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NASA Technology Projects

Search NASA's TechPort inventory — every technology R&D project the agency has tracked, active and completed. Harvested gradually in the background (TechPort only exposes one project per API call, ~21,000 total), so the list grows over time rather than all at once.

What's active and early-stage — where getting involved could matter →

21,172 projects harvested so far — page 47 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
NASA Nebraska EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Program FY 2019-2021 Completed — Lasers University of Nebraska at Omaha 2024-10-23 —
Appendix E: KSC Partnerships Office: Design and Manufacturing of a Seed Planter and Germination System for Space Crop Production Completed — Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing Iowa State University 2024-10-23 —
Multifunctional Additively Manufactured Ceramics for Aerospace Applications Completed — Manufacturing Processes Wichita State University 2024-10-23 —
NASA EPSCoR: Theory-Guided Innovation of High-Performance All-Solid-State Batteries for NASA Exploration Missions Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 2024-10-23 —
Planetary Methane in Ultramafic Contexts: Searching for Cyclicity in Methane Emissions at a Planetary Analog Site in Northern California Completed — Lasers Brown University 2024-10-23 —
Appendix E: Supercritical combustion reactor for water oxidation and recycling of non-edible biomass for long duration space flights - Farouk Completed — Water Recovery and Management College of Charleston 2024-10-23 —
Characterization of C-18150 Additively Manufactured material Completed — Thermal Protection Materials Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 2024-10-23 —
EPSCoR Research: Bio-Inspired PTFE-Based Solid Lubricant Coatings on Nickel-Titanium for Space Mechanisms and Aerospace Applications Completed — Coatings University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2024-10-23 —
Application of UAV and satellite based optical sensors to help preserve the coral reefs of the US Virgin Islands Completed — Science Modeling University of the Virgin Islands 2024-10-23 —
Appendix G -- Materials and Processes for All Solid-State Batteries for Electric Aircraft: Multi-Dimensional Networked Antiperovskite Electrolytes for All Solid-State Batteries for Electric Aircraft Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2024-10-23 —
NASA EPSCoR R3: Causal Multivariate Network Analysis of Multi-Omics Datasets for Therapeutic Treatment of Muscle Atrophy in Mice, and Homosapiens in Microgravity Completed — Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 2024-10-23 —
Autonomous Control Technology for Unmanned Aerial Systems with Agricultural and Environmental Applications in Central Pacific Islands Completed — Lasers University of Hawaii 2024-10-23 —
Developing Aerospace Research in Louisiana Completed — Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 2024-10-23 —
SC NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) 2015-2018 Completed — Collaborative Science and Engineering College of Charleston 2024-10-23 —
High-temperature subsystems and components for long-duration (months) surface operations: Robust electronic circuits based on layered materials Completed — Lasers University of Delaware 2024-10-23 —
Extending Development of Aerospace Research in Louisiana Completed — Lasers Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 2024-10-23 —
NASA EPSCoR R3 Appendix G (ARMD): Composite Solid Electrolytes for High Safety Lithium Metal Batteries Completed — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries University of Kentucky 2024-10-23 —
A Novel Electrochemical Method to Reduce the Surface Roughness of Internal Features in Additive Manufactured Components Completed — Manufacturing Processes Nevada System of Higher Education 2024-10-23 —
ALABAMA NASA EPSCoR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FY19 Completed — Collaborative Science and Engineering — 2024-10-23 —
Idaho NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development 2019 - 2022 Completed — Lasers University of Idaho 2024-10-23 —
Maine NASA EPSCoR RID Funding Extension (Year 4) Completed — Cryogenic Propulsion Maine Space Grant Consortium 2024-10-23 —
Multi-scale remote sensing approaches for forest health assessment Completed — Lasers Maine Space Grant Consortium 2024-10-23 —
Arkansas NASA EPSCoR RID 2019 Completed — Lasers University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2024-10-23 —
Evaluation of Candidate Crop Plants in Biologically Enhanced Martian Regolith Completed — Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables University of North Dakota 2024-10-23 —
Developing a Capability at the University of Hawaii for Multiple UAV Observations of Active Volcanism Completed — Lasers University of Hawaii 2024-10-23 —
NASA Space Life and Physical Sciences and Research Applications Space Biology Research Request 2 -- Experiments and Simulations of Microbial Growth in Rotating Bioreactor Completed — Collaborative Science and Engineering South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2024-10-23 —
Mississippi NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Program (RID) Completed — Lasers University of Mississippi 2024-10-23 —
High-Fidelity Loci-CHEM Simulations for Acoustic Wave Propagation and Vibration Completed — Aeroacoustics University of Mississippi 2024-10-23 —
Appendix F: Assessing Citizen Science Labeling to Improve Training Data Quality for Land Cover Protocols within the GLOBE Observer Community Completed — Intelligent Data Understanding University of Vermont 2024-10-23 —
