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Space Technology Research Institutes

Award ceiling
up to $13,000,000
Closes
Nov 3, 2026
Last verified
2026-10-06

Awards up to $13,000,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 3, 2026.

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Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Science, Technology, Research & Development

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Space Technology Research Institutes awards up to $13,000,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 3, 2026.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$13,000,000
maximum award duration is five years
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Nov 3, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Oct 5, 2026
Status
Closing soon
Eligible entities
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Advance(s)
Application effort
Heavy
Use of funds
early-stage, sustained, multidisciplinary space-technology research · Enabling Future Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) Design Capabilities
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$13,000,000

Source wording: “maximum award duration is five years”

Who can apply?

level
federal
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity types
industry
use
Enabling Future Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) Design Capabilities, early-stage, sustained, multidisciplinary space-technology research
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

See "Description" below and Full Announcement for eligibility requirements.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Nov 3, 202628 daysDeadline type Fixed date

Mandatory preliminary proposals due November 3, 2026, 5 pm Eastern; target deadline for invited full proposals January 21, 2027, 5 pm Eastern

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What can the money be used for?

2 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
early-stage, sustained, multidisciplinary space-technology researchEnabling Future Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) Design Capabilities

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

3 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Heavy
Disbursement
Advance(s)
Matching funds
No

What comparable notices state

120 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 120 of 330 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$438,222
  • Median$1,200,000
  • 75th percentile$5,250,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

7 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
Up to $13,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “maximum award duration is five years”.
When is the application deadline?
Nov 3, 2026. Mandatory preliminary proposals due November 3, 2026, 5 pm Eastern; target deadline for invited full proposals January 21, 2027, 5 pm Eastern
Who is eligible to apply?
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
What can the funding be used for?
early-stage, sustained, multidisciplinary space-technology research, Enabling Future Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) Design Capabilities, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
Is the money paid up front or reimbursed?
Paid in advance rather than as a reimbursement.
How demanding is the application?
Heavy, on the source's own classification.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-06
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-10-06

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.