Remaining deadlines for proposals for the program elements of the
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE
AND EARTH SCIENCES (ROSES) 2008
This NASA Research Announcement or NRA (NNH08ZDA001N) solicits proposals
for supporting basic and applied research and technology across a broad range
of Earth and space science program elements relevant to one or more of the
following NASA Research Programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary
Science, and Astrophysics.
This ROSES NRA covers all aspects of basic and applied supporting research and
technology in space and Earth sciences, including, but not limited to: theory,
modeling, and analysis of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) science
data; aircraft, stratospheric balloon, and suborbital rocket investigations;
development of experiment techniques suitable for future SMD space missions;
development of concepts for future SMD space missions; development of advanced
technologies relevant to SMD missions; development of techniques for and the
laboratory analysis of both extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft,
as well as terrestrial samples that support or otherwise help verify
observations from SMD Earth system science missions; determination of atomic
and composition parameters needed to analyze space data, as well as returned
samples from the Earth or space; Earth surface observations and field campaigns
that support SMD science missions; development of integrated Earth system
models; development of systems for applying Earth science research data to
societal needs; and development of applied information systems applicable to
SMD objectives and data.
Awards range from under $100K per year for focused, limited efforts (e.g., data
analysis) to more than $1M per year for extensive activities (e.g., development
of science experiment hardware). The funds available for awards in each program
element offered in this NRA range from less than one to several million
dollars, which allow selection from a few to as many as several dozen proposals
depending on the program objectives and the submission of proposals of merit.
Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter-
or intra-agency transfers depending on the nature of the proposing organization
and/or program requirements. The typical period of performance for an award is
four years, although a few programs may specify shorter or longer periods.
Participation is open to all categories of organizations, foreign and domestic,
including educational institutions, industry, nonprofit organizations, NASA
centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other Government agencies, without
restriction on number or teaming arrangements. Note that it is NASA policy that
all investigations involving non-U.S. organizations will be conducted on the
basis of no exchange of funds.
Proposal due dates are scheduled starting on May 9, 2008, and continue through
March 27, 2009. Electronically submitted Notices of Intent to propose are
requested for most program elements, with the first such due date being March
14, 2008. Electronic submission of proposals is required by the respective due
dates for each program element and must be submitted by an authorized official
of the proposing organization. Electronic proposals may be submitted via the
NASA proposal data system NSPIRES or via Grants.gov. Every organization that
intends to submit a proposal in response to this NRA must be registered with
NSPIRES; organizations that intend to submit proposals via Grants.gov must
also be registered with Grants.gov. Such registration must identify the
authorized organizational representative(s) who will submit the electronic
proposal. All principal investigators and other participants (e.g.
co-investigators) must be registered in NSPIRES. Potential proposers and
proposing organizations are urged to access the system(s) well in advance of
the proposal due date(s) of interest to familiarize themselves with its
structure and enter the requested information.
Further information about specific program elements may be obtained from the
individual Program Officers listed in the Summary of Key Information for each
program element in this NRA, while questions concerning general NRA policies
and procedures may be directed to Dr. Yvonne Pendleton, Senior Advisor for
Research and Analysis, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC 20546-0001; E-mail: sara@nasa.gov; Telephone: 202-358-1182.
ROSES-2008 Deadlines of Particular Relevance to the High-Energy Astronomy
Community include
Appendix Program Element NOI/Step 1 Proposal
Due Date Due Date
D.6 Swift Guest Investigator - Cycle 5 08/20/2008* 10/15/2008*
D.7 Suzaku Guest Observer - Cycle 4 10/10/2008 12/05/2008
E.7 Concept Studies for Human Tended
Suborbital Science^ 12/05/2008**
E.8 Supplemental Outreach Awards for ROSES
Investigators# 12/15/2008
E.9 Supplemental Education Awards for ROSES
Investigators# 12/15/2008
D.3 Astronomy and Physics Research and Analysis 02/13/2009 03/27/2009
* Revised deadlines from ROSES-08 Amendment 19, entitled "Revised text for
Swift Guest Investigator - Cycle 5" which was released on July 18, 2008.
This amendment announces revised text for the program element in Appendix D.6
entitled `Swift Guest Investigator - Cycle 5'. The Swift Guest Investigator
(GI) Program solicits proposals for basic research relevant to the Swift
gamma-ray burst mission. The primary goal of this mission is to determine the
origin of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and use these bursts to probe the early
universe. Swift is also a valuable asset for obtaining multiwavelength images,
spectra, and light curves on interesting targets of opportunity (TOOs) and
other nontransient sources. Cycle 5 observations and funding will commence
on or around April 1, 2009, and last approximately 12 months.
