NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II
Funding Agency:
- NASA
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program supports innovative research through multiple phases of study. Phase I awards are nine-month efforts funded at up to $175k, to explore the overall feasibility and viability of visionary concepts. Phase II awards are for up to two years at a total funding level of up to $600k per award, to further develop the most promising Phase I concepts, and to explore potential infusion options within and beyond NASA. Concepts should be sufficiently well developed at the end of Phase II to seek follow-on development funds from government or commercial programs external to NIAC. However, in rare instances there may be a compelling need for the strategic investment of additional NIAC funds to further advance Phase II technologies with clearly defined transition paths into other NASA, government, or commercial programs. Phase III awards are designed to meet this need, with the anticipated selection of up to one new award per year. Phase III studies will be funded for a maximum duration of two years at a total funding level of up to $2M per award. The announcement for Phase III will be provided in a separate Appendix to SpaceTech-REDDI-2022; it is anticipated the Phase III appendix will be released annually in mid-December.
Not to exceed $600K ($300K per year)
$3,600,000
December 15, 2021 (5:00 pm Eastern Time)
Michael LaPointe, Acting Program Executive STMD NIAC, Phone: 256-544-6756, E-mail: hq-niac@mail.nasa.gov