Developing Nationally Competitive NASA Research in Delaware

The aim of NASA’s EPSCoR RID program is to stimulate and support new collaborations within a state in order to develop research infrastructure in that state. The major goals of the program include both academic and industrial components: (i) develop new collaborative activities among researchers in academia and researchers at NASA Centers so that the academic researchers may become better equipped and /or better prepared to submit successful research applications to competitive programs announced by NASA and other agencies; (ii) develop links with industry to identify research areas that align with the state’s economic priorities. In the present proposal, we describe how NASA’s goals for EPSCoR RID may be implemented in the State of Delaware.

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.

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