Science Management Office - NASA Research Announcement Information

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) periodically solicits proposals for specific NASA Research Announcements (NRA). The Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) support NASA’s advancement into space by investigating and mitigating the highest risks to astronaut health and performance in exploration missions. The goal of the HRP is to provide human health & performance countermeasures, knowledge, technologies, and tools to enable safe, reliable, and productive human space exploration. Similarly, the goal of the NSBRI is to ensure safe and productive human space flight. The scope of these goals includes both the successful completion of exploration missions and the preservation of astronaut health over the life of the astronaut.

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Open Solicitation

• Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions

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• Flight Experiment Resource Worksheet
• HRP Flight Experiment Information Package
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• HRP Bed Rest Experiment Information Package
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• Muscle Evidence Report Summary v2
• Osteoporosis Evidence Report Summary
• Aerobic Capacity Evidence Report
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• Food Evidence Report

Related Links

• The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) is available online at the following address: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/55584main_vision_space_exploration-hi-res.pdf
• The Human Research Program, Lunar Human Research Requirements Document is available here.
• The Human Research Program, Program Requirements Document is available online at the following address: http://humanresearch.jsc.nasa.gov/files/hrp-47052_HRP-Req-Doc.pdf
• The Human Research Program, Integrated Research Plan is available online at the following address: http://humanresearch.jsc.nasa.gov/files/hrp-47065_HRP-IRP.pdf
• Updated content to the HRP Integrated Research Plan for the areas of Behavioral Health and Performance and Exploration Medical Capabilities is available at http://humanresearch.jsc.nasa.gov/elements/smo/nra.asp under “Related Documents.”
• The Human Research Program Task Book is available online at the following address:
  http://taskbook.nasaprs.com/peer_review/index.cfm
• National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). The Institute’s strategic plan, as well as the program information for each of the NSBRI teams, is available at http://www.nsbri.org.
• Space Life Sciences Data Archive (LSDA) is an online database containing descriptions and results of completed NASA-sponsored flight experiments. Descriptions are included of experiments, missions, procedures, hardware, biospecimens collected, personnel, and documents. The LSDA is available online at the following address: http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/lsda_home.cfm.
• Medical Requirement Integration Document (MRID) defines integration activities to support the medical requirements (MR) for both short-duration and long-duration human space flight for the Space Shuttle/International Space Station (ISS) programs. The MRID is available online at the following address: http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/docs/MRID/MRIDhome.cfm.
• Guidebook for Proposers Responding to a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) is available online at the following address: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/nraguidebook/
• NASA Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement is available online at the following address: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstocA.htm
• Standard Format for NASA Research Announcements (NRAs) and other Announcements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements is available online at the following address:
  http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/displayDir.cfm?Internal_ID=N_PR_5810_0001_&page_name=main
• NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook is available online at the following address: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/hq/grcover.htm
• Space Life Sciences Flight Experiment Information Package is available online at the following address: http://humanresearch.jsc.nasa.gov/elements/smo/nra.asp
• Safe Passage, Astronaut Care for Exploration. Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20418 (2001). This document is available online at the following address: http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/5479.aspx
• National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council Committee on Space Biology and Medicine. Mary J. Osborn, Committee Chairperson. A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine in the New Century. 1998. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press. Web address: http://www.nas.edu/ssb/csbm1.html

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