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Opportunity Summary:

The ROSES 2010 Science Definition Team for the Carbon Monitoring System opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NNH10ZDA001N) was issued by NASA Headquarters under the broader umbrella solicitation called Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2010. The solicitation was released around February 12, 2010 and is structured as a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) that supports a wide mix of basic and applied research and technology work across NASA Science Mission Directorate priorities, including Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. Within that larger ROSES framework, this listing highlights the Carbon Monitoring System Science Definition Team activity as one of the competed elements, using standard federal assistance mechanisms to fund research and related development work aligned with NASA science objectives.

At its core, ROSES 2010 is designed to fund proposals that help NASA advance space and Earth science through activities such as theory development, modeling, and analysis of existing NASA data; investigations using aircraft, balloons, suborbital rockets, and commercially provided reusable rocket platforms; development of new experimental techniques and measurement approaches suitable for future missions; concept studies for future space missions; and maturation of advanced technologies that would enable or improve NASA science missions. The solicitation also covers laboratory and analytical work related to extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft, as well as terrestrial sample studies that can validate or support Earth-observing mission data products. In the Earth science arena, it explicitly includes Earth surface observations and field campaigns, integrated Earth system model development, and applied systems that translate Earth science research and data into societal benefit and operationally useful information products. The Carbon Monitoring System Science Definition Team element sits within this overall intent by focusing effort on defining science goals, observational needs, and data approaches relevant to monitoring carbon, consistent with NASA Earth science priorities.

The opportunity allows a wide range of award sizes and project scopes. Funding levels can be relatively small for tightly focused work, such as targeted data analysis, typically under $100,000 per year, and can scale to over $1,000,000 per year for larger, more complex efforts such as hardware or extensive development activities. NASA notes that the total funds available vary by program element, ranging from less than one million to several million dollars, which means the number of awards can range from just a few selections to potentially several dozen depending on the specific element goals and the quality and volume of proposals received. The typical performance period is four years, though some elements can be shorter or longer, with a stated maximum of five years.

In terms of award mechanisms, NASA may issue grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter/intra-agency transfers depending on the proposing organization type and the nature of the work. The listing identifies the primary financial assistance instruments as grants and cooperative agreements and categorizes the activity as Science and Technology and other Research and Development. No cost sharing or matching is required under the posted grant record. The CFDA listing is shown as 00.000 (Not Elsewhere Classified), reflecting how this posting was cataloged in the source system.

Eligibility is broadly stated in the ROSES announcement: organizations of many types may propose, including government and private entities, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and both domestic and foreign organizations, without restrictions on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. At the same time, NASA emphasizes a key policy constraint for non-U.S. participation: investigations involving non-U.S. organizations must generally be conducted on a no exchange of funds basis. In practice, proposers must be affiliated with an institution registered in NSPIRES (the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System), and NASA funding is generally provided only to U.S. institutions. Non-U.S. organizations are directed to consult the NASA NRA Guidebook (including Appendix B and other referenced sections) for specific instructions, especially in cases where non-U.S. organizations involve U.S. personnel who would request NASA support.

The solicitation timeline is laid out across a long submission window, reflecting ROSES practice where different program elements can have different due dates. For ROSES 2010, Notices of Intent (NOIs) were requested for most elements, with the first NOI due date of March 15, 2010, and an NOI window extending through February 9, 2011. Proposal due dates began April 30, 2010 and continued through April 30, 2011. In the specific grants.gov style record tied to the Carbon Monitoring System Science Definition Team posting, the opportunity was posted October 22, 2010, with an original and current closing date of December 17, 2010, and an archive date of January 16, 2011, which reflects how this particular opportunity instance was tracked in the federal posting system even though the broader ROSES umbrella spans multiple dates.

Submission is electronic and requires advance registration. Proposals must be submitted by an authorized official of the proposing organization, and submissions can be made through NSPIRES or through Grants.gov, depending on the element instructions. Any organization intending to propose must be registered in NSPIRES, and if submitting via Grants.gov, must also be registered there. NASA stresses that principal investigators and other key participants (including co-investigators) must also be individually registered in NSPIRES regardless of the submission pathway. Because of the administrative steps involved, NASA advises prospective applicants to register early and become familiar with the submission systems well ahead of the relevant deadlines.

Program-specific details, including the precise requirements for each element (such as the Carbon Monitoring System Science Definition Team), are provided in the ROSES appendices, with due dates summarized in the ROSES tables. NASA also notes that amendments, clarifications, and corrections could be issued through the solicitation period, and encourages interested parties to monitor the NSPIRES ROSES page or subscribe to NASA notifications and the posted RSS/archive for updates. For questions about ROSES policies and procedures, the contact identified is Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (Science Mission Directorate), with the general ROSES contact email sara@nasa.gov and a listed phone number (202-358-0879). For element-specific questions, proposers are directed to the program officers named in the relevant appendix sections.

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