Closed · NNH21ZEA001N-ULI · CFDA 43.002 · Discretionary

D.4 University Leadership Initiative (ULI)

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

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
August 30, 2022
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

D.4 University Leadership Initiative (ULI) is a closed discretionary listing from NASA Headquarters that offered Varies by applicant across 4 expected awards. 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
4
expected awards
43.002
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

D.4 University Leadership Initiative (ULI) is closed (last close August 30, 2022). 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 August 30, 2022

Posted Jun 29 Closes Aug 30

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

University Leadership Initiative (ULI) provides the opportunity for university teams to exercise technical and organizational leadership in proposing unique technical challenges in aeronautics, defining multi-disciplinary solutions, establishing peer review mechanisms, and applying innovative teaming strategies to strengthen the research impact. Research proposals are sought in seven ULI topic areas in Appendix D.4. Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1) Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2) Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3) Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5) Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6) Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems This NRA will utilize a two-step proposal submission and evaluation process. The initial step is a short mandatory Step-A proposal due August 30, 2022. Those offerors submitting the most highly rated Step-A proposals will be invited to submit a Step-B proposal. All proposals must be submitted electronically through NSPIRES at https://nspires.nasaprs.com. An Applicant’s Workshop will be held on Thursday July 14, 2022; 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET (https://uli.arc.nasa.gov/applicants-workshops/workshop6). An interested partners list for this ULI is at https://uli.arc.nasa.gov/partners. To be listed as an interested lead or partner, please send electronic mail to hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov with "ULI Partnerships" in the subject line and include the information required for the table in that web page.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NNH21ZEA001N-ULI

Grants.gov marks D.4 University Leadership Initiative (ULI) 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: Cooperative Agreement. 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

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What to do next

D.4 University Leadership Initiative (ULI) 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

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