Current Research Opportunities
On this page, you can find an overview of the open SciSpacE research opportunities. These either consist of Continuously Open Research Announcements (CORAs) or ad-hoc and time-bound Announcements of Opportunities (AOs).
Past investigations can be found in the HRE Data Archive (HREDA) that collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972. https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/home
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CORA Topical Teams
Through this Continuously Open Research Announcement Opportunity for GBF, ESA provides scientists the opportunity to set up dedicated Topical Teams.
CORA Radiation
Through this Continuously Open Research Announcement Opportunity for Radiation, ESA provides access to European accelerator facilities for space radiation research.
CORA Parabolic Flight
Through this Continuously Open Research Announcement, ESA provides scientists with an opportunity to fly their research on a Parabolic Flight.
CORA Ground-Based Facilities
Through this Continuously Open Research Announcement Opportunity for GBF, ESA provides scientists access to state-of-the-are and unique facilities with space relevance.
CORA Drop Tower
Through this Continuously Open Research Announcement, ESA provides scientists access to the ZARM Drop Tower in Bremen, Germany for microgravity research.
Exploration Science – Sounding Rocket Experiments
Deadline: May 15, 2025
Six minutes of high-quality microgravity for your scientific experiment !
Call for Interest to become a Member of the LuSEE-Night science team, through a partnership between ESA, NASA, and the US Department of Energy
Deadline: May 16, 2025
AO-2025-Radiation-IBPER
Apply now for the Announcement of Opportunity for Investigations into Biological and Physical Effects of Radiation at GSI
AO-2024-TransparentAlloys
Deadline: February 15, 2025
Apply now to the ISS Announcement of Opportunity for Transparent Alloys Experiments onboard the International Space Station (TA2)
Call to become a Member of ESA’s Life/Physical Sciences Working Group
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Apply now to become a member of ESA’s Life or Physical Sciences Working Group, scientifically advising ESA
AO-2024-TissueChipOrganoidGround
Deadline: May 30, 2025
Apply now to the ground-based announcement of opportunity making use of tissue-on-chip and organoid models to study the impact of space stressors
AO-2024-FLY!
Deadline: January 31, 2025
ESA is soliciting for research experiments that might be implemented during a potential future mission of ESA Astronaut with a physical disability,
AO-2024-lunarPF
Deadline: October 11, 2024
Through this Announcement of Opportunity, ESA is soliciting for research experiments to be implemented during a lunar gravity Parabolic Flight campaign.
DLR-ESA Joint Announcement of Opportunity for Parabolic Flight Electro-Magnetic Levitation Experiments (AO-TEMPUS-2024)
Deadline: April 26, 2024
AO-2024-Isolation
Deadline: June 14, 2024
ESA is soliciting for research experiments to be implemented during a 100-day isolation and confinement study.
Call for Research MD for Concordia
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Apply now to become the Research Medical Doctor who implements the biomedical programme at the Concordia station at Antarctica
Call for Lunar Gateway and Moon Surface Facility Definition Teams (FDTs) Membership
Deadline: October 8, 2023
Join our SciSpacE Facility Definition Teams (FDTs) to support the definition of exploration activities for the Lunar Gateway and the Moon surface.
Call for LEO Facility Definition Teams (FDTs) Membership
Deadline: October 8, 2023
Join our SciSpacE Facility Definition Teams (FDTs) to support the definition of science activities for the post-ISS era.
Call for Polish activities to fly on ISS (AO-2023-Poland)
Deadline: September 8, 2023
Through this Announcement of Opportunity (AO), ESA and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) seek proposals from Polish entities (academic and/or industry) for activities, including development. The proposed ideas should target scientific activities, technology
Soft Matter Dynamics facility onboard the ISS (AO-SMD-2023)
Deadline: October 2, 2023
This Announcement of Opportunity (AO) falls within the domain of Soft Matter Physics, and in particular, addresses the study of structure dynamics and events inside
Electro-Magnetic Levitation Experiments onboard the International Space Station (EML-ISS Sample Batch 5)
Deadline: September 3, 2023
The objective of this opportunity is the selection of eighteen priority and an appropriate number (typically two or three) of back-up samples
AO-2023-BedrestCoreData
Deadline: September 22, 2023
Through this Announcement of Opportunity, ESA provides scientists access to ESA Bedrest Core Data collected across 7 ESA (co)funded bedrest studies for
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