[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":161},["ShallowReactive",2],{"uli-globals":3,"round-1":38},{"site_title":4,"tagline":5,"meta_description":6,"contact_email":7,"nasa_program_url":8,"tacp_url":9,"footer_links":10,"announcement_enabled":29,"announcement_cta":30,"date_updated":34,"id":35,"announcement_body":36,"announcement_heading":37},"NASA University Leadership Initiative","University-led aeronautics research for NASA's Research and Technology Mission Directorate.","ULI funds university-led teams to tackle aeronautics research challenges for NASA Aeronautics. Explore funded projects, partners, workshops, and tech talks.","hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nasa.gov\u002Fdirectorates\u002Farmd\u002Ftacp\u002Fui\u002Fuli\u002F",null,[11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":12,"href":13},"USRC","https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fusrc\u002F",{"label":15,"href":16},"Blue Skies","https:\u002F\u002Fblueskies.nianet.org\u002F",{"label":18,"href":19},"Tech Talks","\u002Ftalks",{"label":21,"href":22},"Privacy Policy","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nasa.gov\u002Fabout\u002Fhighlights\u002FHP_Privacy.html",{"label":24,"href":25},"Accessibility","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nasa.gov\u002Fgeneral\u002Faccessibility\u002F",{"label":27,"href":28},"Web Support","mailto:ashcon.nejad@nasa.gov",false,[31],{"label":32,"href":33},"View Round 8","\u002Frounds\u002F8","2026-08-25T21:03:14.595Z","9ada6532-f7a1-4757-8546-4a59dbc70093","\u003Cp>We are pleased to announce that the selections for Round 8 have been made!\u003C\u002Fp>","ULI Round 8 Selections!",{"round":39,"events":46,"projects":117,"partners":160},{"id":40,"number":41,"title":42,"summary":9,"techport_blurb":43,"round_status":44,"year_solicited":45,"nspires_url":9},"3a133c96-849a-4601-b76d-d459e1dc251a",1,"ULI Round 1","More information on each of the ULI awards is available at NASA TechPort (https:\u002F\u002Ftechport.nasa.gov\u002Fhome).","awarded",2016,[47,52,65,76,82,88,94,99,105,111],{"id":48,"title":49,"date_display":50,"body":51,"links":9,"sort":41},"0e1a365d-6ce1-4bcb-ab20-e47e9a687dc8","Round 1 Solicitation","2016","\u003Cp>NASA’s \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nasa.gov\u002Faeroresearch\"> Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD)\u003C\u002Fa> announced a new opportunity for universities and their research partners to contribute toward NASA research goals. This opportunity is now closed.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"id":53,"title":54,"date_display":55,"body":56,"links":57,"sort":64},"347f135e-b1f2-49bf-9638-6683787e0cc4","Vendor's Forum","March 9, 2016","\u003Cp>The Vendor’s Forum provided interested parties with the opportunity to better understand the intent and scope of the ULI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A short presentation on the initiative was followed by a question and answer period. Interested parties had the opportunity to provide NASA with feedback that was considered as part of the current solicitation. The briefing was live-streamed and can be accessed in the links below along with additional information.\u003C\u002Fp>",[58,61],{"label":59,"href":60},"Presentation Slides","https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FULI%20Vendor%27s%20Forum_030916_final.pdf",{"label":62,"href":63},"Q & A Transcript","https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FQA_University%20Leadership%20Initiative%20Vendors%20Forum_final.pdf",2,{"id":66,"title":67,"date_display":68,"body":69,"links":70,"sort":75},"3fdef35b-7fea-4c02-ab92-73a85b6f0cbb","Applicant's Workshop","May 3, 2016","\u003Cp>Interested parties were invited to submit their questions in advance to \u003Ca href=\"mailto:hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\">hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov.