NASA SOMD 2025 TRISH Appendix A – Enhancing eXploration Platforms and ANalog Definition (EXPAND) Exploratory Studies

Release date: March 4, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET
Step-1 proposals due date: April 16, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET
Step-2 proposals due date: July 2, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET

The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) is now accepting proposals through the 2025 TRISH Appendix A – Enhancing eXploration Platforms and ANalog Definition (EXPAND) Exploratory Studies call to advance research in human health and performance before, during and after commercial spaceflights to further human space exploration.

What are we seeking?

This Appendix seeks scientific studies for potential implementation in commercial spaceflight.

This solicitation is part of TRISH’s Enhancing eXploration Platform and ANalog Definition (EXPAND) Program. Working with commercial spaceflight providers and their passengers, the EXPAND Program collects pre-, in-, and post-flight health and performance data from multiple commercial spaceflight missions. The data collected as part of of these missions is housed in the EXPAND centralized research database and biorepository.

Proposals for this solicitation should focus on two topics:

·         Exploratory Science: This topic seeks new hypothesis-driven scientific studies to enable safe and successful human space travel. Subtopics are listed in the Appendix.

·         Technology Demonstrations: This topic seeks successful, mature ground technologies or interventions that would benefit from demonstration in spaceflight. Subtopics are listed in the Appendix.

Funded projects will go through two consecutive phases. The first phase, the “Flight Definition Phase,” will consist of preparation for a potential flight. The second phase, the “Flight Implementation Phase,” will provide support before, during, and after a specific flight has been identified. Please refer to the solicitation for full details on spaceflights.

Research Duration: Two years.

Award: Project award totals can reach a maximum of $200k for technology demonstrations and $300k for exploratory science studies. Please refer to the solicitation for specific award amount details.

Resources:

·         Appendix A of the TRISH NOFO and associated documentation can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/TRISH25EXPAND

·         The TRISH NOFO including all open appendices is available through the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at: https://tinyurl.com/TRISH25NOFO.

·         Learn about the TRISH EXPAND Program and the EXPAND Database and Biorepository.

·         Attend the pre-proposal webinar on March 19, 2025, at 2 p.m. ET. A recording of the webinar will be posted alongside the NSPIRES solicitation page when available.

Background on TRISH: TRISH is a virtual institute empowered by the NASA Human Research Program to help solve challenges of human deep space exploration. TRISH pursues and funds research to deliver scientific and technological solutions that advance space health and help humans thrive wherever they explore, in space or on Earth. Learn more about TRISH.

Questions? Follow the link here for a form and select “open solicitation” to submit questions.

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