Closed · NNH24ZEA001N-USRC · CFDA 43.002 · Discretionary

University Student Research Challenge (USRC)

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

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
June 26, 2025
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

University Student Research Challenge (USRC) 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 (USRC) is closed (last close June 26, 2025). 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 June 26, 2025

Posted Sep 20 Closes Jun 26

Instrument

Grant

Description

Amendment 4 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2024 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES web site. University Student Research Challenge (solicitation NNH23ZEA001N-USRC) seeks to challenge students to propose new ideas/concepts that are relevant to NASA Aeronautics. USRC will provide students, from accredited U.S. colleges or universities, with grants for their projects and with the challenge of raising cost share funds through a crowdfunding campaign. The process of creating and implementing a crowdfunding campaign acts as a teaching accelerator - requiring students to act like entrepreneurs and raise awareness about their research among the public. 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 November 7, 2024. Proposals can also be submitted later and evaluated in the second and third cycles. The USRC Q&A/Info Session and Proposal Workshop will be held on the days/times below. Please join us on TEAMS using the Meeting Link, or call in via +1 256-715-9946,,317928116#. USRC Cycle 1 Information Session/Q&A: September 30, 2024, at 2pm ET USRC Cycle 2 Information Session/Q&A: January 27, 2025, at 2pm ET USRC Cycle 3 Information Session/Q&A: May 12, 2025, at 2pm ET

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NNH24ZEA001N-USRC

Grants.gov marks University Student Research Challenge (USRC) 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

Steven Holz

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What to do next

University Student Research Challenge (USRC) 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