Solution Mechanism Guide (SMG) Challenge

SMG Closeout.pptx NASA?s Human Health and Performance (HH&P) Directorate optimizes the performance of our astronauts during all aspects of spaceflight ? before, during and after missions. HH&P designs the tools, equipment and training needed for our space travelers to accomplish their missions and learn all they can about how the body is affected by microgravity and the other hazards of space, and what we need to be able to survive. HH&P is responsible for medical treatment to our astronauts, developing tools, processes and hardware to aid astronauts during their mission and analyzing the science that benefits life on Earth. NASA?s HH&P Directorate helps solve these problems? but if you are a scientist or project manager at NASA, sometimes it?s hard to figure out what is the best route/path to take to solve your problem. The Solution Mechanism Guide is a tool to educate our scientists and managers about what tools are available for them to utilize in order to solve the challenges of spaceflight. It is crucial that this tool be tailorable to changing and new mechanisms while not requiring significant administrative overhead.
This challenge seeks to create an online tool so that users can navigate a series of questions to a filtered subset of solution mechanisms that are a best fit for their specific needs based on the criteria they input. SMG Closeout.pptx NASA's Human Health and Performance (HH&P) Directorate optimizes the performance of our astronauts during all aspects of spaceflight ? before, during and after missions. HH&P designs the tools, equipment and training needed for our space travelers to accomplish their missions and learn all they can about how the body is affected by microgravity and the other hazards of space, and what we need to be able to survive. HH&P is responsible for medical treatment to our astronauts, developing tools, processes and hardware to aid astronauts during their mission and analyzing the science that benefits life on Earth. NASA's HH&P Directorate helps solve these problems? but if you are a scientist or project manager at NASA, sometimes it's hard to figure out what is the best route/path to take to solve your problem. The Solution Mechanism Guide is a tool to educate our scientists and managers about what tools are available for them to utilize in order to solve the challenges of spaceflight. It is crucial that this tool be tailorable to changing and new mechanisms while not requiring significant administrative overhead.

This is a mature technology (TRL 7+) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

None of these are guaranteed paths for this specific project — TechPort itself doesn't have an "apply" button. Reaching out to the contact(s) above with a specific question is usually the fastest way to find out what's actually open.