NASA Astrobiology Institute

NASA’s Astrobiology Institute (NAI) was a cross-divisional research institute established in 1998 as a research institute without walls. Managed by NASA Ames, it brought together geographically distributed interdisciplinary teams in astronomy, biology, geology, and planetary science, funded astrobiology research through five-year Cooperative Agreement Notices, and was sunset at the end of 2019 as NASA shifted community coordination to Research Coordination Networks.

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Aliases: NAINASA NAIAstrobiology InstituteNASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)
Domains: spaceflight
Name: NASA Astrobiology Institute
Status: completed
Types: researchscience

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Description: NASA’s Astrobiology Institute (NAI) was a cross-divisional research institute established in 1998 as a research institute without walls. Managed by NASA Ames, it brought together geographically distributed interdisciplinary teams in astronomy, biology, geology, and planetary science, funded astrobiology research through five-year Cooperative Agreement Notices, and was sunset at the end of 2019 as NASA shifted community coordination to Research Coordination Networks.
End Date: 2019
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Start Date: 1998

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