The NASA EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) International Space Station (ISS) Flight Opportunity Announcement Number NNH24ZHA004C has been released.  You can access the NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), International Space Station (ISS) Flight Opportunity Announcement by clicking this link.

The NM NASA EPSCoR office is seeking pre-proposals for this opportunity. The pre-proposal will be due on Monday, May 26, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. This is a hard deadline; no extensions will be provided. If selected, the full proposal will be due to NSPIRES by August 1, 2025. For details on requirements and evaluation for the pre-proposal, you can download the “2025 ISS Flight Opportunity Pre-Proposal Guidelines.”

Cost-sharing is not required. A detailed budget is required for the entire three (3) year period of performance. A budget template will be provided by the NM NASA EPSCoR office.

NASA EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN), International Space Station (ISS) Flight Opportunity Announcement Number NNH25ZHA001C is the document you must use to prepare your proposal.  All deadlines contained in this proposal are the final deadlines set by NASA.   

Click here to access the NASA 2023 Proposers Guide

All proposers will be notified on the Technical Advisory Committee’s decision by June 7, 2027. Only one proposal can be selected to go forward from the State of New Mexico. 

For questions, please contact the NMSGC office at (575) 646-6414 or poemig@nmsu.edu

Announcement Number: NNH25HA001C

Released: April 29, 2025

Pre-Proposals Due: May 26, 2025

Due to NSPIRES: August 1, 2025

Amount: $150,000 for a 3-year period of performance

Utilization of the ISS will further strengthen the relationships between NASA and the EPSCoR jurisdictions in the pursuit of national priorities for the advancement of science. This use of the ISS will also open new paths for the jurisdictions to compete for and win much larger spaceflight research projects.

NASA EPSCoR, through the jurisdiction’s research projects, will provide ground-based research for this effort. All proposed projects shall be mature enough to transition to a flight experiment with little or no additional NASA funding. Through this solicitation, the ISS will provide the integration and flight opportunity. There are a variety of laboratory facilities and capabilities designed to support a range of scientific disciplines on the ISS.

A general overview of the research facilities and capabilities is at https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/overview/index.html