In addition to correcting a few typographical errors, improving the
explanatory language, and updating the contact information, the following
changes have been made: (i) The Swift GI program is now using a two-phase
proposal process; (ii) A new category of GI proposals, Fill-in targets, has
been added; (iii) Reference to the Swift Key Projects has been removed;
(iv) The limit on the maximum number of monitoring programs has been changed
from 10 to 20 and the rules for carrying over time between GI Cycles have
been clarified; and (v) Special consideration for correlative observations
of high redshift GRBs has been added.
On or about July 18, 2008, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement
"Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2008"
(NNH08ZDA001N) was posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/.
Further information about the Swift Guest Investigator program is available
from Dr. F. Rick Harnden, Astrophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001;
Telephone: (202) 358-3809; E-mail: fharnden@nasa.gov.
^Amendment 17 (Posted July 10, 2008): This amendment
announces a new proposal opportunity in Appendix E.7 entitled "Concept
Studies for Human Tended Suborbital Science".
NASA recognizes the advancement of the commercial spaceflight industry and the
potential for human-tended suborbital flight experiments enabled by this
capability. The imminent emergence of human suborbital flight for commercial
purposes offers an opportunity for a new mode of research for the scientific
community: human-tended suborbital investigations for cases where having a
human in-the-loop would increase the scientific return of flight experiments.
NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is soliciting research investigation
concept studies to inform the formulation phase of a possible new program to
fly government-sponsored payloads and researchers on commercial suborbital
systems with the intent of advancing SMD's science goals and objectives. This
solicitation is for concept studies to identify areas of SMD-sponsored science
that can benefit from the capabilities that these flights offer over
traditional suborbital flights, to scope the range of investigation
requirements and the distribution of community interest by research
discipline, and to bring potential investigations to a greater level of
flight readiness to support NASA's decision regarding whether to implement
a pilot research program of suborbital flight operations in 2010-2011.
The points of contact for technical and programmatic questions concerning
this solicitation are given in the next paragraph.
** Revised deadline from ROSES-08 Amendment 27, entitled "New text
and new due date for Appendix E.7: Concept Studies for Human Tended Suborbital
Science" which was released on September 24, 2008.
This amendment clarifies Appendix E.7 entitled "Concept Studies for Human
Tended Suborbital Science" and announces a new due date. The text is amended
to explicitly include concept study proposals for 1) concepts for
investigations with or without a "human in the loop," 2) concepts for
autonomous payloads and/or payloads benefiting from or requiring multiple
flights, and 3) concepts for payloads mounted externally to a suborbital
vehicle.
The proposal due date is changed to December 5, 2008. The NASA Headquarters
point of contact is changed to Dr. Jonathan Rall. In addition to this ROSES
amendment, NASA has recently released a Request for Information (RFI) entitled
"Scientist Participant Suborbital Research Program" (NNH08ZDA011L). Through
that RFI, NASA is soliciting ideas and comments from the science, research,
and technology communities on potential suborbital investigations with the
option of, but not limited to, a "human in the loop" that support any of
NASA's goals, especially those in science disciplines beyond the SMD science
disciplines of astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics, and planetary
science that are included in ROSES Appendix E.7. That RFI is available
through NSPIRES.
Technical questions concerning this solicitation may be addressed to Dr. John
Karcz, Code SS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000;
Telephone: 650-604-5174; Email: john.s.karcz@nasa.gov. Programmatic questions
concerning this solicitation may be addressed to Dr. Jonathan Rall, Planetary
Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington,
DC 20546-0001; Telephone: (202) 358-1938; E-mail: jonathan.rall@nasa.gov.
#ROSES-08 Amendment 29, New proposal opportunities for Education and
Public Outreach supplemental awards was posted on or about October 3, 2008.
This amendment announces proposal
opportunities for Education and Public Outreach supplemental awards. Principal
Investigators (PIs) of selected Science Mission Directorate (SMD) research
investigations may propose for Education or Outreach awards as supplements
to their research award.
Note: Two major changes have been made to the supplemental E/PO award
opportunity compared to ROSES-2007 and earlier: (i) Two different pathways
are offered: $15K education pathway proposals and $10K outreach pathway
proposals; (ii) There is a specific proposal due date, and proposals are
submitted through NSPIRES. These proposal opportunities are described in
Appendix E.8: Supplemental Outreach Awards for ROSES Investigators and
Appendix E.9: Supplemental Education Awards for ROSES Investigators.
Proposals for supplemental E/PO awards are due December 15, 2008. Notices of
Intent (NOIs) to propose are not requested.
Section I(c) of the Summary of Solicitation for the ROSES-2008 NRA is replaced
in its entirety. Appendix E.8 and Appendix E.9 are added to this NRA.
Questions concerning the Supplemental Education/Outreach Awards for ROSES
Investigators may be addressed to Dr. Larry P. Cooper, Science Mission
Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; Tel: 202-358-1531;
E-mail: larry.p.cooper@nasa.gov.