Appendix G: Rapid Laser Reactive Sintering of High-Performance Electrolytes for Additive Manufacturing of Solid State Batteries Completed — Manufacturing Processes College of Charleston 2024-10-23 —
Wearable Sensors for Low-Power On-Demand Health Monitoring (Appendix B: Improvement of Space Suit State of Art, CSCO-2021-02) Completed — Portable Life Support System Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 2024-10-23 —
Evaluation of graphene-silicon photonic integrated circuits for high-speed, light weight and radiation hard optical communication in space Completed — Optimetrics University of Delaware 2024-10-23 —
Artificial Intelligence Assisted Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization and Planning Completed — Path Planning Wichita State University 2024-10-23 —
National Space Grant College & Fellowship Program Training Grant Funding Extension Opportunities in NASA STEM FY 2019-2020 Completed — Prevention and Countermeasures New Mexico State University-Grants 2024-10-23 —
Human Factor Analysis of Space Crop Cultivation Methods and Interactions Completed — Human Factors Engineering University of North Dakota 2024-10-23 —
SiC Zener diode and Voltage References for extended operation (>1000 hr.) at 500 degrees C: SMD Planetary Division, High-Temperature Subsystems and Components for Long-Duration (months) Surface Operations Completed — Power Efficiency University of Alabama in Huntsville 2024-10-23 —
NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Development (RID) (extension) Completed — Lasers Brown University 2024-10-23 —
Scalable, High Energy Density Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (SD-LSB) Active — Electrochemical Storage: Batteries South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2024-10-23 —
New Unified Framework for Scalable, Risk-Aware, and Resilient Estimation and Control of Satellite Swarms Completed — State Estimation and Monitoring University of Vermont 2024-10-23 —
Appendix D: Elucidation of stress resilience of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) on Mars-like soil Completed — Architecture and Design of Autonomous Systems West Virginia University Research Corporation 2024-10-23 —
Novel Smart Skin Biomedical Sensor for Monitoring Crew Health Parameters in a Wireless, Passive, Lightweight, Robust, and Non-invasive Fashion Completed — Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Wichita State University 2024-10-23 —
NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research: Multispectral and Hyperspectral Data Representation using Deep Autoencoders and Transfer Learning of BERT for Improved Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 2024-10-23 —
Vermont NASA EPSCoR Program Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Augmentation Request for Years 2 and 3 Completed — Lasers University of Vermont 2024-10-23 —
Exploring Extreme Gravity: Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes Montana State University - Bozeman 2024-10-23 —
2019 South Dakota NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Program Funding Augmentation Completed — Lasers South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2024-10-23 —
South Dakota NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Program Completed — Lasers South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2024-10-23 —
Nano-based Ceramic-metal Composites to Support Planetary Agrosystems (Appendix D: Crop Plant Stress Tolerance for Space Exploration) Completed — Transformative Health and Performance Concepts Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 2024-10-23 —
From Large to Small Scales and Back: Integrating Observations, Modeling, and Laboratory Experiments of Heliophysics Completed — Detectors and Focal Planes West Virginia University Research Corporation 2024-10-23 —
NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Funding Augmentation 2 – Guam Jurisdiction Completed — Lasers University of Guam 2024-10-23 —
GEANT4 Simulations for Astronaut Risk Calculations Completed — Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL University of Mississippi 2024-10-23 —
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ℹ️ About this data
  • Sourced from NASA TechPort, NASA's public technology-project inventory. Harvested gradually into our own database — TechPort's API only returns one project's full detail per call, so ~21,000 projects take a while to cover.
  • TRL (Technology Readiness Level) is NASA's 1-9 scale for how mature a technology is: 1-3 is basic research/concept, 4-6 is lab/relevant-environment validation, 7-9 is flight-proven. Lower TRL generally means more room for outside research contribution; higher TRL means something closer to a finished, licensable technology.
  • "Active" vs "Completed" reflects TechPort's own project status, not funding availability — see the insights page for how to actually act on this.
  • Contribution potential is our estimate, not NASA data: an Active project at a low TRL has more room for outside research involvement than a flight-proven one. High = Active + TRL 1-3, Medium = Active + TRL 4-6, Low = Active + TRL 7-9. "Active" does not mean NASA is seeking external contributors or that funding exists — treat this purely as a shortlisting aid.
  • Last updated is TechPort's own lastUpdated date for the project. "Recently harvested" instead sorts by when we pulled the record into our database, which clusters within the initial harvest window and is far less meaningful — prefer "Recently updated (NASA)".
💻 Show API usage example (cURL) 
curl -sS "https://devops.majbase.com/nasa-tech-projects/api?q=laser&status=Active&sort=trl&page=1"

Returns {"rows": [...], "total", "page", "pages"}, or {"error": "..."} if temporarily unavailable. All query params are optional.