[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":133},["ShallowReactive",2],{"uli-globals":3,"round-4":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":80,"partners":132},{"id":40,"number":41,"title":42,"summary":9,"techport_blurb":43,"round_status":44,"year_solicited":45,"nspires_url":9},"417992f6-9845-4ef2-9bf8-bdc6377354a5",4,"ULI Round 4","More information on each of the ULI awards is available at NASA TechPort (https:\u002F\u002Ftechport.nasa.gov\u002Fhome).","awarded",2020,[47,53,59,75],{"id":48,"title":49,"date_display":50,"body":51,"links":9,"sort":52},"70544fca-1d74-43c8-9de3-1a1364cbbc9e","Round 4 Solicitation","2020","\u003Cp>NASA announced a fourth opportunity for University Leadership Initiative (NNH19ZEA001N-ULI). Details are provided in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnspires.nasaprs.com\u002Fexternal\u002Fviewrepositorydocument\u002Fcmdocumentid=742781\u002FsolicitationId=%7B349AB2FC-DD8D-7BD5-18D4-4DFDC53425E2%7D\u002FviewSolicitationDocument=1\u002F1.%20ROA-2019%20ULI%20Amendment%204.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">ULI Amendment 4\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>",1,{"id":54,"title":55,"date_display":56,"body":57,"links":9,"sort":58},"da6c0763-ca17-4cec-9984-acb87c878e91","Round 4 Solicitation on NSPIRES","April 8, 2020","\u003Cp>All ULI-related solicitation documents were released on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnspires.nasaprs.com\u002Fexternal\u002Fsolicitations\u002Fsummary!init.do?solId=%7b0C9DAA3D-D086-0E16-55FD-E73B0015E0B9%7d&path=open\" target=\"_blank\">NSPIRES\u003C\u002Fa>. The \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fpartners\">Interested Partners List\u003C\u002Fa> was provided to help connect potential applicants.\u003C\u002Fp>",2,{"id":60,"title":61,"date_display":62,"body":63,"links":64,"sort":74},"7d1404e1-ccd3-4b80-9b38-4d18417c8bcb","Applicant's Workshop","April 30, 2020","\u003Cp>NASA hosted an Applicant’s Workshop to provide an opportunity for interested parties to better understand the solicitation’s intent, scope, and selection criteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The workshop provided an opportunity for interested parties to better understand the solicitation’s intent, scope, and selection criteria. Interested parties are 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. 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