Opportunity Information: Apply for 80HQTR22NOA01 22NIAC A3
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase III is a NASA Headquarters grant opportunity released as an appendix under the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) NASA Research Announcement called "Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion - 2022 (SpaceTech-REDDI-2022)." The solicitation was expected to appear in NSPIRES around December 15, 2021, with applications originally due January 28, 2022. The intent of this call is to push the most promising NIAC ideas beyond the earlier study phases and into a stage where they can realistically transition into a NASA mission, another government agency program, or a commercial aerospace effort.
NIAC is structured as a multi-phase pipeline for bold, high-risk, high-reward aerospace concepts. Phase I awards are short (about nine months) and focus on early feasibility and initial maturation of the idea, including progress in Technology Readiness Level (TRL) appropriate for a concept study. Phase II awards, available only to eligible Phase I recipients, typically last up to two years and deepen the work by refining the concept, identifying enabling technologies, addressing key unknowns and risks, and mapping plausible transition paths. Phase II is still primarily about building a credible roadmap rather than producing flight-ready hardware or a fully transitionable system. Phase III is where NIAC shifts from study and planning into more concrete transition-oriented development, aiming to demonstrate key technology components, subsystems, or integrated system elements and to set up a viable, credible path to adoption by a real customer inside or outside NASA.
A central feature of the Phase III opportunity is that it is built around transition planning and execution. Proposals are expected to lay out major technical milestones, show the cost and schedule needed to hit those milestones, and explain how the work will be handed off or absorbed by a downstream program, partner, or mission. In other words, Phase III is not just "more research" on an interesting idea; it is meant to be a strategic bridge from NIAC concept maturation into implementation, with deliverables and demonstrations that reduce barriers to infusion.
The application process uses a two-step, invitation-only structure. Step 1 is a Mandatory Preliminary Proposal (MPP), which must clearly identify the aerospace concept and the mission context it aligns with. NASA conducts a technical evaluation of the MPP first, and then also considers programmatic factors such as overall portfolio balance and cost to decide which applicants will be invited to Step 2, the Final Proposal. Only those invited after submitting an MPP may submit a Final Proposal; unsolicited final submissions are not accepted. All key events (MPP submissions, invitations, and final selections) are communicated through NSPIRES.
Eligibility for this Phase III call is focused on concepts that have already reached NIAC Phase II maturity. Specifically, NASA indicated it would consider proposals based on current second-year NIAC Phase II efforts and completed NIAC Phase II studies, with final eligibility details defined in the appendix itself. Applicant organizations are broadly unrestricted in type, which means teams can be based in universities, for-profit companies, nonprofits, research labs, government agencies, or NASA centers (including JPL). International teaming is allowed, but it must comply with NASA's foreign participation policies described in the parent NRA.
All submissions must be filed electronically through NSPIRES by an Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR), not just by the principal investigator. NASA emphasizes that organizations should register early in NSPIRES, learn the system, and submit well ahead of the deadline to avoid last-minute issues. Detailed instructions are provided in the SpaceTech-REDDI-2022 NRA and in NASA's Guidebook for Proposers Responding to a NASA Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Updates, appendices, and related documents are posted in NSPIRES, and interested applicants are encouraged to subscribe to NSPIRES notifications so they do not miss changes or new postings.
For practical navigation, NASA directs applicants to find the appendix within NSPIRES under the SpaceTech-REDDI-2022 solicitation (identified as 80HQTR22NOA01), then select the open program elements list and locate "NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), Phase III" (associated with 80HQTR22NOA01-2022NIACA3). Questions on technical, programmatic, or procurement topics can be sent to hq-niac@mail.nasa.gov, and NASA may also publish answers in an FAQ tied to the appendix page while keeping the questioners anonymous. The listing identifies the instrument as a grant, the activity category as science and technology and other R&D, and the CFDA number as 43.012, with an expected number of awards listed as 1 in the provided source data (noting that exact quantities and funding specifics are typically governed by the official appendix).Apply for 80HQTR22NOA01 22NIAC A3
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Headquarters in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase III" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 43.012.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 15, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 28, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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