\u003C\u002Fa> The briefing was live-streamed and can be accessed in the links below along with additional information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fpartners\">Interested Partners List\u003C\u002Fa> was provided to help connect potential applicants. For further information on the University Leadership Initiative, please contact \u003Ca href=\"mailto:hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov\">hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>",[71,73],{"label":59,"href":72},"https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FULI%20Applicant%27s%20Workshop_050316_final.pdf",{"label":62,"href":74},"https:\u002F\u002Fnspires.nasaprs.com\u002Fexternal\u002Fviewrepositorydocument\u002Fcmdocumentid=508465\u002FsolicitationId=%7B41CC74EE-DAC1-DFF6-85A7-E1BEDC0A5F7D%7D\u002FviewSolicitationDocument=1\u002FQA_University%20Leadership%20Initiative_Solicitation_Update%202_051816_final.pdf",3,{"id":77,"title":78,"date_display":79,"body":80,"links":9,"sort":81},"07039512-6040-4307-926a-00d67e59f384","Step A Proposals Due","June 7, 2016","\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnspires.nasaprs.com\u002Fexternal\u002Fsolicitations\u002Fsummary.do?method=init&solId=%7B41CC74EE-DAC1-DFF6-85A7-E1BEDC0A5F7D%7D&path=open\" target=\"_blank\">ULI - Round 1 Solicitation\u003C\u002Fa> was released on NSPIRES on April 19, 2016.\u003C\u002Fp>",4,{"id":83,"title":84,"date_display":85,"body":86,"links":9,"sort":87},"49d45eb9-d63f-4827-9a29-ef777f39450b","Kickoff Meeting","2017","\u003Cp>All ULI awardees hosted their kickoff meetings in 2017 with their non-advocate peer reviewers and NASA.\u003C\u002Fp>",5,{"id":89,"title":90,"date_display":91,"body":92,"links":9,"sort":93},"9b8c37dc-c954-41a3-9ad8-21d53118e369","ULI Lunch and Learn","July 13 - 14, 2017","\u003Cp>On July 13-14, 2017 representatives of the five Round 1 ULI teams briefed congressional staff on their research topics, team approach, and expectations for their ULI experience. Team leads accompanied by their students visited congressional offices.\u003C\u002Fp>",6,{"id":95,"title":96,"date_display":85,"body":97,"links":9,"sort":98},"7f6420e8-19cb-4186-a2bb-8c69ec697a76","Awards","\u003Cp>ARMD \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nasa.gov\u002Fpress-release\u002Funiversity-research-teams-to-study-potential-aeronautical-innovations\" target=\"_blank\">announced 5 selections\u003C\u002Fa> for awards\u003C\u002Fp>",7,{"id":100,"title":101,"date_display":102,"body":103,"links":9,"sort":104},"1eb5f0b0-b948-4c99-8e8a-77be722efd07","Technical Interchange at AIAA","June 25, 2018","\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Faviation.aiaa.org\u002Fuli\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">ULI Technical Interchange at the AIAA Aviation Forum in Atlanta\u003C\u002Fa> was an event to discover cutting-edge research and technologies that will advance U.S. aviation and to exchange ideas and network for both leads and partners looking to participate in future ULI solicitations. ULI presentations:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FNASA_AIAA%20ULI%20TI_Atlanta%20-%20Cavolowsky.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction from NASA\u003C\u002Fa> (John Cavolowsky, Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program Director)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FTAMU_AIAA%20ULI%20TI%20_Atlanta%20-%20Lagoudas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Adaptive Aerostructures for Revolutionary Civil Supersonic Transportation\u003C\u002Fa> (Dimitris Lagoudas, Texas A&M University)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FUSC_AIAA%20ULI%20TI%20_Atlanta%20-%20Matolak.pdf\">Hyper-Spectral Communications, Networking & ATM as Foundation for Safe and Efficient Future Flight\u003C\u002Fa> (David Matolak, University of South Carolina)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panel Discussion - John Langford (President, Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation), Scott Drennan (Director, Innovation, Bell) and Eric Ringer (Director, Aviation Technology, Skyward) talked about aviation challenges that the industry faces that could serve as future proposal ideas for university led teams\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FASU_AIAA%20ULI%20TI%20_Atlanta%20-%20Liu.pdf\">Information Fusion for Real-Time National Air Transportation System Prognostics under Uncertainty\u003C\u002Fa> (Yongming Liu, Arizona State University)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FOSU_AIAA%20ULI%20TI%20_Atlanta%20-%20Benzakien.pdf\">Electric Propulsion: Challenges and Opportunities\u003C\u002Fa> (Mike Benzakein, Ohio State University)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnari.arc.nasa.