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Opportunity Summary:

The ROSES 2013 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) opportunity sits under NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2013 (ROSES 2013) umbrella solicitation, issued as NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH13ZDA001N by NASA Headquarters. In practical terms, this is a competitive federal funding opportunity that invites proposals for a wide spectrum of basic and applied research and technology development that supports NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). While the listing is labeled for the Instrument Incubator Program, it is part of the larger ROSES structure that covers many program elements tied to NASA's major science divisions: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. The core purpose is to fund work that advances NASA science goals, either by producing new scientific knowledge from data and models or by maturing the tools, instruments, and techniques that enable future missions and investigations.

The scope of work described is intentionally broad, reflecting ROSES as NASA's main annual vehicle for competed research. Activities can include theoretical and computational efforts like modeling and analysis of SMD science data, as well as hands-on development and testing of technologies relevant to future missions. Examples called out include aircraft and suborbital investigations (such as stratospheric balloons, sounding rockets, and commercial reusable suborbital platforms), development of experimental techniques suitable for future spaceflight, and early development of concepts for future SMD space missions. The solicitation also emphasizes laboratory and analytical work that supports science interpretation, including analysis of extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft and terrestrial samples used to validate or calibrate Earth-observing measurements, plus determination of atomic and compositional parameters needed for interpreting remote sensing and in situ datasets. In addition, the ROSES description highlights Earth surface observations and field campaigns that directly support NASA missions, integrated Earth system modeling, and applied systems that translate Earth science research data into societal benefits (for example, decision-support and information systems built around NASA datasets).

Funding levels vary widely depending on the type and scale of the proposed work. The announcement notes that awards can be under $100,000 per year for narrowly scoped efforts like focused data analysis, and can exceed $1 million per year for large, resource-intensive activities such as development of science experiment hardware. Budgets available for specific program elements range from less than $1 million to several million dollars, which means some elements may only fund a small number of awards, while others may support dozens, depending on proposal quality, program priorities, and the size of submitted budgets. No cost sharing or matching requirement is stated for this opportunity.

Award mechanisms are flexible and depend on both the proposing organization and the program's needs. NASA indicates it may make awards as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter- and intra-agency transfers. Most projects are expected to run about four years, though some program elements may specify shorter or longer periods, with an overall maximum typically capped at five years. This timing matters for applicants planning multi-year technology maturation or instrument development efforts, since the performance period can be aligned with staged milestones and deliverables.

Eligibility is expansive in terms of organization type: government and private entities, for-profit and non-profit organizations, and domestic and foreign organizations may submit proposals, with no restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. At the same time, NASA reiterates its standard policy for non-US participation: collaborations involving non-US organizations are generally conducted on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, meaning NASA funding is typically provided only to US institutions, and foreign partners participate using their own resources unless a specific jointly issued NRA states otherwise. The solicitation points proposers to the NASA Guidebook for Proposers for detailed rules governing foreign participation and special cases where foreign organizations propose work involving US personnel requesting NASA support.

The submission process is entirely electronic, and NASA places strong emphasis on registration and administrative readiness. Proposals must be submitted by an authorized official of the proposing organization, and submissions may be made through NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or through Grants.gov, with the caveat that organizations using Grants.gov must also be registered in NSPIRES. All principal investigators and other key participants (including co-investigators) must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of which submission portal is used. The announcement encourages prospective applicants to begin system registration and familiarize themselves with the submission platforms well ahead of deadlines, since registration establishes the authorized organizational representatives and enables proper proposal routing and submission.

Key dates are distributed across ROSES program elements rather than having a single universal deadline, with due dates listed in ROSES tables and appendices. For this posted opportunity record, the listing shows a posted date of April 19, 2013, with an original and current closing date of July 15, 2013, and an archive date of August 14, 2013. The broader ROSES 2013 text also references Notices of Intent (NOIs) requested for many program elements (with early NOI timing in March 2013) and proposal due dates spanning a long window, reflecting the fact that different appendices have different schedules. Applicants are directed to consult the ROSES appendices for the detailed requirements and to monitor NSPIRES and the ROSES 2013 web archive (including an RSS feed) for amendments, corrections, clarifications, or newly added program elements.

For guidance and questions, the solicitation points researchers to the program officers listed within each relevant appendix section (since requirements and evaluation criteria can vary by element), while general ROSES policy and procedure questions are directed to NASA SMD's research leadership contact (Max Bernstein) via the provided email and phone number. Overall, the opportunity is designed to fund a mix of science investigations and enabling technology development, with the Instrument Incubator Program label indicating a focus on advancing instrumentation and related capabilities that can eventually support NASA missions, while still operating within the larger ROSES framework that spans the full Earth and space science portfolio.

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