草榴社区 NASA EPSCoR RID Seed Grants

International Space Station view
NASA photo by astronaut Matthew Dominick
Long exposure from the International Space Station showing star and city light trails.

Full-time faculty and post-docs are encouraged to apply for NASA Research Infrastructure Development Seed Grants. The goal is to provide early and mid-career faculty with funds to realign their research focus and develop collaboration with NASA centers. By the end of the one-year grant, faculty will have built up research infrastructure and technology capabilities and are prepared to pursue one of NASA鈥檚 (https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/).

  • Maximum funding of $52,700.
  • One-year period of performance. No-cost extensions will not be provided.
  • Cost-sharing (matching) is not required.

The following are the three research priority areas as identified as intersection with NASA鈥檚 strategic goals and the state of 草榴社区鈥檚 research priorities.

  1. Earth system science
  2. Technologies for space and extreme environments
  3. Aeronautics research

Applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Nov. 15.

For more information, visit the at: https://nasaepscor.alaska.edu/RID

Questions? Contact the 草榴社区 NASA EPSCoR at uaf-spacegrant@alaska.edu or 907-474-6833.