Enter the fields that already exist.

Task-specific calendar

Where a concrete artifact could move the work

Tiers compare the timing and usefulness of one event for one declared task. They are not event-quality scores, endorsements, invitations, or authorization to attend. A0 is time-critical; A1 is a primary near-term field; A2 is a strong specialist field; B is useful breadth; monitor means verify before investing effort.

All monitored occurrences

Opportunities to monitor

Each record is an editorially reviewed lead, not an application recommendation or eligibility determination. Independent review remains pending.

1. Activate Fellowship

   Founder fellowship · upcoming; not yet open

   Upcoming: applications for the U.S. Fellowship Cohort 2027 are scheduled to open September 15, 2026; the official page currently offers an interest form and recruitment webinars, not an open application.

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   Activate

   Potential fit

   Scientist-founders with a concrete hard-tech wedge

   Eligibility

   Published criteria include a bachelor's degree plus at least four years of post-baccalaureate technical experience, first-time leadership of commercial hardware development, full-time commitment, U.S. work authorization, and a still-developing physical- or biological-science project. Current project criteria also cap non-government debt or equity raised at $2 million.

   Access notes

   Applicants need not be incorporated, but must be able to establish an appropriate U.S. entity if selected. The fellowship is two years and requires a concrete hardware-based hard-tech project; broad platform, consultancy, or mammalian-health-only concepts are not a fit.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Use the weeks before opening to test whether a single GShips-derived hardware product, founder background, lab-access plan, funding history, and full-time commitment meet the published criteria; seek authorization before submitting the interest form or application.

   Evidence boundary

   Official Activate fellowship, apply, and FAQ pages reviewed. They state the opening date, current eligibility, program support, and application boundaries; no founder eligibility, selection, application, or relationship is implied.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-25

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project editorial synthesis

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: Fellowship incentives, full-time commitment, IP and lab arrangements, geography, funding history, and commons governance may conflict with the broader platform and need explicit resolution.

   What would change this record? The Cohort 2027 application instructions, a defined qualifying hardware product, verified founder eligibility, or changes to program criteria would alter priority.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

2. AIAA technical committees

   Professional committee · upcoming; currently closed

   Upcoming annual window: the public application portal is currently closed and is scheduled to open September 1–October 15, 2026; new committee terms begin May 1.

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   AIAA

   Potential fit

   Habitats, settlement, logistics, resources, robotics, life sciences, and systems

   Eligibility

   Applications are open to the public during the annual window, but selected technical-committee members must be AIAA members. Committees are limited to 50 members and selection is competitive.

   Access notes

   Active members are expected to attend meetings and contribute to technical products; employer support for travel to two meetings per year may be expected. Terms may be renewed for up to three years.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Select one committee where demonstrated technical expertise and a concrete service contribution exist—such as life sciences, systems engineering, intelligent systems, cybersecurity, power, or future propulsion—then seek authorization before applying or purchasing membership.

   Evidence boundary

   Official AIAA technical-committees page reviewed. It states the closed portal, annual dates, membership requirement, committee cap, and service expectations; selection, membership, travel support, or affiliation is not implied.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-25

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project editorial synthesis

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: Some committees cover military systems or high-consequence technologies; committee choice must respect the civil-and-defensive boundary and avoid implied AIAA endorsement.

   What would change this record? The September portal opening, revised application rules, a documented contribution record, or committee-specific interest would change readiness.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

3. Argonne Chain Reaction Innovations — Cohort 2027

   Laboratory-embedded entrepreneurship program · forthcoming application window; not yet open

   The Cohort 2027 application is scheduled to open September 15 and close October 30, 2026 at 5 p.m. on the official page. The current page still labels the application closed because the 2026 cohort window has ended.

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   Argonne National Laboratory Chain Reaction Innovations

   Potential fit

   Advanced materials, industrial efficiency, manufacturing digitization, advanced manufacturing, energy-water systems, computing, semiconductors, grids, storage, critical materials, recycling, buildings, scientific platforms, transport efficiency, and energy technology

   Eligibility

   The official page says preferred applicants are technical founders with hands-on laboratory experience developing an early-stage innovation and that applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents when applying. Four yes-or-no eligibility questions, the forthcoming 2027 application, online portal, FAQ, appointment, laboratory, intellectual-property, safety, conflict, and program rules control actual eligibility.

   Access notes

   CRI states that the two-year program includes a $115,000 annual stipend plus healthcare benefits, non-dilutive support, Argonne facilities and expertise, and business networks, and that Argonne and DOE take no startup equity. Those statements do not establish acceptance, total project funding, laboratory or equipment availability, intellectual-property terms, outside-work permissions, safety approval, incorporation needs, relocation, accessibility, or fit for a GShips product.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Before the window opens, prepare only a no-application fit memo for a genuinely laboratory-dependent Earth-first technology, comparing CRI with non-laboratory and non-venture alternatives. Do not pre-apply, nominate, contact staff, incorporate, disclose confidential material, or imply Argonne or DOE support without separate authorization and independent eligibility, technical, intellectual-property, safety, conflict, budget, and civil-and-defensive review.

