Project Grant 80NSSC26K0822

Federal Grant Award Summary UCLA's Office of Research Administration received a $600,000 project grant award from NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012), with an award date of July 29, 2025 and a completion date of July 28, 2027. This award supports a Phase II feasibility study through NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which focuses on developing and advancing visionary aerospace concepts that address national government and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Rarefied Technologies, Inc. received a $174,991 Project Grant from NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012), awarded on June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. Based on the program description, this award supports an early-stage feasibility study of a visionary aerospace concept through NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The company will conduct research and development activities at...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Aeronautics (CFDA 43.002) federal grant program to Goaero, Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Stamford, CT. The grant, titled the University Innovation (UI) Project, funds university-led innovation to address aeronautics challenges and seeks new innovative ideas that can support the U.S. aviation community and NASA Aeronautics. The award period is from Oct 14, 2024 to Oct 13, 2025....

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $600,000 Project Grant from NASA's Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012) under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) initiative, awarded July 29, 2025, with performance completion scheduled for July 28, 2027. This award funds an early-stage feasibility study of a visionary aerospace concept that addresses national government and commercial aerospace goals. The NIAC program specifically solicits radically...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $600,000 project grant from NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.012) awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. The award supports a Phase II feasibility study under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which focuses on early-stage development of visionary aerospace concepts addressing national government and commercial aerospace goals. The research is being performed...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Funding Agency & Program: NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012) Award Details: City Labs, Inc., a minority-owned Hispanic American small business headquartered in Miami, Florida, received a Project Grant award of $599,660.87 on June 23, 2025, for an early-stage feasibility study under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The two-year performance period extends through June 22,...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received a $553,821 project grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2027. The project, titled "Photophoretic Propulsion Enabling Mesosphere Exploration," is conducted through NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which supports early-stage feasibility studies of visionary...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Institute For Space Science And Development Incorporated received a $105,712.92 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012), awarded on May 20, 2025, with completion targeted for August 20, 2026. The award supports a convergence meeting designed to bring together nuclear propulsion and power innovators with the space science community to identify synergies and opportunities for...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (USNC-Space) a $124,592.39 Project Grant under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012) to design a compact radioisotope-electric-propulsion spacecraft powered by a novel chargeable atomic battery (CAB). The CAB technology aims to enable spacecraft delta-V capabilities on the order of 100 km/s with a power system specific mass of 5-8 kg/kWe. The award period runs from March 8, 2021...

Flight Safety Foundation Inc. received a $450,000 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Aeronautics program (CFDA 43.002), awarded on June 4, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2026. The foundation will develop three comprehensive scenarios for future airspace management that specify anticipated operating attributes across key airspace system elements, including safety management systems and vehicle systems. This effort supports...