The NASA innovative advanced concepts (niac) program focuses on early-stage feasibility studies of visionary concepts that address national government and commercial aerospace goals. Concepts are…

This is a $600,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech Research Corp) for a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I study. The NIAC program focuses on early-stage feasibility studies of visionary aerospace concepts that could significantly enhance or enable new human or robotic science and exploration missions. This award will allow Georgia Tech Research Corp, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education, to explore the overall feasibility and viability of a proposed NIAC concept. The award does not have a set-aside designation, indicating open competition. Georgia Tech Research Corp has an extensive track record of securing federal research grants and contracts from agencies such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance scientific and technological innovations.

The NASA innovative advanced concepts (niac) program focuses on early-stage feasibility studies of visionary concepts that address national government and commercial aerospace goals. Concepts are solicited from any field of study that offers a radically different approach or disruptive innovation that may significantly enhance or enable new human or robotic science and exploration missions. The niac program seeks exciting, unexplored, credible aerospace concepts with at least one mission application that addresses NASA goals or offers wider benefits with space or aeronautics applications. Phase i awards are to explore the overall feasibility and viability of visionary concepts. Phase II awards are to further develop the most promising phase i concepts, and to explore potential infusion options within and beyond NASA.