Category: funding opportunity

HESTO is pleased to announce two Heliophysics opportunities released under Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2025: Heliophysics Low-Cost Access to Space (H-LCAS) and the new Spaceflight Science Foundations (SSF) opportunity. Heliophysics Low-Cost Access to Space H-LCAS Proposal Due Dates: Step 1 due November 20, 2026, Step 2 due March 16, 2027.  ROSES-2025 Amendment 78, the H-LCAS …

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HESTO is proud to announce that NASA has launched the Orbital Clarity Challenge, the sixth opportunity in the NASA TechLeap Prize series. A collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, Flight Opportunities program, and Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation, this challenge seeks to advance orbital drag measurement for safer, more predictable satellite flight paths. A …

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NASA’s SBIR/STTR Program has officially released the first three Phase I appendices for their Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). If you are looking to collaborate with small businesses or leverage external innovation to advance your technology goals, this is a prime opportunity to engage. While the structure of these solicitations looks a bit …

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We are happy to announce the release of ROSES-2025 H-TIDeS. This solicitation does not require a Notice of Intent and the due date is 04/15/2026. It solicits the following programs, Instrument Technology Development (ITD) Program, Instrument Technology Development on the Space Working Environment (ITD-SWE), and Laboratory Nuclear, Atomic, and Plasma Physics (LNAPP) Program. Please read …

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Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) anticipates funding a limited number of proposals under this solicitation. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. The Strategic Technology Office (STO) at DARPA …

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A potential funding and flight opportunity for heliophysics technologies. DARPA Releases Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) Solicitation Register for Proposers Day by May 7, 2025 at 1200 ET. In collaboration with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, DARPA recently released the Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) solicitation. LASSO aims to enable a novel mission design …

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