   Evidence boundary

   Argonne's official application page supports the September 15–October 30, 2026 Cohort 2027 window, 5 p.m. close statement, U.S.-citizen or lawful-permanent-resident rule, preferred technical-founder profile, two-year duration, $115,000 annual stipend plus healthcare, stated non-dilutive support, no-equity statement, and listed priority areas. It does not establish application availability before September 15, a specific person's eligibility, acceptance, adequate funding, facility access, intellectual-property outcome, safety approval, accessibility, relocation, startup success, or relationship.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-26

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: Potential stipend, benefits, laboratory access, investor and corporate networks, public-laboratory reputation, technology and intellectual-property interests, relocation, selection, and the publisher's intended venture require independent review.

   What would change this record? Publication of the Cohort 2027 application and eligibility questions, an opening or deadline change, updated stipend or benefit terms, an independent fit memo, or changed intellectual-property, safety, laboratory, conflict, appointment, access, or applicant rules would change this assessment.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

4. ASCEND 2027 call for content

   Technical paper and session proposal · active

   The call is open for ASCEND 2027 technical-paper abstracts and session proposals, due October 8, 2026. The in-person event is May 18–20, 2027 in Washington, D.C.

   Bounded task matches: Commons, standards, and workforce

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   AIAA ASCEND

   Potential fit

   Measured habitat assurance, infrastructure, systems engineering, human spaceflight, policy, and cross-cutting precursor results

   Eligibility

   The public call invites innovators, researchers, and thought leaders to submit across the space enterprise. The official submission guide and organizer terms govern abstract, session, authorship, paper, acceptance, publication, registration, and presenter requirements; the FAQ states that technical-paper presentations occur in person in Washington, D.C.

   Access notes

   The program spans civil, commercial, and national-security topics. Any GShips-derived proposal must be a completed, evidence-bounded technical contribution and pass the project's civil-and-defensive screen; offensive weapon integration, autonomous weapons, targeting, coercive surveillance, classified dependency, or sensitive operational detail are excluded. Acceptance, publication, registration, travel, recording, and cost are separate decisions.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Develop no submission unless a measured pilot or reviewable technical artifact exists; complete authorship, originality, publication, export, recording, travel, and civil-and-defensive review, then seek separate authorization before submitting or registering.

   Evidence boundary

   The official ASCEND homepage and FAQ support the open call, October 8 deadline, May 18–20 event dates, Washington location, and in-person technical-presentation rule. They do not establish submission eligibility for a specific artifact, acceptance, publication, program quality, cost, accessibility, travel feasibility, civil-and-defensive compatibility, or a relationship.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-26

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: The publisher's commercial interest, possible publication and speaking visibility, national-security program scope, export and sensitive-information boundaries, authorship, sponsor interests, and travel costs require independent technical, editorial, and civil-and-defensive review.

   What would change this record? A call or submission-guide amendment, deadline change, completed measured artifact, independent review, acceptance decision, or change to presentation, publication, registration, access, recording, export, or program-scope terms would change this assessment.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

5. Breakthrough Energy Fellows

   Founder fellowship · not currently dated; monitor

   Monitor. The official program materials describe the Fellows pathway and provide an apply link, but no current 2026 application opening or closing date was published on the reviewed official pages.

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   Breakthrough Energy

   Potential fit

   Climate-relevant water, food, materials, and energy technologies

   Eligibility

   The program supports climate-technology innovators moving science from laboratory to market. Exact cohort eligibility, geography, team, stage, emissions-impact, and application requirements must be taken from a future dated call.

   Access notes

   Only a climate-relevant Earthside technology—such as water, food, materials, energy, circularity, or resilience—with a credible commercialization and climate-impact case should be considered. Generation ships as a general theme are not evidence of fit.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Do not assume a fall cycle. Monitor the official application route and quantify the climate impact, technical milestones, team, and market of one specific Earthside product before seeking authorization to apply.

   Evidence boundary

   The official Fellows URL did not expose usable text to one web fetch, but returned HTTP 200 directly and its official same-domain program and Fellows project pages were verified in the web renderer. They establish the climate-tech purpose and support model, but no dated open 2026 call, detailed current eligibility, or GShips fit was confirmed.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-25

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project editorial synthesis

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: Private-philanthropic selection, commercialization incentives, climate-impact accounting, IP, funding, and governance terms require independent diligence.

   What would change this record? A dated official call, published current criteria, or a quantified climate technology with validated technical and emissions evidence would materially change the status.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

6. Biosphere 2 user proposals

   User facility · active; proposal-based

   Proposal-based access through a current research-interest form; no fixed closing date is shown on the official user-facility page.

   Bounded task matches: Closed-loop material accounting

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   University of Arizona

   Potential fit

   Closed ecology and human-in-the-loop analogs

   Eligibility

   Scientists from academia, industry, and research institutes worldwide may propose through a competitive peer-reviewed process. Projects may be on-site or, in some cases, remote.

   Access notes

   Access costs depend on project and system; users generally bear travel, local transportation, and living costs, while proprietary work is charged at full cost recovery. Projects can range from days to a year and may require follow-on proposals.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Develop a bounded closed-ecology or analog protocol with hypotheses, controls, safety plan, staffing, budget, data plan, and a clear need for Biosphere 2 before seeking authorization to submit the interest form.

   Evidence boundary

   Official University of Arizona Biosphere 2 user-facility page reviewed. It states audience, peer review, facilities, duration, and cost model; project feasibility, costs, availability, acceptance, and any relationship remain unverified.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-25

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project editorial synthesis

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: Human-in-the-loop analogs, environmental manipulation, safety, data ownership, publication, proprietary treatment, and total project cost require independent review.

