just saw this, Any team/group going for the next shuttle program?

Yes, we are applying this time. Our project name is Azadi SoC, that hold ibex core with addition of 'F' RISC-V standard extension for Single Precision Floating Point, and limited number of IOs which could easily comes in User Project Area in Caravel.

@Zeeshan Rafique do you have any slack and discord for your group?

Yes we do have.