National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research & Technology Transfer 2003 Program Solicitations
Chapter 9. Research Topics for SBIR and STTR
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9.1 SBIR Research Topics
9.2 STTR Research Topics
9. Research Topics for SBIR and STTR
9.1 SBIR Research Topics
Introduction
The SBIR Program Solicitation is aligned with the established NASA management structure of the Strategic Enterprises (http://www.nasa.gov).
The Enterprises identify, at the most fundamental level, what NASA does and for whom. Each Strategic Enterprise is analogous to a strategic business unit employed by private-sector companies to focus on and respond to their customers' needs. Each Strategic Enterprise has a unique set of goals, objectives, and strategies. SBIR research topics and subtopics are organized under the NASA Strategic Enterprises:
Aerospace Technology
Biological and Physical
Research
Earth Science
Space Flight
Space Science
A sixth Strategic Enterprise has been established in 2003: Education
Education is a crosscutting organization: It works to coordinate with the other Enterprises’ in outreach activities for K-12 and universities and colleges. There are subtopics in this SBIR Solicitation that have an outreach and Education focus, matching the needs of one of the five technical Enterprise’s missions. In addition, the required involvement of research institutions in the STTR Solicitation, which is announced concurrently with the SBIR Solicitation, adds an additional potential linkage to the Education Enterprise.
9.2 STTR Research Topics
Each STTR Program Solicitation Topic corresponds to a specific NASA Center. One or two subtopics per Topic (rotating from year to year) reflect the current highest priority technology thrusts of that Center.
TOPIC T1 Ames Research Center
T1.01 Information Technologies for System Health Management, Autonomy and Scientific Exploration
TOPIC T2 Dryden Flight Research Center
T2.01 Atmospheric Flight Operations
TOPIC T3 Glenn Research Center
T3.01 Aeropropulsion and Power
T3.02 Space Power and Propulsion
TOPIC T4 Goddard Space Flight Center
T4.01 Astronomy, Physics and Earth Sciences
TOPIC T5 Johnson Space Center
T5.01 Advanced Crew Support Technology
T5.02 Robotics and Virtual Digital Human Technologies
TOPIC T6 Kennedy Space Center
T6.01 Batteryless, Wireless Remote Sensors
T6.02 Development of High Temperature Acoustic Liners
TOPIC T7 Langley Research Center
T7.01 Personal Air Vehicle Research for Rural, Regional and Intra-Urban On-Demand Transportation
T7.02 Non-Destructive Evaluation, Health Monitoring and Life Determination of Aerospace Vehi-cles/Systems
TOPIC T8 Marshall Space Flight Center
T8.01 Realistic Non-Nuclear Testing of Nuclear Systems
TOPIC T9 Stennis Space Center
T9.01 Rocket Propulsion Testing Systems
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