   What would change this record? A facility response, current pricing and availability, an approved protocol, or revised user terms would materially refine feasibility.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

7. Argonne CNM user proposals

   User facility · closed current cycle; recurring program

   The displayed proposal deadline was July 6, 2026 and has passed. The user program is recurring, but the next proposal deadline was not posted on the reviewed homepage.

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   Argonne National Laboratory

   Potential fit

   Sensors, energy, electronics, and materials

   Eligibility

   Academic, industrial, and international researchers may apply through the user program. Nonproprietary work intended for publication can receive access at no cost; proprietary research follows a different cost-recovery route.

   Access notes

   Access is competitively proposal-reviewed and entails registration, safety, training, sample, scheduling, and facility requirements. The homepage's expired deadline must not be presented as active.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Monitor for the next call and prepare only a narrowly scoped nanomaterials, sensing, energy, electronics, or characterization study that genuinely requires CNM capabilities; seek authorization before registration or proposal.

   Evidence boundary

   Official Argonne CNM homepage and user-information links reviewed. The program, audience, access model, and expired July 6 deadline are explicit; the next cycle and project eligibility are unconfirmed.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-25

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project editorial synthesis

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: Publication status, proprietary treatment, safety controls, facility scheduling, export control, and intellectual property require project-specific review.

   What would change this record? A posted next-cycle deadline, a facility-approved project concept, or changes to access and cost terms would update the status.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

8. COSMIC Capstone Challenge 2026–27

   Student capstone and professional service · active; registration open

   Registration is open for universities, mentors, and judges. The preferred registration deadline is September 11, 2026; late registration closes October 12 or earlier when 100 teams have registered. The season continues through April 2027 showcases and judging.

   Bounded task matches: Autonomous maintenance and circular industry

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities

   Potential fit

   In-space servicing, assembly, manufacturing, construction, autonomous clusters, workforce, and bounded systems mentoring

   Eligibility

   Student participation is limited to U.S.-based college students through class teams, clubs, directed study, or independent study. Track 6 is restricted to U.S. persons. The official page says mentors and judges must join COSMIC if they are not already members; registration, qualifications, service scope, and organizer approval remain separate requirements.

   Access notes

   The six current tracks include orbital manufacturing and assembly, lunar operations, orbital servicing, in-space construction, in-space production for Earth, and autonomous space clusters. Mentor or judge service creates time, expertise, conflict, confidentiality, attribution, membership, export, and dual-use obligations; university and student participation has separate instructional and team-cap rules.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Monitor the student pathway for eligible teams and evaluate mentor or judge service only if a qualified person, bounded civil systems contribution, membership decision, time commitment, conflict review, and separate authorization exist; do not register, join, mentor, judge, sponsor, or imply a COSMIC relationship without authorization.

   Evidence boundary

   The official COSMIC C3 page supports the open registration status, current tracks, September 11 preferred and October 12 late deadlines, 100-team cap, U.S.-based college-student limit, U.S.-persons-only Track 6, and COSMIC-membership condition for mentors and judges. It does not establish student, mentor, judge, university, or sponsor eligibility, acceptance, assignment, capacity, confidentiality terms, intellectual-property treatment, export status, or relationship.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-26

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: Membership, student power and credit, sponsor influence, challenge-owner interests, confidentiality, intellectual property, export restrictions, civil-and-defensive dual use, time commitment, and judging independence require role-specific review.

   What would change this record? A change to registration status, deadlines, team cap, tracks, eligibility, membership, service, intellectual-property, confidentiality, export, judging, or showcase terms would change this assessment.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

9. DARPA office-wide BAAs

   High-risk R&D · active; BAA-specific

   Recurring. DARPA's technical offices maintain office-wide BAAs that are refreshed annually; exact closing dates and technical interests are in the current SAM.gov notices.

   Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

   Provider

   DARPA

   Potential fit

   Only a sharp technical thesis with a program match

   Eligibility

   DARPA states that BAAs are open to proposers able to meet agency needs. Each office BAA and SAM.gov notice governs eligibility, abstract or proposal mechanics, security, award instrument, and deadline.

   Access notes

   An office-wide BAA is a route for an unusually sharp research thesis outside current programs, not general venture support. An award is not guaranteed, and broad generation-ship framing is not responsive.

   Proposed action—not undertaken

   Only consider a proposal after identifying a current technical-office interest, a falsifiable civil or defensive research thesis, qualified performers, and a clean prohibited-use screen; seek separate authorization before abstracts, contacts, or submissions.

   Evidence boundary

   Official DARPA office-wide BAA page reviewed. It states purpose, general availability, annual refresh, and SAM.gov as the source of record; no current topic match, eligibility, contact, or relationship is implied.

   Official link checked

   2026-07-25

   Editorial reviewer

   GShips Project editorial synthesis

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

   Record-specific conflicts: National-security purpose, classified or controlled work, export control, publication limits, IP, and weaponization risks require enhanced legal, ethics, and dual-use review.

   What would change this record? A current BAA with a precise allowed-use match, independent policy clearance, a qualified team, and preliminary evidence would materially change fit.

   Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

10. DOE Genesis Mission SBIR/STTR

    Non-dilutive R&D · active

    Active FY26 Phase I Genesis Mission solicitation; the official hub lists a September 10, 2026 submission deadline at 2:00 p.m. The application portal was still described as coming soon, with account requests available.

