ARPA-H Comprehensive Organ System Modeling in Outer Space (COSMOS) Innovative Solutions Opening
Key Takeaways
- Full and open competition - all businesses eligible to bid
- Work to be performed in Washington, DC
- Industry: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
Contract Details
- Notice ID
- ARPA-H-SOL-26-165
- Opportunity Type
- Solicitation
- Sub-Agency
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
- Office
- ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H)
- Posted Date
- Friday, September 25, 2026
- Response Deadline
- Wednesday, October 7, 2026
- PSC Code
- AN13
- Set-Aside
- Full & Open Competition
- Place of Performance
- Washington, DC, 20005
- Status
- Active
Description
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Comprehensive Organ System Modeling in Outer Space (COSMOS) Initiative aims to definitively prove or disprove if exposure to microgravity in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) truly accelerates tissue aging across brain, cardiac, uterine, and kidney tissue types and across several adult age brackets. Provided Tissue Aging Rate in Space (TARIS) exceeds Tissue Aging Rate on Earth (TAROE) at a rate that exceeds the on Earth breakeven cost for new drug R&D, COSMOS will create a first-in-class platform for fully autonomous, high-throughput drug screening in LEO that would be more cost effective and faster than new drug R&D on Earth. ARPA-H anticipates multiple Other Transaction awards resulting from this announcement. Interested parties are invited t
Why This Opportunity Matters
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF is actively seeking qualified contractors for research and development in biotechnology (except nanobiotechnology) in Washington, DC.
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