Mississippi NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Program

The Mississippi NASA EPSCoR Director proposes a competitive seed grant program to strengthen Mississippi’s research competitiveness. Individual seed grants will (a) build on the current strengths of individual members of the Consortium, (b) focus these strengths on issues of particular relevance to NASA, and (c) increase the applicability of Mississippi’s research to areas of interest within NASA. MSSGC uses the RID program to fill a unique role by infusing NASA investment into human research asset development. The goal is to provide initiation funds to set in motion the maturation of innovative research and technology ventures that are relevant to NASA and NASA related Mississippi industry. The competitive seed grant opportunities are focused on developing and/or maturing research activities that explore promising research avenues, establish or strengthen collaboration between researchers in the Jurisdiction, and enhance MS research relevance to NASA through communication/collaboration with NASA scientists.

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.