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80HQTR23NOA01-23FO-F1: Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital and Orbital Flight Opportunities “TechFlights”

Closed Closed June 7, 2023 Opportunity 80HQTR23NOA01-23FO-F1 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II (NNH26ZTR001N-26NIAC-A2). Status: Rolling or no fixed deadline. It is in our archive of NASA Headquarters notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$1.0 million
• Total funding$6.5 million
• Expected awards11
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

See the full solicitation for eligibility restrictions.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Space Technology awards averaged $347,956; this notice allows up to $1.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (39% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters anticipates a release of a solicitation, titled Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital and Orbital Flight Opportunities “TechFlights”, as an Appendix to the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) umbrella NASA Research Announcement (NRA) titled "Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2023 (SpaceTech-REDDI-2023), on or about May 2, 2023. The solicitation is available by opening the NSPIRES homepage at https://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and selecting “Open” under Solicitations. Enter the title or solicitation number in the Solicitation # / Key Information field, and then select “Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital and Orbital Flight Opportunities “TechFlights”.” The purpose of this Appendix is to provide funding for the rapid testing or demonstration of space technologies in relevant environments. Payloads may be tested aboard flights on U.S. commercial suborbital rockets, rocket-powered lander vehicles, high-altitude balloons, aircraft following reduced-gravity flight profiles, and orbital platforms. Emphasis will be placed on decreasing the amount of time between award and flight testing with a goal of increasing the pace of technology development. Emphasis will also be placed on the overall impact to be achieved via the flight test awards made under this Appendix.. STMD’s Flight Opportunities program rapidly demonstrates promising technologies for space exploration, discovery, and the expansion of space commerce through suborbital testing with industry flight providers. The program matures capabilities needed for NASA missions and commercial applications while strategically investing in the growth of the U.S. commercial spaceflight industry. The Flight Opportunities program is joined in this Appendix by STMD’s Small Spacecraft Technology program, which expands the ability to execute unique missions through rapid development and demonstration of capabilities for small spacecraft applicable to exploration, science, and the commercial space sector. In addition, the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is a partner in this solicitation to support development of transformative research capabilities with the commercial space industry to dramatically increase the pace of research. Two topics are anticipated for this solicitation.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, NNH26ZTR001N-26NIAC-A2, which is open now.

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