Science & Research · Active
Aerospace Education Services · NASA · High-volume · mid band
Aerospace Education Services (CFDA 43.001) - federal assistance administered by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $50K–$1M
- Typical award range
- 17
- Indexed opportunities
- 8
- Open now
- NASA
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Aerospace Education Services ranks #44 of 504, #1 of 6 within NASA, and #39 of 44 among Science & Research programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 43.001 is an active Science & Research program with 17 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 8 are open for application.
- $50K–$1M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- September 25
- next application deadline
- $450,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 9%
- of the catalog is Science & Research
Aerospace Education Services · floor-band ceiling on a busy book (#420/502)
Aerospace Education Services sits below most listed ceilings (16th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
Aerospace Education Services vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$1,000,000 Top 84% higher than 16% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-08-04
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 43.001 · NASA VOL-STEADY · #44/504
VOL-STEADY · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 17 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #44/504
- PHOTO-FINISH Migratory Bird Conser… · 15.657
- NOFO-OPEN 8 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $50K–$1M
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 17 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Science & Research: Migratory Bird Conservation Grant (CFDA 15.657) (±1 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 43.001
VOL-STEADY · #44/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±1 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestAerospace Education… · this listingMigratory Bird Cons… · nearPublic Safety Partn… · nearAgriculture and Foo… · nearEconomic Adjustment… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor
Mid-band funding ($50,000 to $1.0 million) with a hot opportunity book (17 indexed rows) under CFDA 43.001. Aerospace Education Services is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 40%.
Assistance Listing text · NASA
Education programs in aerospace science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 2 doors
Aerospace Education Services bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (2 doors: Educational Institution, Nonprofit Organization). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 43.001
97% of the 1,101 indexed listings under CFDA 43.001 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Aerospace Education Services typically uses to move money. 1% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $65.0 million across 1 listings (avg $65.0 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 104 across 24 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 43.001, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 43.001
Only 8 of 1,101 indexed listings under CFDA 43.001 are open (1%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $100,000 to $65.0 million (650×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 100% of listings carry the Science and Technology / R&D (ST) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 8 open · 1,093 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $450,000 (9 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Science and Technology / R&D (ST)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
NASA · administering agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space science, aeronautics research, STEM education, and technology development grants.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 43.001 8 Open
ROSES 2025: A.4 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science
ROSES 2025: C.2 Solar System Science
ROSES25: C.4 Planetary Science Enabling Facilities
ROSES25: A.15 Biosphere
ROSES25: D.8 Habitable Worlds Observatory Precursor Science Investigation
ROSES25: A.14 Atmosphere
ROSES25: A.13 Accelerating Earth Solutions
ROSES25: B.2 Heliophysics Foundational Research
ROSES 2025: A.10 INNOVATE
ROSES25: F.17 Research Initiation Awards
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (17 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 43.001: 17 indexed opportunities · 8 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing NNH25ZDA001N-RRNES (closes September 25, 2026) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administers 6 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Small Business Technology Transfer (SBA) (59.058). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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