The roses funding opportunity goals are: execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences engineering and medicine administration…

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded Baylor University a $2.474 million Cooperative Agreement on September 11, 2025, under the Aeronautics program (CFDA 43.002) to develop a Mobility-Energy-Coordinated Platform for Infrastructure Planning to support advanced air mobility aircraft operations. Work performance occurs in Robinson, Texas, with completion scheduled for September 10, 2028.

The recipient is conducting research and planning activities to enable infrastructure readiness for electric and hybrid-electric aircraft operations, including energy consumption modeling, charging demand projection, and operational logistics analysis. Four sub-recipients share in the work. University of Tennessee (subaward dated November 20, 2025) delivers infrastructure planning components; Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (subaward dated May 13, 2026) provides aerospace systems engineering and technology development; University of Maryland Baltimore County (subaward dated October 17, 2025) contributes research support and data analysis; George Washington University (subaward dated October 17, 2025) delivers research services under the direction of Dr. Sun; and Whisper Aero Inc. (subaward dated November 11, 2025), a small business specializing in electric propulsion technology, contributes propulsion systems analysis and modeling work.

The Aeronautics program supports cutting-edge research through NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), which operates multiple major programs including the Advanced Air Vehicles Program, focused on enabling revolutionary advances in aircraft efficiency and operational capability.

The roses funding opportunity goals are: execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences engineering and medicine administration priorities and direction from congress. Participate as a key partner and enabler in the agency s exploration initiative focusing on scientific research of on and from the moon lunar orbit mars and beyond. Advance discovery in emerging fields by identifying and exploiting cross-disciplinary opportunities between traditional science disciplines develop a directorate-wide target-user focused approach to applied programs including earth science applications space weather planetary defense and space situational awareness.