Recent Grant Recipients<\/strong><\/h2>\nAs a part of NSBRI\u2019s BioShield 4 Mars initiative, Entrinsic Health Solutions, LLC and Humanetics Corporation were both awarded SMARTCAP grants for their efforts to protect humans from complications associated with radiation exposure. Read More.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”13609″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”business-twitter”]Tweets<\/span><\/h2>
<\/a><\/div>- RT @TalkSpaceMed<\/a>: This figure lists the medical problems experienced by the Apollo crew during flight [Apollo 7 ->Apollo 17]\n\nWill be inter\u2026<\/span> Mar 25<\/a><\/span> from Twitter for iPhone<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>
- RT @DoritDSpaceHlth<\/a>: Reminder. Space is dangerous. Our job is to keep people healthy. Let\u2019s not take it for granted. ESA astronaut Matthias\u2026<\/span> Mar 25<\/a><\/span> from Twitter for iPhone<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]
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<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nSMARTCAP Accomplishments<\/h2>\n
Over the past five years, NSBRI Industry Forum, by way of non-dilutive grants administered through the SMARTCAP opportunity, has put forth eight solicitations, received nearly 200 applications from small U.S.-based companies, and matched federal funds dollar-for-dollar. SMARTCAP has funded over a dozen companies ranging from an app that assesses driver fatigue to a device that diagnoses brain trauma and a gel formulation used to treat wounds and abrasions. Read more about\u00a0the benefits of the program<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nCurrent\u00a0Needs<\/h2>\n
While there is\u00a0no active call for SMARTCAP at this time, NSBRI continues to seek out novel solutions in the following areas:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Diagnostic and therapeutic devices for vision and cerebral health
\n\u2022 Non-invasive surgical approaches
\n\u2022 Behavioral health solutions
\n\u2022 Ionizing radiation countermeasures
\n\u2022 Ionizing radiation biodosimetry technologies
\n\u2022 Point of care diagnostics for multiple conditions using various bio-fluids
\n\u2022 Miniaturized imaging capabilities
\n\u2022 Smart medical algorithms<\/p>\n
If your company has a technology \/ product that could prove useful in any of these areas,\u00a0get in touch![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Get In Touch<\/h2>\n![\"dorit-bio\"](\"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dorit-bio.png\")
<\/h2>\n
\nDeputy Chief Scientist, and Industry Forum Lead<\/strong>
\nDorit B. Donoviel, Ph.D
\ndonoviel@bcm.edu<\/a><\/p>\nSee Full List of Our<\/a>
\nIndustry Forum Steering Council<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]![\"benefits-of-work-video\"](\"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/benefits-of-work-video.jpg\")
<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nBenefits of Our Work<\/h2>\n
The NSBRI Industry Forum mission is twofold: to commercialize biomedical discoveries made for space, and challenge the private sector to develop space-compatible healthcare solutions. We leverage the private sector through our unique funding program, SMARTCAP<\/a><\/span>, that rewards small U.S. companies that can provide medical innovations that solve the unique challenges of human spaceflight while developing new market opportunities on Earth. Our Industry Forum Steering\u00a0Council <\/a>\u00a0helps guide the initiatives of NSBRI as they relate to terrestrial markets.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nRecent News<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Sept\u00a020, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nNew Tech Tonics Podcast: Dorit Donoviel \u2013 Driving Better Health in the Final Frontier<\/h3>\n
Dr. Dorit Donoviel, a self described geek, Director of\u00a0the Biomedical Innovations Lab, Center for Space Medicine, at Baylor College of Medicine, Deputy Chief Scientist at The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology at\u00a0Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine joins the Tectonics podcast to talk about\u00a0how space medicine improves \u00a0health care on Earth and what it takes for researchers \u2013 and entrepreneurs \u2013 to have the right stuff to make a difference. Listen to the Podcast<\/a><\/p>\nJuly 09, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nThe mysterious syndrome impairing astronauts\u2019 sight<\/h3>\n
In 2005, astronaut John Phillips<\/a> took a break from his work on the International Space Station and looked out the window at Earth. He was about halfway through a mission that had begun in April and would end in October. When he gazed down at the planet, Earth was blurry. He couldn\u2019t focus on it clearly. That was strange \u2014 his vision had always been 20\/20. Get the FULL STORY<\/a> from the Washington Post.<\/p>\nMay 17, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nNew medical technologies can benefit astronauts in space and oncology patients on Earth<\/h3>\n
