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SPONSORED PROGRAMS
How can access to space be used to impact your organization?
The ISSInternational Space Station National Lab supports sponsored programs tailored to solving an organization’s critical challenge.
ISS National Laboratory: Sponsored Programs
The International Space Station offers a unique research platform, unlike any other on Earth. Many organizations are curious as to how this platform can be relevant to their business and research needs here on the ground. Sponsored programs provide organizations the flexibility to ask new questions and explore key variables, using the space environment as a tool in their innovation portfolio. The ISS National Lab sponsored program model has been successfully used by Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and regional incubators. Some organizations choose to run a company-wide research competition, where they challenge their internal R&D staff to develop ISS experiment concepts that could address a unique industry challenge. Other organizations choose to identify the research challenge objectives and then leverage the ISS National Lab and NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration R&D network to help recruit top researchers in the relevant field of study. This unique research and development model is flexible to meet the needs and budget of a partnering organization. Through this partnership, we aim to accelerate your organization’s access to space without requiring you or your staff to become space experts.
Additionally, as your space research efforts mature, you will be able to leverage a wide array of branding and STEM education opportunities that can differentiate and draw increased public attention to your organization. We invite you to engage with our commercial innovation team to discuss how an ISS National Lab sponsored program could work for your organization.
Sponsored Program Elements Include:
Research and Development Program Support
- Idea conception and development leveraging a vast network of current microgravityThe condition of perceived weightlessness created when an object is in free fall, for example when an object is in orbital motion. Microgravity alters many observable phenomena within the physical and life sciences, allowing scientists to study things in ways not possible on Earth. The International Space Station provides access to a persistent microgravity environment. researchers
- Identification of and outreach to the best research and technology development resources
- Advertising and outreach to pool relevant innovators
- Information and education sessions on program goals
- Cross-disciplinary and collaborative solution development
- Subject matter expertise
- Translation of ground-based goals to space
Connect Space to Your Innovation Brand
- Customized marketing opportunities (patches, launch videos, etc.)
- Media opportunities through ISS National Lab and NASA channels
- Pre-launch, launch, and post-launch opportunities to showcase your company
- Authentic connection with America’s Space Program through the ISS National Laboratory
- “Space Is In It” endorsement available for qualified product research
STEM Education: Inspiring and Engaging the Next Generation
- Expand the reach and impact with customized STEM education extensions of your program, which could include student patches, student ground experiments, educational videos, and local community programs
- Leverage the Space Station Explorers Educational network to reach an energetic community of educators, partners, and students
- Customized and scalable, based upon your STEM education goals and objectives
ISS National Lab Sponsored Programs Include:
Non-profit
Commercial
Government Agency