What You Can Learn From Past Space Awards

NIAC, SBIR, and NextSTEP award histories are a public record of where the money actually went. Read correctly, they predict where it goes next.

The awards are a map

Every past award names a problem an institution decided was worth funding, the team it trusted to solve it, and the stage it funded. Aggregated across years, that is a map of institutional priorities that rarely turns on a dime.

Positioning against the pattern

We mine award histories to show clients which problems are consistently funded, which teams keep winning, and where a credible newcomer can enter. It is cheaper than guessing and more honest than a headline.