Archived What's New


July. 28, 2000 CBD Announcement NRA 00-HEDS-03: Cellular and Macromolecular Biotechnology .
June. 23, 2000 CBD Announcement for Cooperative Agreement Notice for NASA's Astrobiology Institute.
Mar. 10, 2000 "Life Sciences Research Division Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1999" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Life Sciences Research Division during all or part of fiscal 1999.
Mar. 02, 2000 "Microgravity Research Division Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1999" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Microgravity Research Division during all or part of fiscal 1999.
Feb. 01, 2000 NASA Research Announcement: "Research and Flight Opportunities in Microgravity Sciences: Fundamental Physics" (NRA-00-HEDS-02) is available electronically as of February 15th, 2000.
Jan. 19, 2000 Life Sciences Programmatic Name Change
Jan. 13, 2000 NASA Research Announcement: "Research and Flight Opportunities in Space Life Sciences: Advanced Human Support Technology Program" (NRA-00-HEDS-01) is available electronically as of January 18th, 2000.
Nov. 15, 1999 NASA Research Announcement: "Research and Flight Opportunities in Microgravity Sciences: Microgravity Combustion Science Program" (NRA-99-HEDS-04) is available electronically as of November 15th, 1999.
Sep. 28, 1999 NASA Announces Research Grants for the Advanced Human Support Technology Program (09/28/99)
Sep. 16, 1999 NASA Research Announcement: "Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences: Biomedical Research and Countermeasures" (NRA-99-HEDS-03) is available electronically as of September 16th, 1999.
Sep. 07, 1999 NASA Research Announcement: "Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences: Gravitational Biology and Ecology" (NRA-99-HEDS-02) is available electronically as of September 7th, 1999.
Aug. 06, 1999 NASA Announces Research Grants in Life Science (8/6/99)
Dec. 16, 1999 Announcement of Symposium on the STS-95 Research Results
Jun. 18, 1999 Announcement of Opportunity: "Mars Surveyor Program 2003 Lander Mission & Mars 2005 Definition Studies: Preparing for Human Exploration of Mars" (AO 99-HEDS-01) is available electronically from the AO area of this site.
Mar. 15, 1999 You can now check the check the status of your proposal on-line. 
Feb. 18, 1999 "Life Science Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1998" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Life Science Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1998.
Jan.. 28, 1999 "Microgravity Research Division Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1998" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Microgravity Research Division during all or part of fiscal 1998.
Jan. 15, 1999 NASA Research Announcement: "Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences: Advanced Human Support Technology Program " (NRA-99-HEDS-01) is now available electronically from the NRA area of this site.
Dec. 16, 1998 NASA Research Announcement: "Microgravity Materials Science: Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities" (NRA-98-HEDS-05) is now available electronically from the NRA area of this site.
Nov. 09, 1998 NASA Research Announcement: "Microgravity Fluid Physics: Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities" (NRA-98-HEDS-03) will be available electronically from the NRA area of this site after November 23, 1998.
Nov. 03, 1998 The Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications will release NRA 98-HEDS-04, Research Opportunities in Biology-Inspired Technologies, 1998, on November 23, 1998 (moved up from November 30th). This NASA Research Announcement is intended to solicit novel and "out of the box" concepts, which are largely inspired by biology, and the demonstration of the proof of such concepts. This NRA will mainly focus on two topical areas:
  • Smart Materials and Structures Inspired by Biology
  • Human-Centered Systems
Please watch this website for more information on this NRA. 
Aug. 06, 1998 PI-in-a-Box: An expert system that investigators can use with their experiments. It is designed to assist astronauts with the conduct of scientific experiments in space.
Jun. 01, 1998 NASA Research Announcement: "Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences: Gravitational Biology and Ecology and Biomedical Research and Countermeasures Programs " (NRA-98-HEDS-02) is now available electronically from the NRA area.
Feb. 20, 1998 "Life Science Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1997" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Life Science Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1997.
Feb. 02, 1998 "Microgravity Research Division Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1997" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Microgravity Research Division during all or part of fiscal 1997.
