COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NOTICE SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION RESEARCH VIRTUAL INSTITUTE | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

NASA Funding Opportunity Number NNH13ZDA006C is a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) seeking proposals to form multi-institution, team-based research groups that will participate in the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). SSERVI is described as the successor to the NASA Lunar Science Institute and is intended to function as a coordinated, collaborative institute-style framework rather than a collection of isolated awards. The CAN was expected to be posted around January 10, 2013 through NASA NSPIRES and Grants.gov, with the opportunity posted on January 8, 2013 and an application deadline of April 10, 2013 (with an archive date of January 8, 2014). The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial NASA involvement during the period of performance compared with a standard grant.

The core purpose of the solicitation is to fund integrated, high-quality research that advances understanding of specific human-exploration-relevant destinations: the Moon, Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs), and the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, along with the near-space environments around those bodies. NASA is looking for proposals that clearly lay out innovative and broadly based programs addressing both basic science and applied science questions, especially those that help enable future human exploration. In addition to planetary science topics, the CAN also invites proposals in astrophysics and heliophysics when those investigations are enabled by human and robotic exploration of the listed target bodies, meaning the work should be credibly tied to the exploration context rather than being unrelated space science.

A major theme in the notice is integration. NASA indicates that proposed research should be connected across tasks, so teams proposing multiple tasks need to show real scientific linkages among them, not just a collection of loosely related projects. Even proposals focused on a single central question are encouraged to incorporate interdisciplinary expertise and methods. While multi-institution teams are expected and aligned with the institute model, the notice states this is not strictly required; however, the overall framing strongly favors broad collaboration and a program that advances the full scope of SSERVI institute objectives as described in NASA’s institute overview materials.

From an organizational standpoint, SSERVI is supported jointly by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD), reflecting the dual emphasis on scientific discovery and exploration enablement. NASA anticipated selecting approximately seven new teams through this solicitation. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning proposals could come from any category of organization, subject to the details in the full announcement, and the CFDA number is 43.001 (Science). There is no stated cost sharing or matching requirement, and the intent of the solicitation is to fund U.S. institutions. International teams are not the primary target of the call, but U.S. proposers are encouraged to identify projects that include international partners, consistent with the overall aim of strengthening the research effort while keeping the funding focus domestic.

For applicant support and program questions, the notice provides key contacts: Yvonne Pendleton at NASA Ames Research Center as SSERVI Institute Director; Robert A. Fogel as the SMD Program Manager; and Michael J. Wargo as the HEOMD Program Manager. The announcement also notes that applicants having trouble accessing the full electronic text can contact Dr. Pendleton, and NASA’s NAIS support address is provided for technical help.

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