Funding, News and Announcements

Updated April 23 - Internal Deadline is Not Required

The European Space Agency (ESA) is soliciting human research proposals for two 60-day Bedrest, and analysis proposals for Dry Immersion Core Data. As Canada is a contributing member to the SciSpacE programme, Canadian research teams are eligible participants to these opportunities and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) encourages Canadian scientists to submit applications to these as Principal Investigator, or as Co-Investigator with an European Team.

The Bedrest Announcement of Opportunity proposes two 60-day Bedrest studies. One bedrest study will be conducted at the MEDES Space Clinic in Toulouse, France in 2021. The second study will be conducted at the Planica Nordic Center in Planica, Slovenia in 2022. Both studies will apply artificial gravity and exercise paradigms as countermeasures. Both opportunities aim to better understand the effectiveness of different countermeasures on physiological and psychological functions that are affected during spaceflight.

The Dry Immersion Announcement of Opportunity is soliciting analysis proposals for Dry Immersion Core Data.  A 5-day immersion study will be conducted at the MEDES Space Clinic in Toulouse, France. It is anticipated to start at Q4 of 2020. The aim of this Opportunity is to validate and better understand the dry immersion model and the physiological and psychological changes it induces.

ESA will conduct the technical peer review and make the final selection of the applications. For these Announcements of Opportunities (Bedrest and Dry Immersion) the deadline to submit a full proposal is June 1^st 2020. The preliminary steps of letter of intent, as well as the Information Workshop are not mandatory to submit an application. Any question related to these ESA Opportunities should be addressed directly to ESA.

Funder Deadline: June 1, 2020