2013 January 8 - April 30
Range of remaining deadlines for
ROSES-2012 proposals
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement
(NRA), entitled "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)
- 2012", 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
suborbital reusable launch vehicle 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
intraagency 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 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 program
elements in the Appendices of this solicitation.
Details of the solicited program elements are given in the Appendices of this
NRA. Proposal due dates are given in Tables 2 and 3 of this NRA, which will be
posted at
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and for which links are provided below.
Interested proposers should monitor this NSPIRES website or subscribe to the
SMD electronic notification system there for additional new program elements
or amendments to this NRA through February 2013, at which time release of a
subsequent ROSES NRA is planned. A web archive (and RSS feed) for amendments,
clarifications, and corrections to ROSES-2012 can be found
here. This NRA will be available upon its release at
http://go.nasa.gov/ROSES12.
ROSES-2012 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
D.6 Fermi Guest Investigator - Cycle 6 N/A 01/18/2013
D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis 01/25/2013 03/22/2013
D.8 Strategic Astrophysics Technology 01/25/2013 03/22/2013
2013 March 14, 6:00pm EDT
Deadline for Chandra Cycle 15
Call for Proposals. (Released
on 13 December 2012).
The Call for Proposals, the Proposers'
Observatory Guide (POG), proposal planning software, and general
information are posted on the "Proposer" web page at
the CXC website.
Hardcopy documents are available on request to
the CXC HelpDesk.
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What's New in Cycle 15
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* Science Keywords:
The RPS proposal Cover Page now asks for one or more keywords
describing proposal science. Selected keywords may be used to
facilitate preliminary matching of proposals to reviewers, as well as
archive searches. See CfP Section 5.2.2.
* Remote Proposal System (RPS) PDF Uploads:
PIs with previous approved Chandra programs (PCP) must provide, as
space allows in a 1-page PDF, a list of programs for which they were
PI, including proposal number and title, and briefly describing
program status and resulting publications. The RPS now requires
separate upload of PDFs for the science justification, the PCP (if
required), and (an optional) CV. See CfP Section 5.2.10 for details.
* Boundaries Clearly Specified for TOO categories:
Very Fast 0 < t < 4
Fast 4 <= t < 15
Medium 15 <= t < 30
Slow t >= 30
where t is the start time of the response window in days. The
minimum expected response time for a TOO is 24 hours. Refer to CfP
Section 4.4 for details.
* New and Revived Joint Programs:
Swift time can now be proposed through the Chandra Peer Review, for
science that requires observations from both observatories. Spitzer
joint time is again available through the Chandra Peer Review. Refer
to CfP Section 4.5 for details.
* Prohibition of Bilateral USA-China Collaborations:
Proposals which represent a bilateral collaboration between the US
and the People's Republic of China cannot be accepted. Please refer
to CfP Sections 3.1 and Appendix A.4 for more details. Note that
multilateral collaborations including China are generally
permitted.
* Primary Institute:
To be eligible for funding (for either the PI or Co-Is), a
U.S. Institution MUST be specified on the RPS form, and must be the
primary institution of the investigator seeking funds. See CfP
Section 5.2.2.
2013 October 11, 12:00 UT
Anticipated Deadline for XMM-Newton AO-13 Call for Proposals.
The Announcement pf Opportunity is expected to be released on 2013 August 27,
calling for proposals for observations in the 12 months starting in May
2014.
