Space Biology: Research Studies (Precision Health and Space Crops)

Space Biology: Research Studies (Precision Health and Space Crops) is sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate. This grant funding opportunity emphasizes Precision Health, where investigators may propose to use any non-primate animal model system, and any appropriate cell/tissue culture/microphysiological system/organoid or microbial models, that are supported by the chosen platform.

Opportunity Listing - ROSES 2024: E. 9 Space Biology: Research Studies ROSES 2024: E. 9 Space Biology: Research Studies Agency: NASA Headquarters Assistance Listings: 43.

001 -- Science Last Updated: May 13, 2026 View version history on Grants. gov NOTICE: Amended March 31, 2025. This program no longer accepts proposals involving rodent or any other vertebrate experiments on the International Space Station.

Proposals involving rodent or vertebrate experiments on the ground are still allowed. The link to request tissues from NBISC has been updated (see Section 2. 2.

5). The due date for Step-2 proposals has been delayed: Step-2 proposals are now due June 2, 2025. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through.

Links to the GCAM have been updated. NOTICE: Amended January 28, 2025. The due dates for Step-1 and Step-2 proposals have been delayed: Step-1 proposals are now due February 25, 2025, and Step-2 proposals are now due May 20, 2025.

In addition, eligibility criteria have been added to Section 1, eligibility of applicants for Early Career Investigations in Section 2. 2. 2 has been clarified, Section 2.

1. 2 (Space Crops) has been clarified regarding the types of organisms that can be used, and in Section 3. 2.

2. 3, the link for the BPS Data Management Policy has been replaced with the link for the BPS Data Management Webpage, that houses the policy document in question. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through.

The close date above is the date for the Step-1 proposal submission. See the solicitation for the Step-2 due date. Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted.

Proposers must retrieve the instructions document (zip file) associated with the application package for this opportunity as there is at least one required form that must be attached to the submitted proposal package.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2024 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43. 001) on February 14, 2024. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics.

All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements.

However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods.

In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements.

Tables listing the program elements and due dates (Tables 2 and 3 ), a table that provides a very top level summary of proposal contents ( Table 1 ), and the full text of the ROSES-2024 "Summary of Solicitation", may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation. nasaprs. com/ROSES2024 .

This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation. nasaprs.

com/ROSES2024table2 and http://solicitation. nasaprs. com/ROSES2024table3 , respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element.

On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH24ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C. 8 Lunar Data Analysis Program (.

pdf)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “ C. 1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.

pdf) ” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A. 12, B.

7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the division overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science. nasa.

gov/researchers/sara/faqs . Questions concerning general ROSES-2024 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.

gov , but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science. nasa. gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list .

Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires. nasaprs. com/ and, in general, NASA provides funding only to U.S. institutions.

Organizations outside the U.S. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds; consult the NASA Proposer’s Guide (https://www. nasa. gov/general/grants-policy-and-compliance-team/ - section-2) for specific details.

Some NRAs may be issued jointly with a non-U.S. organization, e.g., those concerning guest observing programs for jointly sponsored space science programs, that will contain additional special guidelines for non-U.S. participants. Also reference the Proposer’s Guide for special instructions for proposals from non-U.S. organizations that involve U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested.

Grantor contact information Biological and Physical Sciences Division Science Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters, Washington DC Email: nasa-spacebiology@mail. nasa. gov Biological and Physical Sciences Division Science Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters, Washington DC Email: nasa-spacebiology@mail.

nasa. gov Direct questions about this funding announcement to: nasa-spacebiology@mail. nasa.

gov No documents are currently available. Link to additional information Click on the following link to see the full text of the announcement for this funding opportunity.

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