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    U.S. Department of Energy

    Potential fit

    Biotechnology, materials, autonomous labs, and energy

    Eligibility

    Applicant must qualify as a U.S. for-profit small business concern with no more than 500 employees and qualifying U.S. ownership and control. Work must be performed in the United States; SBIR and STTR have different principal-investigator, partner, and work-share rules.

    Access notes

    This release is limited to four Genesis topics: biotechnology, AI for quantum systems, materials design, and AI-driven autonomous laboratories. It is a competitive Phase I pathway, not general company funding; required registrations and the official application instructions control.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Map only a concrete, experimentally testable Autonomous Habitat Assurance or autonomous-laboratory wedge to an exact topic, document U.S. small-business eligibility and registrations, and seek separate authorization before requesting an account or applying.

    Evidence boundary

    Official DOE and ConnectWerx pages reviewed. They describe the July 22 opening, topic areas, deadline, eligibility framework, and application transition. The detailed solicitation and portal state can change, and no topic fit, eligibility, account, or award has been established.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-25

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Federal award terms, foreign-relationship disclosures, data rights, commercialization requirements, and the project's civil-and-defensive dual-use boundary require legal and policy review.

    What would change this record? The final topic documents, portal opening, deadline amendments, eligibility guidance, award terms, or a broader planned fall Phase I release would materially change this entry.

    Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

11. NASA Flight Opportunities

    Flight testing · active program; current challenge deadline imminent

    Recurring, call- and challenge-based access. The Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge is currently open, with registration due July 29 and applications due August 12, 2026; other routes depend on specific solicitations or NASA collaborations.

    Bounded task matches: Robotic destination characterization

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    NASA

    Potential fit

    Parabolic, suborbital, and hosted technology tests

    Eligibility

    NASA describes the current TechLeap challenge as open to qualified commercial businesses, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, and other innovators; the exact challenge rules control eligibility, team, intellectual-property, export, safety, registration, and submission requirements. Other Flight Opportunities routes set their own requirements.

    Access notes

    The current challenge seeks a real payload that can interact with, be manipulated by, or be reconfigured by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit. NASA says up to three winners may receive up to $500,000 each to develop flight-ready payloads plus an orbital demonstration opportunity. The umbrella program also supports suborbital and hosted-orbital tests through commercial providers; none of these paths is a generic funding entitlement.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Review the public TechLeap rules and recorded webinars, but default to no-go unless a genuinely flight-relevant modular payload, capable team, completed ground evidence, development plan, civil-and-defensive review, and separate registration and submission authorization already exist. For other routes, wait for a bounded payload with a flight-specific measurement need.

    Evidence boundary

    Official NASA Flight Opportunities and TechLeap pages support the current challenge identity, robotic-manipulation scope, July 29 registration and August 12 application dates, broad applicant classes, award ceiling, possible winner count, development purpose, and orbital demonstration opportunity. They do not establish exact rule compliance, eligibility of any team or payload, award, flight, schedule, safety, funding, or relationship.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-26

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Flight visibility can incentivize premature demonstrations; safety, export control, provider terms, scientific necessity, and opportunity cost require independent review.

    What would change this record? A challenge amendment or closure, a qualified payload, completed ground validation, exact rules review, and a defensible need for the robotic-orbital environment would change fit.

    Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

12. NASA HRP collaboration

    Research partnership · active; route-specific

    Active umbrella page with current calls and rolling routes, including specific research solicitations, analog participation, collaboration pitches, HERO, small-business support, and TRISH opportunities.

    Bounded task matches: Accessible human habitat

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    NASA

    Potential fit

    Human systems, analogs, health, and risk evidence

    Eligibility

    Eligibility varies by route and solicitation. The general page does not confer eligibility; medical, analog, research, small-business, and international pathways each have distinct conditions.

    Access notes

    The page currently highlights research calls on venous blood-clot risk and remote health as well as a general collaboration-idea form. High-consequence human research requires institutional, ethical, medical, privacy, and two-person review.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Map a concrete research question to the Human Research Roadmap and use an existing formal call where possible; do not pitch, recruit participants, or handle health data without separate authorization and appropriate oversight.

    Evidence boundary

    Official NASA HRP collaboration page reviewed. It documents multiple active routes but does not establish GShips eligibility, research approval, funding, ethics clearance, or a partnership.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-25

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Medical claims, human-subjects research, sensitive data, participant safety, and NASA relationship language are high-consequence areas requiring specialist and independent review.

    What would change this record? A matching solicitation, confirmed institutional capability and ethics pathway, or updated HRP roadmap priorities would materially refine the assessment.

    Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

13. ICAM 2026 extended abstract call

    Medical and human-performance abstract · active; high-consequence deadline imminent

    Active extended call: abstracts are due July 31, 2026 at 23:59 American Samoa Time. The congress is October 1–3, 2026 in Istanbul, and accepted presenters must register.

    Bounded task matches: Radiation and life-course health

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    3rd International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine

    Potential fit

    Only a qualified, completed aviation-or-space-medicine contribution with independent high-consequence review

    Eligibility

    The call requests relevant aviation-medicine research, policy developments, process/tutorial reviews, or clinical and human-performance cases. It requires English, named authorship and affiliation, public-release clearance, disclosure of non-governmental or non-academic support, 200–400 words within 3,000 characters including spaces, and presenter registration if accepted.

