Grant For Research NNX15AN96G

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 assess factors like personality, cognitive ability, mood, and neural reactivity as predictors of resilience, as measured by mental health and performance. The findings aim to inform the development of a new selection protocol that could be applied to astronaut candidates. This grant is not associated with a set-aside program.