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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2011 Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) is part of NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2011 solicitation, released under Funding Opportunity Number NNH11ZDA001N. It is a NASA Research Announcement issued by NASA Headquarters through the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) to support both basic and applied research and technology development that advances NASA science. While the ROSES umbrella spans many research areas, AIST sits within it as a technology focused opportunity aimed at improving the information systems and applied capabilities that enable, enhance, or expand NASA's ability to collect, manage, analyze, and use Earth and space science data in support of SMD objectives.

The solicitation opened on or about February 18, 2011 through the NSPIRES portal (nspires.nasaprs.com) and remained active through a long window of program element due dates. Notices of Intent (NOIs) were requested for many program elements beginning March 18, 2011 and continuing through February 8, 2012. Full proposals were due on a rolling schedule by program element starting April 29, 2011 and extending through April 30, 2012. NASA advised applicants to monitor NSPIRES and the ROSES 2011 amendments archive for updates, clarifications, and new or modified elements through February 2012, when a subsequent ROSES release was expected.

ROSES 2011, including AIST, supported work across NASA's major science research programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. The overall scope emphasized the research and technology that underpins present and future SMD missions and investigations. Examples of the kinds of activities described in the solicitation include theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; development of experiment techniques suitable for future missions; new mission concepts; advanced technologies relevant to SMD missions; laboratory techniques and analyses for extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft as well as terrestrial samples that help validate Earth observing mission results; determination of atomic or compositional parameters needed to interpret space data and samples; Earth surface observations and field campaigns supporting NASA science; integrated Earth system modeling; and systems that translate Earth science research data into societal applications. Within that broad list, AIST aligns most directly with the development of applied information systems and data-use technologies that improve how NASA science data are processed, accessed, combined, interpreted, and applied.

Funding levels varied widely depending on the nature and scale of the proposed work. The announcement notes that awards could range from under $100,000 per year for narrowly scoped efforts such as focused data analysis to over $1 million per year for large, extensive activities such as science experiment hardware development. Across individual program elements, NASA anticipated having budgets ranging from less than $1 million to several million dollars, supporting anywhere from a handful to several dozen selections depending on program priorities and proposal quality. The typical period of performance was about four years, though some elements could be shorter or longer, up to a maximum of five years.

NASA indicated that awards could be issued using different funding instruments depending on the proposing organization and program needs, including grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers. The opportunity was categorized as discretionary, with eligible activity falling under science and technology and other research and development, and it carried CFDA number 43.001 (Science). Cost sharing or matching was not required.

Eligibility was intentionally broad in terms of organizational type and teaming flexibility. Domestic and foreign organizations, government and private entities, for-profit and nonprofit institutions, could submit proposals, and there were no restrictions on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. At the same time, NASA emphasized its general practice of providing funding primarily to U.S. institutions. Non-U.S. organizations could participate under NASA's "no exchange of funds" policy, meaning NASA would not transfer funds to the non-U.S. entity; specific guidance for those situations was referenced in the NASA Guidebook for Proposers and in ROSES appendix instructions, including cases where non-U.S. proposals involve U.S. personnel requesting NASA support.

Submission was electronic and required organizational and investigator registration. Proposals had to be submitted by an authorized organizational representative, using either NSPIRES or Grants.gov (with the additional requirement that Grants.gov submitters also be registered in both systems). NASA stressed that all principal investigators and other participants such as co-investigators needed to be registered in NSPIRES regardless of the submission method, and recommended early registration and system familiarization well ahead of due dates. Detailed instructions, program element descriptions, and specific due dates were provided in the ROSES appendices and in the tables listing deadlines for each element.

For ongoing management and questions, NASA directed applicants to consult the individual program officers listed within each program element's summary of key information in the appendices. General policy and procedure questions for ROSES were directed to Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (Science Mission Directorate), with contact available through sara@nasa.gov and a listed phone number. The solicitation also provided locations for official updates and amendments through the ROSES 2011 web archive and RSS feed.

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