NASA SMDS ISS National Lab Research Announcement: In-Space Production Research Announcement Focused on Biomanufacturing Leveraging the International S
The purpose of this ISS National Lab Research Announcement (NLRA) is to solicit proposals for applied research and development seeking to demonstrate space-based biomanufacturing activities in microgravity. Flight projects selected via this research announcement may be awarded funding to enable mission integration and operations support for projects that will be implemented on the ISS.
Suggested concepts under this focus area include the following:
· Projects designed to demonstrate the benefits of stem cell expansion and/or stem cell research in space for therapeutic application(s) on Earth
· Projects designed to demonstrate an organoid culture or multicellular culture system in space to model human disease and/or test therapeutics for the treatment of human disease on Earth
· Projects to demonstrate or develop and demonstrate a system for in-space biofabrication of tissues or other biocompatible material for application(s) on Earth
To learn more about this opportunity, please visit https://www.issnationallab.
