This ARMD solicitation page brings together opportunities to collaborate with and/or contribute to NASA aviation innovators' research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. It begins with a summary of available opportunities and key dates requiring action. More information about each opportunity is detailed below on this page.
Undergraduate Research Challenge
Q&A: January 27, 2025 at 2pm ET
Cycle 2 proposal deadline: March 13, 2025
Cycle 3 proposals may also be submitted until June 26, 2025.
advanced air mobility capabilities
Key date: February 1, 2025, 6:00 p.m. ET
General notice regarding requests for information
The Emergency Response Operations Advanced Capability is using this request for information to identify technologies that can address current challenges facing the wildland firefighting community. NASA is seeking information on data collection, onboard connectivity and communications solutions, unmanned aerial system traffic management, aircraft operations and autonomy, and more. This will support the development of a partnership strategy for future collaborative demonstrations.
Interested parties are asked to respond to this notice by 4:00 pm ET on October 15, 2023 via an information packet, which should be submitted via: Any proprietary information must be clearly marked. Only submissions from U.S. companies will be accepted.
Please view the full RFI announcement here.
general advanced air traffic
Notice of request for information
This request for information (RFI) is used to gather market research for NASA in order to make informed decisions about potential partner strategies and future research to enable Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). NASA is seeking information from public, private, and academic organizations to identify technology needs and community interests that may lead to future AAM research and development solicitations.
This particular RFI is just one of several planned opportunities to provide formal feedback or participate in NASA's AAM mission-related efforts to develop these requirements and help achieve AAM.
The current response date for this RFI is February 1, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET.
Please view the full RFI announcement here.
NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) uses the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) process to solicit basic research proposals in areas where ARMD seeks to enhance its core capabilities.
Competition for NRA awards is open to academia and industry.
The current open calls for ARMD research opportunities are ROA-2023 and ROA-2024.
Below is some general information about the NRA process.
Amendment 1
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NASA ARMD Aeronautics Research Opportunities (ROA) 2024 NRA Amendment 1 has been posted on the NSPIRES website:
The announcement seeks proposals from U.S. accrediting agencies to fund research training beginning in the new academic year. This NOFO is designed to support independently conceived research projects by highly qualified graduate students in disciplines needed to help advance NASA's mission, thereby providing these students with the opportunity to contribute directly to the advancement of STEM-related research areas. AAVP fellowship opportunities focus on innovation and producing measurable research results that contribute to NASA's current and future science and technology goals.
The research proposal aims to address the main challenges presented in the elements of Appendix A.8.
No Notice of Intent (NOI) is required.
Each proposal requires a budget breakdown detailing the allocation of award funds each year. Budget documents may follow any format or template provided by the applicant's institution.
The deadline for proposals is April 30, 2024 at 5:00 pm ET.
Amendment 2
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The University Leadership Initiative (ULI) provides university teams with the opportunity to exercise technical and organizational leadership, pose technical challenges unique to aviation, define multidisciplinary solutions, establish peer review mechanisms, and apply innovative team strategies to enhance research impact force.
Research proposals are sought for the six ULI topic areas in Appendix D.4.
Theme 1: Safe and efficient growth of global operations (strategic theme 1)
Theme 2: Innovation in commercial high-speed aircraft (Strategic theme 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-efficient subsonic transportation (strategic main force 3)
Theme 4: Safe, quiet and affordable vertical lift aircraft (Strategic Theme 4)
Theme 5: Timely system-wide security assurance (Strategic theme 5)
Theme 6: Ensuring autonomy in aviation transformation (Strategic Theme 6)
The NRA will use a two-step proposal submission and evaluation process. The initial steps are short Mandatory Step-A proposals, deadline is May 29, 2024. The bidder submitting the highest rated Step A proposal will be invited to submit a Step B proposal. All proposals must be submitted electronically through NSPIRES at the Applicant Workshop on Thursday, April 3, 2024; 1:00-3:00 PM ET (
Amendment 3
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Commercial Hypersonic Technologies is seeking proposals for fuel injector design concepts and fabrication for testing at NASA's Glenn Research Center.
The injector design proposal aims to establish the current state-of-the-art low-NOx supersonic cruise while meeting reasonable NOx emissions for landing and takeoff. The technology application timeline targets supersonic aircraft entering service in the 2035+ timeframe.
These efforts are consistent with the activities of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate as outlined in the NASA Aeronautics Strategic Implementation Plan, specifically Strategic Throne 2: Innovation for Commercial High-Speed Aircraft.
The deadline for proposals is May 31, 2024 at 5:00 pm ET.
Amendment 4
Updated on January 16, 2025
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The Undergraduate Research Challenge challenges students to come up with new ideas/concepts related to NASA aeronautics. The USRC will provide project funding to students from an accredited U.S. college or university and challenge to raise cost-share funds through a crowdfunding campaign. The process of creating and implementing a crowdfunding campaign serves as a teaching accelerator—asking students to act like entrepreneurs and raising public awareness of their research.
Tender objectives may be achieved through project ideas such as advancing designs, developing technologies or capabilities to support aviation, demonstrating novel concepts or advancing aviation-related technologies.
No notice of intent is required for this tender.
The deadline for proposals is March 13, 2025.
NOTE: Proposals for Cycle 3 can also be submitted now, with a deadline of June 26, 2025.
Proposals can also be submitted later and evaluated in the second and third cycles.
USRC Q&A/Information Sessions and Proposal Workshops will be held at the following dates/times. Please use the meeting link to join our TEAMS or call +1 256-715-9946,,317928116#.
| American RC cycle | Information session/Q&A dates | Proposal deadline |
| Cycle 1 | September 20, 2024, 2:00 pm ET | November 7, 2024 |
| Cycle 2 | January 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET | March 13, 2025 |
| Cycle 3 | May 12, 2024 at 2 pm ET | June 26, 2025 |
Amendment 5 (Expired)
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Amendment 4 (Expired)
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Amendment 3 (Expired)
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Amendment 2 (Expired)
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Amendment 1 (Expired)
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