Opportunity ID: 268870

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NNH15ZOA0001N-15NIAC-A1
Funding Opportunity Title: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), Phase I
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: CategoryExplanation
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Grant
Procurement Contract
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Assistance Listings: 43.009 — Cross Agency Support
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Oct 15, 2014
Last Updated Date: –
Original Closing Date for Applications: Nov 12, 2014
Current Closing Date for Applications: Nov 12, 2014
Archive Date: Jul 02, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: –
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: NASA Headquarters
Description: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters is releasing an Appendix to the current Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2015 (REDDI) NASA Research Announcement (NRA) for initial studies of visionary aerospace concepts. NNH15ZOA001N, entitled NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts: Phase I Studies, will be available as of October 10th, 2014 by opening the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listings “Solicitations” to “Open Solicitations.”
This NRA Appendix will solicit multiple studies, each of which will investigate an architecture, mission, or system concept with the potential to enable a great leap in space or aeronautics. Aerospace architecture, mission, or system concepts proposed for NIAC Phase I study must be exciting, unexplored, far-term, and credible. Proposals for narrow technology or subsystem development, or incremental or near-term advancement, are explicitly out of scope for this program. Finally, while NIAC encourages daring vision and accepts the accompanying risk, proposals must be technically credible and plausibly implementable.

NIAC is part of the Space Technology Mission Directorate. The 2015 NIAC Phase I solicitation will be a two-step process. Step A will be a 3-page white paper plus summary chart. Proposals shall be submitted electronically, and all Step A proposers shall use the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES), accessible at http://nspires.nasaprs.com , or for Step A may also use Grants.gov. Step B full proposals will be eligible only if invited after review of a Step A submission. Step B proposals shall be submitted electronically through NSPIRES only.

This solicitation will be an open announcement; anyone is welcome to respond. Affiliation with any educational institution, commercial or not-for-profit organization, research laboratory, government agency, or NASA Center (including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory) is permitted. Individuals may submit, as long as they meet the registration requirements for NSPIRES. Every organization that intends to submit a proposal in response to this NRA must be registered with NSPIRES, and such registration must identify the authorized organizational representative(s) who will submit the electronic proposal. Each electronic proposal system places requirements on the registration of principal investigators and other participants (e.g. co-investigators). Potential proposers and proposing organizations are urged to access the electronic proposal system(s) well in advance of the proposal due date(s) to familiarize themselves with its structure and enter the requested information. Specific proposal submission deadline dates, evaluation criteria, and submission information will be identified in the NRA. Step A White Papers will be due on or before Wednesday, November 12th, 2014; Step B full Proposals will be due on or before Wednesday, January 21st , 2015.

12-16 NIAC Phase I awards are anticipated, but the final number of awards will depend on the quality of proposals and availability of appropriated funds.

Link to Additional Information: NSPIRES: NIAC
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

John (Jay) Falker, PhD

NIAC Program Executive

Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Email:hq-niac@mail.nasa.gov

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Agency Contact Information: John (Jay) Falker, PhD
NIAC Program Executive
Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Email: hq-niac@mail.nasa.gov
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
43.009 PKG00209122 Oct 15, 2014 Nov 12, 2014 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

268870 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf

268870 NASA_OtherProjectInformation-1.0.pdf

268870 Nasa_PIandAORSupplementalDataSheet-1.0.pdf

268870 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf

268870 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_2-1.2.pdf

Optional forms

268870 NASA_SeniorKeyPersonSupplementalDataSheet-1.0.pdf

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