Phase I
Phillip Ansell
Hydrogen Hybrid Power for Aviation Sustainable Systems (Hy2PASS)
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801-2957
2025 Phase I
Martin Bermudez
Lunar Glass Structure (LUNGS): Enabling Construction of Monolithic Habitats in Low-Gravity Environment
Skyeports LLC
Sacramento, CA 95811-0001
2025 Phase I
Christine Gregg
Dynamically Stable Large Space Structures via Architected Metamaterials
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
2025 Phase I
Gyula Greschik
The Ribbon: Structure Free Sail for Solar Polar Observation
Tentguild Engineering Co
Boulder, CO 80305-0001
2025 Phase I
Michael Hecht
Exploring Venus with Electrolysis (EVE)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139-0001
2025 Phase I
Robert Hinshaw
MitoMars: Targeted Mitochondria Replacement Therapy to Boost Deep Space Endurance
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001
2025 Phase I
Ben Hockman
TOBIAS: Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2025 Phase I
John Mather
Inflatable Starshade for Earthlike Exoplanets
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400
2025 Phase I
Marco Quadrelli
PULSAR: Planetary pULSe-tAkeR
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-0001
2025 Phase I
Selim Shahriar
SUPREME-QG: Space-borne Ultra-Precise Measurement of the Equivalence Principle Signature of Quantum Gravity
Northwestern University, Evanston
Evanston, IL 60208-0001
2025 Phase I
Frank Tybor
Construction Assembly Destination
ThinkOrbital Inc.
Boulder, CO 80303-0001
2025 Phase I
Saurabh Vilekar
Thermo-Photo-Catalysis of Water for Crewed Mars Transit Spacecraft Oxygen Supply
Precision Combustion
North Haven, CT 06473-3106
2025 Phase I
Kimberly Weaver
Beholding Black Hole Power with the Accretion Explorer Interferometer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
2025 Phase I
Justin Yim
LEAP – Legged Exploration Across the Plume
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801-0001
2025 Phase I
Setthivoine You
Fusion-Enabled Comprehensive Exploration of the Heliosphere
Helicity Space LLC
Pasadena, CA 91107-0001
2025 Phase I
Phase II
Benjamin Hockman
Gravity Poppers: Hopping Probes for the Interior Mapping of Small Solar system Bodies
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2025 Phase II
Aaswath Pattabhi Raman
Mars Roundtrip Success enabled by Integrated Cooling through Inductively Coupled LED Emission (MaRS ICICLE)
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024
2025 Phase II
Igor Bargatin
Photophoretic Propulsion Enabling Mesosphere Exploration
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-0001
2025 Phase II
James Bickford
TFINER – Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Cambridge, MA 02139-3539
2025 Phase II
Alvaro Romero-Calvo
Breathing Beyond Earth: A Reliable Oxygen Production Architecture for Human Space Exploration
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Atlanta, GA 30318-0001
2025 Phase II
Christine Hartzell
Addressing Key Challenges To Mapping Sub-cm Orbital Debris in LEO via Plasma Soliton Detection
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD 20742-0001
2025 Phase II
Peter Cabauy
Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors
City Labs, Inc.
Miami, FL 33186-0001
2025 Phase II
