NASA Research Implementation CAN – Louisana NASA EPSCoR

Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Education, in cooperation with NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), Human Exploration & Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD), Science Mission Directorates (SMD), Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), and NASA’s ten Centers, solicits proposals for the NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Each funded NASA EPSCoR proposal is expected to establish research activities that will make significant contributions to the strategic research and technology development priorities of one or more of the Mission Directorates or the centers and contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology development, higher education capabilities, and economic growth of each state (jurisdiction).

Award Process Overview

Annually, all 26 designated NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions are invited to submit 1 proposal per fiscal year in response to this solicitation. Louisiana’s proposal selection is determined by the rankings of an independent, external review committee appointed by the Louisiana Board of Regents. Pre-Proposal requirements and templates are drafted by the Louisiana NASA Space Grant and EPSCoR Management office located at LSU. Final proposals are developed with support from the LA NASA EPSCoR / LaSPACE Program Management team and are submitted to NASA directly by the Board of Regents. All of the ESPCoR proposals are then reviewed by NASA for final awards.

Traditionally, NASA has funded these projects at $750,000 each over the course of 3-years with a 1:1 match from the Board of Regents. The number of EPSCoR projects awarded each year varies based on NASA’s available budget. For FY17-18 competition, NASA awarded 27 of the 54 submitted proposals. Both of Louisiana’s proposals were successful with award funding beginning in 2018. For the FY19 competition 24 proposals were submitted to NASA and 16 were recommended for funding including the Louisiana submission. For FY20, of the 27 proposals submitted, 15 were selected for funding, including the Louisiana submission. Louisiana has an extremely high success rate with these competitions, and it is reasonable to expect that we will continue to be awarded. The collected abstracts of winning proposals for the Fiscal Years 2016-17-18-19-20 are included in the supporting documents section below.

Anticipated FY 2021 LA BoR NASA EPSCoR Pre-Proposal Solicitation Schedule

Solicitation Issue Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Notice of Intent Due: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Last Day to Submit Questions to BoR: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Pre-Proposals due to the LA BoR: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Anticipated Selection Announcement: ~Mid-December 2020
Final Revisions on Selected Proposals due to LaSPACE Mgt Team: TBD

Anticipated FY 21 NASA EPSCoR Solicitation Schedule

NASA CAN Issue Date: December 2020
Notice of Intent Due: January 2021
NASA CAN Final Proposals Due Date: March 2021

Pre-Proposal Solicitation Packet for FY 2021

The NASA Office of STEM Engagement has indicated that the FY 20 Solicitation will be released in November. The Louisiana Board of Regents needs to complete our internal selection process before the Notice of Intent is due to NASA sometime in December.

The official FY 20 Pre-proposal packet for Louisiana researchers with solicitation instructions, the notice of intent form, and Pre-proposal template is available in Word and PDF here, followed by an Excel version of the budget form.

FY2021 La NASA EPSCoR CAN PreProposal Final PDF Version

FY2021 La NASA EPSCoR CAN PreProposal Final Word Version

LaBoR NASA ESPSCoR Preproposal Budget Form in Excel