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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2013 Earth Science Applications: Health and Air Quality is a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity released under the broader NASA Research Announcement (NRA) titled Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2013 (ROSES 2013), Funding Opportunity Number NNH13ZDA001N. It sits within NASA's Space Mission Directorate research portfolio and invites proposals that support both basic and applied research and related technology development. While this particular listing is tagged to the Health and Air Quality applications area within Earth Science Applications, it is issued as part of the larger ROSES umbrella, which spans multiple NASA science programs, including Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. In practice, that means the solicitation is designed to fund research that uses NASA assets and data to advance scientific understanding and, where relevant, translate Earth science results into usable tools and information for societal benefit, including public health and air quality decision-making.

The scope is intentionally broad and includes many types of work NASA relies on to mature science and mission capabilities. Examples called out include theory, modeling, and analysis of Science Mission Directorate (SMD) data; investigations using aircraft, stratospheric balloons, suborbital rockets, and commercial reusable rockets; development of experimental techniques suitable for future missions; and studies that develop concepts for future space missions. It also covers advanced technologies relevant to SMD missions, laboratory analysis techniques for extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft, and analysis of terrestrial samples that help validate or interpret Earth-observing mission data. Additional eligible activities include determining atomic and compositional parameters needed to analyze space-based observations or returned samples, carrying out Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA missions, and developing integrated Earth system models. For the Earth Science Applications focus, the solicitation explicitly includes building systems that apply Earth science research data to real-world needs and developing applied information systems aligned with NASA objectives and datasets, which is the natural home for health and air quality applications that connect satellite and model information to exposure, risk, forecasting, and decision support.

Funding levels vary widely based on the nature and scale of the proposed work. NASA notes that awards can be under $100,000 per year for tightly focused efforts such as discrete data analyses, and can exceed $1 million per year for large, extensive projects such as building science experiment hardware. The amount available is not a single pool for the entire ROSES announcement; instead, each program element has its own funding range, described as anywhere from less than $1 million to several million dollars. Depending on objectives and proposal quality, NASA may select only a few proposals or several dozen within a given element. The expected period of performance is typically four years, with some elements allowing shorter or longer periods up to a maximum of five years.

Awards can be made through different federal instruments depending on the proposing organization and the program needs, including grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers. Cost sharing or matching is not required. Eligibility is broad: organizations of essentially every type may apply, including domestic and foreign entities, government and private organizations, and both for-profit and nonprofit applicants, with no stated restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. A key policy detail is that NASA states investigations involving non-U.S. organizations must be conducted on a "no exchange of funds" basis, meaning NASA will not transfer funding to the non-U.S. partner, even if international collaboration is otherwise permitted.

The solicitation is managed through NASA's NSPIRES system, with proposals accepted electronically either through NSPIRES or via Grants.gov, although NSPIRES registration is required in all cases. Organizations must register and designate authorized organizational representative(s) who are permitted to submit on the organization’s behalf, and all principal investigators and other participants (such as co-investigators) must also be registered in NSPIRES regardless of whether the final submission is routed through NSPIRES or Grants.gov. NASA strongly advises prospective applicants to begin system registration and familiarize themselves with submission requirements well before deadlines to avoid last-minute access or data-entry issues.

The opportunity describes a structured schedule with Notices of Intent (NOIs) requested for most program elements, and proposal due dates varying by element. The ROSES announcement directs applicants to the appendices for detailed descriptions of the solicited program elements and to tables listing the specific due dates. The listing also includes a later posting/closing window in the grants.gov metadata (Posted January 16, 2014; closing April 24, 2014; archive May 24, 2014), reflecting how this opportunity was cataloged, while the narrative text describes ROSES 2013 as becoming available around February 14, 2013 with NOI and proposal due dates spanning spring 2013 into early 2014 depending on element. Applicants are expected to track amendments and updates through the NSPIRES solicitation page and NASA's SARA ROSES 2013 web archive, since NASA may issue clarifications, corrections, or new program elements over the life of the NRA.

For questions and guidance, the opportunity points applicants to the program officers listed within the relevant appendix section for each program element, since requirements can differ across elements. For general ROSES policies and procedures, the contact provided is Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (sara@nasa.gov, 202-358-0879).

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