National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research & Technology Transfer 2003 Program Solicitations

Chapter 9.1.2

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9.1.2 BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL RESEARCH

NASA’s Biological and Physical Research Enterprise conducts basic and applied research to support human exploration of space and to take advantage of the space environment as a laboratory. It creates unique cross-disciplinary research programs, bringing the basic sciences of physics, biology, and chemistry together with a wide range of engineering disciplines. This Enterprise asks questions that are basic to our future: How can human existence expand beyond the home planet to achieve maximum benefits from space? How do fundamental laws of nature shape the evolution of life?

http://SpaceResearch.nasa.gov

TOPIC B1 Cross-Disciplinary Physical Sciences

B1.01 Exploiting Gravitational Effects for Combustion, Fluids, Synthesis, and Vibration Technology
B1.02 Gravitational Effects on Biotechnology and Materials Sciences
B1.03 Bioscience and Engineering

TOPIC B2 Fundamental Space Biology

B2.01 Understanding and Utilizing Gravitational Effects on Plants and Animals
B2.02 Biological Instrumentation
B2.03 Understanding and Utilizing Gravitational Effects on Molecular Biology and for Medical Applications

TOPIC B3 Biomedical and Human Support Research

B3.01 Advanced Spacecraft Life Support
B3.02 Space Human Factors and Human Performance
B3.03 Human Adaptation and Countermeasures
B3.04 Food and Galley
B3.05 Biomedical R&D of Noninvasive, Unobtrusive Medical Devices for Future Flight Crews
B3.06 Radiation Shielding to Protect Humans
B3.07 Biomass Production for Planetary Missions
B3.08 Software Architectures and Integrated Control Strategies for Advanced Life-Support Systems

TOPIC B4 Partnerships and Market Driven Research

B4.01 Space Commercialization
B4.02 Space Commercialization Infrastructure

TOPIC B5 Biomolecular Systems, Devices and Technologies

B5.01 Biomolecular Sensors, Effectors and Imaging
B5.02 Biosignatures, Signal Amplification, and Bioinformatics
B5.03 Nano/Quantum Devices for Space Medicine and Biology Applications
B5.04 Nanoscale Self-Assembly using Biological Molecules

TOPIC B6 Mission Integration and Flight Support

B6.01 Telescience and Flight Payload Operations
B6.02 Flight Payload Logistics, Integration, Processing, and Crew Activities

TOPIC B7 Outreach

B7.01 Development of Improved Outreach Planning and Implementation Products
B7.02 Innovative Methods of Outreach Analysis, Assessment, and Metrics Development

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