Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay
Dimming the sun (DimSun) using a controllable dust cloud to reduce solar insolation
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I

David Bugby
Combinatorial architecture that offers neomobility, adaptability on Venus and survivability (CANVAS)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I

anish Damodaran
PS21: Transformation of submillimeter spatial interferometry with photonic technologies
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32826-2933
2026 Phase I

Arthur Davoyan
Rollable stacked solar sails for very high delta-V missions
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0001
2026 Phase I

AC Charania
EARENDIL: Radioisotope-EVA extended from astronauts in frozen night and deep space landscapes
Zeno Power Systems, Inc.
Washington, D.C. 20001-3701
2026 Phase I

Daniel Drawing
Solid State Propulsion for Autonomous Karst Reconnaissance (SPARK)
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2303
2026 Phase I

Gilly Elor
Power over fiber to enable a lunar underground explorer (LUX)
Aerospace Stone, Inc.
Del Valle, TX 78617-3017
2026 Phase I

Zhaoyan Liu
Quantum Wind Lidar Applications for Earth and Planetary Science Missions
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94034-0001
2026 Phase I

Jeff Nosanov
OBLIVIAN: Observing light from a black hole through intensity correlation
Orbital Velocity, LLC
Decatur, Georgia 30033-4151
2026 Phase I

Keunhan Park
Plasmon-Enhanced Radioisotope Thermophotovoltaic (PRTPV) Power Generation for Interstellar Missions
University of Utah
Salt Lake City 84112-1109
2026 Phase I

Austin Phoenix
ECLIPSE – Efficient Variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental Control
Virginia State and Polytechnic Institute
University, Blacksburg, VA 24060-5605
2026 Phase I

frame quadrelli
PRAXIS: Autonomous exploration of planetary rings with in situ sampling
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I

Miguel Rubenstein
Constellations of actively steerable femtosats for in situ exploration of Saturn’s rings, atmosphere and magnetosphere
Northwestern University
Chicago-Evanston, IL 60208-0001
2026 Phase I

Benjamin Schäfer
Photophoretic tracers for near-space remote sensing at altitudes of 30 to 100 km
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0001
2026 Phase I

David Blacksmith
Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Long-Range Spatial Situational Awareness
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina 27708-9976
2026 Phase I

Pablo Sobron
Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys
SETI Institute
Mountain View, CA 94043-5203
2026 Phase I

Pablo Stankus
Mapping Alien Continents: Achieving Optical VLBI for Exoplanet Imaging
Brookhaven Scientific Associates
Upton New York 11973-0001
2026 Phase I

Pablo Stankus
Precision astrometry using optically independent spacecraft for gravitational wave detection
Brookhaven Scientific Associates
Upton, New York 11973-0001
2026 Phase I