2012 February 24 - June 01
Remaining range of deadlines for
ROSES-2011 (NNH11ZDA001N) proposals.
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement
(NRA), entitled Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)
2011, solicits basic and applied research in support of NASA's Science Mission
Directorate (SMD). This 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 SMD science data; aircraft, stratospheric
balloon, suborbital rocket, International Space Station, and commercial
reusable 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 (maximum of five years) periods. Organizations of every type, domestic
and foreign, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, may submit
proposals 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. Any changes or modifications
to any of these guidelines will be specified in the descriptions of the
relevant programs in the Appendices of this solicitation.
Details of the
solicited programs are given in the Appendices of this NRA. Proposal due dates
are given in Tables 2 and 3 of this NRA, which are posted at
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/
and for which links are provided below. Interested
proposers should monitor the above page or subscribe to the SMD
electronic notification system there for additional new programs or amendments
to this NRA through February 2012, at which time release of a subsequent ROSES
NRA is planned. A web archive (and RSS feed) for amendments, clarifications,
and corrections to ROSES can be found at:
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-2011/.
On November 2 2011, Amendment 30, "Revised text for Appendix D.3
Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA)" to the NASA Research
Announcement "Research
Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2011" (NNH11ZDA001N) was
posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/
(select "Solicitations" then "Open Solicitations" then "NNH11ZDA001N").
The Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) program (originally entitled
Astrophysics Research and Enabling Technology with the release of ROSES-11)
seeks to support research that addresses the best possible (i) state-of-the-art
detector technology development for instruments that may be proposed as
candidate experiments for future space flight opportunities; (ii) science
and/or technology investigations that can be carried out with instruments flown
on suborbital sounding rockets, stratospheric balloons, or other platforms; and
(iii) supporting technology, laboratory research, and/or (with restrictions)
ground-based observations that are directly applicable to space astrophysics
missions.
This amendment changes the name of this program to Astrophysics Research and
Analysis and presents revised text for the Laboratory Astrophysics section.
In particular, it removes the opportunity in Laboratory Astrophysics that
addresses the grand challenge of understanding the molecular universe at far
infrared and submillimeter wavelengths. This opportunity is deferred in order
to redefine this aspect of the program element in light of increasing data
collection in the areas of infrared and submillimeter astronomy. The funding
level for Laboratory Astrophysics indicated in the table in Section 2.1
remains unchanged.
The due date for Notices of Intent and proposals remain unchanged at
January 27, 2012, and March 23, 2012, respectively.
Further information about this amendment and the Laboratory Astrophysics
section of the APRA program element is available from Glenn Wahlgren,
Astrophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC 20546-0001; Telephone: (202) 358-1551; E-mail:
Glenn.M.Wahlgren@nasa.gov.
ROSES-2011 Deadlines of Particular Relevance to the High-Energy
Astronomy Community include
Appendix Program Element NOI/Step 1 Proposal
Due Date Due Date
MM/DD/Year MM/DD/Year
E.5 Supplemental Outreach Awards for ROSES
Investigators (second opportunity) 02/08/2012 03/02/2012
E.6 Supplemental Education Awards for ROSES
Investigators (first opportunity) 02/08/2012 03/02/2012
D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) 01/27/2012 03/23/2012
(originally entitled Astrophysics Research and Enabling Technology)
D.8 Strategic Astrophysics Technology 01/27/2012 03/23/2012
2012 March 15
Deadline for Chandra Cycle 14
Call for Proposals
This CfP inviting scientists to participate in Chandra's science program was
released on December 15, 2011, along with an updated
Proposers' Observatory
Guide.
2012 October 5, 12:00 UT
Anticipated deadline for XMM-Newton Twelfth Announcement of Opportunity
(AO-12)
The call for proposals from ESA for XMM-Newton AO-12 is expected to be
released on 2012 August 21, with a due date as given above.
