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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2009 Heliophysics Guest Investigators (HGI), issued under NASA Research Announcement NNH09ZDA001N, is part of NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2009 solicitation. The overall ROSES 2009 call supports a wide span of basic and applied research and technology activities connected to NASA's Science Mission Directorate programs, including Heliophysics (the focus area tied to this particular listing), as well as Earth Science, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. In practical terms, the opportunity is aimed at researchers who want to use NASA mission and program assets and data, build or improve methods and technologies relevant to future missions, and advance scientific understanding through theory, modeling, and analysis. The solicitation language emphasizes that it can support everything from straightforward science data analysis projects to more complex efforts such as developing experiment techniques, advancing mission concepts, building enabling technologies, conducting suborbital investigations (aircraft, balloons, sounding rockets), and performing laboratory work that helps interpret spacecraft data and returned samples.

The program expects proposals to be submitted electronically and strongly steers applicants toward NASA's NSPIRES system (the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System) because of known technical issues with Grants.gov. The ROSES 2009 solicitation was expected to be posted around February 13, 2009 through the NASA Research Opportunities homepage in NSPIRES, with the grant listing showing a posted date of February 19, 2009. While Grants.gov could be used, NASA made it clear that NSPIRES was the preferred route, and that registration requirements apply either way. Any organization planning to apply had to be registered in NSPIRES, and if submitting through Grants.gov, it also needed Grants.gov registration. In addition, all investigators named on the proposal, including the principal investigator and any co-investigators, had to be registered in NSPIRES. Proposals had to be submitted by an authorized organizational representative, so institutional coordination and early system access were highlighted as important steps to avoid last-minute submission problems.

Funding levels and award structures are described as flexible and dependent on the specific program element. Typical annual budgets can range from under $100,000 per year for narrowly scoped efforts such as focused data analysis, to over $1 million per year for larger activities like developing science experiment hardware. NASA notes that the amount available in any particular program element may range from less than $1 million to several million dollars, which means some areas might fund only a few proposals while others could support several dozen, depending on program priorities and the quality of submissions. Awards could be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter/intra-agency transfers, with the mechanism chosen based on the proposer type and program needs. Periods of performance were generally around four years, with some program elements allowing shorter or longer durations up to a maximum of five years.

Eligibility is broadly defined in terms of organization type, allowing domestic and foreign entities, government and private institutions, and both for-profit and non-profit organizations to apply, without limits on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. At the same time, the solicitation reiterates NASA's standard policy that funding is generally provided only to U.S. institutions. Non-U.S. organizations may participate when operating under a "no exchange of funds" arrangement, meaning NASA does not transfer money to the non-U.S. participant. The opportunity points applicants to the NASA NRA Guidebook (including Appendix B and other cited sections) for the detailed rules governing foreign participation, especially in cases where a non-U.S. proposal includes U.S. personnel for whom NASA funding is requested. This is an important nuance: international collaboration is allowed, but budgeting and the flow of funds must follow NASA policy.

Key dates for ROSES 2009 span a long window. Notices of Intent were requested for many program elements, with early NOI deadlines beginning March 13, 2009. Proposal due dates started May 1, 2009 and continued through April 30, 2010, reflecting that different program elements under the ROSES umbrella have different deadlines. For this HGI listing, the Grants.gov record shows an original and current closing date of May 8, 2009, with an archive date of June 7, 2009, indicating a specific administrative deadline for that component as represented in the posted opportunity record. Applicants were expected to consult the "Summary of Key Information" for the specific program element to confirm the exact due date, required content, and any special instructions.

For questions, the announcement directs technical and programmatic inquiries in two ways: element-specific questions should go to the Program Officers listed within the ROSES 2009 documentation for each program element, while general solicitation policy and procedure questions could be directed to the ROSES research lead at NASA Headquarters. The listing provides contact details for Dr. Max Bernstein (noting an email and phone number) as the point of contact for general NRA policies and procedures, and it encourages applicants who cannot access the full announcement electronically to request assistance through the listed contact pathway.

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