University Leadership Initiative (ULI) provides the opportunity for university teams to exercise technical and organizational leadership in proposing unique technical challenges in aeronautics, defining multi-disciplinary solutions, establishing peer review mechanisms, and applying innovative teaming

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strategies to strengthen the research impact.

Research proposals are sought in seven ULI topic areas in Appendix D.

4. Topic 1:
Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1) Topic 2:
Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2) Topic 3:
Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3) Topic 4:
Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) Topic 5:
In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5) Topic 6:
Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6) Topic 7:
Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8:
Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems This NRA will utilize a two-step proposal submission and evaluation process.

The initial step is a short mandatory Step-A proposal due August 30, 202 2. Those offerors submitting the most highly rated Step-A proposals will be invited to submit a Step-B proposal.

All proposals must be submitted electronically through NSPIRES at https://nspires.nasaprs.com.

An Applicant’s Workshop will be held on Thursday July 14, 2022; 1:00-3:00 p.m.

ET (https://uli.arc.nasa.gov/applicants-workshops/workshop6).

An interested partners list for this ULI is at https://uli.arc.nasa.gov/partners.

To be listed as an interested lead or partner, please send electronic mail to hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov with "ULI Partnerships" in the subject line and include the information required for the table in that web page.