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NASA Headquarters, through its Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), is offering the Early Career Faculty (ECF) opportunity as an appendix under the broader SpaceTech REDDI 2024 NASA Research Announcement. This call is run through the Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) Program and is designed to help outstanding new faculty at U.S. universities launch and build research programs that align with NASA space technology priorities. The solicitation is expected to appear in NSPIRES (nspires.nasaprs.com) under the keyword listing "Early Career Faculty (ECF24)" and is associated with Funding Opportunity Number NNH24ZTR001N 24ECF B1 and CFDA 43.012. It is a discretionary grant opportunity in the science and technology R&D category.
The ECF solicitation is tightly focused on two technical topics only, and proposals must clearly align with one of them. Topic 1 is Transformational Advanced Energetic Propulsion, aimed at propulsion concepts that could significantly change capability compared to current approaches. Topic 2 is Power Systems to Enable Small System Operations in Permanently Shadowed Lunar Regions, which targets power technologies that would allow small systems to function in lunar areas that receive little or no sunlight, where energy generation, storage, and survival are especially challenging.
Eligibility is centered on early-career faculty, but proposals must be submitted by an accredited U.S. university on the faculty member's behalf. The Principal Investigator must be an untenured Assistant Professor on the tenure track at the sponsoring institution at the time of award (anticipated May 2025). The PI must also be a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident at the time the proposal is submitted. A key structural requirement is that the PI must be the primary researcher on the project: co-investigators are not allowed under this opportunity. Collaborators are allowed, with restrictions noted in the solicitation, and NASA civil servants/JPL have additional limits, so applicants need to follow the definitions and rules in the full announcement. Each PI is limited to submitting one proposal to this appendix.
NASA indicates it is looking to support early-career faculty across the full range of U.S. universities, explicitly including emerging research institutions (those outside the R1 category) and minority-serving institutions, and it encourages submissions that reflect diverse communities. Funding for the program comes from STMD's STRG Program. NASA plans for awards to start in May 2025 and anticipates making about 10 awards, with an award ceiling listed at $750,000. The final number of awards may be higher or lower depending on proposal quality and available funds, and NASA also reserves the right to make no awards.
The submission process is electronic and must go through NSPIRES, submitted by an authorized organizational representative. The solicitation uses a two-step process: a preliminary proposal is mandatory, and only applicants who are invited after that step may submit a full proposal. Preliminary proposals are due July 15, 2024 by 5:00 pm Eastern, and the target deadline for invited full proposals is October 24, 2024 by 5:00 pm Eastern. Because NSPIRES registration and institutional routing can take time, NASA advises organizations to ensure accounts and systems are in place well before the deadline.
For proposal evaluation, STMD will use Dual-Anonymous Peer Review (DAPR) to strengthen fairness and reduce the effects of unconscious bias. Under DAPR, reviewers do not know who the proposers are (including personnel and organizational identity) during the technical review stage, and proposers do not know reviewer identities. Identifying information is only revealed after the technical review of anonymized proposals is complete, so applicants must pay careful attention to the anonymity rules in the solicitation when preparing documents.
Questions about the program can be emailed to the Space Technology Research Grants Program Executive at hq-ecf-call@mail.nasa.gov. NASA plans to respond by email and may also post answers in FAQ materials tied to the NSPIRES solicitation page, while preserving the anonymity of those who submit questions.Apply for NNH24ZTR001N 24ECF B1
- The NASA Headquarters in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Early Career Faculty (ECF)" 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 2024-06-12.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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