THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON JUNE 6, 2025
(Up to date Superior Air Automobiles Program Fellowship Opportunities.)
This Aeronautics Analysis Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations web page compiles the alternatives to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their analysis to allow new and improved air transportation programs.
Most alternatives to take part in analysis are formally introduced by way of the Internet-based NASA Solicitation and Proposal Built-in Evaluation and Analysis System, higher referred to as NSPIRES. You might be inspired to go to the NSPIRES web site, create an account, and join automated e mail bulletins.
Different kinds of collaborative alternatives, resembling these involving Requests for Info or tutorial analysis contests, are also included on this web page.
This web page has 4 main sections:
Superior Air Automobiles Program Fellowship Alternatives
Proposals are due by June 11, 2025. (NOTE vital replace under.)
College Management Initiative
Step-A proposals due by June 26, 2025.
College Scholar Analysis Problem
Proposals for Cycle 3 are due by June 26, 2025.
Superior Air Automobiles Program Fellowship Alternatives
(View the full ROA-2025 NRA Amendment 1 text here.)
This announcement solicits proposals from accredited U.S. establishments for analysis coaching grants to start the tutorial 12 months. This Discover of Funding Alternative is designed to assist independently conceived analysis tasks by extremely certified graduate college students in disciplines wanted to assist advance NASA’s mission, thus affording these college students the chance to straight contribute to developments in STEM-related areas of research. These alternatives are centered on innovation and the era of measurable analysis outcomes that contribute to NASA’s present and future science and expertise targets.
Analysis proposals are sought to deal with the important thing challenges summarized within the Parts part on the finish of the Amendment 1 document, and which reference NASA’s Hypersonic Technology challenge.
UPDATE for June 6: Reflecting the Fiscal 12 months 2026 price range modifications, the Transformational Tools & Technologies challenge alternatives initially described on this announcement have been cancelled. Proposals citing this challenge is not going to be evaluated.
Notices of Intent aren’t required.
A price range breakdown for every proposal is required, detailing the allocation of the award funds by 12 months. The price range doc might adhere to any format or template supplied by the applicant’s establishment. Two pre-proposal teleconferences for potential proposers will likely be held and assembly hyperlinks will likely be posted on NSPIRES.
Proposals are due by 5 p.m. EDT on June 11, 2025.
College Management Initiative
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NASA’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI) supplies the chance for college groups to train technical and organizational management in proposing distinctive technical challenges in aeronautics, defining multi-disciplinary options, establishing peer evaluation mechanisms, and making use of progressive teaming methods to strengthen the analysis influence.
Analysis proposals are sought in six ULI subject areas in Appendix D.4.
Subject 1: Secure, Environment friendly Progress in World Operations
Subject 2: Innovation in Industrial Excessive-Velocity Plane
Subject 3: Extremely-Environment friendly Subsonic Transports
Subject 4: Secure, Quiet, and Reasonably priced Vertical Raise Air Automobiles
Subject 5: In-Time System-Broad Security Assurance
Subject 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
This NASA Analysis Announcement will make the most of a two-step proposal submission and analysis course of. The preliminary step is a brief necessary Step-A proposal, which is due June 26, 2025. These offerors submitting essentially the most extremely rated Step-A proposals will likely be invited to submit a Step-B proposal. All proposals have to be submitted electronically by way of NSPIRES at https://nspires.nasaprs.com. An Applicant’s Workshop will likely be held on Thursday April 30, 2025; 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET (https://uli.arc.nasa.gov/applicants-workshops/workshop9) (Web page will likely be reside nearer to the occasion.)
An companions record for this ULI is at https://uli.arc.nasa.gov/partners. To be listed as an lead or accomplice, please ship an e mail to hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov with “ULI Partnerships” within the topic line and embrace the data required for the desk on that net web page.
College Scholar Analysis Problem
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NASA’s University Student Research Challenge (USRC) seeks to problem college students to suggest new concepts/ideas which are related to NASA Aeronautics. The problem will present college students from accredited U.S. schools or universities with grants for his or her tasks, in addition to the problem of elevating value share funds by way of a crowdfunding marketing campaign. The method of making and implementing a crowdfunding marketing campaign acts as a educating accelerator — requiring college students to behave like entrepreneurs and lift consciousness about their analysis among the many public.
The solicitation aim might be completed by way of challenge concepts resembling advancing the design, growing expertise or capabilities in assist of aviation, by demonstrating a novel idea, or enabling development of aeronautics-related applied sciences.
Notices of Intent aren’t required for this solicitation.
