ROSES 2008 Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development, including Concept Studies for Astrobiology Small Payloads and Satellites | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2008 Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development (ASTID), including Concept Studies for Astrobiology Small Payloads and Satellites, is a program element within NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2008 solicitation (ROSES 2008). The overall solicitation is issued as NASA Research Announcement NNH08ZDA001N and was made available through NASA's NSPIRES system, with program elements also accessible through Grants.gov. In practical terms, ASTID sits inside a large umbrella competition that funds research and technology supporting NASA's Science Mission Directorate, spanning Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics, with ASTID specifically focused on astrobiology related instrumentation and enabling technology.

The opportunity is designed to support both basic and applied research and, importantly for ASTID, technology development that can mature new instruments, experimental techniques, and mission enabling capabilities relevant to astrobiology. While the ROSES text covers many research modes (theory, modeling, data analysis, laboratory studies, and field campaigns), the ASTID emphasis is on instrument development and related concept studies, including early phase work on small payloads and small satellite concepts aimed at astrobiology investigations. That can include developing experiment techniques suitable for future space missions, advancing technologies relevant to future mission opportunities, and building or maturing science hardware that could later be proposed for flight or integrated into larger mission architectures.

Funding levels under ROSES vary widely depending on the scope of the work. The solicitation notes that awards can range from under $100,000 per year for narrow, focused efforts (for example, limited analysis tasks) to more than $1,000,000 per year for large activities such as the development of science experiment hardware. The amount available for any given program element ranges from less than one million dollars to several million dollars, which means NASA may select only a handful of proposals in some areas or several dozen in others, depending on program priorities and the strength of the submitted proposals. The typical period of performance is about four years, though some elements may allow shorter or longer timelines.

NASA indicates that awards may be issued in multiple legal and administrative forms depending on the proposer and the work being done, including grants and cooperative agreements (and in some cases contracts or inter- or intra-agency transfers). Cooperative agreements are commonly used when NASA expects substantial involvement during performance, while grants are more typical when the recipient has primary responsibility for the project execution within agreed reporting and deliverable structures.

Eligibility is broad in terms of organization types. Participation is open to educational institutions, industry, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other government agencies, and there is no stated restriction on teaming arrangements or the number of proposals an organization may be involved in. At the same time, NASA generally funds US institutions. Non-US organizations may participate under NASA's policy of no exchange of funds, meaning international partners can join if they support their participation with their own resources. The solicitation points proposers to the NASA NRA Guidebook for the detailed rules that apply to non-US participation, including situations where a non-US organization proposes work that involves US personnel for whom NASA support is requested.

From a timing and submission standpoint, ROSES 2008 uses a structured calendar with different due dates by program element. Across the broader ROSES 2008 solicitation, proposal due dates begin in May 2008 and extend into March 2009. For many program elements, NASA requests an electronic Notice of Intent (NOI) ahead of the full proposal, with early NOI dates beginning in March 2008. For this ASTID posting specifically, key dates listed include a posted date of September 23, 2008, an original closing date of December 13, 2008, and an updated closing date of December 19, 2008, with an archive date in January 2009. Proposals must be submitted electronically, and submission must be made by an authorized organizational official rather than informally by an individual investigator acting alone.

Administratively, proposers are expected to use NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) and, if submitting through Grants.gov, to complete Grants.gov registration as well. Any organization planning to submit must be registered in NSPIRES, must designate authorized organizational representatives who can legally submit proposals, and all investigators listed on a proposal (including principal investigators and co-investigators) must also be registered in NSPIRES. NASA strongly encourages organizations to start registrations early and become familiar with the submission systems well before the deadline, since incomplete registrations or last-minute account issues can derail an otherwise strong proposal.

To locate the specific program element on Grants.gov, applicants are instructed to search by the funding opportunity number tied to ROSES (NNH08ZDA001N) and then select the particular program element entry associated with ASTID to download the correct application package. For program element details, NASA directs applicants to consult the Summary of Key Information and the individual Program Officer contacts listed for each element. For broader solicitation policy and procedural questions, the announcement points to a NASA Headquarters contact (Dr. Max Bernstein, Senior Advisor for Research and Analysis, Science Mission Directorate) as the general point of contact for NRA level guidance.

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