NASA has decided to extend the July 1, 2025, application cycle. The current application cycle will remain open and accept applications through November 1, 2025.
Application deadline is Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 6 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time
Please see the How to Apply page for application instructions and be sure to check out the Application Tips.
Chinmayee Govinda Raj, Ph.D., is a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow who conducts research for the Lunar Explorer Instrument for Space Biology Applications, or LEIA Project, at the NASA Ames Research Center. The LEIA Project will send microbes to the southern hemisphere of the moon on the upcoming Artemis II mission.
Ben Hord, Ph.D., a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, is working on a project that sounds like something out of science fiction: the Pandora SmallSat mission. Set to launch in fall 2025, Pandora will study at least 20 exoplanets, planets outside our solar system, and their stars to figure out what their atmospheres are made of.
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