This is a $314,901.00 grant award to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a research institute within the Texas A&M University System, for a project titled "The Behavioral Health of Astronauts on Long Duration Exploration Missions (LDEMS)." The award is being made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate the negative effects of isolation, confinement, and sensory deprivation associated with long-duration space exploration...
This is a $1,049,939.41 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook University) to conduct research on technologies for the asynchronous delivery of psychotherapeutic techniques to astronauts during long-duration space missions. The project aims to address the challenges of providing real-time mental health support to astronauts who may experience behavioral health issues in extreme...
This is a $101,612.97 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University. The objective of the research is to identify personality, behavioral, and neurophysiological predictors of resilience among a population of high-achieving adults in highly demanding training programs, such as medical and research lab trainees. The grant supports a 5-month longitudinal study to...
This is a $1,141,678.99 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, to investigate the efficacy of physical exercise using a cycle ergometer combined with an interactive virtual environment, known as "hybrid training," as a countermeasure for augmenting sensory stimulation during long-duration space missions. The grant will fund...
This $4,088,467.35 award to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, is a grant for research focused on optimizing human performance, adaptability, and resiliency for long-duration space exploration missions. The research leverages the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework to identify biological and behavioral factors that predict astronaut performance and well-being in simulated spaceflight conditions....
The University of Hawaii has been awarded a $1,047,717.25 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate individual and crew characteristics that may affect crew function and performance for long-duration space missions. The grant, which has no set-aside designation, will fund the use of analog missions to develop effective team composition strategies. The goal is to provide NASA with a set of tools to optimize crew composition for long-duration,...
This is a $76,291.86 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, a non-profit research organization affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The grant is part of NASA's "Shared Cognitive Architectures for Long-Term Exploration" (SCALE) program, which focuses on maintaining team shared mental models during long-duration space exploration missions. The research team will leverage expertise in...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $579,723 grant to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) on April 10, 2018 to conduct research on the effects of artificial gravity on neuroplasticity and behavioral health during long-duration spaceflight. The overarching goal is to quantify the impact of different intermittent artificial gravity protocols on cortical neuroplasticity, neural control of the cardiovascular system, and spatial cognition during 60-day...
This is a research grant valued at $289,784 awarded on April 1, 2021, by NASA to Texas A&M University System Health Science Center (TAMU HSC) for human research support activities. The contract, which extends through March 31, 2027, funds participation in meetings and discussions with NASA elements and the delivery of specific research documentation during the definition phase. Required deliverables include a NASA Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol, experiment document, Research...
This is a $277,796.43 doctoral research project awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the Regents of the University of Colorado (CU). The contract is focused on developing a framework and model to evaluate the mortality risk and performance degradation of astronaut crew members due to space radiation and other spaceflight stressors like microgravity. This work aims to address NASA's need for tools to reduce uncertainty in radiation effects on human health and...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Houston System, a state-funded institution of higher education located in Houston, Texas. The grant, valued at $970,015.66, is for a research project titled "Characterization of Psychological Risk, Overlap with Physical Health, and Associated Performance in Isolated, Confined, Extreme (ICE) Environments."
The project aims to address gaps in understanding the psychological and behavioral symptoms experienced by individuals in space and other extreme environments. It involves conducting literature reviews, interviews with subject matter experts, and a longitudinal study of 8 separate cohorts (4 Antarctic and 4 HERA) to monitor a comprehensive set of psychological and physical health symptoms, as well as their relationship to performance-based outcomes. The findings from this research are intended to inform future monitoring and countermeasures for extended spaceflight missions. There is no set-aside designation associated with this award.