NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research (R3) Program

The NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Rapid Response Research (R3) program

is a collaborative effort between NASA EPSCoR in collaboration with the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Planetary Science Division, Biological and Physical Sciences Division, Astrophysics Division (APD), Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO), Earth Science Division (ESD), and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) Commercial Space Capabilities Office (CSCO), along with the Marshall Spaceflight Center (MSFC), Ames Research Center(ARC),and the Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO). The goals of R3 are to provide a streamlined method to address research issues important to NASA, and to enable NASA EPSCoR researchers to work with NASA to solve research issues impacting the Agency’s programs/missions.

LA FY2023 Request for Pre-Proposals for NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research (R3) Opportunity

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), anticipates soliciting proposals for the fiscal year 2023 (FY23) NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Rapid Response Research (R3) program during the last quarter of 2022. The La NASA EPSCoR R3 Pre-Proposal solicitation seeks proposals from Louisiana researchers that explicitly detail an answer to a specific task as listed in Appendix A of the solicitation guidelines posted below.

FY23 LA NASA EPSCoR R3 Program Timeline

Notice of Opportunity Released: Monday, August 1, 2022

Notice of Intent (required) Due:  Monday, August 29, 2022

Pre-Proposals due: Friday, September 30, 2022

Anticipated Notification of Selection(s): October 2022

Anticipated Selected Proposals due to NASA: December 15, 2022

Pre-Proposal Solicitation Packet for R3 FY23

As with all other Louisiana NASA EPSCoR programs, this R3 opportunity will be managed by the Louisiana Board of Regents and the Louisiana NASA Space Grant / EPSCoR office. Proposals selected through the pre-proposal process described here will be submitted to NASA through the Louisiana Board of Regents with the Louisiana NASA EPSCoR Director, Dr. T. Gregory Guzik, as the Principal Investigator. The Louisiana Board of Regents will issue Subawards to projects selected by NASA for award.

FY2023 La NASA EPSCoR RFP Full Document in PDF format

FY2023 La NASA EPSCoR RFP Full Document in Word format

REQUIRED FY2023 La NASA EPSCoR NOI Template 

REQUIRED FY2023 La NASA EPSCoR Pre-Proposal Template