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ROSES 2010 NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study (Funding Opportunity Number NNH10ZDA001N) was a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity released around February 12, 2010 under the broader umbrella solicitation called Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2010. The announcement is structured as a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) that invites proposals for a wide range of basic and applied research and technology activities supporting NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) priorities. While the title highlighted an Energy and Water Cycle Study theme, the solicitation itself was part of the larger ROSES 2010 portfolio, which spans multiple NASA research programs and disciplines, including Earth Science (where energy and water cycle work typically sits), as well as Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. The core purpose was to fund research that strengthens NASA missions and the scientific return from NASA data and observations, while also encouraging development of techniques and technologies that enable future missions.

The solicitation supported many types of work, from purely scientific investigations to enabling technology development. Examples of eligible efforts included theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; airborne and suborbital investigations (aircraft, stratospheric balloons, suborbital rockets, and commercial reusable rockets); development of experimental methods and instrument techniques suitable for future missions; early mission concept studies; and advanced technology development tied to SMD needs. It also covered laboratory analysis of extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft and terrestrial analog samples used to validate or interpret NASA Earth observations, along with determination of atomic and compositional parameters required to analyze remote-sensing and sample data. On the Earth science side specifically, the scope included Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA missions, development of integrated Earth system models, and applied efforts to transition Earth science data into tools and information systems that serve societal needs (for example, decision support related to water resources, hazards, or climate-relevant variables).

Funding levels and award structures were intentionally flexible to accommodate both small and large projects. The opportunity described awards ranging from under $100,000 per year for narrowly focused activities such as data analysis, up to more than $1 million per year for major efforts such as building or advancing science experiment hardware. The amount available varied by program element within ROSES, generally from less than one million to several million dollars, enabling NASA to select anywhere from a handful to several dozen proposals per element depending on objectives, budget, and proposal quality. Awards could be issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter/intra-agency transfers, with the mechanism determined by the nature of the proposed work and the proposing organization. The typical period of performance was about four years, with some elements allowing shorter or longer durations up to a maximum of five years.

The submission timeline was spread across a long window rather than a single deadline, reflecting ROSES practice of using multiple program elements with their own due dates. Notices of Intent (NOIs) were requested for most elements, with NOIs due beginning March 15, 2010 and continuing through February 9, 2011. Full proposals were due beginning April 30, 2010 and continuing through April 30, 2011, aligned to the specific element deadlines listed in the ROSES tables. The Grants.gov record also reflects later administrative dates associated with posting and closing (for example, a posted/created date of January 28, 2011 and a closing date shown as March 22, 2011, with an archive date of April 21, 2011), which is common when opportunities are mirrored and maintained across federal portals while the master solicitation remains hosted on NASA systems.

Eligibility was broad in terms of organization type but constrained by NASA funding policy. Organizations of all types could submit proposals (government or private, for-profit or nonprofit, domestic or foreign), with no stated restriction on number of submissions or teaming arrangements. However, NASA generally provides funding to US institutions, and non-US organizations were expected to participate under a "no exchange of funds" policy, meaning NASA would not transfer funds to the non-US entity. Non-US participation had additional guidance in the NASA NRA Guidebook (including special cases where an NRA is jointly issued with a non-US partner organization, and special instructions when a non-US proposal involves US personnel for whom NASA support is requested).

Submission was electronic and required registration and role setup in NASA systems. Proposals had to be submitted electronically by an authorized organizational official, either through NSPIRES (NASA’s proposal system) or via Grants.gov, depending on the element and the organization’s chosen route. All organizations intending to submit were required to be registered in NSPIRES, and organizations submitting via Grants.gov also had to be registered there. In addition, all principal investigators and other participants (such as co-investigators) needed NSPIRES registration regardless of which submission portal was used. NASA emphasized registering early and becoming familiar with the systems well before deadlines to avoid last-minute submission issues.

Program content details were organized in the ROSES appendices, which defined each program element, its objectives, and element-specific instructions and points of contact. The announcement directed applicants to monitor the NSPIRES solicitation page for updates, amendments, clarifications, and new elements released through February 2011, with an RSS/web archive also provided for tracking changes. For general policy and procedural questions, the solicitation identified Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (Science Mission Directorate) as a key point of contact via the SARA mailbox and telephone, while element-specific questions were to be directed to the program officers listed in the appendices.

In practical terms, this opportunity functioned as a large, year-long entry point for researchers and technologists working on NASA-relevant Earth and space science, including projects tied to understanding and modeling the Earth’s energy and water cycle and related observations, datasets, and applications. It combined scientific discovery, mission-enabling research, technology maturation, and applied systems development under one coordinated solicitation framework, with rolling element deadlines and a wide range of award sizes and mechanisms.

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