NASA Research Opportunity

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Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) Announcement:

The NASA Physical Sciences program has released draft text of a new program element E.12 Physical Sciences: Research Studies in ROSES-2024.

The E.12 program element seeks proposals to use data hosted in the PSI system as one of the four Project Types. Proposals are solicited to find new ways to analyze the existing data in the PSI system. This may include cross-referencing with other physical sciences database to find new insights or by employing artificial intelligence or machine learning techniques.

Awards for PSI proposals will be $200,000 over 2 years.

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To be updated with the release of the final text of the E.12 program element.

For more information about the solicitation, please contact Brad Carpenter, Biological and Physical Sciences Division at BPS-PhysicalSciences@nasaprs.com

The following is the list of investigations eligible for PSI proposals in the E.12 program element:

#
Research Area
Investigation
Carrier / Sponsor
1
Biophysics
LMM Biophysics-1 (The Effect of Macromolecular Transport on Microgravity Protein Crystallization)
ISS
2
Biophysics
LMM Biophysics-2 (Solution Convection and the Nucleation Precursors in Protein Crystallization)
ISS
3
Biophysics
LMM Biophysics-3 (Growth Rate Dispersion as a Predictive Indicator for Biological Crystal Samples Where Quality Can be Improved with Microgravity Growth)
ISS
4
Biophysics
Perfect Crystal (Growth of Large, Perfect Protein Crystals for Neutron Crystallography)
ISS
5
Biophysics
Space Biofilms (Characterization of Biofilm Formation, Growth, and Gene Expression on Different Materials and Environmental Conditions in Microgravity)
ISS
6
Biophysics
RSD-AFF/AFF-R (Ring Shear Drop – Amyloid Fibril Formation and Reflight)
ISS
7
Combustion Science
ACME BRE (Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Burning Rate Emulator)
ISS
8
Combustion Science
ACME CLD Flame (Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flame)
ISS
9
Combustion Science
ACME E-Field Flames (Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Electric Field Flames)
ISS
10
Combustion Science
ACME s-Flames (Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Structure and Response of Spherical Diffusion Flames)
ISS
11
Combustion Science
BASS (Burning and Suppression of Solids)
ISS
12
Combustion Science
BASS-II (Burning and Suppression of Solids - II)
ISS
13
Combustion Science
CFI (Cool Flames Investigation)
ISS
14
Combustion Science
DAFT/DAFT-2 (Dust and Aerosol Measurement Feasibility Test 1 and 2)
ISS
15
Combustion Science
FLEX (Flame Extinguishment Experiment)
ISS
16
Combustion Science
FLEX-2 (Flame Extinguishment Experiment - 2)
ISS
17
Combustion Science
Quantitative Studies of Cool Flame Transitions at Radiation/Stretch Extinction Using Counterflow Flames (PSI investigation)
ISS
18
Combustion Science
SAFFIRE I (Spacecraft Fire Experiment I)
Ground
19
Combustion Science
SAFFIRE II (Spacecraft Fire Experiment II)
CRS OA-6
20
Combustion Science
SAFFIRE III (Spacecraft Fire Experiment III)
CRS OA-5
21
Combustion Science
SAME (Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment)
CRS OA-7
22
Combustion Science
SAME-R (Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment - Reflight)
ISS
23
Combustion Science
SLICE (Structure and Liftoff in Combustion Experiment)
ISS
24
Combustion Science
SPICE (Smoke Point in Coflow Experiment)
ISS
25
Combustion Science
Utilization of the Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment Data for Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Smoke Generation in Micro-Gravity (PSI investigation)
ISS
26
Combustion Science
ASETS II (Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader II)
Ground
27
Fluid Physics
CCF-CV-EU1 (Capillary Channel Flow – Critical Velocities - Experiment Unit 1)
X-37B/ AFRL  
28
Fluid Physics
CCF-CV-EU2 (Capillary Channel Flow – Critical Velocities - Experiment Unit 2)
ISS/DLR
29
Fluid Physics
CCF-PS-EU2 (Capillary Channel Flow – Phase Separation - Experiment Unit 2)
ISS/DLR
30
Fluid Physics
CFE (Capillary Flow Experiment)
ISS
31
Fluid Physics
CFE-2 (Capillary Flow Experiment – 2)
ISS
32
Fluid Physics
CVB (Constrained Vapor Bubble)
ISS
33
Fluid Physics
CVB-2 (Constrained Vapor Bubble – 2)
ISS
34
Fluid Physics
DECLIC-ALI (Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization - Alice Like Insert)
ISS
35
Fluid Physics
Development and Verification of a 3D Nucleate Pool Boiling Simulation Model Using PSI Data (PSI investigation)
Ground
36
Fluid Physics
GRADFLEX (Gradient Driven Fluctuation Experiment)
Free Flyer
37
Fluid Physics
EHD (ElectroHydroDynamics)
Aircraft
38
Fluid Physics
FBCE-FBM (Flow Boiling Condensation Experiment - Flow Boiling Module)
ISS
39
Fluid Physics
IVGEN (IntraVenous Fluid GENeration for Exploration Missions)
ISS
40
Fluid Physics
MABE (Microheater Array Heater Boiling Experiment)
ISS
41
Fluid Physics
NPBX (Nucleate Pool Boiling Experiment)
ISS
42
Fluid Physics
PBE (Pool Boiling Experiment)
STS-47, STS-57, STS-60, STS-72, STS-77
43
Fluid Physics
PBRE (Packed Bed Reactor Experiment)
ISS
44
Fluid Physics
PBRE-2 (Packed Bed Reactor Experiment – 2)
ISS
45
Fluid Physics
PBRE-WR (Packed Bed Reactor Experiment – Water Recovery)
ISS
46
Fluid Physics
STDCE-1 (Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment) - First United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USML-1)
STS-52
47
Fluid Physics
STDCE-2 (Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment) - Second United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USML-2)
STS-73
48
Fluid Physics
CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) - Bose - Einstein Condensate Bubble Dynamics
ISS
49
Fundamental Physics
CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) - Consortium for Ultracold Atoms in Space
ISS
50
Fundamental Physics
CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) - Development of Atom Interferometry Experiments for the ISS
ISS
51
Fundamental Physics
CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) - Fundamental Interactions for Atom Interferometry with Ultracold Quantum Gases in a Microgravity Environment
ISS
52
Fundamental Physics
CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) – Zero-G Studies of Few Body and Many-Body Physics
ISS
53
Fundamental Physics
CSLM (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures)
STS-83, STS-94
54