    Access notes

    Medical and human-performance claims are high consequence. Original research must actually include data and analysis; process/tutorial reviews discuss already available information; case studies concern a clinical or human-performance event. Acceptance, presenter format, registration, travel, publication in the abstract book, presentation retention, privacy, accessibility, and public-release clearance are separate consequences.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Do not create or submit a medical abstract merely to meet the deadline. Consider this route only if a qualified aviation-or-space-medicine contributor owns a genuinely relevant completed contribution and independent medical, ethics, authorship, conflict, public-release, travel, registration, and publication review can finish in time; any submission requires separate authorization.

    Evidence boundary

    The official ICAM abstract page supports the extended deadline and time zone, categories, word and character limits, required fields, presenter-registration condition, review process, conflict disclosure, public-release clearance, and retention notice. It does not establish that GShips has a qualified contribution, author, affiliation, clearance, acceptance, clinical validity, registration, accessibility, travel feasibility, or relationship.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-26

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: The publisher's intended venture, possible speaking visibility, medical scope, authorship, affiliation, publication, travel, registration cost, and deadline pressure require qualified independent review.

    What would change this record? A deadline or category change, a qualified completed contribution, independent medical and ethics review, confirmed authorship and affiliation, public-release clearance, or changed registration, retention, publication, access, or travel terms would change this assessment.

    Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

14. ICES call for papers

    Technical publication and speaking · closed current cycle; next call not posted

    Closed. The ICES 2026 abstract deadline was November 21, 2025, with draft papers due March 9 and final manuscripts due May 11, 2026; no ICES 2027 call was posted on the reviewed page.

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    International Conference on Environmental Systems

    Potential fit

    ECLSS, thermal, habitats, monitoring, and human factors

    Eligibility

    The conference states global participation across academic, government, and industry organizations and covers human factors, ECLSS, monitoring, habitats, planetary protection, life sciences, and thermal systems. The next cycle's author rules are not yet established.

    Access notes

    The page is internally inconsistent: it is labeled ICES 2026 but displays July 12–16, 2025 for the conference dates. All listed paper milestones have passed, so the page must not be presented as an active call.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Use ICES proceedings and technical sessions for research now; prepare a technically mature paper outline, but wait for an official ICES 2027 call before seeking authorization to submit.

    Evidence boundary

    Official ICES call page reviewed. Its topic scope and submission milestones are visible, but the displayed event-year inconsistency and absence of a next-cycle call limit confidence in current scheduling.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-25

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Publication precedence, technical-review quality, conference fees, travel, and ambiguous official dates require confirmation before action.

    What would change this record? A corrected official conference date or published ICES 2027 call, author instructions, and deadlines would update the status.

    Verify on the official provider page↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

15. INCOSE working groups

    Standards and professional service · active; membership-based

    Rolling for members through the INCOSE member portal; working groups operate continuously rather than through a single annual application deadline.

    Bounded task matches: Habitat assurance pilot · Rights, governance, and decision gates

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    INCOSE

    Potential fit

    Reference architecture, systems of systems, security, and IV&V

    Eligibility

    INCOSE states that members can join working groups through the member portal. Participation expectations and access vary by group; joining the organization and joining a group are separate steps.

    Access notes

    Relevant active groups include architecture, AI systems, complex systems, human-systems integration, IV&V, knowledge systems, MBSE, natural systems, requirements, resilience, risk, space systems, systems security, and systems of systems.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    First identify one standards or technical product to contribute and the working group's current charter and cadence; seek separate authorization before purchasing membership or joining.

    Evidence boundary

    The canonical INCOSE page returned a command-line access denial but rendered successfully in the web renderer after the official redirect. It documents more than 50 groups, member access, and broad outputs, but not automatic participation, leadership, endorsement, or GShips fit.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-25

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Membership cost, volunteer time, standards IP and attribution, employer support, and the risk of overstating committee participation require governance.

    What would change this record? A specific working-group invitation, accepted contribution plan, updated membership terms, or changed group charter would refine priority.

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16. European Interstellar Symposium call for papers

    Paper and speaking · active; deadline imminent

    Active call: abstracts are due July 31, 2026 with no deadline time zone stated; acceptance notices are scheduled for September 15; the symposium is December 2–4 in Venice, with a December 1 seminar day.

    Bounded task matches: Commons, standards, and workforce

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    Interstellar Research Group

    Potential fit

    Technology commons, dual-use roadmap, systems integration

    Eligibility

    The official call welcomes original, previously unpublished contributions across the listed interdisciplinary sessions. Presenting authors must actually attend and present; the submission must identify the full author list, oral-or-poster type, target session, and required structured sections.

    Access notes

    Acceptance is not guaranteed. The official PDF limits the abstract to 350 words and directs it to registrar@irg.space. It says selected papers may be suggested for journal publication and symposium activity may be photographed or recorded under a later release form; submission, attendance, travel, registration, media consent, and publication are separate decisions.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Finalize the proposed technology-commons abstract against the official booklet, complete an originality and claims check, and seek separate authorization before any submission; do not register, travel-book, or imply acceptance.

