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The Vast x Explorers Club Grant is designed to support bold thinkers, curious builders, and determined explorers who are helping make life beyond Earth possible. This program fuels research that brings us closer to living, working, and thriving in space—whether in low Earth orbit, on the Moon, or on Mars. Scientists, engineers, technologists, and explorers conducting innovative research that deepens our understanding of space environments and human adaptation beyond Earth are encouraged to apply. Priority research areas include human habitability and life-support systems in space, closed-loop ecological or biological systems, materials or technologies for space habitats, space medicine and human performance, radiation protection and human health, and psychological and sociocultural aspects of isolation or long-duration missions. The grant is open to early-career and established researchers from any discipline relevant to space science or human adaptation beyond Earth. Applicants must be leading or supporting an active project with clear objectives, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.