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Opportunity Summary:

NASA Headquarters released this opportunity under the broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2009 (ROSES 2009) solicitation, Funding Opportunity Number NNH09ZDA001N, with the specific listing labeled "ROSES 2009 Origins of Solar Systems." In practical terms, it sits inside NASA's annual ROSES omnibus NASA Research Announcement (NRA), which is used to solicit a wide range of competing proposals for science and technology work that supports NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The solicitation is designed to fund both basic and applied research, plus enabling technologies, across the major NASA research programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. While the title highlights "Origins of Solar Systems," the text makes clear that ROSES 2009 is a broad umbrella announcement that contains many program elements, each with its own goals, points of contact, and due dates.

The scope of work described is intentionally wide, covering activities that help NASA conceive, plan, execute, and interpret space and Earth science investigations. Example areas include theoretical studies, numerical modeling, and analysis of existing SMD mission data; airborne, balloon, and suborbital rocket investigations; development of experimental methods and measurement techniques that could be used on future missions; mission concept development; and advancement of technologies relevant to SMD objectives. It also explicitly includes laboratory work, such as methods and analyses for extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft and terrestrial samples that help calibrate or validate observations from NASA Earth system missions. Additional supported topics include producing atomic and compositional parameters needed to interpret remote sensing and in situ data, field campaigns and Earth surface observations that complement NASA missions, integrated Earth system modeling, and applied systems that translate Earth science research data into societal or decision support uses.

Funding levels vary substantially depending on the program element and the nature of the proposed effort. The announcement notes that awards can be under $100,000 per year for narrowly scoped work like focused data analysis, and can exceed $1 million per year for large, resource intensive efforts such as building or developing science experiment hardware. The total funds available within each ROSES program element range from less than $1 million to several million dollars, which means NASA may select only a handful of proposals in some elements or several dozen in others, depending on objectives and the quality and quantity of submissions. Awards may be issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter- or intra-agency transfers, with the instrument choice depending on the proposing organization and program requirements. The typical performance period is four years, although some elements may specify shorter or longer periods up to a five-year maximum.

Eligibility is broadly open in terms of organization type: domestic and foreign entities, government and private organizations, for-profit and non-profit groups, and there are no stated restrictions on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. That said, the solicitation also emphasizes NASA's policy constraints for non-U.S. participation. In general, NASA funding is provided to U.S. institutions, and work involving non-U.S. organizations is typically conducted on a "no exchange of funds" basis. Non-U.S. proposers are directed to consult the NASA NRA Guidebook (including Appendix B, section (l), and related sections) for details and for special cases where non-U.S. proposals involve U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested. The listing also indicates proposers must be affiliated with an institution registered in NSPIRES.

Submission is electronic only, and NASA strongly encourages the use of its own system, NSPIRES (the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System), because of technical issues historically associated with Grants.gov. Proposals may be submitted via NSPIRES or Grants.gov, but in either case, the organization must be registered in NSPIRES, and if submitting through Grants.gov it must also be registered there. The registration process must identify authorized organizational representatives who can submit proposals, and all principal investigators and other participants (including co-investigators) must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of the submission path. The announcement urges organizations to complete registration and become familiar with the systems well ahead of the relevant due dates to avoid last-minute access or data entry problems.

The timing information reflects ROSES' rolling, program-element-specific schedule. The ROSES 2009 solicitation was expected to be available around February 13, 2009 through the NASA Research Opportunities homepage within NSPIRES. Notices of Intent (NOIs) were requested for most program elements, with an early NOI date of March 13, 2009. Proposal due dates begin May 1, 2009 and continue through April 30, 2010 depending on the specific element. In the metadata associated with this particular posting, the opportunity shows a Posted Date of March 3, 2009, an Original and Current Closing Date of May 22, 2009, and an Archive Date of June 21, 2009, which likely corresponds to one specific program element or a Grants.gov listing window rather than the entire ROSES cycle.

For guidance and clarifications, the solicitation directs proposers to consult the individual program officers listed in each program element's "Summary of Key Information," since requirements and evaluation details can vary element by element. For general ROSES NRA policies and procedures, the point of contact listed is Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (Science Mission Directorate), with contact details provided in the announcement. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding in the science and technology and other R&D space, does not require cost sharing or matching, and supports awards through grants and cooperative agreements (among other mechanisms as noted above).

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