Jan. 13, 1998 NASA Research Announcement:" Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences Advanced Human Support Technology Programs " (NRA-98-HEDS-01) will be available electronically from the NRA area of this site after January 15, 1998.
Dec. 04, 1997 NASA Research Announcement: Microgravity Biotechnology - Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities (NRA-97-HEDS-02) will be available electronically from the NRA area of this site after December 22, 1997.
Sep. 19, 1997 NASA Research Announcement: Microgravity Combustion Science - Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities (NRA-97-HEDS-01) will be available electronically from the NRA area of this site after October 14, 1997.
Jun. 30, 1997 Announcement of Opportunity for 2001 Mars Surveyor Program Orbiter, Lander and Rover Missions.
Jun. 05, 1997 "Life Science Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1996" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Life Science Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1996.
May 01, 1997 "NASA Awards 36 Microgravity Research Grants
Apr. 22, 1997 Draft Announcement of Opportunity for 2001 Mars Surveyor Program Orbiter, Lander and Rover Missions. 
Mar. 27, 1997 "NASA Announces Life Sciences Research Grants
Mar. 03, 1997 "Microgravity Science & Applications Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1996" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Microgravity Science & Applications Division during all or part of fiscal 1996.
Dec. 27, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: " Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences: Gravitational Biology and Biomedical Research and Countermeasures Programs" (SOL NRA-96-HEDS-04). 
Dec. 27, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: " Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences: Advanced Human Support Technologies Program" (SOL NRA-96-HEDS-05). 
Dec. 04, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: "Microgravity Materials Science: Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities" (SOL NRA-96-HEDS-02). 
Dec. 04, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: "Fundamental Physics in Microgravity: Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities" (SOL NRA-96-HEDS-03). 
Dec. 03, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: "Microgravity Fluid Physics: Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities" (SOL NRA-96-HEDS-01).This document provides a detailed description of this opportunity with specific guidelines for proposal preparation.
Nov. 14, 1996 NASA / OLMSA Research Opportunities web site receives a "new look and feel".
Jun. 20, 1996 "Life Sciences Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1995" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Life Sciences Division during all or part of fiscal 1995.
May 24, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: "Microgravity Biotechnology: Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities" (SOL NRA-96-OLMSA-03) released.
Apr. 24, 1996 "Microgravity Science & Applications Program Tasks and Bibliography for FY 1995" released - Includes descriptions of all peer-reviewed projects, or tasks, funded by the Microgravity Science & Applications Division during all or part of fiscal 1995.
Apr. 10, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: "NASA Specialized Centers of Research and Training (NSCORT)" (SOL NRA-96-OLMSA-02) released.
Feb. 26, 1996 "Special Research Facilities for Space Life Sciences" - This document provides detailed descriptions of the special research facilities listed in Appendix C of the two NASA Research Announcements (NRAs) released on February 20, 1996: Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences (NRA 96-OLMSA-01A), and Advanced Life Support and Environmental Technologies for Human Exploration and Development of Space (NRA 96-OLMSA-01B). These facilities are available to investigators for ground research at one of the NASA Field Centers or at other sites.
Feb. 26, 1996 "Flight Experiment Hardware for Space Life Sciences" - This document provides detailed descriptions of the space-flight equipment that is listed in Appendix D of the two NASA Research Announcements (NRAs) released on February 20, 1996: Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences (NRA 96-OLMSA-01A), and Advanced Life Support and Environmental Technologies for Human Exploration and Development of Space (NRA 96-OLMSA-01B).
Feb. 23, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: "Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences" (SOL NRA-96-OLMSA-01A) released.
Feb. 23, 1996 NASA Research Announcement: "Advanced Life Support and Environmental Technologies for Human Exploration and Development of Space" (SOL NRA-96-OLMSA-01B) released.
Feb. 23, 1996 The NASA / OLMSA Research Opportunities Home Page goes on-line. This server provides information on research opportunities provided by NASA's Office of Life Sciences and Microgravity Applications (OLMSA). Users can currently download and print research announcements, include or update their address in our mailing list, or find out more about ongoing research funded by OLMSA.


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