NASA Grant: 2011 Summer of Innovation Project Opportunity

A pre-proposal teleconference will be held on January 27, 2011 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
So that NASA will be able to cover as much information as possible at the teleconference prospective offerors are requested to submit any written questions before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 26, 2011. Only questions submitted in advance will be answered during the teleconference. No “live” questions will be taken or answered during the call.
Questions should be submitted to grc-2011summerofinnovation@mail.nasa.gov

To dial into the teleconference, call 1-888-946-7304. The participant passcode is 5328688. For relay services for the hearing impaired, at the start time of the event, please login to your event by clicking on the link below:
http://www.fedrcc.us//Enter.aspx?EventID=1701149&CustomerID=321
NASA will post written questions and answers to the NSPIRES website.

Note: Throughout the proposal process, offerors may continue to submit questions via the grc-2011summerofinnovation@mail.nasa.gov email address. Questions will be answered through the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page of the NSPIRES Summer of Innovation solicitation site as soon as possible after receipt.

Proposals must be submitted through the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) website nasaprs.nasa.gov. The due date for proposals is February 25, 2011, by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time.

Documents related to this procurement will be available on the NSPIRES website. Offerors are responsible for monitoring the site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

On or about January 12, 2011 this CAN will be available electronically through the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES). This web-based system supports NASA research from the release of solicitation announcements through the peer review and selection processes. The full Notice of Intent is available at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/ or the full text announcement link provided with this synopsis.

Institutions eligible to respond to this CAN are limited to accredited US schools, school districts or state departments of education, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations subject to 501(C3) of the US tax code, foundations, trade associations, and state and local governmental associations. For-profit companies are not eligible to apply for 2011 SoI awards but they are eligible to partner with the prime Offeror in the execution of the 2011 SoI project.

Notwithstanding the posting of this opportunity at FedBizOpps.gov, Grants.gov, or at both sites, NASA reserves the right to determine the appropriate award instrument for each proposal selected pursuant to this announcement.

Direct questions specifically regarding this solicitation to:
Nikki D. Brown
NASA GRC Contracting Officer
E-mail: grc-2011summerofinnovation@mail.nasa.gov

On or about January 12, 2011 this CAN will be available electronically through the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES). This web-based system supports NASA research from the release of solicitation announcements through the peer review and selection processes. The full Notice of Intent is available at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/ or the full text announcement link provided with this synopsis.

Institutions eligible to respond to this CAN are limited to accredited US schools, school districts or state departments of education, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations subject to 501(C3) of the US tax code, foundations, trade associations, and state and local governmental associations. For-profit companies are not eligible to apply for 2011 SoI awards but they are eligible to partner with the prime Offeror in the execution of the 2011 SoI project.

Notwithstanding the posting of this opportunity at FedBizOpps.gov, Grants.gov, or at both sites, NASA reserves the right to determine the appropriate award instrument for each proposal selected pursuant to this announcement.

Direct questions specifically regarding this solicitation to:
Nikki D. Brown
NASA GRC Contracting Officer
E-mail: grc-2011summerofinnovation@mail.nasa.gov