ROSES 2022: Space Biology: Research Studies
Funding Agency:
- NASA
The NASA Space Biology (SB) program element falls within the Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) Division. This program element focuses on ideas that will increase NASA’s understanding of how living systems respond to the unique environments that are encountered during space exploration, including the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) environment inside the International Space Station (ISS) and deep space conditions beyond LEO, including transit to and maintenance in Lunar and Martian environments. This program element represents a partnership between the NASA Space Biology Program within the Biological and Physical Sciences Division and NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division within the Exploration Architecture, Integration, and Science (EAIS) Directorate at the NASA Johnson Space Center. This funding opportunity solicits proposals for ground-based research studies that will characterize the response of plant or animal models (and/or their associated microbes) to exposure to lunar regolith simulant formulated to resemble material found in the Lunar Highlands at the Moon’s south pole. Additional details regarding the formulation and acquisition of this material by investigators will be included within a Mandatory Information Supplement of this announcement which will be released on NSPIRES to complement this program element in early 2023 in anticipation of the Step-2 response. Some awardees from this opportunity may be eligible to receive and conduct additional experiments with genuine lunar (Apollo) regolith for validation studies that will compare results attained with simulant to those attained with genuine material. This eligibility, in part, will be determined by the progress made by the awardees during the early phases of their studies, as well as the Project Type of the original proposal. Additional information about this opportunity can be found below in Section 2: “Scope of This Program Element”, along with information regarding the specific Project Types solicited by this program element, as well as details about award amounts and durations.
Multiple Awards
February 1, 2023
Sharmila Bhattacharya Space Biology Program Science Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 Email: spacebiology@nasaprs.com