THE SPACE LIFE SCIENCES CURRICULUM (SLS) IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE AT UH AND THE NASA/JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. HHP AND NASA SHARE ASPECIAL RELATIONSHIP; MANY OF OUR FACULTY ARE DRAWN FROM THE RANKS OF FORMER NASA SCIENTISTS WHO CURRENTLY MAINTAIN RESEARCH RELATIONSHIPS WITH NASA. MANY OF OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE CONDUCTED RESEARCH IN NASA LABORATORIES WHILE OTHERS HAVE HELD SUMMER APPOINTMENTS OR COMPLETED INTERNSHIPS AT JSC. SEVERAL OF OUR GRADUATES ARE NOW SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEES IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY AT JSC. HHP RESEARCHERS ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF SPACE LIFE SCIENCES RELATED PROJECTS WHICH COMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SPACE LIFE SCIENCES CURRICULUM AT THENASA/JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. THE SELECTED GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORTED BY THIS STIPEND WILL BE TRAINED TO POTENTIALLY SMOOTHLY TRANSITION INTO THE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT AND CONDUCT HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT RELATED RESEARCH WHILE SUPPORTED BY THE STIPEND.