SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- NASA OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST - NASA INNOVATIVE ADVANCED CONCEPTS:PHASE I STUDIES - NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT - 2012
- Notice Date
- 12/21/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH12ZUA002N
- Archive Date
- 12/21/2012
- Point of Contact
- John (Jay) Falker PhD, NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) PE, Phone 202-358-3043, Fax 202-358-3602, Email hq-niac@mail.nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
John (Jay) Falker PhD
(hq-niac@mail.nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters is releasing aNASA Research Announcement (NRA) for initial studies of visionary aerospace concepts.NNH12ZUA001N, entitled NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts: Phase I Studies, will beavailable as of January 9, 2012 by opening the NASA Research Opportunities homepage athttp://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listingsSolicitations to Open Solicitations. This solicitation represents a second year of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts(NIAC) program, which issued its first solicitation on March 1, 2011, and awarded 30Phase I studies. These are currently underway. More information is available at:http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/early_stage_innovation/niac/. This NRA will solicit multiple studies, each of which will investigate an architecture,mission, or system concept that has the potential to change the possible in space oraeronautics. NIAC is part of the Space Technology Program in the Office of ChiefTechnologist (OCT). Aerospace architecture, mission, or system concepts proposed for NIACPhase I studies must be exciting, unexplored, far-term, and technically credible.Proposals for narrow technology or subsystem development, or incremental or near-termadvancement, are explicitly out of scope for this program. Finally, while NIAC encouragesgreat leaps and accepts the accompanying risk, proposals must be technically credible,based on sound scientific principles. The 2012 NIAC Phase I solicitation will be a two step process. Step A will be a 2-pagewhite paper. Proposals shall be submitted electronically, and all Step A proposers shalluse the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES),accessible at http://nspires.nasaprs.com, or for Step A may also use Grants.gov.Step B full proposals will be eligible only if invited after review of a Step Asubmission. Step B proposals shall be submitted electronically through NSPIRES only.This solicitation will be an open announcement; anyone is welcome to respond. Affiliationwith any educational institution, commercial or not-for-profit organization, researchlaboratory, government agency, or NASA Center (including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory)is permitted. Individuals may submit, as long as they meet the registration requirementsfor NSPIRES. Every organization that intends to submit a proposal in response to this NRAmust be registered with NSPIRES, and such registration must identify the authorizedorganizational representative(s) who will submit the electronic proposal. Each electronicproposal system places requirements on the registration of principal investigators andother participants (e.g. co-investigators). Potential proposers and proposingorganizations are urged to access the electronic proposal system(s) well in advance ofthe proposal due date(s) to familiarize themselves with its structure and enter therequested information. Specific proposal submission deadline dates, evaluation criteria,and submission information will be identified in the NRA. Step A White Papers will be dueon or before February 9, 2012; Step B full Proposals will be due on or before April 16,2012.Comments and questions may be addressed by e-mail to NIAC Program representatives athq-niac@mail.nasa.gov. Responses to inquiries will be answered by e-mail and alsoincluded in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document located on the NSPIRES pageassociated with the solicitation; anonymity of persons/institutions who submit questionswill be preserved.
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