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NOTICE: Amended November 19, 2021. Due to a shortfall of FY22 funds for this program, available funds will be used to continue existing H-FORT awards. Consequently, H-FORT is no longer solicited in ROSES-2021.
However, it will be solicited in ROSES-2022, where it is anticipated that the due date for proposals will be summer of 2022. As a result, we have closed this opportunity as of the date of this amendment.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2021 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43. 001) on February 12, 2021. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics.
All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements.
However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods.
In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2021 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation. nasaprs.
com/ROSES2021. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.
nasaprs. com/ROSES2021table2 and http://solicitation. nasaprs.
com/ROSES2021table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals.
For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH21ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C. 8 Lunar Data Analysis (. PDF)” to download the text of the call.
If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C. 1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (. PDF)” from that same page.
While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A. 12, B. 7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview.
Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science. nasa. gov/researchers/sara/faqs.
Questions concerning general ROSES-2021 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.
gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science. nasa. gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list.
Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires. nasaprs.
com and checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2021 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science. nasa. gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2021, and (3) The ROSES-2021 due date Google calendars (one for each science division).
Instructions are at https://science. nasa. gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar).
Funding Opportunity Number: NNH21ZDA001N-HFORT. Assistance Listing: 43. 001.
Funding Instrument: CA,G. Category: ST.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification). Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires.nasaprs.com/ and, in general, NASA provides funding only to US institutions. Organizations outside the U.S. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds; consult the Guidebook for Proposers (https://www.nasa.gov/offices/ocfo/gpc/regulations_and_guidance) for specific details. Some NRAs may be issued jointly with a non-U.S. organization, e.g., those concerning guest observing programs for jointly sponsored space science programs, that will contain additional special guidelines for non-U.S. participants. Also reference the Guidebook for Proposers for special instructions for proposals from non-U.S. organizations that involve U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was November 19, 2021, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Yes — ROSES 2021: Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research & Technology is offered by NASA Headquarters and this listing comes from Grants.gov, an official U.S. federal source. Federal applications generally require registrations (for example SAM.gov or an agency submission portal), so allow extra lead time.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
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