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NIH and NASA Activities
Updated April 18, 2012
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.
NIH and NASA collaborate on International Space Station
- Press release: NIH Awards Grants to Support Biomedical Research in Space
- Additional information about funded projects (courtesy of NASA)
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
- 2010 BioMed-ISS Pre-Application Meeting Information
- 2009 BioMed-ISS Pre-Application Meeting Information
- For more information about the ISS National Lab: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/nlab/nlab_conferences.html
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)
