Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2023)
Recipient: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2013-11-13 to 2019-03-31
Current total value of award: $1027057
Description: STUDIES ON AEROSPACE MEDICINE AND THE MEDICINE OF EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, STANDING COMMITTEE.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL EXAMINE ISSUES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE RELATING TO AEROSPACE MEDICINE AND MEDICINE OF EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS.  INDEPENDENT HIGHLY QUALIFIED EXPERT PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS WILL DISCUSS EMERGING ISSUES IN FIELDS OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE AS REQUESTED BY NASA.  THE STANDING COMMITTEE WILL ACT AS A CONVENING BODY FOR SPONSOR DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE STUDY TASKS.