Completed Opportunities

Open Period: 10/28/2021 – 5/9/2022

ISS National Lab Sustainability Challenge: Beyond Plastics

The ISS National Lab Sustainability Challenge: Beyond Plastics aims to utilize the orbiting laboratory to advance sustainability research that addresses the plastics dilemma.

organ bioengineering microgravity cover image

Open Period: 3/22/2021 – 7/12/2021

NLRA 2021-6: In-space Production Applications: Tissue Engineering and Biomanufacturing

The purpose of this ISS National Lab Research Announcement (NLRA) is to solicit proposals for applied R&D to demonstrate space-based biomanufacturing activities in microgravity.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir onboard the ISS working with engineered heart tissues. This investigation is examining the effects of microgravity on human cardiac tissue structure and physiological function.

Open Period: 10/19/2021 – 3/21/2022

NLRA 2022-3: In-Space Production Applications: Tissue Engineering and Biomanufacturing

The purpose of this NLRA is to solicit proposals for applied research and development seeking to demonstrate space-based biomanufacturing activities in microgravity.

Open Period: 4/20/2021 – 7/19/2021

NLRA 2021-8: Leveraging the ISS National Lab to Enable Digital Engagement and Higher...

The purpose of this NLRA) is to solicit applications for programs, products, and public-private partnerships focused on educational objectives related to the ISS National Lab.

Open Period: 4/7/2021-7/26-2021

NLRA 2021-7: Technology Advancement and Applied Research on the ISS National Lab

The purpose of this NLRA is to solicit proposals focused on flight investigations within applied R&D, translational medicine, technology readiness level maturation, and technology demonstrations.

Montage of flame images for a burning 1 cm wide cotton blend fabric. Images are taken 1.125 seconds apart starting at the top and moving from left to right. Air flow speed is constant at 10 cm s, and flow direction is from bottom to top. The flame reaches steady state after about 10 seconds.

Open Period: 3/21/2021 – 7/12/2021

NLRA 2021-5: In-Space Production Applications: Advanced Manufacturing and Materials

The purpose of this ISS National Lab Research Announcement is to solicit proposals for applied R&D to demonstrate space-based manufacturing and production activities in microgravity.

Students from Valley Christian High School presented details on their investigation that launced onboard SpaceX CRS-14.

Open Period: 2/23/2021 – 5/24/2021

NLRA 2021-4: Leveraging the ISS National Lab to Enable Digital Engagement and Higher...

The purpose of this NLRA is to solicit applications for programs, products, and public-private partnerships focused on educational objectives related to the ISS National Lab.

Open Period: 1/21/2021-4/26-2021

NLRA 2021-3: Technology Advancement and Applied Research on the ISS National Lab

The purpose of this NLRA is to solicit proposals focused on flight investigations within applied R&D, translational medicine, technology readiness level maturation, and technology demonstrations.

2019 University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s lung-bone marrow chip.

Open Period: 12/7/2020-3/1/2021

NSF/CASIS 2021 Collaboration on Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology on the ISS to Benefit...

The purpose of this solicitation is to attract proposals that make use of the ISS National Lab for flight research projects in the field of biomedical engineering.

Close-up image photographed during a run of the Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) experiment onboard the International Space Station

Open Period: 12/7/2020-3/2/2021

NSF/CASIS 2021 Collaboration on Transport Phenomena Research on the ISS to Benefit Life on...

The purpose of this solicitation is to attract proposals that make use of the ISS National Lab for research related to the NSF Transport Phenomena Cluster and Nanoscale Interaction programs.

View of the Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility taken by the External High Definition Camera

Open Period: 4/7/2020 – 5/22/2020

RFP 2020-3: Utilizing MISSE for Materials Science Research and Technology Demonstrations in...

This Request for Proposals seeks concepts for investigations in the field of materials science, device testing, or other research and development (R&D) areas that require external space exposure.

A close-up view of the Capillary Flow Experiments-2 Vane Gap-1 vessel.

Open Period: 12/9/2019-3/2/2020

NSF/CASIS 2020 Collaboration on Transport Phenomena Research on the ISS to Benefit Life on...

The purpose of this solicitation is to attract proposals that make use of the ISS National Laboratory for research related to the NSF Transport Phenomena Cluster and Nanoscale Interaction programs.