SC NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development 2018-2021

The South Carolina Space Grant Consortium (SCSGC) requests $125,000 for its 2018 NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) program to further research and improve the quality of South Carolina’s future workforce. This RID program will provide support for research and subsequent proposal preparation for scientists, engineers and students working to fulfill NASA’s mission requirements in support of NASA’s Vision to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown. In South Carolina, the NASA EPSCoR program’s goal is to foster academic research that enables faculty to meet NASA mission objectives and to develop a self-sustaining, nationally competitive research program that can successfully compete for non-EPSCoR funds. A partnership between the SC NASA EPSCoR / SC Space Grant Consortium (SCSGC) Office and the SC EPSCoR/IDeA program helps SC researchers to establish contacts with and access resources from NASA. The SC NASA EPSCoR opportunity provides seed grant support for competitively selected projects of benefit to both NASA and the South Carolina jurisdiction. Each proposals receives a high quality external peer review as a part of the competitive process. Those proposals selected for funding include strong research components, and successfully demonstrate: 1) strong NASA ties; 2) the significance of their research to SC’s vision for competitiveness in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); and 3) make evident their potential for growth and sustainability.

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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