Opportunity Information: Apply for NNH09ZEA001N SUP1
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- The NASA Headquarters in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "ROA 2009 A.4 Supersonics Project (SUP1) (Recovery Act)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 43.004 Aeronautics, Recovery Act.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 24, 2009 and posted on Oct 13, 2009.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 16, 2009. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
ROA 2009 A.4 Supersonics Project (SUP1) (Recovery Act) is a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NNH09ZEA001N SUP1) that supports research and development in supersonic flight under NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD). The grant is part of the Recovery Act-related aeronautics portfolio (CFDA 43.004, Aeronautics, Recovery Act) and is intended to strengthen U.S. leadership and core competencies in the supersonic flight regime. The program emphasizes research areas where NASA has distinctive capabilities and where federally supported work can have broad national benefit for both civilian and military supersonic applications.
At a program level, the Supersonics Project sits within NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program strategy and is described as a broad, multidisciplinary effort to develop the knowledge, tools, and technologies needed to make practical supersonic cruise vehicles feasible. The central purpose is to remove or reduce the major barriers that historically prevented widespread supersonic cruise, especially barriers tied to efficiency, environmental impact, and vehicle performance. Rather than focusing on a single discipline, the project is framed around systems-level capability development, recognizing that successful supersonic vehicles require tightly integrated advances across aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, acoustics, operations, and design methods.
NASA identifies a set of "Technical Challenges" that the Supersonics Project targets. On the efficiency side, the opportunity references improving supersonic cruise efficiency and enabling lightweight, durable airframes and engines that can tolerate the higher temperatures associated with sustained supersonic flight. On the environmental side, the project highlights airport noise reduction, sonic boom modeling, and reduction of high-altitude emissions. On the performance side, the project calls out Aero-Propulso-Servo-Elastic (APSE) analysis and design, reflecting the need to understand coupled interactions among aerodynamics, propulsion integration, structural flexibility, and control systems at supersonic conditions. Beyond these, the project explicitly emphasizes multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) as a crosscutting challenge, because understanding and leveraging interactions among these technology areas is viewed as essential to producing workable real-world designs. The program also includes systems integration, assessment and validation, along with flight research and validation activities such as flight validation and test technique development.
Within that broader scope, this particular solicitation narrows the requested work to one specific environmental technical challenge: Sonic Boom Modeling. NASA is seeking proposals that advance understanding and predictive capability in three focused topics. First is auralization of sonic booms transmitted into buildings, meaning research that helps translate physical boom characteristics into what people actually hear indoors after the signal interacts with structures and rooms. Second is community response to low-amplitude sonic booms, aiming to better characterize how people perceive and react to quieter booms that might be associated with future "low boom" supersonic concepts and potential overland operations. Third is sonic boom focusing, which concerns conditions under which atmospheric effects and propagation can concentrate boom energy and create localized increases in intensity, an important risk factor for operational acceptability and for setting reliable design and operational margins.
The opportunity is open to an unrestricted set of eligible applicants (subject to any clarifications in the full announcement text), does not require cost sharing or matching, and allows multiple award instruments including cooperative agreements, grants, and procurement contracts. The opportunity was posted October 13, 2009, created November 24, 2009, and had an original closing date of November 25, 2009, later extended to a current closing date of December 16, 2009, with an archive date of December 25, 2009. For proposers, NASA points to additional background materials, including a general overview of the Supersonics project (referenced via NASA aeronautics NRA reference documents) and a more detailed "Sonic Boom Modeling Task Plan" available in the "Other Documents" section of NSPIRES for the solicitation, which would outline the specific tasks and milestones NASA considers relevant for proposed work.
Primary points of contact listed for the announcement include Peter G. Coen (Principal Investigator), Dr. Louis Povinelli (Project Scientist), Kestutis C. Civinskas (Project Manager), and Thomas M. Wallett (Project NRA Manager), with directions to contact the program for questions about the funding announcement or to request help accessing the full text if needed.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This opportunity is NASA Headquarters ROA 2009 A.4 Supersonics Project (SUP1) (Recovery Act), Funding Opportunity Number NNH09ZEA001N SUP1. It supports research and development in supersonic flight under NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) as part of the Recovery Act-related aeronautics portfolio (CFDA 43.004, Aeronautics, Recovery Act).
2) What is the overarching goal of the Supersonics Project?
The Supersonics Project is a broad, multidisciplinary effort within NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program strategy. Its purpose is to develop the knowledge, tools, and technologies needed to make practical supersonic cruise vehicles feasible by reducing major historical barriers, particularly those tied to efficiency, environmental impact, and overall vehicle performance.
