New NASA Human Research Program International Life Sciences Research Announcement

NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) has released solicited research response area NRA NNJ15ZSA001N-ILSRA “NASA Human Research Program International Life Sciences Research Announcement” that solicits research in support of HRP goals and objectives. This response area is Appendix F of the Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) NRA (NNJ15ZSA001N).

In collaboration with NASA’s international partners, this NRA solicits proposals for NASA in support of the Human Research Program. Proposals are solicited in the areas of Operational Validation of a Model(s) to Inform Scheduling Decisions and Implement Fatigue-Related Countermeasures and Innovative Research in Behavioral Health and Performance for the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA).

Appendix F of the HERO NRA and associated documentation can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/2015-ILSRA.

The HERO NRA including all open appendices is available through the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at: http://tinyurl.com/NASA-HERO-2015.

Notices of intent are requested by October 13, 2015 at 5pm EST. Full proposals are due December 8, 2015 at 5pm EST.

All categories of United States (U.S.) institutions are eligible to submit proposals in response to the NRA. Principal Investigators may collaborate with universities, Federal Government laboratories, the private sector, and state and local government laboratories. In all such arrangements, the applying entity is expected to be responsible for administering the project according to the management approach presented in the proposal. NASA’s policy is to conduct research with non-U.S. organizations on a cooperative, no exchange-of-funds basis.