The United Nations/China Cooperation on the Utilization of the China Space Station



The First Announcement of Opportunity for Space Experiments on-board China Space Station

Enjoy a video on one of the 9 selected projects: Tumors in Space: https://vimeo.com/389231913

(UNOOSA, Vienna, 12 June 2019)

As a final outcome from the application and selection process, nine experiment projects were selected for entering preparation and implementation process, among which six were fully accepted, and three were conditionally selected. These 9 projects involve 23 institutions from 17 Member States of the United Nations in Asian-pacific, European, African, North American and South American regions, including governmental organizations, private sectors, and international associations. All the projects are collaborative international efforts reflecting the creativity and commitment of the involved scientists from public and private entities in both developing and developed countries. The research areas involve space life science, biotechnology, microgravity fluid physics, microgravity combustion, astronomy, and space technologies. See the list of selected experiment projects and their descriptions.



Preliminary evaluation and selection concluded with the following results:

(UNOOSA, Vienna, 21 February 2019)

Over the past few months, a total of 42 applications, from organizations in 27 countries, have been received by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and carefully evaluated by around 60 experts from UNOOSA, China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) and international space experts, in line with the eligibility and selection criteria outlined in the first Announcement of Opportunity. Based on the results of the evaluation, a comprehensive preliminary selection meeting was held to shortlist proposals.

The selection exercise for this first cycle has been extremely competitive and after careful evaluation of all the applications by the Project Evaluation and Selection Committee (PESC), 18 applications out of the 42 received have been shortlisted for preparing implementation schemes for the final evaluation and selection, the results of which will be announced in June 2019.

The proposed experiment ideas stretch from simple to complex, from space medicine to astrophysical observations - all reflecting the creativity and commitment of the involved scientists from public and private entities in both developing and developed countries.

CMSA announcement: http://www.cmse.gov.cn/art/2019/2/21/art_22_32953.html

Application deadline: 30 September 2018 (closed)

Dear applicants:

Upon request from potential applicants, in order to provide enough time for you to prepare applications in response to this 1st Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for flying your space experiments on-board the China Space Station (CSS), the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have decided to extend the AO deadline by one month to 30 September 2018 for the international space community and all United Nations Member States to submit their applications. Please note that neither UNOOSA nor CMSA have authorized any third party to solicitate applications through the third party, and that the only authoritative source to call for and solicitate applications from the international community and all United Nations Member States for flying on-board the CSS is UNOOSA via THIS website, and....... more details

Scope of opportunity Through this Announcement of Opportunity, UNOOSA and CMSA have agreed to provide Member States of the United Nations with three types of opportunities: Modality 1: Conducting experiments inside the CSS by utilizing experiment payloads developed by selected applicants.

Modality 2: Conducting experiments inside the CSS by utilizing experiment facilities already provided by China.

Modality 3: Conducting experiments outside the CSS by utilizing payloads developed by selected applicants. Eligibility criteria This opportunity is open to all Member States of the United Nations, with particular attention to developing countries. Public and private organizations with a scientific orientation and fundamental capabilities are eligible to apply. Two or more organizations from developed and developing countries are encouraged to submit a joint application(s). Applicants are responsible for the development of their projects. Application submission The fully completed application form, including a signed and stamped endorsement page, must be submitted to UNOOSA by the deadline 30 September 2018 by email and post to the following contact: c/o: Aimin Niu (Mr.)

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

United Nations Office at Vienna

Vienna International Centre

P.O. Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria

Phone: (+43 1) 26060-4957

Fax: (+43 1) 26060-5830

Email: aimin.niu@un.org

Press release

United Nations/China joint announcement event on selected experiments on board the China Space Station (12 June 2019)

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