    Evidence boundary

    The official IRG occurrence page and linked 2EIS call PDF were reviewed. They support the dates, topical scope, 350-word structure, registrar address, originality and presenter-attendance conditions, abstract deadline, notification date, possible publication suggestion, and media-release notice, but do not state a deadline time zone or establish acceptance, accessibility, cost, publication suitability, or media-consent acceptability. No submission, acceptance, registration, or relationship exists.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-26

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Conflicts were not assessed beyond publisher disclosure in the official call; program, reviewer, sponsorship, financial, and institutional conflicts were not independently investigated.

    What would change this record? A deadline or time-zone clarification, revised official booklet, submission-channel change, acceptance decision, or change to media, publication, format, venue, registration, or access terms would require an immediate update.

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17. ISS National Lab opportunities

    Orbital research · active unfunded pathway; funded call closed

    Continuous commercial-service-provider pathway is current. The 2026 Orbital Edge Accelerator closed June 4, 2026, and the official page says future proposal solicitations are unlikely, though any issued call will be posted there.

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    ISS National Laboratory

    Potential fit

    Microgravity experiments after ground validation

    Eligibility

    The continuous route is for researchers able to fund investigation, integration, mission, and operations costs through business-to-business agreements with commercial service providers. Any future solicitation will set separate eligibility; historical NLRA rules should not be assumed.

    Access notes

    The commercial pathway provides ISS resource access but no ISS National Lab funding. Ground validation, a necessary microgravity rationale, export-control review, flight hardware, provider selection, integration, safety, and substantial budget are prerequisites.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Treat ISS flight as a late validation stage. Build ground evidence and a microgravity-specific experiment case first; do not contact providers or represent a sponsored project without separate authorization.

    Evidence boundary

    The original opportunities URL resisted automated retrieval with an access error; the current official page was verified through the indexed web renderer and official same-domain results. It states the continuous commercial route, closed accelerator dates, lack of funding, and low likelihood of future solicitations.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-25

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: High cost, export control, human-rated safety, provider commercial interests, schedule risk, data and IP terms, and overstated orbital relevance require independent review.

    What would change this record? A new official funded solicitation, a validated flight-ready experiment, confirmed funding and provider feasibility, or changes to the continuous pathway would alter fit.

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18. DOE Joint Genome Institute user proposals

    No-cost scientific user program · active; call-specific

    Mixed current calls: New Investigator proposals are due September 8, 2026 and Functional Genomics proposals are due January 29, 2027; FICUS, CSP Large Scale, and the listed critical-minerals call are closed.

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    DOE JGI

    Potential fit

    Microbiomes, crops, waste loops, and systems biology

    Eligibility

    JGI lists call-specific investigator and mission-fit requirements. The New Investigator call is for people who have not been principal investigator on an approved JGI proposal; the broader user program requires relevance to DOE missions.

    Access notes

    Accepted user proposals receive sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics, and analysis services at no cost; this is facility access, not a cash grant. Data, publication, sample, user-agreement, and biosafety obligations must be reviewed.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Define a publishable microbiome, crop, waste-loop, or systems-biology question and engage only through the matching official call after confirming eligibility, data policy, samples, and biosafety; seek authorization before submission.

    Evidence boundary

    Official JGI user-program page reviewed. Current call states and dates are explicit, but scientific merit, investigator status, mission relevance, acceptance, and resource availability were not independently established.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-25

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Biological safety, genomic data governance, publication obligations, sample ownership, and dual-use biological concerns require expert review.

    What would change this record? Call amendments, a qualified investigator and host institution, preliminary data, a defined sample plan, or revised DOE mission priorities would change the assessment.

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19. Mars Society Convention call for presentations

    Speaking · active

    Active call: presentation abstracts are due August 16, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time; the in-person convention is October 22–24, 2026 in Los Angeles.

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    Mars Society

    Potential fit

    Settlement technologies and Earth-first framing

    Eligibility

    The official public submission form requests an affiliation, talk title, abstract of no more than 300 words, track preference, format preference, and speaking experience; it does not establish acceptance or GShips eligibility.

    Access notes

    Presentations are in person only, with no virtual presentation option. A generation-ship talk would need a tightly bounded Mars or settlement-technology contribution rather than a generic interstellar vision.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Develop a distinct, evidence-bounded abstract on settlement assurance or Earth-first closed-habitat systems, then seek separate authorization before submitting or registering.

    Evidence boundary

    Official convention and official abstract-submission pages reviewed. Dates, word limit, in-person requirement, and requested fields are public; acceptance criteria, costs, and eligibility beyond the form were not independently established.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-26

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Close thematic adjacency could blur the distinction between Mars-settlement advocacy and GShips' contingency framing; no institutional or financial conflict was independently investigated.

    What would change this record? A call amendment, deadline extension, remote option, program-track revision, or acceptance decision would change the assessment.

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20. MELiSSA POMP and research calls

    Research and training · expired; no current call

    Expired. The official page still describes POMP 4, which opened in July 2024 and closed October 15, 2024; no current 2026 doctoral, postdoctoral, or research call was posted there.

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    MELiSSA Foundation

    Potential fit

    Regenerative life support and academic network

    Eligibility

    The expired POMP 4 call required a master's-equivalent degree, language competence, an identified candidate, and an application led by an eligible host-university laboratory in one of the listed countries. Those historical terms must not be projected onto a future call.

    Access notes

    The page is a valuable description of MELiSSA's closed-loop life-support program, but its application dates are stale. The historical application also required a MELiSSA partner, host institution, fee, and multi-party project structure.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Treat this as ecosystem monitoring only. Do not prepare or send an application against the expired POMP 4 materials; wait for a new official dated call and then reassess eligibility.

