Closed · NNH16ZEA001N-USRC · CFDA 43.002 · Discretionary

University Student Research Challenge (USRC) – A Pilot Project

Federal grant opportunity posted by NASA Headquarters, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
October 16, 2017
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

University Student Research Challenge (USRC) – A Pilot Project is a closed discretionary listing from NASA Headquarters that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,513 other opportunities from NASA Headquarters.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
43.002
CFDA program
1,513
other opportunities from NASA Headquarters

Archived opportunity record

University Student Research Challenge is closed (last close October 16, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 43.002 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. NASA Headquarters still indexes 1,513 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed October 16, 2017

Posted Apr 18 Closes Oct 16

Instrument

Grant

Description

Amendment 4 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2016 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. Through this solicitation the Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program (TACP) seeks to develop novel concepts with the potential to create new capabilities in aeronautics by stimulating aeronautics research in the student community. TACP will provide students, from accredited U.S. colleges or universities, with grants for aeronautics projects that also raise cost sharing funds using crowdfunding platforms. This challenge, which is being run as a pilot project, seeks students who have an aeronautics-related project idea and have the passion to develop that idea. The project must be relevant to the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Strategic Implementation Plan https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/strategy and address one of ARMD’s six strategic thrusts as they affect aviation. The solicitation goal can be accomplished through project ideas such as advancing the design, developing technology or capabilities in support of aviation, by demonstrating a novel concept, or enabling advancement of aeronautics-related technologies. Notices of Intent (NOIs) are not required for this solicitation. Proposals are due October 16, 2017.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NNH16ZEA001N-USRC

Grants.gov marks University Student Research Challenge with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 236 other NASA Headquarters listings share this eligibility-code string (16% of 1,514).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 43.002

Technology Transfer Research

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Agency Contact

For technical assistance, contact: Grants.gov Contact Center Phone: 1-800-518-4726 NASA points of contact: NRA Manager: Richard Barhydt Written responses will be posted on the solicitation website.

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What to do next

University Student Research Challenge is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 43.002 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Technology Transfer Research indexes 7 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • NASA Headquarters lists 1,513 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants