Additional Sources of Assistance

Program Partners

iTech

NASA iTech identifies and searches for cutting-edge technologies being developed outside of NASA that solve problems here on Earth but also have the potential to address the challenges facing exploration of the Moon and Mars.
MSI STEM Research & Development Consortium (MSRDC)

In March 2021, the NASA SBIR/STTR program signed a cooperative agreement with MSRDC to increase Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), participation in STTR.
Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP):

NASA’s MUREP engages underrepresented populations through a wide variety of initiatives.
- MUREP Small Business Technology Transfer Research Planning Grants (M-STTR): https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/Minority_Serving_Institutions_in_Space_Tech/
  
  M-STTR was created to incentivize partnerships between MSIs, including HBCUs, and Small Businesses, enhancing the potential for long-term collaboration and preparing teams to participate in the annual SBIR/STTR solicitation.
NASA STMD Flight Opportunities – Potential Post Phase II Investor:

Flight Opportunities is interested in participating as a Post-Phase II investor, specifically for the use of suborbital flight testing to help advance development or commercialization of the technology.

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA):

SBA was created to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses, delivering its services through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations.
SBIR/STTR: America’s Seed Fund, Powered by SBA:
America’s SBDC

Nationwide network of Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) – the most comprehensive small business assistance network in the United States and its territories.
Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC)

94 Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) – with over 300 local offices – form a nationwide network of dedicated procurement professionals working to help local businesses compete successfully in the government marketplace.
EDA’s Build to Scale Program

U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) leads the Build to Scale (B2S) Program, which builds regional economies through scalable startups through the Venture Challenge and Capital Challenge

Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)

OSBP provides resources and support to promote and integrate all small businesses into the competitive base of contractors that pioneer the future of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.
Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM)

OSTEM strives to increase K-12 involvement in NASA projects, enhance higher education, support underrepresented communities, strengthen online education, and boost NASA's contribution to informal education.
Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT)

OCT provides the strategy and leadership that integrates NASA’s technology development and open innovation activities
- 2020 NASA Technology Taxonomy
  The taxonomy provides a structure for articulating the technology development disciplines needed to enable future space missions and support commercial air travel.
NASA Technical Reports Server

NTRS includes a wide range of technical and programmatic information, including conference papers, journal articles, meeting papers, patents, research reports, images, movies, and technical videos – scientific and technical information (STI) created or funded by NASA, that may be useful in understanding NASA’s goals, development process, and other technologies.

Note that other funding opportunities, across NASA and the federal government, may also be posted to SAM.gov