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NLRA 2023-5: STEM Research Announcement Seeks Proposals – ISS National Lab

ISS National Laboratory
NLRA open period: 12/12/2022 – 5/3/2023
The purpose of this ISS National Lab Research Announcement (NLRA) is to solicit proposals to leverage the ISS for education and workforce development. This solicitation seeks projects to expand education programs, projects, or public-private partnerships that leverage the ISS or space-based research to engage K-12 students, enhance higher education, or expand online educational engagement via existing or new programming. In addition, all proposals must promote diversity, inclusion, and outreach into underrepresented demographics.
Concepts submitted in response to this announcement must specifically state how proposed initiatives will target and reach underrepresented demographics and must also address at least one of the following goals:
This solicitation is open to U.S.-based institutions (academic, government, commercial, or nonprofit) with a vested interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development.
This research announcement will follow a two-step proposal submission process. Before being invited to submit a full proposal, all interested investigators must first complete and submit for review a Step 1: Concept Summary.
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Upload your Step 1: Concept Summary by pressing the “Click to Submit” button below. Please convert your document to a PDF prior to uploading.
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CASIS will notify all offerors of the review results of their Step 1: Concept Summary.
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If you were invited to submit a Step 2: Full Proposal, upload your submission by pressing the “Click to Submit” button below. Please convert your document to a PDF prior to uploading.
Full proposals (for those invited to submit) are due May 3, 2023.
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Thank you for your interest in conducting research leveraging the ISS National Lab! For questions regarding this research announcement, please contact [email protected] and reference NLRA2023-5 in the subject line.
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