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Opportunity Summary:

NASA Johnson Space Center issued a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) titled "Ground Based Studies in Space Radiobiology" (Funding Opportunity Number NNJ10ZSA001N) to support research that improves understanding of how space-like radiation affects biological systems. The work is tied to NASA's Space Radiation Program Element (SPRE) and focuses specifically on ground-based radiobiology studies that use high-energy ion beams designed to simulate the space radiation environment. Experiments are intended to be carried out at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) located at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, New York, which provides specialized particle beam capabilities that are difficult to replicate elsewhere.

The opportunity is structured as a broad agency announcement under FAR 6.102(d)(2), meaning NASA is seeking a range of innovative research approaches rather than procuring a single predefined deliverable. NASA notes that, even though the announcement may be visible on public posting sites, it retains discretion to choose the most appropriate award instrument for selected proposals. The listed funding instruments include grants and cooperative agreements, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated for applicants.

Eligibility is intentionally wide. Participation is open to essentially all organization types, including universities and other educational institutions, private industry, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, and other government agencies. In practice, this means both academic and non-academic research teams can compete, as long as they can meet the administrative and submission requirements and propose work aligned with the space radiation biology goals described in the solicitation.

Applications must be submitted electronically through NASA's NSPIRES system (NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System) at nspires.nasaprs.com. At the time of this announcement, NASA indicated that proposers could not submit NASA proposals through Grants.gov "until further notice," so NSPIRES is the required submission pathway. Organizations must be registered in NSPIRES before submitting, and they must identify authorized organizational representative(s) who are permitted to officially submit proposals on the organization’s behalf. NSPIRES also requires registration and profile setup for principal investigators and other key participants such as co-investigators. NASA strongly encourages prospective applicants to start registration and data entry early, since system access and role assignments can take time and are a common cause of last-minute submission problems.

The submission process uses a two-step timeline. Step 1 proposals were due February 16, 2010, and only applicants invited forward could submit Step 2 proposals, which were due April 20, 2010. The opportunity was posted around January 8, 2010, with an archive date of April 30, 2010. The full solicitation text was made available through the NASA Research Opportunities homepage by navigating to "Solicitations" and then "Open Solicitations" within NSPIRES, where applicants could find the detailed requirements, evaluation criteria, and topic-specific guidance.

For support and access issues, NASA provided points of contact including Vanessa R. Beene (vanessa.r.beene@nasa.gov) and NAIS Support (nais.support@nasa.gov). Scientific or programmatic questions were to be directed to the contacts listed in the full solicitation document.

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