3) What is the focus of this particular solicitation within the Supersonics Project?
This solicitation narrows the requested work to one environmental technical challenge: Sonic Boom Modeling. Proposals are expected to advance understanding and predictive capability in specific sonic boom modeling topics identified by NASA.
4) Which specific research topics does NASA request under Sonic Boom Modeling?
NASA highlights three focused topics:
- Auralization of sonic booms transmitted into buildings (how the boom signal interacts with structures/rooms and what people hear indoors).
- Community response to low-amplitude sonic booms (how people perceive and react to quieter booms relevant to low-boom concepts and potential overland operations).
- Sonic boom focusing (atmospheric and propagation effects that can concentrate boom energy and create localized intensity increases).
5) What does "auralization of sonic booms transmitted into buildings" mean in this context?
It refers to research that helps translate the physical characteristics of a sonic boom into the indoor auditory experience after the signal passes through and interacts with buildings and interior spaces (structures and rooms).
6) What is meant by "community response to low-amplitude sonic booms"?
It refers to research aimed at better characterizing how communities perceive and respond to lower-intensity sonic booms, which may be associated with future low-boom supersonic concepts and potential overland supersonic operations.
7) What is "sonic boom focusing" and why is it important?
Sonic boom focusing concerns conditions where atmospheric effects and propagation can concentrate sonic boom energy, producing localized increases in intensity. NASA frames this as important for operational acceptability and for establishing reliable design and operational margins.
8) How does this opportunity fit into NASA's broader technical challenges for supersonics?
At the program level, NASA describes a set of Technical Challenges spanning efficiency, environment, and performance. While the overall Supersonics Project addresses areas like cruise efficiency, lightweight and durable airframes/engines for higher temperatures, airport noise reduction, reduction of high-altitude emissions, and APSE analysis and design, this particular solicitation is specifically focused on the environmental challenge of Sonic Boom Modeling.
9) What is APSE and how is it relevant to supersonic vehicle development?
APSE stands for Aero-Propulso-Servo-Elastic analysis and design. It reflects the need to understand coupled interactions among aerodynamics, propulsion integration, structural flexibility, and control systems at supersonic conditions. (This is part of the broader Supersonics Project context; this solicitation is specifically about sonic boom modeling.)
10) What is MDAO and why does NASA emphasize it in the Supersonics Project?
MDAO stands for multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization. NASA emphasizes it as a crosscutting challenge because successful supersonic cruise vehicles require integrated advances across multiple disciplines, and understanding the interactions among these areas is essential to producing workable designs.
11) What types of award instruments may be used?
The opportunity allows multiple award instruments, including cooperative agreements, grants, and procurement contracts.
12) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity states that it does not require cost sharing or matching.
13) Who is eligible to apply?
The opportunity is described as open to an unrestricted set of eligible applicants, subject to any clarifications in the full announcement text.
14) What is the CFDA listing for this opportunity?
CFDA 43.004, Aeronautics, Recovery Act.
15) When was the opportunity posted and what are the key dates?
It was posted October 13, 2009 and created November 24, 2009. The original closing date was November 25, 2009, later extended to a current closing date of December 16, 2009. The archive date is December 25, 2009.
16) Where can applicants find background documents and the detailed task plan?
NASA references additional background materials, including a general overview of the Supersonics Project (via NASA aeronautics NRA reference documents). A more detailed "Sonic Boom Modeling Task Plan" is available in the "Other Documents" section of NSPIRES for the solicitation.
17) What is NSPIRES in relation to this announcement?
NSPIRES is identified as the location where the solicitation materials and related documents can be accessed, including the "Other Documents" section containing the Sonic Boom Modeling Task Plan.
18) Who are the primary points of contact for this funding opportunity?
The announcement lists the following primary points of contact: Peter G. Coen (Principal Investigator), Dr. Louis Povinelli (Project Scientist), Kestutis C. Civinskas (Project Manager), and Thomas M. Wallett (Project NRA Manager).
19) What kinds of questions should be directed to the listed contacts?
The announcement directs proposers to contact the program for questions about the funding announcement or to request help accessing the full text if needed.
20) Why does NASA describe this as having broad national benefit?
NASA states the effort is intended to strengthen U.S. leadership and core competencies in the supersonic flight regime, emphasizing research areas where NASA has distinctive capabilities and where federally supported work can have broad national benefit for both civilian and military supersonic applications.
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