NASA selects 12 investigations
The selected investigations include 6 food-focused and 6 health and physiology investigations.
- NASA selected 12 space biology investigations.
- The selected investigations include 6 food-focused and 6 health and physiology investigations.
- Food-focused investigations are funded through Space Crops grants.
- The awards place space biology principal investigators at 10 institutions in 8 states.
- The Space Biology Program awards include 9 first-time investigators.
What happened
NASA has selected 12 investigations. The selections include 6 food-focused investigations and 6 health and physiology investigations.
What we know
The 12 selected investigations include 6 food-focused investigations and 6 health and physiology investigations.
Food-focused investigations are funded through Space Crops grants.
The listed proposals include 4 Space Crops proposals, 1 resurrection plant proposal and 1 algal genes proposal.
The listed proposals also include 6 precision health proposals, 1 lunar dust exposure proposal, 1 repurposed drug proposal, 2 radiation stressor proposals and 2 molecular and cellular change proposals.
Space biology principal investigators are based at 10 institutions in 8 states.
The Space Biology Program awards include 9 first-time investigators.
Why it matters
NASA's goal is lunar and Mars exploration, and the selected investigations include 6 food-focused and 6 health and physiology investigations.
The awards place space biology principal investigators at 10 institutions in 8 states and include 9 first-time investigators.
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