ROA 2010 C.2 NextGen Concepts and Technology Development Project (CTD2) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

ROA 2010 C.2 NextGen Concepts and Technology Development Project (CTD2) is a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity issued under the broader umbrella solicitation called "Research Opportunities in Aeronautics" (ROA), formally identified as NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH10ZEA001N. The purpose is to fund foundational and systems-level aeronautics research that supports the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD). In practical terms, NASA is looking for research ideas that can move the state of the art forward in areas tied to the future national air transportation system, including the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), as well as broader aeronautics technologies, safety approaches, and test capabilities.

The ROA is structured around five ARMD programs, and proposals are expected to align with one of these program areas as defined in the NRA appendices. The Airspace Systems Program is the portion most explicitly linked to NextGen, focusing on Air Traffic Management (ATM) research needs as defined by the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO). The Aviation Safety Program targets proactive solutions to safety issues affecting both current aircraft and emerging vehicle types as they operate within todays and future airspace environments. The Fundamental Aeronautics Program emphasizes longer-term, high-impact research across all flight regimes, with an emphasis on generating data, knowledge, and design tools that can be applied broadly across vehicle classes and operating conditions. The Integrated Systems Research Program is centered on maturing promising concepts and technologies at an integrated system level, including exploring, assessing, and demonstrating benefits in relevant environments rather than only in isolated laboratory conditions. The Aeronautics Test Program supports the health and modernization of national test capabilities by focusing on facilities, platforms, and the development of new instrumentation and test technologies needed to validate advanced aeronautics concepts.

This CTD2 opportunity is issued as a broad agency announcement under FAR 35.016 and NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1835.016, which signals that it is research-focused and competitively awarded based on the value of proposed technical approaches rather than a standard procurement for a predefined product. NASA also notes that, regardless of where the opportunity is posted (for example, FedBizOpps.gov and/or Grants.gov), the agency reserves the right to choose the appropriate award instrument for any selected proposal. The listed eligible award instruments include cooperative agreements and procurement contracts, indicating NASA may use either assistance or acquisition mechanisms depending on the nature of the work and anticipated level of NASA involvement.

Eligibility is broadly open to most organization types, including universities, industry, and nonprofit organizations, with the stated exception that government organizations and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) are treated differently (generally excluded unless otherwise allowed under specific terms). The opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching, which can lower the barrier to participation for academic and nonprofit teams. The solicitation is described as unrestricted in the listing, meaning applicants are not limited to a narrow class of entities beyond any clarifications that may appear in the full announcement or appendices.

Submission is electronic and can be completed through NASAs NSPIRES system or through Grants.gov, but NASA emphasizes that proposals must be submitted by an authorized official of the proposing organization, not just the principal investigator. Organizations must register in NSPIRES and identify their authorized organizational representative(s), and individual investigators and team members may also need to complete registrations and profiles to meet system requirements. NASA explicitly advises proposers to begin working in the electronic systems well before the deadline to avoid last-minute registration or data-entry issues, which is a common source of submission problems in federal solicitations.

A key operational point is that the ROA is appendix-driven: the main NRA provides the overarching framework, while the appendices define the specific program elements, proposal due dates, evaluation criteria, and points of contact for each topic area. In other words, the CTD2 listing sits within a larger aeronautics research solicitation, and applicants are expected to select the most relevant program element and follow the detailed instructions and schedules provided in the associated appendix materials. Program officers and contracting officers for each element are identified in the "Summary of Key Information" sections tied to those elements, which is where applicants would look for topic-specific guidance.

In terms of timing and administrative details shown in the listing, the opportunity was posted with a posted and creation date of April 12, 2011, and an application closing date of May 23, 2011, with an archive date of June 22, 2011. The funding activity category is Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the CFDA number is shown as 00.000 (Not Elsewhere Classified), which often appears in older or generalized listings where a more specific CFDA is not assigned in the summary record. General questions about NRA policies and procedures were directed to Tony Strazisar at NASA Headquarters via the ROA email address (NASA-roa@nasa.gov), and the listing also references a contact for access issues and administrative support, including Rudolph Aquilina, Deputy Project Manager, with questions requested in writing.

Overall, the CTD2 opportunity is best understood as a pathway for researchers and organizations to propose aeronautics R and D that advances NextGen-related airspace concepts and technologies, improves aviation safety, pushes long-horizon aeronautics fundamentals, demonstrates integrated system benefits, or strengthens national aeronautics test infrastructure. The most important success factor for an applicant would be selecting the correct program element appendix and building a proposal that directly matches that elements technical scope, evaluation criteria, and submission instructions.

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