2022 TRISH Biomedical Research Advances for Space Health (BRASH)

creased radiation exposure, gravity changes, isolation and confinement, and an omnipresent hostile/dangerous environment. These stressors negatively impact health, through tissue degradation, DNA damage, cell death, neurological changes, and more. The BRASH solicitation seeks ways to reduce multiple crew health risks while enhancing the body’s ability to control endogenous repair and maintenance processes to support optimal organ, tissue and cell function for astronauts. “TRISH is committed to finding new approaches to increase endogenous repair. This is needed to safeguard health in the extremes of space, and has applications for Earth, through improvements to cellular repair, healing, or normal wear-and-tear that occurs with physical and mental challenges as well as aging,” said Dorit Donoviel, TRISH’s Executive Director. The solicitation is available online here and is composed of two phases. Step-1 proposals are due January 26, 2022 by 5 p.m. EST. Step-2 proposals from selected investigations will be due April 19, 2022 by 5 p.m. EST. Selections will be announced in October 2022. TRISH encourages diverse candidates and underrepresented groups to participate in this research solicitation. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving
Institutions (HSIs) Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) and small businesses and organizations owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or women are particularly encouraged to participate in proposals as lead institution or co-institutions. Personnel employed by United States-based institutions or companies may apply. Please see the solicitation for more information on eligibility. TRISH is hosting a webinar for proposers on December 17, 2021 at 2 p.m. EST to answer questions about the BRASH 2201 solicitation. Register for the webinar here. As a partner to NASA’s Human Research Program, TRISH helps solve the health challenges to human deep space exploration. The institute finds and funds disruptive, breakthrough research and technologies that can reduce risks to astronaut health and performance to help put the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and human boot prints on Mars. The institute is funded through a cooperative agreement with NASA to Baylor College of Medicine and includes consortium partners, Caltech and the MIT. Learn more about TRISH by signing up for its monthly newsletter and following the Institute on social media @BCMSpaceHealth.