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Collaborate With HRP

The Human Research Program (HRP) offers funding, collaboration, and partnership opportunities to those interested in the future of human spaceflight. Learn more about how to get involved with HRP.

HRP Overview

Get to know our program, the spaceflight hazards we study, and the specific risks and knowledge gaps our research addresses.

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Who We Are

HRP uses research to develop methods to protect the health and performance of astronauts in space.

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View Our Hazards

HRP has identified five hazards of human spaceflight: space radiation, isolation and confinement, distance from Earth, gravity (or lack thereof), and hostile or closed environments.

Human Research Roadmap

The Human Research Roadmap provides an overview of the risks and knowledge gaps that HRP associates with human spaceflight.

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Ongoing HRP Research in Space

Explore ongoing human health investigations performed in low Earth orbit.

Open Opportunities

Learn about ways to engage with HRP.

Pitch Proposals to Test Crew Health on Commercial Spaceflights

Do you have a science or technology idea that you’d like to test on a commercial spaceflight mission? Submit your proposals now!

Help Advance Remote Health Research in Space

Do you have a proposal that can help NASA remotely monitor health in space? Apply now for research funding!

Want to Go on a Simulated Mission to the Moon?

Apply now to serve as a crew member inside NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA).

Pitch Us Your Ideas

Do you have a collaboration idea that doesn't fit into any calls for proposals? If so, fill out this form.

Apply for HRP Funding

Explore funding opportunities through HRP.

Small Business Opportunities

Learn about funding and non-monetary support for entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses.

The crew of the Human Exploration Research Analog’s Campaign 7 Mission 1 clasp hands above their simulated space habitat’s elevator shaft.

Human Exploration Research Opportunities

Learn about research funding offered through Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO).

TRISH Opportunities

The HRP-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) supports studies that help humans stay healthy in space.

Educational and Early-Career Opportunities

SHINE Program

Researchers can apply for virtual courses and related opportunities that provide an overview of the space radiation environment and how it impacts human health.

Internships

Learn how to work with NASA as an intern.

EPSCoR

The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program aims to improve regional research infrastructure, capacity, and competitiveness. 

The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. The orbital complex was flying 263 miles above the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean when this photograph was taken. Credit: NASA

NASA HUNCH

NASA HUNCH program provides high-school students with the skills they need to contribute to NASA's mission through various hands-on projects.

International Opportunities

SHINE Program

Read more about an enrichment opportunity for researchers from around the world, including: early career scientists, senior researchers, and principal investigators. 

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International Students

Read about NASA internship opportunities for international students from select countries.

Ongoing Collaborative Studies

Learn more about HRP research collaborations.

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Alexander Gerst are photographed collecting samples aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 57.

Spaceflight Standard Measures

NASA is collecting a core set of measurements, called Spaceflight Standard Measures, which characterize how the body and mind react to space travel.

CIPHER

Learn about the 14 CIPHER studies that examine how multiple systems in the body react to increasingly longer spaceflight missions.

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Kraken

NASA is partnering with the Naval Medical Research Unit – Dayton and Johns Hopkins University to examine space motion sickness with the aid of a giant spinning device called the Kraken.

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HERA

Learn about the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) that HRP uses to conduct behavioral health studies to prepare for deep space travel.

Applications for Analog Missions

Apply to participate as a crew member in an simulated deep-space environment.

HERA

NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) is a 650-square-foot habitat at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where research volunteers live and work like astronauts during simulated deep space missions lasting up to 45 days.

Known as Mars Dune Alpha, the 3D printed structure will simulate a Mars habitat to support long-duration, exploration-class space missions.

CHAPEA

NASA's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) is a 1,700-square-foot habitat at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where research volunteers live and work like astronauts for roughly a year in a simulated mission on the surface of Mars.

More NASA Collaboration Opportunities

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Connect to Resources at JSC and WSTF

NASA’s Johnson Space Center and White Sands Test Facility provides opportunities, capabilities, technology, and data to researchers via its 'Front Door' program.

Other NASA Funding Opportunities

Learn about ongoing solicitations.

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