    Evidence boundary

    Official MELiSSA Foundation call page reviewed. It clearly carries 2024 dates despite current site navigation; no active 2026 POMP or research call was confirmed.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-25

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Historical application terms, institutional eligibility, fee, partner selection, IP, and ESA-related requirements could change and must not be treated as current.

    What would change this record? A newly dated official POMP or research call with current host-country, candidate, partner, and funding terms would reopen the opportunity assessment.

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21. NASA Exoplanet Watch

    Citizen science and data analysis · active; ongoing

    Ongoing online or outdoor citizen-science project. NASA's page was last updated June 25, 2026 and publishes a current checklist, data-checkout route, tutorials, software, community, and result-upload workflow.

    Bounded task matches: Robotic destination characterization

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    NASA Science

    Potential fit

    Target-characterization literacy, reproducible data analysis, uncertainty, and public science

    Eligibility

    NASA states that no prior knowledge is required, a web-connected device is sufficient to start, and the online training takes approximately two to four minutes. Participants may use their own telescope or request robotic-telescope data.

    Access notes

    The work uses free EXOTIC software to analyze transit observations. Joining Slack, requesting data, downloading or executing software, creating accounts, uploading results to the AAVSO database, and public attribution are distinct actions with their own privacy, security, data-quality, licensing, and community consequences. The route is relevant to target-characterization literacy, not evidence that any destination is habitable.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Use the public checklist and tutorial to define a reproducible beginner analysis and data-quality ledger before joining a community or uploading results. Keep observation, model, inference, and habitability interpretation separate; seek separate authorization before creating external accounts, joining Slack, requesting nonpublic access, or publishing under the GShips name.

    Evidence boundary

    NASA's official Exoplanet Watch page supports the ongoing project, no-telescope data-checkout path, robotic-telescope option, free EXOTIC software, two-to-four-minute training estimate, web-device requirement, no-prior-knowledge statement, upload route, and community channels. It does not establish a participant's result quality, software security, account or privacy terms, acceptance, authorship, discovery, target habitability, or NASA affiliation.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-26

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Public attribution, software and data provenance, novice analysis quality, NASA name proximity, community accounts, and the project's target-characterization narrative require careful review.

    What would change this record? A changed project status, checklist, training, data-access, software, upload, privacy, licensing, or community rule—or a completed reproducible analysis with independent quality review—would change this assessment.

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22. NASA Moon and Mars Exploration Analog participant recruitment

    Research participant / analog mission · active; ongoing recruitment

    Recruitment is ongoing. NASA states that the first four-person Moon and Mars Exploration Analog mission will begin no earlier than August 2027 and asks selectees to consent to approximately fourteen months, including twelve months in two confined habitats plus pre- and post-mission training and data collection.

    Bounded task matches: Accessible human habitat

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    NASA Human Research Program

    Potential fit

    Long-duration habitat operations, human factors, crew health, isolation, resource limits, and integrated analog evidence

    Eligibility

    NASA lists U.S. citizenship or green-card status, an age range of 30–55 with possible exception review, height no greater than 74 inches, English proficiency, technical skills, no dietary restrictions, no history of sleepwalking or sleep-aid use, astronaut-like education or experience, multiday selection, and NASA physical and psychological assessments. The official recruitment page and application process control all criteria and determinations.

    Access notes

    NASA states that selected volunteers will be reimbursed and will live and work in isolation and confinement while simulating transit and surface operations. Applying entails consequential health, psychological, privacy, employment-leave, accessibility, research-consent, and life-planning considerations. The listing is informational and is not advice to apply or evidence that any person is eligible, safe to participate, likely to be selected, or able to withdraw on assumed terms.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Index and study the public protocol as a high-value analog precedent; do not apply, recruit another person, submit health information, or imply NASA affiliation without separate explicit authorization and independent medical, psychological, research-ethics, privacy, accessibility, employment-leave, and consent review.

    Evidence boundary

    NASA's official recruitment page supports the ongoing deadline, no-earlier-than August 2027 start, four-person and one-year mission design, approximately fourteen-month consent period, reimbursement statement, and published threshold eligibility and assessment criteria. It does not establish any person's eligibility, medical suitability, selection, informed-consent outcome, accommodations, privacy consequence, continued availability, or relationship.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-26

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Human-subjects research, medical and psychological assessment, health privacy, accessibility, isolation, informed consent, employment leave, selection power, and public-agency relationship language require independent specialist and participant-protection review.

    What would change this record? A NASA amendment to recruitment status, mission timing, protocol, consent period, eligibility, reimbursement, privacy, withdrawal, assessment, or accommodations, or an independent research-participant review, would change this assessment.

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23. NASA SBIR/STTR

    Non-dilutive R&D · active; appendix-based

    Active program-year 2026 BAA released April 17, 2026 and valid through September 30, 2027; initial appendices were released April 21, 2026 and additional appendices are to be announced.

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    NASA

    Potential fit

    Defined technologies with NASA mission value

    Eligibility

    Each appendix and the BAA govern proposer, technology, and submission eligibility. NASA describes SBIR and STTR Phase I subtopics released through separate appendices, with proposal limits reset for each appendix.

