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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2013 Cassini Data Analysis and Participating Scientists (CDAPS) is a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity released under the broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2013 solicitation (ROSES 2013), Funding Opportunity Number NNH13ZDA001N. In practical terms, this is part of NASA's annual omnibus research announcement that invites proposals for a wide range of science and technology work aligned with NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). While the CDAPS label points to Cassini-related research support, it sits inside a solicitation that spans multiple NASA research programs, including Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics, and supports both basic and applied research.

The solicitation is designed to fund research and technology activities across space and Earth sciences, including theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; development of experimental techniques and mission concepts; advancement of technologies relevant to future NASA missions; laboratory analysis techniques for extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft as well as terrestrial samples that help validate mission observations; determination of atomic and compositional parameters needed to interpret space data and samples; Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA Earth science missions; integrated Earth system modeling; and development of applied information systems that use Earth science research outputs to meet societal needs. This breadth is important because ROSES is structured as a collection of program elements (described in appendices), each with its own focus, budget expectations, and due dates, rather than a single narrowly defined grant program.

Funding levels vary widely depending on the type and scope of the work proposed. The announcement notes that awards can be under 100,000 dollars per year for tightly focused efforts such as data analysis, and can exceed 1 million dollars per year for large, extensive activities such as developing science experiment hardware. Within individual ROSES program elements, the amount of funding available typically ranges from less than one million dollars to several million dollars total, which means NASA may select anywhere from a handful to several dozen proposals per element depending on objectives and proposal quality. The solicitation states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.

NASA indicates awards may be made using different legal instruments based on the nature of the work and the proposing organization. These include grants and cooperative agreements (the opportunity lists both as applicable), as well as contracts and interagency or intraagency transfers in some cases. The typical performance period is four years, though some program elements may specify shorter or longer durations, with an overall maximum of five years.

Eligibility is broadly open in the sense that organizations of many types may apply, including domestic and foreign entities, government and private organizations, and both for-profit and nonprofit institutions, and there is no stated restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. At the same time, NASA emphasizes a key policy constraint for non-US participation: investigations involving non-US organizations are generally conducted on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, meaning NASA does not provide funding to the non-US organization. The eligibility section also notes that, in general, NASA provides funding only to US institutions, and it points non-US proposers to the NASA Guidebook for Proposers (including Appendix B, section l) for detailed rules, including special instructions for proposals from non-US organizations that involve US personnel for whom NASA support is requested.

The timeline and submission process are tied to ROSES 2013 scheduling. ROSES 2013 was expected to be available around February 14, 2013 through the NASA proposal portal NSPIRES (nspires.nasaprs.com) under Open Solicitations. For this specific opportunity record, the posting date is listed as February 21, 2013, with an original closing date of March 22, 2013 that was later updated to March 26, 2013, and an archive date of April 25, 2013. Across ROSES more broadly, proposal due dates vary by program element (listed in ROSES tables), and NASA requests Notices of Intent for most elements, submitted electronically, with due dates that begin earlier than full proposals. All proposals must be submitted electronically by an authorized organizational representative, either through NSPIRES or through Grants.gov, depending on the proposer’s chosen submission route.

Registration and account setup are a major administrative requirement. Any organization intending to submit must be registered in NSPIRES, and if submitting through Grants.gov the organization must also be registered there in addition to NSPIRES. The registration must identify the authorized organizational representative(s) responsible for submitting proposals. All principal investigators and other participants, such as co-investigators, must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of whether the final application is routed through NSPIRES or Grants.gov. NASA strongly encourages prospective applicants to start using the systems well ahead of deadlines to avoid last-minute technical or registration issues.

Program details, including what CDAPS specifically seeks (for example, Cassini data analysis and participating scientist roles) are provided in the ROSES appendices for the relevant program element, with key information and contacts listed for each element. NASA also advises applicants to monitor NSPIRES and the ROSES 2013 web page for amendments, clarifications, and corrections, including an archive and RSS feed for updates. For general questions about ROSES policies and procedures, the point of contact listed is Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (email sara@nasa.gov, phone 202-358-0879), while technical or program-element-specific questions are directed to the program officers identified within the relevant appendix sections.

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