NASA Space Biology Grant: Research Opportunities in Space Biology

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NASA’s Research Announcement seeks proposals for hypothesis-driven research in Space Biology. Researchers will investigate how cells, plants, and animals adapt to changes in the space environment through ground-based and flight experiments. The goal is to understand mechanisms that regulate growth, metabolism, and development in altered gravity conditions. Proposals must aim to answer fundamental questions about gravity’s effects on biological systems. Applicants can utilize advanced biological tools and space flight platforms like the International Space Station. Collaborations between various institutions are encouraged. Submission deadline is January 23, 2012. For more information, refer to the full solicitation document or contact the programmatic and contracting points of contact listed in the description.

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Opportunity ID: 125753

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General Information

Document Type:: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:: NNH11ZTT002N
Funding Opportunity Title:: Research Opportunities in Space Biology
Opportunity Category:: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity:: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::
Assistance Listings Number(s):: 43.003 — Exploration
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: No
Version:: Synopsis 3
Posted Date:: Sep 30, 2011
Last Updated Date:: Dec 15, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications:: Jan 06, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications:: Jan 23, 2012
Archive Date:: Feb 05, 2012
Estimated Total Program Funding::
Award Ceiling:: $
Award Floor:: $

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility::

Additional Information

Agency Name:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Description:: This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) solicits hypothesis-driven research proposals for both ground-based experiments and flight experiments in Space Biology (SB). This solicitation (NRA NNH11ZTT002N), entitled, “Research Opportunities in Space Biology,” will be available on or about September 30, 2011. This solicitation will be found by opening the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listings “Solicitations” to “Open Solicitations.” Utilizing 21st century biological tools (e.g., genetic, proteomic, metabolomic), SB scientists will examine and discover underlying mechanisms of adaptation to changes resulting from the space flight environment (e.g., altered gravity, stress, radiation), and will determine cellular and organismal mechanisms that regulate and sustain growth, metabolism, reproduction and development. NASA intends to sponsor studies that will result in new basic knowledge that will provide a foundation on which other NASA researchers and engineers can build approaches and countermeasures to the problems confronting human exploration of space, or that translate into new biological tools or applications on Earth. All proposals must describe hypothesis-driven experiments that will answer basic questions about how cells, plants and animals respond to changes in gravity. This NRA will solicit proposals for ground-based SB research using cells, tissues, or whole animals that will enhance our understanding of the effects of gravity on the mammalian musculoskeletal system. Proposals for these ground-based experiments must demonstrate and describe a clear path to hypothesis-testing in space flight experiments on the ISS or other appropriate space flight platforms. This NRA also requests proposals for rapid turn-around flight research using plants or Petri dish-based biological systems that will utilize either the Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS) hardware residing on the International Space Station (ISS) or the Biological Research in Canisters � Petri Dish Fixation Unit (BRIC-PDFU) hardware on any of several potential flight platforms (based on science requirements and availability). Applications for flight experiments must demonstrate, using ground-based and/or previous flight research results, that there is a high likelihood of successful completion of any proposed flight experiment. Proposals that require space flight equipment, facilities, or other resources not identified in the NRA will not be considered for selection. Proposals must be submitted electronically. Proposers can use either NSPIRES (see URL above) or Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov ) for proposal submission. All categories of U.S. institutions are eligible to submit proposals in response to this NRA. Principal Investigators (PIs) may collaborate with investigators from universities, Federal Government laboratories, the private sector, state and local government laboratories and other countries. Every organization that intends to submit a proposal in response to this NRA must be registered with NSPIRES, and such registration must identify the authorized organizational representative(s) who will submit the electronic proposal. Instructions on how to register in NSPIRES will be described in the NRA. Each electronic proposal system places requirements on the registration of principal investigators and other participants (e.g. co-investigators). Potential proposers and proposing organizations are urged to access the system(s) well in advance of the proposal due date(s) of interest to familiarize themselves with its structure and enter the requested information. Questions in regards to responding to this NRA may be addressed to the contacts referenced in the full solicitation document. This is a broad agency announcement as specified in FAR 6.102 (d)(2). Notwithstanding the posting of this opportunity at FedBizOpps.gov, nspires.nasaprs.com, or Grants.gov, NASA reserves the right to determine the appropriate award instrument for each proposal selected pursuant to this announcement. Points of Contact Programmatic information for this NRA is available from: Dr. David Tomko Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division NASA Headquarters Phone: 202-358-2211 Email: dtomko@nasa.gov For information regarding the use of BRIC and ABRS hardware: Dr. Howard G. Levine NASA ISS and Spacecraft Processing Directorate Mail Code UB-C Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Phone: 321-861-3502 Email: Howard.G.Levine@nasa.gov For information regarding ground research with cells or animals: Dr. Jacob Cohen ISS Utilization Office Ames Research Center, M/S 202-3 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Phone: (650) 417-1761 Email: Jacob.cohen-1@nasa.gov Additional NASA contracting information for this NRA is available from: Cassandra Williams Contract Specialist NASA Shared Services Center Email: cassandra.williams@nasa.gov Phone: (228) 813-6271
Link to Additional Information::
Grantor Contact Information:: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
Synopsis 3 Proposal due date changed Dec 15, 2011
Synopsis 2 changing the due date of proposals for NRA NNH11ZTT002N Research Opportunities in Space Biology changing the due date of proposals from Jan 6, 2012 to Jan 23, 2012.
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings: 43.003
Competition ID: PROPOSAL
Competition Title: 11FSB_Prop
Opportunity Package ID: PKG00080910
Opening Date: Sep 30, 2011
Closing Date: Jan 23, 2012
Agency Contact Information:: For technical assistance, contact:
Who Can Apply:: Organization Applicants
mendatory_forms SF424 (R & R) [V1.2]
NASA – Other Project Information [V1.0]
Research And Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V1.2]
NASA – PI and AOR [V1.0]
Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.2]
Research & Related Budget [V1.1]
optional_forms NASA – Senior/Key Person Supplemental Data Sheet [V1.0]

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Packages

Assistance Listings Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions Who Can Apply:
43.003 PROPOSAL 11FSB_Prop PKG00080910 Sep 30, 2011 Jan 23, 2012 View For technical assistance, contact: Organization Applicants

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