Investment Areas

Overview

From initial concept design through the development needed for proposing to NASA Announcement of Opportunities (~TRL6), we work with researchers to build and test new technologies that advance planetary science. PESTO programs fund instruments, components, and spacecraft technology that enable NASA Planetary Science Missions.

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DALI

Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (DALI)

PICASSO

Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO)

MatISSE

Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE)

COLDTech

Concepts for Ocean worlds Life Detection Technology (COLDTech) Last Solicitation Timeline: ROSES Solicitation Release – February 2020 Step 1 Proposals ...

HOTTech

Hot Operating Temperature Technology (HOTTech) Last Solicitation Timeline: ROSES Solicitation Release – February 2021 Step 1 Proposals Submitted – June ...

Information for Proposers

Through an open, competitive solicitation process, we provide grants to universities, corporations, and other institutions to explore new instrument ...