZTT001L: Development of Strategies for the Collection, Management, and Distribution, or access to, 'Omics-type' Data Collected in the Course of Space Biology Research -- Issued Dec. 11, 2012. RFIs Due Feb. 11, 2013.
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NASA Research Announcement NNH12ZTT001N: Research Opportunities in Space Biology -- Issued Sep 14, 2012. Step 1 Proposal Due Date: October 31, 2012; Step 2 Proposal Due Date: December 19, 2012.
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Historical Opportunities:

NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH11ZTT002N: Research Opportunities in Space Biology -- Issue September 30, 2011. PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 23, 2012.
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NASA Research Announcement NNH11ZTT001N: Research Opportunities in Fundamental Physics, Solicitation -- Issued July 29, 2011. Proposal Due Date: Sept. 7, 2011.
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NASA Research Announcement NNH10ZTT001N: Research Opportunities in Materials Science, Solicitation -- Issued Mar. 31, 2010, Step 1 Due Date: Apr. 30, 2010, Step 2 Due Date: July 8, 2010.
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NASA Research Announcement NNH09ZTT004N: Research Opportunities for Flight Experiments in Space Life Sciences: Biological Research In Canisters for Arabidopsis thaliana -- Issued Sept. 11, 2009, Due Date: Nov. 12, 2009.
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Research Opportunities in Combustion Science -- Release Date: May 18, 2009, Due Date: August 18, 2009.
› Link to NRA

International Life Science Research Announcement -- Issued May 14, 2009, Due Date: Sept. 14, 2009.
› European Space Agency Investigators
› NASA Investigators, Solicitation NNH09ZTT002N
› Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency Investigators

Current Opportunities:

Second Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2) Solicitation: NNH12ZDA006O -- Issued Feb. 07, 2012, Due Date: Feb. 6, 2017.
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NASA Research Announcement -- Issued Sep 03, 2008, Due Date: Sep 02, 2013.
› Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON) NNH08ZDA009O

Historical Opportunities:

NASA Research Announcement 2010 NNH10ZDA001N: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) -- Issued Feb. 12, 2010, Due Date: Dec 31, 2011.
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DRAFT: Second Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2), Solicitation: NNH11ZDA017J. Release Date: Aug. 24, 2011. Close Date: Sept. 16, 2011.
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NASA Research Announcement Solicitation NNH11ZDA012O: Earth Venture -2 -- Issued June 17, 2011, EV2 NOIs Due Jul 22, 2011, EV2 Proposals Due: Sept. 15, 2011
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NASA Research Announcement NNH11ZDA002O: Explorer 2011 -- Issued Nov 01, 2010, EXPLORER11 NOIs Due: Dec 09, 2010, EXPLORER11 Proposals Due: Feb 16, 2011.
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NASA Announcement of Opportunity "Explorer Program: Small Explorers (SMEX) and Missions of Opportunity" Information (December 2007, archive).
› Link to Original Solicitation (NNH07ZDA003O)