Research Awards Program (RAP)

The RAP program is supported under the Louisiana Board of Regents’ (BOR) EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) award from the NASA EPSCoR program.  This competition stresses collaborative ventures between the state’s researchers and NASA researchers at the NASA field centers or headquarters. The goals of this program are to (a) acquaint LA researchers with the NASA centers and their research personnel, (b) foster development of joint research projects between LA researchers and NASA researchers, and (c) move the state’s researchers up to the next level of competitiveness.

These seed grants from NASA EPSCoR are not just research grants.  The project should be designed to (a) increase research capacity and competitiveness and (b) be scalable to a team approach for a larger endeavor.

NOI: 12/06/2024 | Proposals: 01/17/2025

Download RFP Guidelines in PDF format: RAP 2025 Proposal Guidelines + Appendix A

Download RFP Guidelines in Word format: RAP 2025 Proposal Guidelines

When this program is open, Program Guidelines are also available on our Current Solicitations Page.