Iowa NASA EPSCoR is pleased to announce the FY26 recipients of the Research Building Seed Grants. These grants are designed to strengthen and expand Iowa’s research capacity as part of NASA’s multi-year Research Infrastructure Development (RID) initiative. The program supports researchers across the state, fostering innovation aligned with NASA’s strategic priorities. Each year, investigators from…

No, you’re not looking at an abstract painting of the sun and the Earth. This is a photograph (micrograph)! No, you’re not looking at an abstract painting of the sun and the Earth. This is a photograph (micrograph)! Iowa State University associate professor of Materials Science and Engineering Dr. Sid Pathak and lead researcher Dr.…

When: April 15, 2025 Where: Howe Hall, Iowa State University; 537 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50011. Join us for our annual Spring Research Symposium at Iowa State University where Iowa Space Grant Consortium supported students and faculty, as well as Iowa NASA EPSCoR supported researchers and students, will come together to showcase their innovative and…

Solicitation Number: NNJ25ZSA003LRelease Date: February 25, 2025Response Date: March 11, 2025 The Human Research Program investigates and mitigates the highest risks to astronaut health and performance in exploration missions. The goal of the HRP is to provide human health and performance countermeasures, knowledge, technologies, and tools to enable safe, reliable, and productive human space exploration,…

Iowa NASA EPSCoR – Research Building Seed Grant FY25  Team:  In a groundbreaking research initiative recently funded by NASA, Dr. Khaled Kamal from Iowa State University’s Department of Kinesiology, in collaboration with NASA Ames Research Center, will delve into how biological sex impacts the response to spaceflight stressors through the lens of extracellular vesicles, known…

Article by Sarah Bernick Iowa NASA EPSCoR is excited to announce the recipients of its annual seed grants, aimed at expanding research capacity in Iowa as part of a larger initiative funded by NASA’s Research Infrastructure Development (RID) grant. This multi-year effort, which runs from 2022 to 2027, seeks to empower researchers across the state…

Credit: Simpson College Simpson College Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science Dr. Aswati Subramanian has been awarded an Iowa NASA EPSCoR Research Building Seed grant. EPSCoR stands for “Established Programs to Stimulate Competitive Research.” Dr. Subramanian’s $30,600 grant supports NASA-relevant science and engineering research within Iowa.  Subramanian will use the funding to support a Simpson undergraduate…