NASA
Solicitation: NNH25ZTR001N-25ECF_B1
Posted Date: May 06, 2025
Notice of Intent Due: June 10, 2025 by 5:00 pm ET
Proposal Due Date: July 10, 2025 by 5:00 pm ET
Open to Untenured Assistant Professor on the tenure track.
Early Career Faculty (ECF) Appendix
solicits proposals from accredited U.S. universities for innovative, early-stage space technology
research of high priority to NASA’s Mission Directorates. Proposals are sought on specific space technologies that are currently at low Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). The appendix seeks to tap into the talent base of highly skilled engineers, scientists, and technologists at U.S. universities, challenging early-career faculty to examine the theoretical feasibility of new ideas and approaches that are critical to making space exploration, space science, and other civil space pursuits more effective, affordable, and sustainable. The Appendix exclusively seeks proposals that are responsive to one of the two topics described in:
C.2 of this Appendix:
1) Topic 1 – Advanced Diagnostics for High-Enthalpy Test Facilities Simulating Spacecraft Atmospheric Entry
2) Topic 2 – Planning for Autonomous Spacecraft Using Machine Learning Methods to Enable Onboard Guidance, Navigation, and Control