https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19509/nsf19509.htm
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the National Science Foundation are sponsoring a funding opportunity to support enhancements in the fields of transformative tissue engineering and mechanobiology via space-based R&D. This can include modeling of physiological and mechanobiological systems that would be validated through the experiments on the ISS. This is the fourth in a series of collaborations with the National Science Foundation to explore research concepts on the ISS National Lab. U.S. entities including academic investigators, non-profit independent research laboratories and academic-commercial teams are eligible to apply.
Prior to submitting a full proposal to NSF, all interested parties must submit a Preliminary Feasibility Review form to CASIS. CASIS strongly encourages interested parties submit the review form no later than January 2, 2019. Additionally, investigators are advised to discuss the project with the appropriate NSF program director.
Proposal Submission Window: February 1, 2019 - February 15, 2019.
For more information:
- read NSF Solicitation 19-509 NSF/CASIS Collaboration on Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology on the International Space Station (ISS) to Benefit Life on Earth;
- review the NSF-CASIS Informational Webinar which took place on November 5, 2018
- contact Aleksandr L. Simonian (asimonia@nsf.gov), Michele Grimm (mgrimm@nsf.gov), or Michael Roberts (mroberts@iss-casis.org).