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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2008 Decision Support through Earth Science Research Results is a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity released under the broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2008 (ROSES 2008) NASA Research Announcement, identified by Funding Opportunity Number NNH08ZDA001N. The solicitation is designed to fund both basic and applied research and technology efforts that support NASA Science Mission Directorate priorities, with relevance to one or more of NASA's major research programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. While this specific listing highlights "Decision Support through Earth Science Research Results," it sits within a large umbrella solicitation that includes many program elements, each with its own detailed scope and due dates.

The overall purpose of ROSES 2008 is to move NASA science forward while also strengthening the pipeline from research to usable tools, methods, and knowledge. The NRA supports a wide range of activities across space and Earth sciences, including theory and modeling, analysis of NASA science data, and the development and testing of new measurement approaches and mission concepts. It also includes work using aircraft, stratospheric balloons, and suborbital rockets, along with the development of advanced technologies relevant to future NASA missions. On the Earth science side, it explicitly recognizes the importance of connecting research outputs to societal needs, including efforts that build systems and applied information products that help translate Earth science results into practical decision support.

The types of work NASA indicates as within scope are broad and flexible. Examples include: analyzing Science Mission Directorate data; creating or improving Earth system and integrated models; running field campaigns and Earth surface observations to support NASA missions; developing experiment techniques for future missions; and laboratory analysis of extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft or terrestrial samples used to validate or interpret NASA Earth observations. The solicitation also calls out foundational enabling science such as determining atomic and compositional parameters needed to interpret space data and samples. For the "decision support" emphasis, the most relevant parts are the development of systems that apply Earth science research data to societal needs and the creation of applied information systems aligned with NASA objectives and data streams.

Funding levels vary widely depending on the nature and scale of the proposed work. NASA notes that awards can range from under $100,000 per year for narrow or focused efforts such as specific data analyses, up to more than $1 million per year for large, extensive efforts such as development of science experiment hardware. At the individual program-element level, NASA indicates that available funding may range from less than a million dollars to several million dollars, which typically means an element could fund anywhere from a handful of proposals to several dozen, depending on program priorities and the quality and merit of submissions.

NASA may issue awards through several different mechanisms, reflecting the diversity of applicants and project types. Funding instruments listed include grants and cooperative agreements (and, across ROSES more generally, contracts as well as inter- or intra-agency transfers). The typical performance period is about four years, although some program elements may specify shorter or longer periods depending on what is being proposed and what the program needs.

Eligibility is intentionally broad and listed as unrestricted, meaning proposals are open to essentially all types of organizations, including universities, private industry, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other government agencies, both domestic and foreign. Teaming arrangements are not restricted and there is no stated limit on the number of submissions or partnerships. A key condition for international participation is NASA's policy that projects involving non-U.S. organizations must be conducted on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, meaning NASA funds generally do not flow to foreign organizations even if they collaborate scientifically.

The timeline for ROSES 2008 spans many months, with proposal due dates starting May 9, 2008 and continuing through March 27, 2009 depending on the specific program element. For most elements, NASA requests a Notice of Intent, with early NOI dates beginning March 14, 2008. For this specific Grants.gov listing, the posted date is May 22, 2008, with an original and current closing date of August 13, 2008, and an archive date of September 12, 2008. Cost sharing or matching is not required.

Submission is electronic and must be made by an authorized official of the proposing organization. NASA allows proposals to be submitted through NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or via Grants.gov, but registration requirements apply: every organization must be registered in NSPIRES, and those submitting through Grants.gov must also be registered there. NASA also requires that the organization designate authorized organizational representatives who can submit proposals, and that all principal investigators and co-investigators be registered in NSPIRES. NASA strongly encourages applicants to start the registration and familiarization process early to avoid last-minute access or data-entry problems.

Applicants looking for the right program element under the ROSES umbrella are directed to use Grants.gov advanced search and enter the base solicitation number NNH08ZDA001N to pull up the list of posted elements, then select the specific element number to download the correct application package. Detailed program element requirements, evaluation expectations, and element-specific points of contact are provided in the ROSES NRA under each element's "Summary of Key Information." General policy and procedure questions were directed to Dr. Yvonne Pendleton, Senior Advisor for Research and Analysis in NASA's Science Mission Directorate (contact listed as sara@nasa.gov, telephone 202-358-1182).

In practical terms, this opportunity is best understood as a pathway for researchers and applied teams to turn NASA Earth science research results into decision-ready knowledge, tools, and information systems, while still fitting within NASA's broader ROSES framework that funds everything from core scientific analysis through technology maturation and mission-enabling research.

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