Current and Upcoming Opportunities

The International Space Station National Laboratory is a crewed low Earth orbit (LEO) platform for research, development, and education that inspires innovation and provides opportunities for discovery to benefit humankind.

Conducting research on the ISS National Laboratory demonstrates to U.S. citizens and the world that space is accessible, affordable, and capable of supporting the research and development necessary to make the fundamental business case for sustainable industrial demand in LEO. The ISS National Laboratory has a congressionally mandated mission to maximize use of this unique space-based facility to accelerate knowledge and foster commercial development through research and development.

NSF/CASIS 2024 Collaboration on Transport Phenomena Research on the ISS to Benefit Life on Earth

Open period: 10/31/2023 – 1/10/2024
The purpose of this solicitation is to attract proposals that make use of the ISS National Lab for flight research projects in the field of transport phenomena.

NSF/CASIS 2024 Collaboration on Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology on the ISS to Benefit Life on Earth

Open period: 10/26/2023 – 1/15/2024
The purpose of this solicitation is to attract proposals that make use of the ISS National Lab for flight research projects in the field of biomedical engineering.

NLRA 2024-1: In-Space Production Applications: Tissue Engineering and Biomanufacturing

Open period: 10/4/2023 – 3/11/2024
The purpose of this NLRA is to solicit proposals for applied research and development seeking to demonstrate space-based biomanufacturing activities in microgravity.

NLRA 2023-10: Igniting Innovation: Science in Space to Cure Disease on Earth

Open period: 8/8/2023 – 3/8/2024
The purpose of this NLRA is to solicit proposals focused on flight research on the ISS to address the goals of the Cancer Moonshot^SM initiative and accelerate the translation of stem cell and organoid-based disease models and advanced technologies for biomanufacturing.

2024 – 2025 ISS National Lab Solicitation Schedule

Please note that the ISS National Lab will not consider proposals received from a non-U.S. person, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).