    Access notes

    The BAA validity date is not a blanket proposal deadline. A company must match a current appendix and NASA mission need and comply with that appendix's own instructions and dates.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Monitor released appendices for a narrow assurance, closed-loop, maintenance, materials, or autonomy subtopic; prepare a traceable NASA-mission-value case before seeking authorization to apply.

    Evidence boundary

    Official NASA program-year hub reviewed. It establishes the BAA transition, release dates, validity period, and phased appendices, but does not establish an applicable open subtopic, GShips eligibility, or an award.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-25

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project editorial synthesis

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Federal procurement, data-rights, export-control, security, and dual-use conditions vary by appendix and require legal and technical review.

    What would change this record? A new appendix, amended BAA, relevant subtopic deadline, or confirmed entity and technology eligibility would materially change priority.

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24. NASA Space Apps 2026 Local Lead

    Community event leadership · active application; deadline not stated

    The official 2026 Local Lead form is active for the November 14–15 NASA Space Apps Challenge. The reviewed page does not state an application deadline.

    Bounded task matches: Commons, standards, and workforce

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    NASA Space Apps Challenge

    Potential fit

    Public-benefit institution building, accessible community prototyping, and science communication

    Eligibility

    Applicants must be at least 18. NASA Space Apps reviews individuals and approves only one Local Lead per location. Approved leads attend virtual monthly trainings and organize the local team, venue and supplies, participant recruitment, fundraising, collaborators, speakers, judges, branding, participant support, and local judging.

    Access notes

    Local events must be free to participants. The official terms include publicity and likeness consent, model-release duties for submitted imagery, branding and logo restrictions, local-law and contest responsibility, risk and indemnity language, a prohibition on implying NASA authorization, employment, sponsorship, or representation, and a stated China-affiliation restriction. Venue, safeguarding, insurance, accessibility, privacy, intellectual property, sponsorship, taxes, export/sanctions, and local capacity need independent review.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    First produce a no-application host-readiness memo covering the intended city, location availability, organizing team, no-fee budget, venue, accessibility, safeguarding, insurance, emergency plan, judges, collaborators, media and likeness consent, privacy, intellectual property, branding, export/sanctions, legal duties, and a truthful non-affiliation statement. Seek separate authorization before applying, recruiting, fundraising, contacting collaborators, or using protected branding.

    Evidence boundary

    The official 2026 Local Lead page and terms support the active application route, adult and one-lead-per-location rules, training and operating responsibilities, free-participation rule, publicity and branding provisions, non-affiliation boundary, and stated China-affiliation restriction. They do not establish location availability, approval, sufficient capacity, legal or insurance compliance, accessibility, sponsor support, participant safety, application deadline, or any NASA relationship.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-26

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Founder visibility, NASA name proximity, sponsor recruitment, event funds, participant safety, judging power, media rights, branding, privacy, intellectual property, export and sanctions, and community representation require independent review.

    What would change this record? An application deadline, location decision, changed terms, a complete host-readiness memo, approved budget and team, independent legal and accessibility review, or an organizer approval or denial would change this assessment.

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25. NASA STAR-7 space-biosciences training

    Virtual professional training · active; deadline imminent

    Applications for the seventh annual STAR course close July 31, 2026. NASA says participants will be selected in August and the virtual course will run from September 2026 through February 2027.

    Eligibility, evidence, and proposed action

    Provider

    NASA Biological and Physical Sciences

    Potential fit

    Space-biology experiment design, flight-hardware literacy, platform constraints, translational research, and domain-network development

    Eligibility

    NASA requires an MD, PhD, or equivalent advanced degree. The course targets principal investigators, senior researchers, and postdoctoral scholars; postdoctoral applications require a supervisor reference. Eligible applicants may be inside or outside the United States and may come from commercial entities, international organizations, academia, NASA centers, or other government agencies, subject to the STAR-7 RFI and selection process.

    Access notes

    NASA states that the virtual course is free, has no required travel, and provides no participant funding. Selection is not guaranteed. An application, supervisor reference, NSPIRES account, time commitment, access needs, employer permission, research plans, export or platform constraints, and any later collaboration are distinct matters.

    Proposed action—not undertaken

    Index STAR-7 as the highest-priority current training route for a qualified space-biosciences founder or future domain lead. Do not apply merely because the deadline is close; first verify exact RFI eligibility, applicant identity, degree, time commitment, reference, intended learning outcome, privacy and account terms, and obtain separate application authorization.

    Evidence boundary

    NASA's official STAR page supports the July 31 deadline, September 2026–February 2027 virtual course, August selection timing, advanced-degree requirement, postdoctoral reference rule, broad eligible organization classes, international pathway, free attendance, no travel requirement, and no participant funding. It does not establish a specific person's eligibility, selection, accommodation, course outcome, collaboration, funding, flight access, or NASA relationship.

    Official link checked

    2026-07-26

    Editorial reviewer

    GShips Project AI-assisted official-source review

    Relationship

    indexed only; no formal relationship

    Publisher conflict: The publisher intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work; no application, funding, sponsor, provider, or formal relationship exists.

    Record-specific conflicts: Deadline pressure, NASA name proximity, selection visibility, professional networking, employer and supervisor relationships, applicant privacy, and the publisher's intended venture require independent review.

    What would change this record? A STAR-7 RFI amendment, deadline or course-date change, selection decision, changed eligibility, fee, funding, travel, access, reference, privacy, or platform requirement would change this assessment.

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