Two small companies developing products to protect humans from the damaging effects of radiation exposure have been selected to receive grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).\u00a0 Entrinsic Health Solutions, Inc. (EHS), located in Norwood, MA, is an innovative health sciences company dedicated to the development and commercialization of amino acid based medical foods to address\u00a0critical digestive health, nutrition and hydration related health issues. READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\nApril 06, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nMedicine and Mars: How studying the Kelly twins will shape the future of space exploration and human health here on Earth<\/h3>\n
What happens to the body after a year in space? That is what NSBRI and NASA’s Human Research Program are looking to find out. NSBRI’s Dr. Graham Scott speaks to how spaceflight\u00a0is not only\u00a0a good model for\u00a0stress, but is also an analogy for aging. Read the full article.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Nov\u00a009, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\nSpace institute to fund electronic adjustable power eyeglasses and a smart sleep mask<\/h3>\n
Houston-Two small companies developing state-of-the-art medical technologies have been selected to receive grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).\u00a0LumosTech, Inc. is a Stanford University-based startup company developing a programmable mask that uses light therapy during sleep to adjust a person to a new time-zone.\u00a0Vision Smart Optics, Inc. of Sarasota, Florida\u00a0 is developing electronic smart glasses that can change eye prescriptions, as needed… MORE<\/a><\/p>\nOct\u00a030, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\nFunding Opportunity Seeks Countermeasures that Can Address the #1 Risk to Humans in Space – SMARTCAP 2016 \u2013 The BioShield 4 Mars Initiative<\/h3>\n
Small U.S.-based companies developing countermeasures to protect healthy tissue from the effects of radiation exposures may be eligible for a unique funding opportunity offered through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). NSBRI’s Industry Forum<\/a>\u00a0is soliciting applications for its Space Medical and Related Technologies Commercialization Assistance Program (SMARTCAP)<\/a>. SMARTCAP grants are used to accelerate the development of products meeting a need on Earth as well as in space… MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1435303989027{margin-top: -20px !important;}”]Industry Forum in Action<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]![\"For](\"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1970\/01\/for-business-1.jpg\")
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<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]![\"Astronauts\"](\"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1970\/01\/Astronauts-e1448307317242.jpg\")
<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″ header=”0″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″ css=”.vc_custom_1434683292803{background-image: url(http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/business-bg.jpg?id=149) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][oxy_heading]For Business[\/oxy_heading][vc_row_inner el_class=”ox-big-content”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”274″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] Commercial Opportunities Industry Forum, the commercialization arm of NSBRI, fosters development of operationally relevant innovations that address the healthcare needs of astronauts, and assists in the translation of those benefits to the general public here on Earth. Our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-sectionless.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":100,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22383,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/22383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Tweets<\/span><\/h2><\/a><\/div>- RT @TalkSpaceMed<\/a>: This figure lists the medical problems experienced by the Apollo crew during flight [Apollo 7 ->Apollo 17]\n\nWill be inter\u2026<\/span> Mar 25<\/a><\/span> from Twitter for iPhone<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>
- RT @DoritDSpaceHlth<\/a>: Reminder. Space is dangerous. Our job is to keep people healthy. Let\u2019s not take it for granted. ESA astronaut Matthias\u2026<\/span> Mar 25<\/a><\/span> from Twitter for iPhone<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
SMARTCAP Accomplishments<\/h2>\n
Over the past five years, NSBRI Industry Forum, by way of non-dilutive grants administered through the SMARTCAP opportunity, has put forth eight solicitations, received nearly 200 applications from small U.S.-based companies, and matched federal funds dollar-for-dollar. SMARTCAP has funded over a dozen companies ranging from an app that assesses driver fatigue to a device that diagnoses brain trauma and a gel formulation used to treat wounds and abrasions. Read more about\u00a0the benefits of the program<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nCurrent\u00a0Needs<\/h2>\n
