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NIH and NASA Activities
Updated June 18, 2012
The NIH and NASA have a strong history of collaboration and share many interests in the life and health sciences. As research opportunities emerge, the NIH and NASA continue to explore new ways to develop partnerships that serve shared scientific interests.
NIH and NASA collaborate on International Space Station
- Press release: NIH Awards Grants to Support Biomedical Research in Space
- Additional information about funded projects (courtesy of NASA)
Statement to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science and Space about "The Case for Space: Examining the Value" — October 21, 2009
Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) (UH2/UH3, historical)
- Press Release — April 8, 2009
- More information about designing experiments for the ISS National Lab
Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Space-Related Health Research
- Memorandum of Understanding
- Press Release — September 12, 2007
- Photos from signing ceremony
- NIH, NASA Partner for Health Research in Space (NIH Record article)
The collaboration is featured in the Fall 2007 issue of Medline Plus magazine (see http://www.fnlm.org/magazinePDFS/fall07.pdf)