The NASA EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) for the International Space Station (ISS) Flight Opportunity is currently paused.

Please revisit this page later to find out if this opportunity will be available for the 2026 cycle.

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

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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