While there is\u00a0no active call for SMARTCAP at this time, NSBRI continues to seek out novel solutions in the following areas:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Diagnostic and therapeutic devices for vision and cerebral health
\n\u2022 Non-invasive surgical approaches
\n\u2022 Behavioral health solutions
\n\u2022 Ionizing radiation countermeasures
\n\u2022 Ionizing radiation biodosimetry technologies
\n\u2022 Point of care diagnostics for multiple conditions using various bio-fluids
\n\u2022 Miniaturized imaging capabilities
\n\u2022 Smart medical algorithms<\/p>\n
If your company has a technology \/ product that could prove useful in any of these areas,\u00a0get in touch![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Get In Touch<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n
\nDeputy Chief Scientist, and Industry Forum Lead<\/strong>
\nDorit B. Donoviel, Ph.D
\ndonoviel@bcm.edu<\/a><\/p>\nSee Full List of Our<\/a>
\nIndustry Forum Steering Council<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nBenefits of Our Work<\/h2>\n
The NSBRI Industry Forum mission is twofold: to commercialize biomedical discoveries made for space, and challenge the private sector to develop space-compatible healthcare solutions. We leverage the private sector through our unique funding program, SMARTCAP<\/a><\/span>, that rewards small U.S. companies that can provide medical innovations that solve the unique challenges of human spaceflight while developing new market opportunities on Earth. Our Industry Forum Steering\u00a0Council <\/a>\u00a0helps guide the initiatives of NSBRI as they relate to terrestrial markets.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nRecent News<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Sept\u00a020, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nNew Tech Tonics Podcast: Dorit Donoviel \u2013 Driving Better Health in the Final Frontier<\/h3>\n
Dr. Dorit Donoviel, a self described geek, Director of\u00a0the Biomedical Innovations Lab, Center for Space Medicine, at Baylor College of Medicine, Deputy Chief Scientist at The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology at\u00a0Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine joins the Tectonics podcast to talk about\u00a0how space medicine improves \u00a0health care on Earth and what it takes for researchers \u2013 and entrepreneurs \u2013 to have the right stuff to make a difference. Listen to the Podcast<\/a><\/p>\nJuly 09, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nThe mysterious syndrome impairing astronauts\u2019 sight<\/h3>\n
In 2005, astronaut John Phillips<\/a> took a break from his work on the International Space Station and looked out the window at Earth. He was about halfway through a mission that had begun in April and would end in October. When he gazed down at the planet, Earth was blurry. He couldn\u2019t focus on it clearly. That was strange \u2014 his vision had always been 20\/20. Get the FULL STORY<\/a> from the Washington Post.<\/p>\nMay 17, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nNew medical technologies can benefit astronauts in space and oncology patients on Earth<\/h3>\n
Two small companies developing products to protect humans from the damaging effects of radiation exposure have been selected to receive grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).\u00a0 Entrinsic Health Solutions, Inc. (EHS), located in Norwood, MA, is an innovative health sciences company dedicated to the development and commercialization of amino acid based medical foods to address\u00a0critical digestive health, nutrition and hydration related health issues. READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\nApril 06, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nMedicine and Mars: How studying the Kelly twins will shape the future of space exploration and human health here on Earth<\/h3>\n
What happens to the body after a year in space? That is what NSBRI and NASA’s Human Research Program are looking to find out. NSBRI’s Dr. Graham Scott speaks to how spaceflight\u00a0is not only\u00a0a good model for\u00a0stress, but is also an analogy for aging. Read the full article.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Nov\u00a009, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\nSpace institute to fund electronic adjustable power eyeglasses and a smart sleep mask<\/h3>\n
Houston-Two small companies developing state-of-the-art medical technologies have been selected to receive grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).\u00a0LumosTech, Inc. is a Stanford University-based startup company developing a programmable mask that uses light therapy during sleep to adjust a person to a new time-zone.\u00a0Vision Smart Optics, Inc. of Sarasota, Florida\u00a0 is developing electronic smart glasses that can change eye prescriptions, as needed… MORE<\/a><\/p>\nOct\u00a030, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\nFunding Opportunity Seeks Countermeasures that Can Address the #1 Risk to Humans in Space – SMARTCAP 2016 \u2013 The BioShield 4 Mars Initiative<\/h3>\n
