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Opportunity Summary:

NASA Headquarters issued the ROSES 2010 Origins of Solar Systems opportunity under the broader umbrella solicitation titled Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2010, Funding Opportunity Number NNH10ZDA001N. The solicitation was released around February 12, 2010 and serves as a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) that invites proposals for basic and applied research, as well as related technology development, spanning NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) priorities. While this specific listing is labeled "Origins of Solar Systems," it sits within a much larger ROSES framework that covers many program elements across Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics, with the detailed topics and requirements laid out in the ROSES appendices.

The opportunity is designed to support a wide range of scientific and technical work that can advance NASA missions and the interpretation of NASA data. Examples of activities explicitly called out include theory, modeling, and analysis of SMD science data; investigations using aircraft, balloons, suborbital rockets, and commercial reusable rockets; development of experimental techniques for future space missions; concept development for future missions; and development of advanced technologies relevant to SMD objectives. It also highlights laboratory and analytical work tied to samples, including extraterrestrial materials returned by spacecraft and terrestrial samples used to validate Earth-observing measurements. Additional emphasis areas include determining atomic and compositional parameters needed to analyze observations and returned samples, conducting Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support SMD missions, developing integrated Earth system models, and building applied information systems that translate Earth science research data into societal benefits.

Funding levels vary widely depending on the scope of the proposed work. The announcement indicates 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 large-scale efforts such as science instrument or hardware development. Budgets available for individual program elements range from less than $1 million to several million dollars, which typically means each element may fund anywhere from only a few proposals to several dozen, depending on program goals and the quality and quantity of submissions. The usual period of performance is about four years, with some elements allowing shorter periods and others permitting up to a five-year maximum.

NASA notes that awards may be issued in several forms depending on the nature of the applicant and the program requirements, including grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated for this opportunity. Eligibility is broad in terms of organizational type: government and private entities, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and domestic and foreign organizations may submit. However, NASA also emphasizes its general practice of funding U.S. institutions, and for non-U.S. organizations the standard policy is "no exchange of funds," meaning international participation is typically allowed only when the non-U.S. side supports its own costs. The solicitation points proposers to the NASA NRA Guidebook (including Appendix B and other cited sections) for the specific rules that apply to foreign participation, including cases involving U.S. personnel where NASA support is requested.

The submission process is electronic and tied closely to NASA's NSPIRES system. Most program elements request a Notice of Intent (NOI) to propose, with the first NOI due date listed as March 15, 2010 and NOI windows extending through February 9, 2011 depending on the element. Proposal due dates begin April 30, 2010 and run through April 30, 2011, again varying by program element and shown in ROSES Tables 2 and 3. Proposals must be submitted by an authorized organizational official. Submissions can be made through NSPIRES or through Grants.gov, but in either case the organization must be registered in NSPIRES; organizations using Grants.gov must also register there. All principal investigators and other named participants (including co-investigators) must be registered in NSPIRES, and NASA recommends registering and getting familiar with the systems well ahead of deadlines to avoid last-minute technical or authorization issues.

The solicitation is intended to remain active with updates, amendments, and potentially new program elements through February 2011, at which point NASA anticipated releasing a subsequent ROSES NRA. Applicants are encouraged to monitor the NSPIRES solicitation page and/or subscribe to NASA's electronic notifications for changes. NASA also provides an amendments archive and RSS feed for ROSES 2010. For program-specific questions, the solicitation directs applicants to the program officers listed in the appendices under each program element's key information summary, while general policy and procedure questions are routed to Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (with contact details provided, including the SARA email inbox).

Administrative fields associated with the posting characterize it as a discretionary funding opportunity in science and technology and other R and D, using grant and cooperative agreement instruments. The posting dates in the listing include a March 4, 2010 posted and creation date, with an original and current closing date shown as May 28, 2010 and an archive date of June 27, 2010, though the ROSES text itself makes clear that many element-specific due dates extend across the April 2010 to April 2011 window. In practice, applicants needed to rely on the ROSES appendices and the due-date tables for the specific "Origins of Solar Systems" program element requirements, deadlines, and points of contact.

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