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Updated October 30, 2009
The NIH and NASA have a strong history of collaboration and share many interests in the life and health sciences. As research opportunities emerge, the NIH and NASA continue to explore new ways to develop partnerships that serve shared scientific interests.
Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Image courtesy of NASA (3/25/09)
Funding Opportunity Announcement
NIH is soliciting applications for Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) (UH2/UH3)
- Press Release: Biomedical Researchers Invited to Design Experiments for the International Space Station
- Application Due Dates
- September 30, 2009, 2010, 2011
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BioMed-ISS Pre-Application Meeting Information - Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (ISS) (PAR-09-120)
- Q&As in Support of NIH FOA BioMed-ISS - CONTENT UPDATED Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 4:00pm CDT (PDF, 43 kb) Check the NASA International Space Station page for updates.
- Agenda, Implementation Partners Presentation Order, and Telecon Info for the NIH BioMed-ISS Pre-Application Meeting -- CONTENT UPDATED Thursday, June 11, 11:00am CDT (PDF, 14 kb)
- NIH BioMed-ISS Pre-Application Meeting Attendance List -- CONTENT UPDATED Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 9:00am CDT (PDF, 68 kb)
- Implementation Partner and NIH Presentations (hardcopy and video versions), Handouts -- CONTENT UPDATED Tuesday, Sept. 1, 10:00am CDT
- Hardware List Distributed at NIH BioMed-ISS Pre-Application Meeting -- CONTENT UPDATED Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 9:00am CDT (PDF, 61 kb)
- NIH BioMed-ISS Pre-Application Meeting Implementation Partner (IP) Guidelines and Logistical FAQs -- CONTENT UPDATED Wednesday, June 3, 2:15pm CDT
Statement to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science and Space about "The Case for Space: Examining the Value" — October 21, 2009
Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Space-Related Health Research
- Memorandum of Understanding
- Press Release - September 12, 2007
- Photos from signing ceremony
- NIH, NASA Partner for Health Research in Space (NIH Record article)
The collaboration is featured in the Fall 2007 issue of Medline Plus magazine (see http://www.fnlm.org/magazinePDFS/fall07.pdf)
