OpportunityTitle: MUREP Small Business Technology Transfer Research (M-STTR) Planning Grant
CategoryExplanation: The M-STTR Research Planning Grant is intended to bring together MSI researchers and SBCs, thus maximizing the potential for long-term collaborations and enhancing the opportunities provided through the STTR program. Grants are intended to address challenges and barriers faced by the MSI research community in developing collaborative opportunities. Funding enables universities and SBCs to engage in substantive conversations along mutual areas of interest, goals, and long-term outcomes. The goals of this planning grant are to stimulate creative engagements between MSI researchers and SBCs on areas of mutual interest and develop mutually beneficial relationships that result in new technologies supporting the NASA mission and commercial market development. The desired result is to enable viable partnership for competing in the annual STTR solicitation. The outcome of this planning grant activity is thoroughly prepared MSI/SBC teams with action plans to respond to the annual STTR solicitation release.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: All proposals shall originate from a minority-serving U.S. community college, college or university, designated and listed by the U.S. Department of Education as Minority-Serving Institution (MSI).
Description: The Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP)-Small Business Technology Transfer (M-STTR) Research Planning Grant seeks to reduce barriers faced by Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and small business concerns (SBCs) in a planning activity to prepare them for NASA&#8217;s annual Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) solicitation.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: NASA MSTTR Email
GrantorContactText: Rod Chappelle