STMD Solicitations and Opportunities
This page provides information about ways to engage with STMD through current and forthcoming solicitations or opportunities. Please also view STMD’s Tipping Point and Announcement of Collaboration Opportunities page. To see what STMD opportunities might be best suited for you, visit TechPort.
Open Solicitations and Opportunities
FUTURE SOLICITATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES – upcoming solicitation release dates are pending and are subject to change.
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) 2024 Phase II and Phase III Call for Proposals
January/February 2024 – The NIAC program supports early-stage visionary research ideas through multiple progressive phases of study. Phase I studies develop concepts for 9 months to one year. Phase II and III develop concepts for up to two years. Researchers must prepare a roadmap for further development but are not expected to fully advance the technologies to a level required for NASA or commercial transition.
Early Career Faculty
Through the Early Career Faculty (ECF) solicitation, the Space Technology Research Grants program awards grants to accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding faculty researchers early in their careers. The grants sponsor research in specific high-priority areas of interest to America's space program.
Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI) Solicitations
The goal of the Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI) is to strengthen NASA’s ties to the academic community through long-term, sustained investment in research and technology development critical to NASA’s future. The STRIs will enhance and broaden the capabilities of the Nation’s universities to meet the needs of NASA’s science and technology programs. These investments will also create, fortify, and nurture the talent base of highly skilled engineers, scientists, and technologists to improve America’s technological and economic competitiveness.
Space Tech Industry Partnerships
The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) uses partnerships to expand important space technologies and capabilities.
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