"DRAFT" NEW MILLENNIUM PROGRAM SPACE TECHNOLOGY-9

The summary for the "DRAFT" NEW MILLENNIUM PROGRAM SPACE TECHNOLOGY-9 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the NASA Headquarters, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

"DRAFT" NEW MILLENNIUM PROGRAM SPACE TECHNOLOGY-9: RELEASE DATE OF DRAFT: August 02, 2004 RELEASE DATE OF FINAL: August 25, 2004 NOTICE OF INTENT: September 24, 2004 PROPOSAL DUE DATE: November 24, 2004 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Space Science is releasing a DRAFT NASA Research Announcement (NRA) entitled The New Millennium Program Space Technology-9 for community review. Shortly following the release of the DRAFT NRA, NASA will release the final NRA. This NRA solicits proposals for advanced technologies to be incorporated into a system-level flight-validation experiment in the 2007-2008 time frame to minimize risk of first use and reduce cost or future space science and exploration missions. Upon its release date, both the DRAFT and final versions of this NRA will be available electronically from the World Wide Web by accessing the central NASA Web site for the listing of all research solicitations at http://research.hq.nasa.gov and linking through the menu listings "Office of Space Science" and then "Current (Open) Solicitations". Participation in this program is open to all categories of organizations, foreign and domestic, including industry, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, and other Government agencies. Obtain additional programmatic information from the program scientist, Dr. G.S. Krishnan, New Millennium Program Executive, Code SS, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; telephone: (202) 358-0888; E-mail: [email protected]. This notice constitutes a NASA Research Announcement as specified in FAR 6.102 (d)(2). Notwithstanding the posting of this opportunity at FedBizOpps.gov, Grants.gov, or at both sites, NASA reserves the right to determine the appropriate award instrument for each proposal selected pursuant to this announcement.