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.
NASA Front Door
Step inside and collaborate with us to advance bold ideas.
NASA offers multiple pathways for external organizations and individuals, including industry, academia, non-profits, government agencies, and innovators, to engage with the agency on ideas, assets, and collaborative opportunities that advance mission goals. Whether you are proposing a new concept, exploring the use of NASA real estate, or initiating a partnership through mechanisms such as Space Act Agreements, this entry point provides a clear place to start.
Explore Ways to Work With NASA about NASA Front Door
Open Solicitations and Opportunities
Synopsis Released: Lunar Infrastructure Opportunity
Responses are due by 5PM EDT on June 03, 2026
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II
Notice of Intent due: May 18, 2026 • Proposals due: June 12, 2026
NASA SBIR/STTR Broad Agency Announcement
Responses due: September 30, 2027
TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge
Register by July 29; Applications due Aug. 12
FUTURE SOLICITATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES COMING SOON
Access Flight Tests through Flight Opportunities
Flight Opportunities continually seeks impactful options to help rapidly identify, test, and demonstrate space technologies. To accomplish this, the program offers several avenues for accessing flights on commercial vehicles. Whether you are a NASA employee; a student; or a researcher with a university, research institute, or commercial organization, funds may be available directly through the program or in collaboration between Flight Opportunities and other NASA programs.
Space Tech Industry Partnerships
The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) uses partnerships to expand important space technologies and capabilities.
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