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fattachments\u002FUTK_AIAA_ULI_Atlanta%20-%20Coder.pdf\">Advanced Aerodynamic Design Center for Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles\u003C\u002Fa> (James Coder, University Of Tennessee, Knoxville)\u003C\u002Fp>",8,{"id":106,"title":107,"date_display":108,"body":109,"links":9,"sort":110},"118140a3-586c-4ee7-9c68-09708bf4ead5","First Annual Meeting","August - September 2018","\u003Cp>All ULI awardees hosted their first annual meeting (between August and September 2018) with their non-advocate peer reviewers and NASA.\u003C\u002Fp>",9,{"id":112,"title":113,"date_display":114,"body":115,"links":9,"sort":116},"93bdb44e-6f54-408a-a093-41477306cacb","Second Annual Meeting","July - September 2019","\u003Cp>All ULI awardees hosted their second annual meeting (between July and September 2019) with their non-advocate peer reviewers and NASA.\u003C\u002Fp>",10,[118,128,136,144,151],{"id":119,"title":120,"techport_url":121,"lead_institution":122,"pi_name":123,"topic_thrust":124,"period_start":125,"period_end":126,"period_display":127,"sort":41,"co_i_count":110},"e349ca8d-6115-4a10-b64f-b17158dc0d0e","Information Fusion for Real-Time National Air Transportation System Prognostics under Uncertainty","https:\u002F\u002Ftechport.nasa.gov\u002Fview\u002F96123","Arizona State University","Yongming Liu","Real-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance","2017-05-01","2022-04-30","May 2017 - April 2022",{"id":129,"title":130,"techport_url":131,"lead_institution":132,"pi_name":133,"topic_thrust":134,"period_start":125,"period_end":126,"period_display":127,"sort":64,"co_i_count":135},"2df4e917-de49-46ca-bb1e-3ad1438240ee","Advanced Aerodynamic Design Center for Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles","https:\u002F\u002Ftechport.nasa.gov\u002Fview\u002F96120","University Of Tennessee, Knoxville","James Coder","Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles",14,{"id":137,"title":138,"techport_url":139,"lead_institution":140,"pi_name":141,"topic_thrust":142,"period_start":125,"period_end":126,"period_display":127,"sort":75,"co_i_count":143},"7755c6d1-1eff-4de4-859c-e37a4b9c59c0","Adaptive Aerostructures for Revolutionary Civil Supersonic Transportation","https:\u002F\u002Ftechport.nasa.gov\u002Fview\u002F96121","Texas A&M University","Dimitris Lagoudas","Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft",18,{"id":145,"title":146,"techport_url":147,"lead_institution":148,"pi_name":149,"topic_thrust":150,"period_start":125,"period_end":126,"period_display":127,"sort":81,"co_i_count":104},"0b22ea88-23b8-466a-8192-a836a3fbb2b6","Electric Propulsion: Challenges and Opportunities","https:\u002F\u002Ftechport.nasa.gov\u002Fview\u002F96118","Ohio State University","Mike Benzakein","Transition to Alternative Propulsion and Energy",{"id":152,"title":153,"techport_url":154,"lead_institution":155,"pi_name":156,"topic_thrust":157,"period_start":125,"period_end":158,"period_display":159,"sort":87,"co_i_count":75},"971fde6c-6ba9-45fe-8e0e-653d830b8c29","Hyper-Spectral Communications, Networking & ATM as Foundation for Safe and Efficient Future Flight: Transcending Aviation Operational Limitations with Diverse and Secure Multi-Band, Multi-Mode, mmWave (HSCNA)","https:\u002F\u002Ftechport.nasa.gov\u002Fview\u002F96119","University of South Carolina","David Matolak","Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations","2019-04-30","May 2017 - April 2019",[],1787694058982]