Small U.S.-based companies developing countermeasures to protect healthy tissue from the effects of radiation exposures may be eligible for a unique funding opportunity offered through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). NSBRI’s Industry Forum<\/a>\u00a0is soliciting applications for its Space Medical and Related Technologies Commercialization Assistance Program (SMARTCAP)<\/a>. SMARTCAP grants are used to accelerate the development of products meeting a need on Earth as well as in space… MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1435303989027{margin-top: -20px !important;}”]Industry Forum in Action<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″ header=”0″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″ css=”.vc_custom_1434683292803{background-image: url(http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/business-bg.jpg?id=149) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][oxy_heading]For Business[\/oxy_heading][vc_row_inner el_class=”ox-big-content”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”274″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] Commercial Opportunities Industry Forum, the commercialization arm of NSBRI, fosters development of operationally relevant innovations that address the healthcare needs of astronauts, and assists in the translation of those benefits to the general public here on Earth. Our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-sectionless.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":100,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22383,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/22383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a><\/div>- RT @TalkSpaceMed<\/a>: This figure lists the medical problems experienced by the Apollo crew during flight [Apollo 7 ->Apollo 17]\n\nWill be inter\u2026<\/span> Mar 25<\/a><\/span> from Twitter for iPhone<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>
- RT @DoritDSpaceHlth<\/a>: Reminder. Space is dangerous. Our job is to keep people healthy. Let\u2019s not take it for granted. ESA astronaut Matthias\u2026<\/span> Mar 25<\/a><\/span> from Twitter for iPhone<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]
<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nSMARTCAP Accomplishments<\/h2>\n
Over the past five years, NSBRI Industry Forum, by way of non-dilutive grants administered through the SMARTCAP opportunity, has put forth eight solicitations, received nearly 200 applications from small U.S.-based companies, and matched federal funds dollar-for-dollar. SMARTCAP has funded over a dozen companies ranging from an app that assesses driver fatigue to a device that diagnoses brain trauma and a gel formulation used to treat wounds and abrasions. Read more about\u00a0the benefits of the program<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Current\u00a0Needs<\/h2>\n
While there is\u00a0no active call for SMARTCAP at this time, NSBRI continues to seek out novel solutions in the following areas:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Diagnostic and therapeutic devices for vision and cerebral health
\n\u2022 Non-invasive surgical approaches
\n\u2022 Behavioral health solutions
\n\u2022 Ionizing radiation countermeasures
\n\u2022 Ionizing radiation biodosimetry technologies
\n\u2022 Point of care diagnostics for multiple conditions using various bio-fluids
\n\u2022 Miniaturized imaging capabilities
\n\u2022 Smart medical algorithms<\/p>\nIf your company has a technology \/ product that could prove useful in any of these areas,\u00a0get in touch![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Get In Touch<\/h2>\n
<\/h2>\n
\nDeputy Chief Scientist, and Industry Forum Lead<\/strong>
\nDorit B. Donoviel, Ph.D
\ndonoviel@bcm.edu<\/a><\/p>\nSee Full List of Our<\/a>
\nIndustry Forum Steering Council<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]
<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nBenefits of Our Work<\/h2>\n
The NSBRI Industry Forum mission is twofold: to commercialize biomedical discoveries made for space, and challenge the private sector to develop space-compatible healthcare solutions. We leverage the private sector through our unique funding program, SMARTCAP<\/a><\/span>, that rewards small U.S. companies that can provide medical innovations that solve the unique challenges of human spaceflight while developing new market opportunities on Earth. Our Industry Forum Steering\u00a0Council <\/a>\u00a0helps guide the initiatives of NSBRI as they relate to terrestrial markets.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Recent News<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Sept\u00a020, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n
New Tech Tonics Podcast: Dorit Donoviel \u2013 Driving Better Health in the Final Frontier<\/h3>\n
