Closed · 80HQTR23NOA01-23ESI-B2 · CFDA 43.012 · Discretionary
EARLY STAGE INNOVATIONS
Federal grant opportunity posted by NASA Headquarters, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 6, 2023
- Close date
- 6
- Expected awards
The verdict
EARLY STAGE INNOVATIONS is a closed discretionary listing from NASA Headquarters that offered Varies by applicant across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 6
- expected awards
- 43.012
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - EARLY STAGE INNOVATIONS - is cataloged under number 80HQTR23NOA01-23ESI-B2 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 43.012, posted by NASA Headquarters. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on May 4, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is Varies by applicant. It expects to issue 6 awards. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on July 6, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Varies by applicant
Close Date
July 6, 2023
Posted
May 4, 2023
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Grant
Description
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters has released a solicitation, titled Early Stage Innovations (ESI), as an appendix to the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) umbrella NASA Research Announcement (NRA) titled "Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2023 (SpaceTech-REDDI-2023), on May 3, 2023. The solicitation is available by opening the NSPIRES homepage at https://nspires.nasaprs.com/, selecting “Open” under "Solicitations," and, finally, searching "Early Stage Innovations (ESI23)" under Keywords.The Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) Program within STMD seeks proposals from accredited U.S. universities to develop unique, disruptive, or transformational space technologies that have the potential to lead to dramatic improvements at the system level — performance, weight, cost, reliability, operational simplicity, or other figures of merit associated with space flight hardware or missions. The projected impact at the system level must be substantial and clearly identified.Only accredited U.S. universities are eligible to submit proposals. Teaming is permitted - see solicitation for complete eligibility requirements as well as teaming restrictions.A PI (see solicitation for restrictions) or Co-I may participate in no more than two proposals in response to this solicitation.NASA encourages submission of ESI proposals on behalf of tenure-track or tenured faculty members at all U.S. universities and especially encourages proposals submitted on behalf of women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities.The solicitation exclusively seeks proposals that are responsive to one of the following three topics:Topic 1 – Advancing Radiation-Hardened Photon Counting Sensor TechnologiesTopic 2 – Advancements in Predicting Plume-Surface Interaction Environments During Propulsive LandingsTopic 3 – Advancing the Performance of Refrigeration Systems Based on the Elastocaloric EffectNASA anticipates addressing other topics in future ESI Appendix releases.The financial and programmatic support for ESI comes from the Space Technology Research Grants Program within the Space Technology Mission Directorate. Awards are planned to start in mid-January 2024. NASA plans to make approximately 6 awards as a result of this ESI solicitation, subject to the receipt of meritorious proposals. The actual number of awards will depend on the quality of the proposals received; NASA reserves the right to make no awards under this solicitation.STMD is strongly committed to ensuring that proposal review is performed in an equitable and fair manner that reduces the impacts of any unconscious biases. To this end, this Appendix will employ a Dual-Anonymous Peer Review (DAPR) process to evaluate proposals. Using DAPR, not only are proposers not told the identities of the reviewers, but the identities of the proposers (personnel and organization names) will not be shared with the reviewers until after the technical review of all anonymized proposals has been completed.All proposals must be submitted electronically through NSPIRES or through Grants.gov (www.grants.gov) by an authorized organizational representative. Notices of Intent (strongly encouraged) are due by June 7, 2023, with proposals due on or before July 6, 2023, 5 pm Eastern. Detailed submission instructions – including DAPR requirements – and due dates are provided in the solicitation. Potential proposers and their proposing organizations are urged to familiarize themselves with the submission system(s), ensure they are registered in NSPIRES, and submit the required proposal materials well in advance of the deadline.All technical and programmatic comments and questions may be addressed by email to the Space Technology Research Grants Program Executive, at hq-esi-call@mail.nasa.gov. Responses to inquiries will be answered by email and may also be included in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents located on the NSPIRES page associated with the solicitation; anonymity of persons/institutions who submit questions will be preserved.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Name: Matthew Deans Title: NASA Space Technology Research Grants Program Exec E-mail: hq-esi-call@mail.nasa.gov
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