ROSES-2020

• The 2020 version of Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES-20) will be posted at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020 on or about February 14, 2020.
• Table 2 with all program elements organized by due date will be posted at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2
• Table 3 with all program elements organized by subject matter will be posted at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3
• The FAQ on what’s new in ROSES-2020 will be posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/#1
• We have a few ways for proposers to keep up to date with changes to ROSES-20. You are encouraged to:
  • Subscribe to the SMD NSPIRES mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and checking the appropriate boxes under Account Management and Email Subscriptions),
  • Bookmark the ROSES-2020 blog for clarifications, corrections and amendments at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-2020/ and
  • Subscribe to the relevant ROSES-2020 due date Google calendars. Instructions have been posted at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links or you may follow this link to download the PDF "How to Subscribe to the ROSES-2020 Due Date Calendars".

ROSES-2019

Only a few program elements are still open from last year's ROSES (2019) that was posted on March 14, 2019. The link to the top level page for the old ROSES may be found at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2019 and please refer to Table 2 at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2019table2 for a list program elements organized by due date.

SALMON-3 AO

The Third Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-3 = NNH17ZDA004O) Announcement of Opportunity (AO) is an omnibus, meaning it hosts individual flight opportunities each with its own topic and due date. The Table of SALMON-3 PEA Due Dates has hypertext links to each program element appendix (PEA) in SALMON-3.
 

Future Solicitations
 

Earth Venture Mission-3 draft Announcement of Opportunity released 

The SMD Earth Science Division has released a Earth Venture Mission-3 draft Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for PI-led science investigations to be launched within 5 years of initiation of formulation.

The AO Cost Cap for an EVM-3 mission is $190M in NASA Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 dollars, including launch but not including any contributions, and are expected to be managed as Class D missions. Launch Vehicle costs and procurement will be the responsibility of NASA. Launch vehicle standard services will be provided by a NASA Launch Service Provider; and the cost, pending the type of access to space, will be deducted from the PI-managed cost cap.

Proposals in response to this AO will be due 90 days after the formal release of the final text with a target selection date of early calendar year 2021. Mandatory Notices of Intent (NOI) will be required for this AO.

The comment period for the Draft EVM-3 AO ends at 11:59 pm Eastern Time on 20 May 2020.

Comments/questions should be accepted by email to the EVM-3 Lead Scientist Dr. Ken Jucks at [email protected] (subject = "DRAFT EVM-3 AO"). Responses will be posted on the EVM-3 Acquisition Homepage at https://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EVM-3/. Additional information when it becomes available will be located in the EVM-3 library https://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EVM-3/evm-3_library.html. Anonymity of persons/institutions who submit comments will be preserved.
 

Link to PDF Planning List of SMD Solicitations from the SOMA web page.

Community Announcements

Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) RFI

Response Date: May 11, 2020

NASA is soliciting input to in planning the development of investigations on the lunar surface to be delivered by the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. This Request for Information (RFI), entitled "Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM)", seeks information on investigation components from U. S. organizations that address science goals of the SMD as well as Strategic Knowledge Gaps of HEOMD, program goals of the SLPSRA division of HEOMD, and any technology demonstration goals of STMD that advance capabilities for science, exploration, or commercial development of and from the Moon.   

The full text of the PRISM RFI and response instructions can be found at: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId={8A4B5803-AF22-1C12-B9B1-1A0DEB015EE8}&path=&method=init 

Responses must be submitted via NSPIRES by May 11, 2020.

Questions concerning this RFI may be addressed to:  [email protected].

Virtual Town Hall on Dual-Anonymous Peer Review

NASA Astrophysics Webinar: Dual-Anonymous Peer Review for ADAP-2020 April 2, 2020 1-2 pm ET

On April 2, 2020 at 1 pm Eastern Time, NASA’s Astrophysics Division will host a webinar to discuss the implementation of dual-anonymous peer review for the Astrophysics Data Analysis Program (ADAP) in ROSES-2020. In dual-anonymous peer review, not only are proposers unaware of the identity of reviewers, but the reviewers do not have explicit knowledge of the proposing teams and institutions during the scientific evaluation of the proposal.

The webinar will: (1) discuss the motivation for switching to dual-anonymous peer review, (2) describe how to write proposals that are compatible with dual-anonymous peer review, and (3) explain how dual-anonymous peer reviews work in ADAP.

In advance of the webinar, questions may be submitted and upvoted on at: https://arc.cnf.io/sessions/xnqz/#!/dashboard

The webinar will be broadcast live via WebEx. Connection details follow:

WebEx URL: https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m523806afe580093a31ffc4bde47d26f0

Meeting password: Adap2020!

Audio-only participation is available by calling +1-415-527-5035 and providing access code 907 287 219.

For more information on dual-anonymous peer review, please visit: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/dual-anonymous-peer-review. The slides will be posted to this site in advance of the Town Hall presentation.

2020 NASA International Space Apps Challenge

Apply to be a "Local Lead" to host a 2020 NASA International Space Apps Challenge hackathon in your area on October 2-4, 2020. A Local Lead is a person who organizes the event in a specific city or town. In 2019, 225 Local Leads hosted Space Apps events in 71 countries, and over 29,000 people registered to participate worldwide. The Local Lead Applications are due by June 15th, 2020 and are to be submitted via https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/apply-host/. Local Lead applicants may be affiliated with NASA, but that is not required.

Send questions to [email protected].

Since its inception in 2012, NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge has become the world’s largest global hackathon, engaging thousands of citizens across the globe to use NASA’s open data to build innovative solutions to challenges we face on Earth and in space.

Space Apps inspires local communities to come together, think intensely, and create solutions to important problems. Each year, Space Apps engages thousands of individuals in cities around the world to work with NASA's open source data in a 48-hour sprint. Teams of technologists, scientists, designers, entrepreneurs, artists, and others collaborate to answer some of the most pressing challenges on Earth and in space.

Funding for Citizen Science in ROSES

Citizen Science is a form of open collaboration in which individuals or organizations participate voluntarily in the scientific process in various ways (see policy document on citizen science). Unless otherwise noted in the program element, proposals submitted to any ROSES call may be entirely or partially citizen science-based and additional funding may be available for proposals incorporating citizen science. Citizen science projects shall be held to the same rigorous standards as any SMD science program. For more information on ongoing SMD citizen science projects, see https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscientists or email [email protected].

Need Advice about ROSES and proposal writing?

On the library and useful links page we have added a new resource that may be useful to those who are new to proposing to ROSES. Presentations by Max Bernstein (NASA HQ) and Christina Richey (JPL) about ROSES how to write a proposal are now available. Both the video (thanks to the SETI Institute) and both PDF and PPT versions of Max's slides may be found in the SARA Library.