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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2011 "Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on NASA Centers and Facilities" (Funding Opportunity Number NNH11ZDA001N, listed under the ICVC program element) is part of NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2011 NASA Research Announcement. The solicitation was released on February 18, 2011, and it invites proposals that support basic and applied research and technology development across NASA's Space and Earth science portfolio, including Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. Within that umbrella, this particular opportunity focuses on understanding and addressing how climate variability and longer-term climate change can affect NASA centers and facility assets, which ties Earth system science and applied decision support to practical, operational needs at NASA.

The ROSES 2011 solicitation is intentionally broad in the kinds of work it will fund, ranging from traditional research (theory, modeling, and data analysis using NASA Science Mission Directorate data) to applied and technology-oriented activities. Examples of eligible work across ROSES include modeling and analysis of science data; field campaigns and Earth surface observations; development of integrated Earth system models; and building systems that translate Earth science research into usable information for societal or operational decisions. It also covers a wide set of mission-supporting research and technology areas such as aircraft and suborbital investigations (including balloons, sounding rockets, and commercial reusable suborbital platforms), development of experiment techniques and mission concepts for future NASA missions, advanced technology development relevant to NASA missions, and laboratory analysis techniques for both extraterrestrial returned samples and terrestrial samples used to validate Earth observations. For the ICVC topic, applicants would generally be expected to connect Earth science understanding and tools to the risks and vulnerabilities faced by NASA infrastructure and operations under climate stressors.

The timeline is structured around rolling program-element due dates within the overall ROSES window. Notices of Intent (NOIs) were requested for most program elements beginning March 18, 2011, with NOI dates running through February 8, 2012. Proposal due dates began April 29, 2011 and extended through April 30, 2012 depending on the specific appendix/program element schedule, although the Grants.gov listing for this opportunity shows a key closing date of July 12, 2011 (with posting/creation on April 8, 2011 and archiving on August 11, 2011). Because ROSES is organized by appendices and tables that specify exact deadlines by topic, applicants were directed to consult the ROSES 2011 Appendices and Tables 2 and 3 for the controlling due date for the exact program element they intended to propose to.

Funding levels and award structures are flexible and depend heavily on scope. NASA described awards as ranging from under $100,000 per year for narrow, focused efforts (such as discrete analysis tasks) up to more than $1 million per year for large, extensive efforts (such as hardware or major technology development). For each individual program element in ROSES, the available pool could range from less than $1 million to several million dollars, which typically translates into anywhere from a handful to several dozen awards, depending on proposal quality, program priorities, and available funds. Most awards run about four years, with some shorter or longer periods allowed, up to a maximum of five years if the program element permits.

ROSES 2011 allowed a wide range of applicant organizations and collaboration structures. In general, organizations of every type could submit (government or private, for-profit or nonprofit, domestic or foreign) with no restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. However, NASA emphasized a key policy constraint for non-U.S. participation: investigations involving non-U.S. organizations are generally conducted under a "no exchange of funds" policy, meaning NASA typically does not transfer funds to foreign institutions, and international partners participate using their own resources unless a specific jointly issued NRA states otherwise. The eligibility language in the posting also notes that proposers must be affiliated with an institution registered in NSPIRES, and that NASA generally funds U.S. institutions, with detailed rules for non-U.S. organizations and arrangements involving U.S. personnel described in NASA's Guidebook for Proposers.

Submission was entirely electronic and required registration and role setup in NASA systems. Proposals had to be submitted by an authorized organizational official by the relevant due date, using either NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or Grants.gov, with the important requirement that any organization submitting under ROSES must be registered in NSPIRES, and those using Grants.gov must be registered in both systems. All principal investigators and co-investigators needed NSPIRES registration regardless of where the application was ultimately submitted. NASA explicitly encouraged applicants to start registrations early and to become familiar with the submission portals to avoid last-minute administrative issues.

Administratively, the opportunity sits under CFDA 43.001 (Science) and was categorized as discretionary support for science and technology and other R&D, with awards issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter/intra-agency transfers depending on the nature of the applicant and the work. No cost sharing or matching was required. NASA also highlighted that amendments and updates could occur throughout the open period, and applicants were encouraged to monitor NSPIRES and the ROSES 2011 amendment archive/RSS feed for clarifications, corrections, and newly added elements through February 2012, when a subsequent ROSES solicitation was expected.

For help, ROSES directed applicants to the specific program officers listed within each appendix for technical questions about a program element, while general solicitation policy and procedure questions were routed to Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (Science Mission Directorate) via sara@nasa.gov or 202-358-0879.

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