Proposals for Cycle 3 are due June 26, 2025.
Proposals will also be submitted later and evaluated within the second and third cycles.
The USRC Q&A/Information Session and Proposal Workshop will likely be held on the times/occasions under. Please be part of us on TEAMS utilizing the Meeting Link, or name in by way of +1 256-715-9946,,317928116#.
| USRC Cycle | Info Session/Q&A Date | Proposal Due Date |
| Cycle 3 | Could 12, 2025 at 2 pm ET | June 26, 2025 |
NASA’s nationwide staff of aeronautical innovators are dedicated to giving college students of all ages alternatives to unravel a number of the greatest technical challenges going through the aviation neighborhood right this moment. Via NASA-sponsored challenges and competitions, college students representing a number of disciplines will put their abilities to work by designing and constructing options to real-world issues.
View the full ACERO RFI announcement here.
NASA’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) challenge used this request for info to establish applied sciences that addressed present challenges going through the wildland firefighting neighborhood. NASA was in search of info on knowledge assortment, airborne connectivity and communications options, unmanned plane programs visitors administration, plane operations and autonomy, and extra. This is able to assist growth of a partnership technique for future collaborative demonstrations.
events have been requested to answer this discover with an info package deal submitted by way of https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/acero-rfi no later than 4 pm ET, October 15, 2023. Submissions have been accepted solely from U.S. corporations.
View the full AAM RFI announcement here.
This request for info is getting used to collect market analysis for NASA to make knowledgeable selections relating to potential partnership methods and future analysis to allow Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). NASA is in search of info from public, personal, and tutorial organizations to find out technical wants and neighborhood pursuits which will result in future solicitations relating to AAM analysis and growth.
This specific RFI is only one avenue of a number of deliberate alternatives for formal suggestions on or participation in NASA’s AAM Mission-related efforts to develop these necessities and assist allow AAM.
The reply by date for this RFI closed on Feb. 1, 2025, at 6 p.m. EST.
(View the full ROA-2024 NRA Amendment 1 text here.)
The announcement solicited proposals from accredited U.S. establishments for analysis coaching grants to start the tutorial 12 months. This Discover of Funding Alternative was designed to assist independently conceived analysis tasks by extremely certified graduate college students, in disciplines wanted to assist advance NASA’s mission, thus affording these college students the chance to straight contribute to developments in STEM-related areas of research. Advanced Air Vehicle Program fellowship alternatives are centered on innovation and the era of measurable analysis outcomes that contribute to NASA’s present and future science and expertise targets.
Analysis proposals have been sought to deal with key challenges supplied in Parts of Appendix A.8.
A price range breakdown for every proposal was required, detailing the allocation of the award funds by 12 months. The price range doc might adhere to any format or template supplied by the applicant’s establishment.
Proposals have been due by April 30, 2024, at 5 PM ET.
(View the full ROA-2024 NRA Amendment 3 text here)
NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology challenge sought proposals for a gas injector design idea and fabrication for testing at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
The proposal for the gas injector design aimed to ascertain present state-of-the-art in low NOx supersonic cruise whereas assembly cheap touchdown take-off NOx emissions. The expertise utility timeline is focused for a supersonic plane with entry into service within the 2035+ timeframe.
Proposals have been due by Could 31, 2024 at 5 pm EDT.
Competitors for NRA awards is open to each academia and trade.
The present open solicitations for ARMD Analysis Alternatives are ROA-2024 and ROA-2025.
Right here is a few basic info to know in regards to the NRA course of.
- NRA solicitations are launched by NASA Headquarters by way of the Internet-based NASA Solicitation and Proposal Built-in Evaluation and Analysis System (NSPIRES).
- All NRA technical work is outlined and managed by challenge groups inside these 4 applications: Advanced Air Vehicles Program, Airspace Operations and Safety Program, Integrated Aviation Systems Program, and Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program.
- NRA awards originate from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, Ames Research Center in California, Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, and Armstrong Flight Research Center in California.
- Competitors for NRA awards is full and open.
- Participation is open to all classes of organizations, together with instructional establishments, trade, and nonprofits.
- Any updates or amendments to an NRA is posted on the suitable NSPIRES net pages as famous within the Amendments detailed under.
- ARMD sends notifications of NRA updates by way of the NSPIRES e mail system. With a view to obtain these e mail notifications, you have to be a Registered Person of NSPIRES. Nevertheless, notice that NASA isn’t accountable for inadvertently failing to offer notification of a future NRA. Events are accountable for often checking the NSPIRES web site for up to date NRAs.