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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2008 Ocean Salinity Science Team is a program element within NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2008 (ROSES 2008) solicitation, released under funding opportunity number NNH08ZDA001N by NASA Headquarters. The overall ROSES 2008 announcement is a wide ranging NASA Research Announcement that invites proposals for both basic and applied research, as well as technology development, across NASA's major science areas: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. In practice, this means the Ocean Salinity Science Team opportunity sits inside a much larger umbrella that funds many different kinds of investigations, with the shared goal of advancing NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) objectives through research, data analysis, modeling, technology maturation, and mission support work.

The scope of work described for ROSES 2008 is intentionally broad and includes activities such as theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; airborne and suborbital investigations (including aircraft, high altitude balloons, and sounding rockets); development of experimental techniques that could fly on future missions; early stage mission concept development; advancement of technologies relevant to future SMD missions; laboratory and analytical work on extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft as well as terrestrial samples used to validate or interpret Earth observing mission data; determination of key atomic or composition parameters needed to analyze space based observations and samples; Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA missions; development of integrated Earth system models; and creation of systems that translate Earth science research into societal applications and applied information products. Within that landscape, an Ocean Salinity Science Team element would generally be understood as targeting research that strengthens ocean salinity science and the use of satellite and related observations in Earth system studies, while still operating under the same ROSES rules, submission systems, and general funding framework.

Funding levels and award structure vary widely across ROSES program elements. The announcement notes that awards can range from under $100,000 per year for narrowly focused tasks like data analysis to more than $1,000,000 per year for larger, more complex efforts such as developing science instrument hardware. Each individual program element has its own pool of available funding, typically ranging from less than one million dollars to several million dollars, which in turn affects how many proposals can be selected. NASA indicates that selections may range from only a few awards to several dozen, depending on program goals and the number of high merit submissions. Awards may be issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the proposing organization type and the specific requirements of the work. A typical period of performance is about four years, although some elements may use shorter or longer durations.

Eligibility is broad in terms of organization types. Participation is open to domestic and foreign organizations, including universities, industry, nonprofits, NASA centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other government agencies, with no stated restriction on teaming arrangements. However, NASA highlights an important constraint for non-US participation: investigations involving non-US organizations are generally conducted on a "no exchange of funds" basis, meaning NASA typically does not transfer funding to non-US entities. The listing also states that proposers must be affiliated with an institution registered in NSPIRES and that, in general, NASA provides funding only to US institutions. Non-US organizations are directed to consult the NASA NRA Guidebook (including Appendix B and relevant sections) for detailed rules, especially in cases where non-US organizations propose work that involves US personnel for whom NASA support is requested.

Key dates for ROSES 2008 span much of 2008 and early 2009. The ROSES 2008 solicitation was expected to be available around February 15, 2008 through NASA's NSPIRES portal. Notices of Intent (NOIs) were requested for most program elements, with the first NOI date cited as March 14, 2008. Proposal due dates began May 9, 2008 and extended through March 27, 2009 across different elements. For this specific opportunity record, the posting date is shown as December 23, 2008, with an original and current closing date of March 18, 2009, and an archive date of April 17, 2009. These dates reflect how individual ROSES elements can appear and close on different schedules even while tied to the same overarching solicitation number.

Submission is electronic and is handled through NSPIRES and, where applicable, Grants.gov. Any organization intending to submit must be registered in NSPIRES, and organizations submitting through Grants.gov must also be registered there. Registration must identify the authorized organizational representative(s) who are permitted to submit proposals on the organization’s behalf, and all principal investigators and co-investigators must be registered in NSPIRES as well. Applicants are encouraged to complete registrations and familiarize themselves with the systems well ahead of deadlines to avoid last minute access or data entry problems. For Grants.gov searching, NASA instructs applicants to use the advanced search and enter the ROSES solicitation number (NNH08ZDA001N) to pull up a list of associated program elements, then download the correct application package using the element-specific funding number.

For applicant support, questions about specific program elements are directed to the individual Program Officers listed in each element's summary of key information, while general policies and procedures for the NRA can be addressed to the ROSES point of contact cited in the notice, Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding, supports science and technology and other research and development activities, and allows grants and cooperative agreements as funding instruments. No cost sharing or matching requirement is stated.

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