Materials Science
CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures - 2)
ISS
55
Materials Science
CSLM-2R (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures - 2 Reflight)
ISS
56
Materials Science
CSLM-3 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures - 3)
ISS
57
Materials Science
CSLM-4 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures - 4)
ISS
58
Materials Science
DECLIC-DSI (Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization - Directional Solidification Insert)
ISS
59
Materials Science
DECLIC-DSI-R SPADES (Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization - Directional Solidification Insert – Reflight – Spatiotemporal Evolution of three-dimensional Dendritic array Structures
ISS
60
Materials Science
ELF - Round Robin (Electrostatic Levitation Furnace: Round Robin - Thermophysical Property Measurement)
ISS
61
Materials Science
EML - ELFSTONE (Electromagnetic Levitation: Electromagnetic Levitation Flight Support for Transient Observation of Nucleation Events)
ISS/ESA
62
Materials Science
EML - QUASI (Electromagnetic Levitation: Quasi-crystalline Undercooled Alloys for Space Investigation
ISS/ESA
63
Materials Science
Enhancement and Verification of Quantitative Phase-Field Crystal Modeling using NASA-PSI Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures Experiments Data (PSI investigation)
Ground
64
Materials Science
IDGE-STS-62 (Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment) - Second United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USMP-2)
STS-62
65
Materials Science
IDGE-STS-75 (Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment) - Third United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USMP-3)
STS-75
66
Materials Science
IDGE-STS-87 (Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment) - Fourth United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USMP-4)
STS-87
67
Materials Science
ISSI (In-Space Soldering Investigation)
ISS
68
Materials Science
MICAST/CSS (Microstructure Formation in Casting of Technical Alloys under Diffusive and Magnetically Controlled Convective Conditions/Comparison of Structure and Segregation in Alloys Directionally Solidified in Terrestrial and Microgravity Environments)
ISS
69
Materials Science
MICS (Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification)
ISS
70
Materials Science
MICS-MVP (Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification - Multi-use Variable-gravity Platform)
ISS
71
Materials Science
MSRR-GEDS (Materials Science Research Rack - Gravitation Effects on Distortion in Sintering)
ISS
72
Materials Science
PFMI (Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation)
ISS
73
Materials Science
Pore-Mushy Zone Interaction During Directional Solidification of Alloys: Three Dimensional Simulation and Comparison with Experiments (PSI investigation)
Ground
74
Materials Science
Strata-1
ISS
75
Materials Science
SUBSA (Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules)
ISS
76
Materials Science
SUBSA - BRAINS (Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules - Brazing of Aluminum Alloy in Space)
ISS
77
Materials Science
SUBSA - CETSOL (Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules - Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition in Solidification)
ISS
78
Materials Science
TEMPUS (Tiegelfreies Elektromagnetisches Prozessieren Unter Schwerelosigkeit; Electromagnetic Containerless Processing in Microgravity)
STS-65, STS-83, STS-94
79
Materials Science
ACE-M1 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - Microscopy 1)
ISS
80
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
ACE-M2 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - Microscopy 2)
ISS
81
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
ACE-M2R (Advanced Colloids Experiment - Microscopy 2 Reflight)
ISS
82
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
ACE-T1 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - T1)
ISS
83
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
ACE-T6 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - T6)
ISS/ ISSNL
84
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
ACE-T7 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - T7)
ISS
85
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
ACE-T11 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - T11)
ISS
86
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
ACE-TR (Advanced Colloids Experiment - TR)
ISS/ ISSNL
87
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 3)
ISS
88
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
BCAT-4 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 4)
ISS
89
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
BCAT-5 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5)
ISS
90
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
BCAT-6 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 6)
ISS
91
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
FOAM (Foam Optics and Mechanics)
ISS/ESA
92
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
InSPACE (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions)
ISS
93
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
InSPACE-2 (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions - 2)
ISS
94
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
InSPACE-3 /InSPACE-3+ (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions – 3 and 3+)
ISS
95
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
OASIS (Observation and Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space)
ISS
96
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
PASTA (Particle Stabilised Emulsions and Foams)
ISS/ESA
97
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
PCS (Physics of Colloids in Space)
ISS
98
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
PHaSE (Physics of Hard Spheres Experiment)
STS-94
99
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
PKE-Nefedov & PK-3+ (Plasma Kristall Experiment; Dusty Plasma)
ISS
100
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
PK-4 (Plasma Kristall Experiment)
ISS/ESA
101
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
SHERE (Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment)
ISS
102
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
SHERE II (Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment II)
ISS
103
Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids
SHERE-R (Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment - Reflight)
ISS