Rhode Island NASA EPSCOR Research Infrastructure and Development Grant

With this augmentation, we will compete small research seed grants that directly align with our jurisdiction priorities and could enable future funding from NASA through programs such as technology development, planetary instrument development, and industry collaborations, all of which would benefit Rhode Island, thereby increasing competitiveness. In addition, each award may stimulate new NASA connections and collaborations through collaborations with NASA Centers or clear alignment with NASA’s Mission Directorates. For this augmentation, we will increase the number of seed grants and increase support for the EPSCoR PI in order to carry out the increased number of activities.

This is a mature technology (TRL 7+) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

None of these are guaranteed paths for this specific project — TechPort itself doesn't have an "apply" button. Reaching out to the contact(s) above with a specific question is usually the fastest way to find out what's actually open.