Dr. Dorit Donoviel, a self described geek, Director of\u00a0the Biomedical Innovations Lab, Center for Space Medicine, at Baylor College of Medicine, Deputy Chief Scientist at The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology at\u00a0Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine joins the Tectonics podcast to talk about\u00a0how space medicine improves \u00a0health care on Earth and what it takes for researchers \u2013 and entrepreneurs \u2013 to have the right stuff to make a difference. Listen to the Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n
July 09, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n
The mysterious syndrome impairing astronauts\u2019 sight<\/h3>\n
In 2005, astronaut John Phillips<\/a> took a break from his work on the International Space Station and looked out the window at Earth. He was about halfway through a mission that had begun in April and would end in October. When he gazed down at the planet, Earth was blurry. He couldn\u2019t focus on it clearly. That was strange \u2014 his vision had always been 20\/20. Get the FULL STORY<\/a> from the Washington Post.<\/p>\n
May 17, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n
New medical technologies can benefit astronauts in space and oncology patients on Earth<\/h3>\n
Two small companies developing products to protect humans from the damaging effects of radiation exposure have been selected to receive grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).\u00a0 Entrinsic Health Solutions, Inc. (EHS), located in Norwood, MA, is an innovative health sciences company dedicated to the development and commercialization of amino acid based medical foods to address\u00a0critical digestive health, nutrition and hydration related health issues. READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n
April 06, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n
Medicine and Mars: How studying the Kelly twins will shape the future of space exploration and human health here on Earth<\/h3>\n
What happens to the body after a year in space? That is what NSBRI and NASA’s Human Research Program are looking to find out. NSBRI’s Dr. Graham Scott speaks to how spaceflight\u00a0is not only\u00a0a good model for\u00a0stress, but is also an analogy for aging. Read the full article.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Nov\u00a009, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n
Space institute to fund electronic adjustable power eyeglasses and a smart sleep mask<\/h3>\n
Houston-Two small companies developing state-of-the-art medical technologies have been selected to receive grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).\u00a0LumosTech, Inc. is a Stanford University-based startup company developing a programmable mask that uses light therapy during sleep to adjust a person to a new time-zone.\u00a0Vision Smart Optics, Inc. of Sarasota, Florida\u00a0 is developing electronic smart glasses that can change eye prescriptions, as needed… MORE<\/a><\/p>\n
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Funding Opportunity Seeks Countermeasures that Can Address the #1 Risk to Humans in Space – SMARTCAP 2016 \u2013 The BioShield 4 Mars Initiative<\/h3>\n
Small U.S.-based companies developing countermeasures to protect healthy tissue from the effects of radiation exposures may be eligible for a unique funding opportunity offered through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). NSBRI’s Industry Forum<\/a>\u00a0is soliciting applications for its Space Medical and Related Technologies Commercialization Assistance Program (SMARTCAP)<\/a>. SMARTCAP grants are used to accelerate the development of products meeting a need on Earth as well as in space… MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1435303989027{margin-top: -20px !important;}”]Industry Forum in Action<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]
<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″ header=”0″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″ css=”.vc_custom_1434683292803{background-image: url(http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/business-bg.jpg?id=149) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][oxy_heading]For Business[\/oxy_heading][vc_row_inner el_class=”ox-big-content”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”274″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] Commercial Opportunities Industry Forum, the commercialization arm of NSBRI, fosters development of operationally relevant innovations that address the healthcare needs of astronauts, and assists in the translation of those benefits to the general public here on Earth. Our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-sectionless.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":100,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22383,"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/22383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nsbri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- RT @DoritDSpaceHlth<\/a>: Reminder. Space is dangerous. Our job is to keep people healthy. Let\u2019s not take it for granted. ESA astronaut Matthias\u2026<\/span> Mar 25<\/a><\/span> from Twitter for iPhone<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_fullwidth=”0″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]