Current Opportunity
NLRA 2025-6: Leveraging the ISS National Lab for STEM Education and Workforce Development
National Lab Research Announcement
NLRA 2025-6: Leveraging the ISS National Lab for STEM Education and Workforce Development
The purpose of this ISSInternational Space Station National Lab Research Announcement (NLRAThe abbreviation for an ISS National Lab Research Announcement. NLRAs are one of the ISS National Lab’s primary mechanisms to solicit proposals in specific research areas.) is to solicit applications directed toward utilization of the ISS National Lab for workforce development and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by principal investigators and stakeholders associated with any U.S.-based institution (academic, government, commercial, not-for-profit). Flight projects selected via this research announcement may be awarded funding to enable mission integration and operations support for implementation on the ISS.
NLRA / NSF Solicitation #:
NLRA 2025-6
NLRA Open Period:
2/12/2025 – 6/2/2025
Strategic Focus:
Education and
Workforce Development
Research Area:
Multiple
Watch the webinar to learn about this opportunity
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut Nick Hague with the CASIS(Abbreviation: CASIS™) The nonprofit organization that manages the ISS National Lab, which receives at least 50 percent of the U.S. research allocation on the International Space Station to facilitate research that benefits humanity (NASA manages the other 50% and focuses on research for space exploration purposes). PCG-14 investigation in the Destiny module of the ISS.
Media Credit: NASA
Proposals must seek to build or expand education programs, projects, or public-private partnerships that leverage the ISS or space-based research to engage post-secondary students (including colleges, universities, community/junior colleges, and vocational institutions), K-12 students, and/or educators.
Steps to Applying for This Research Opportunity
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.
APPLICANT RESOURCES
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Step 1.1: Download Instructions
Step 1.2: Concept summaries must be submitted electronically using the concept summary submission portal. To access the portal, press the “Click to Submit” button below.
Step 2.1: CASIS will notify all offerors of the review results of their Step 1: Concept Summary.
Step 2.1: 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. Offerors should ensure they are using a current version of Adobe Acrobat to create their PDF and that uploaded documents do not include Flash content.
Thank you for your interest in conducting research leveraging the ISS National Lab! For questions regarding this research announcement, please contact info@ISSNationalLab.org and reference NLRA 2025-6 in the subject line.