NASA SEEKS RESEARCHERS IN HIGH PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY

The following excerpt is from the NASA website:

“WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking proposals from accredited U.S.
universities on behalf of outstanding early career faculty beginning
their independent careers. This inaugural Space Technology Research
Opportunities for Early Career Faculty solicitation seeks to sponsor
research in specific, high priority technology areas of interest to
NASA.

Specific topic areas were selected because they can best benefit from
early stage innovative approaches provided by U.S. academic
institutions. The research will investigate unique, disruptive or
transformational space technologies or concepts.

"NASA is committed to ensuring our nation's intellectual capital
pipeline remains the best in the world, and that we bring the
brightest minds together with the best ideas to meet the challenges
of NASA's future missions," said Michael Gazarik, director of NASA's
Space Technology Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "These
grants offer a means for NASA to capitalize on the tremendous
creativity and innovation that these brilliant individuals have to
offer."

NASA expects to award approximately ten grants this fall, funded up to
$200,000 each per year, based on the merit of proposals received.
Notices of intent to submit proposals are due March 30. The deadline
for submitting final proposals is May 3. For information on the
solicitation, including specific technology areas of interest and how
to submit notices of intent and proposals, visit:

http://go.usa.gov/P31

The Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Career Faculty
is a part of NASA's Space Technology Program, managed by the Office
of the Chief Technologist. For more information about the Space
Technology Program and the crosscutting space technology areas of
interest to NASA, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/oct”