New NASA Solicitation Released: Behavioral Health and Performance
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) has released NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNJ13ZSA002N-BMED, entitled “Behavioral Health and Performance.” This NRA solicits ground-based and analog proposals for the Behavioral Health and Performance (BHP) Element component of the Human Research Program (HRP). Proposals are solicited by the BHP Element in the areas of Neurobehavioral Conditions List for Characterizing Behavioral Health Risk for Exploration Missions, Standardized Behavioral Measures, and Evaluation of the Neurobehavioral Effects of a Dynamic Lighting System on the ISS. This response area is Appendix H of the Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) NRA (NNJ13ZSA002N).
The full text of the solicitation appendix is available on the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at http://tinyurl.com/HERO-BMED. NOIs are requested by June 16, 2014 and proposals are due July 15, 2014.
Potential applicants are urged to access this site well in advance of the proposal due date to familiarize themselves with its structure and to register in the system. Proposals must be compliant with respect to all sections of this NRA or they will be declined without review. Proposals must be submitted electronically.
The HERO NRA including all open appendices is available through the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={3ECC0A86-6C9E-AC76-804C-025A7396B161}&path=open.
All categories of United States (U.S.) institutions are eligible to submit proposals in response to the NRA. Principal Investigators may collaborate with universities, Federal Government laboratories, the private sector, and state and local government laboratories. In all such arrangements, the applying entity is expected to be responsible for administering the project according to the management approach presented in the proposal. NASA’s policy is to conduct research with non-U.S. organizations on a cooperative, no exchange-of-funds basis.
This email is being sent on behalf of and is intended as an information announcement to researchers associated with the NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) and the Human Research Program (HRP). Thank you for your continued interest in NASA. Please reference the above solicitation for contact information.
