The Vast x Explorers Club Grant Program is accepting applications to support innovative research advancing human life beyond Earth.
The program is designed to fund innovative projects that deepen understanding of space environments, human adaptation, and the systems required to sustain life during long-duration space missions. Scientists, engineers, technologists, and explorers conducting innovative research that deepens our understanding of space environments and human adaptation beyond Earth are encouraged to apply.
Open to early-career and established researchers worldwide, grants of $20,000–$25,000 support field or lab-based work with clear objectives and measurable outcomes.
Focus Areas:
- Human Habitability
- Life-supporting systems
- Space Medicine
- Radiation protection
- Materials
- Psychological & biological challenges of long-duration mission challenges
Applications are due February 15, 2026, with awards announced in mid-April.