Seedling Fund

Seedling Fund for NASA Researchers

After eight rounds of awards, the Seedling Fund was phased out.

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2015 Seedling Phase I Awards

Period of performance: February 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016

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2014 Seedling Phase II Awards

Period of performance: May 1, 2014 to October 31, 2015

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• Virtual seminar, with presentations from awardees, held November 17 & 19, 2015.

 

2014 Seedling Phase I Awards

Period of performance: January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014

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• Virtual seminar, with presentations from awardees, held January 13–15, 2015.

 

2013 Seedling Phase II Awards

Period of performance: September 1, 2013 to March 14, 2015

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• Virtual seminar, with presentations from awardees, held March 18 & 19, 2015.

 

2013 Seedling Phase I Awards

Period of performance: February 1, 2013 to February 15, 2014

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• Virtual seminar, with presentations from awardees, held February 19–27, 2014.

 

2012 Seedling Phase II Awards

Period of performance: August 1, 2012 to February 15, 2014

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• Virtual seminar, with presentations from awardees, held February 19–27, 2014.

 

2012 Seedling Phase I Awards

Period of performance: August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013

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• Virtual seminar, with presentations from awardees, held July 9-11, 2013.

 

2011 Seedling Phase I Awards

Period of performance: July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

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• Virtual seminar, with presentations from awardees, held June 5-7, 2012.
   

The Seedling Fund annually provided NASA civil servants the opportunity to perform research, analysis, and proof-of-concept development of their novel ideas that had the potential to meet national aeronautics needs. The Fund provided resources for early-stage efforts not currently supported by ARMD Programs and Projects, with the goal of infusing promising concepts into the ARMD research portfolio or into NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for further development.

The ARMD Transformative Aeronautics Concepts (TAC) Program now oversees the Seedling project and has renamed it the Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS) Project. Virtual institute collaborations with CAS Research Teams helps them explore areas for collaboration with other partners. These partners include other government organizations, academia, industry, and professional societies.