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ROSES 2010 Advanced Concepts in Space Geodesy is a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity released under the broader NASA Research Announcement (NRA) called Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2010, with the funding opportunity number NNH10ZDA001N. The solicitation was made available on or about February 12, 2010 through NASA's NSPIRES site (nspires.nasaprs.com) under the open solicitations listings. While this specific listing is framed around "Advanced Concepts in Space Geodesy," it sits inside a much larger ROSES umbrella that supports a wide range of basic and applied research and technology development across NASA's Science Mission Directorate programs, including Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics.

At its core, the ROSES 2010 solicitation invites proposals that strengthen NASA science and future mission capability. The announcement emphasizes work spanning theory, modeling, and data analysis of NASA science data; development and demonstration of new measurement or experiment techniques; maturation of concepts for future space missions; and development of advanced technologies relevant to SMD missions. It also includes opportunities tied to aircraft, balloon, suborbital rocket, and commercial reusable rocket investigations, as well as laboratory analysis methods for extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft and terrestrial samples used to validate Earth-observing mission results. Additional focus areas include determining atomic and compositional parameters needed to interpret space-based measurements, conducting Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA missions, building integrated Earth system models, and creating applied systems that translate Earth science data into societal benefits. For the geodesy-focused element, the expected fit would be research and technology that advances space-based geodetic measurement concepts, data uses, or enabling capabilities aligned with NASA Earth science and mission planning needs.

The timeline is structured around a rolling set of due dates across program elements. Notices of Intent (NOIs) to propose were requested for many elements, with NOIs due starting March 15, 2010 and continuing through February 9, 2011. Full proposals were due beginning April 30, 2010 and continuing through April 30, 2011, depending on the specific appendix/program element. In the Grants.gov listing metadata for this opportunity, a posted date of September 16, 2010 appears, with an original and current closing date of December 1, 2010 and an archive date of December 31, 2010, which reflects how this opportunity was tracked in that system even though ROSES itself operated with multiple appendix-specific due dates over the broader April 2010 to April 2011 window.

Funding levels and award structure are deliberately flexible to match the scope of work proposed. The announcement notes that awards can range from under $100,000 per year for narrow, focused efforts such as data analysis, up to more than $1 million per year for large, extensive activities such as building or developing science experiment hardware. Total funds available vary by program element, typically ranging from less than $1 million to several million dollars, which means NASA might select only a handful of proposals in some areas or several dozen in others depending on objectives and proposal quality. Awards may be issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter/intra-agency transfers, depending on the proposer type and what level of NASA involvement is appropriate. The typical period of performance is four years, with some elements allowing shorter or longer durations up to a maximum of five years.

Eligibility is broad in terms of organizational types but includes important funding policy constraints. Domestic and foreign, government and private, for-profit and non-profit organizations are generally allowed to submit proposals, with no stated restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. However, NASA's standard policy is that projects involving non-U.S. organizations must be conducted on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, meaning NASA generally does not send funding to non-U.S. institutions. The eligibility notes also indicate that proposers must be affiliated with an institution registered in NSPIRES, and that NASA generally provides funding only to U.S. institutions. Non-U.S. organizations are directed to consult the NRA Guidebook for Proposers for specific instructions and special cases, including situations where a non-U.S. organization proposes work that involves U.S. personnel for whom NASA funding is requested.

Submission is entirely electronic and tied to registration and authorization requirements. Proposals had to be submitted electronically by an authorized organizational representative, either through NSPIRES or via Grants.gov, and any organization submitting had to be registered in NSPIRES. If using Grants.gov, the organization also needed Grants.gov registration in addition to NSPIRES. All principal investigators and other named participants, such as co-investigators, had to be individually registered in NSPIRES regardless of which submission portal was used. NASA explicitly encouraged prospective applicants to begin registration and familiarize themselves with the systems well before the relevant due dates to avoid last-minute submission problems.

Administrative and reference information is embedded in the ROSES structure. The detailed requirements, scope, and program-specific instructions for each element (including the geodesy element) are provided in the ROSES appendices, with due dates summarized in ROSES tables (Tables 2 and 3). NASA also highlighted that amendments, clarifications, and corrections could be issued through February 2011 and could be tracked through the NSPIRES page and an amendment archive/RSS feed on the NASA science site. For general ROSES policies and procedures, the listed point of contact was Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (email sara@nasa.gov, phone 202-358-0879), while program-element-specific questions were directed to the individual program officers identified in the appendices.

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