Slots: 3 total; one slot taken.
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Monday, August 14th, 2023, 5pm PT Contact RII.
LOI: September 11, 2023 5:00 PM EST,
External Deadline: November 1, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
Award Information
Award Type: Grant
Anticipated Award Amount: Approximately $500,000 per year/per award for 3 years
Who May Serve as PI: Candidate must be a University Consortium Member prior to submitting a Notice of Intent (NOI), as described in Section 3.3.1 of this document. All Awardees shall maintain their Consortium Membership, in good standing, for the duration of the PSA. Affiliate Consortium Members are not eligible to respond to this RPP as the lead institution, but may team with an eligible University Consortium Member and be funded accordingly. Affiliate Consortium Members include industry, laboratories, University-Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), U.S. Military Academies, and Universities (on a case-by-case basis) from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. University Consortium Candidates and team members are generally responsible for determining the extent to which their participation in PPP submissions is appropriate and consistent with their own entities’ authorities and applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
Link to Award: https://hypersonics.tamu.edu/project-call/tees-jhto-rpp-2023-001-request-for-proposal/
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD), Research and Engineering (R&E) Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), in partnership with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the UCAH, is soliciting for Prototype Project Proposals (PPPs) supporting projects that will accelerate hypersonics technology development, develop the nation’s future hypersonics workforce, and facilitate the transition of ready technologies into operational capabilities. The project topic descriptions are listed in Section 2 of this document. The JHTO reserves the right to fund none, some, or all the submissions made in response to this RPP. Furthermore, JHTO may choose to fund a portion of a submission or a combination of submissions. No funding for direct reimbursement of PPP development costs will be provided. Any references within this document to the UCAH website, specific to this RPP Project Call, will utilize the following website: https://hypersonics.tamu.edu/project-call/.
TOPIC 1: Thermal Energy Harvesting
TOPIC 2: Implementation and Validation of Navigation, Guidance, and Control Algorithms
TOPIC 3: Controllable Propellants and Energetics
TOPIC 4: Low Cost Ground and Flight Testing Enablers
TOPIC 5: Novel Aperture and Radome Designs for High-Mach Operation
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.