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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2008 GALEX Guest Investigator Cycle 5 is a funding opportunity issued by NASA Headquarters under the broader NASA Research Announcement (NRA) called Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2008 (ROSES 2008), solicitation number NNH08ZDA001N. In plain terms, it sits within NASA's main annual umbrella solicitation that supports a wide range of research and technology work tied to NASA's Science Mission Directorate, including Astrophysics (where GALEX, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission, is based), as well as Earth Science, Heliophysics, and Planetary Science. The ROSES structure is organized into many individual program elements, and this listing corresponds to the GALEX Guest Investigator program for Cycle 5, which generally supports scientists proposing to analyze GALEX data and produce peer-reviewed science results.

The opportunity is designed to fund both basic and applied research and, across ROSES as a whole, it explicitly includes activities like theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; development and maturation of techniques for future missions; aircraft, balloon, and sounding rocket investigations; advanced technology development relevant to NASA science missions; laboratory analysis of extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft (and supporting terrestrial sample analyses); work to determine atomic and compositional parameters needed to interpret space-based measurements; Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA Earth missions; development of integrated Earth system models; and applied systems that translate Earth science data into societal uses. While GALEX GI proposals are typically centered on archival data analysis and related astrophysics interpretation, NASA frames the program within this larger ROSES ecosystem that spans many disciplines and methods.

Funding levels under ROSES vary widely depending on the specific program element and the scope of work proposed. The announcement notes that awards can range from under $100,000 per year for narrowly focused efforts such as data analysis to more than $1,000,000 per year for large, resource-intensive activities such as developing science hardware. For each program element, NASA may have anywhere from less than $1 million to several million dollars available, which means selections can range from just a few awards to several dozen, depending on program priorities and the number of meritorious submissions. No cost sharing or matching is required.

NASA indicates that awards may be issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the proposing organization type and the specific needs of the program. A typical award period is about four years, though some elements can specify shorter or longer periods. The instrument types explicitly associated with this posting include grants and cooperative agreements, reflecting the research nature of the work.

Eligibility is broad in the sense that participation is open to many organization categories, including universities, industry, nonprofits, NASA centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other government agencies, with no stated restrictions on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. That said, NASA generally funds U.S. institutions; non-U.S. organizations may participate under NASA's policy of "no exchange of funds," meaning NASA does not send funding to the non-U.S. entity. The text points applicants to the NASA NRA Guidebook (including Appendix B and other cited sections) for the specific rules that apply when non-U.S. organizations are involved, especially in cases where U.S. personnel would need NASA support as part of an otherwise non-U.S. proposal.

The solicitation was made available through NASA's NSPIRES system (the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System) and could also be accessed through Grants.gov for specific program elements. Electronic submission is required, and proposals must be submitted by an authorized organizational representative. Organizations must register in NSPIRES, and if submitting via Grants.gov they must also be registered there; principal investigators and co-investigators must be individually registered in NSPIRES as well. NASA strongly encourages prospective applicants to complete registration and become familiar with the electronic systems well before the relevant due dates to avoid last-minute submission issues.

The ROSES 2008 timeline includes proposal due dates beginning May 9, 2008 and continuing through March 27, 2009, reflecting the fact that different program elements have different deadlines. Notices of Intent (NOIs) are requested for most program elements, with an early NOI date listed as March 14, 2008. For this specific GALEX5 Grants.gov posting, the key dates shown are a posted/created date of January 13, 2009, with a closing date of February 2, 2009, and an archive date of March 4, 2009, which suggests this particular entry corresponds to a specific Cycle 5 window within the broader ROSES 2008 schedule.

To find the correct program element package on Grants.gov, applicants are directed to use the Advanced Search feature and search by the funding opportunity number using the ROSES solicitation identifier (NNH08ZDA001N) to pull up the list of associated elements, then download the application package tied to the specific element number. For questions, NASA advises applicants to contact the program officers listed in each element's Summary of Key Information for element-specific issues, while general NRA process and policy questions are directed to Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (contact information provided in the announcement).

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