Engaging for-profit entities in a pre-competitive space for trust-building, innovation, and market intelligence in the utility sector targeting renewable energy, grid resilience, and outage management

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is seeking a contractor to engage for-profit entities in a pre-competitive space for trust-building, innovation, and market intelligence in the utility sector targeting renewable energy, grid resilience, and outage management. The contractor will perform research activities that leverage NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) data and work with the NASA representative to ensure students, postdocs, and the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members are fully aware of NASA assets and ways to access and discover them. The key responsibilities of the contractor include: • Performing research activities that leverage NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) data • Working with the NASA representative to ensure students, postdocs, and the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members are fully aware of NASA assets and ways to access and discover them • Clearly communicating the IAB meeting agenda and outcomes to the NASA representative • Conveying existing and emerging operational needs of IAB members to help drive the next generation of NASA ESD missions and capabilities