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Opportunity Summary:

The ROSES 2014 Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) Continuing Prototype Product Development, Research, and Scoping opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NNH14ZDA001N) is part of NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2014 solicitation. It is administered by NASA Headquarters under the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and supports both basic and applied research tied to NASA's Earth and space science priorities. In the CMS context, the emphasis is on continuing work that advances prototype carbon monitoring products and capabilities, along with research and scoping activities that help define, improve, and transition carbon-related data products toward more mature, usable outputs for science and decision support.

The solicitation is intentionally broad in the types of work it will support, reflecting the structure of ROSES as an umbrella announcement with many individual program elements described in its appendices. Across ROSES, NASA is seeking proposals that can include theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; development and use of airborne and suborbital platforms (such as aircraft, balloons, sounding rockets, the International Space Station, CubeSats, and reusable suborbital vehicles); development of techniques and technologies that could feed future SMD missions; laboratory analysis methods for samples (including extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft and Earth samples used to validate Earth observations); field campaigns and surface observations that support NASA Earth system science; integrated Earth system modeling; and applied information systems that translate Earth science research results into societal benefit. For CMS-related work, these categories commonly translate into efforts like improving estimates of carbon sources and sinks, refining algorithms and models that connect satellite and in situ observations to carbon fluxes, evaluating uncertainty, building or enhancing prototype data products, and scoping next-step capabilities that NASA could pursue.

Funding levels vary widely depending on the scope of the proposed work. The announcement notes that awards can be under $100,000 per year for narrowly focused tasks such as specific data analyses, and can exceed $1 million per year for large, resource-intensive efforts such as development of science hardware or major product/system development. The total funding available for each program element within ROSES ranges from less than $1 million to several million dollars, which means a given element may fund only a handful of projects or may support several dozen, depending on NASA's objectives and the quality and quantity of proposals received.

Award mechanisms are flexible and depend on both the proposing organization and NASA's program needs. NASA indicates it may make selections as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or interagency/intraagency transfers. The typical period of performance is four years, though some elements may specify a different duration, with a maximum performance period generally capped at five years. This structure is meant to support multi-year research and product maturation cycles, including iterative development, validation, and user engagement where relevant.

Eligibility is broad in principle: organizations of every type may submit, including government and private entities, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and domestic or foreign institutions, with no restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. However, there are important funding-policy constraints for non-U.S. participation. As a general rule, NASA funding is provided only to U.S. institutions. Non-U.S. organizations may participate only under NASA's "no exchange of funds" policy, meaning they contribute without receiving NASA funds, unless a particular joint solicitation states otherwise. The announcement also points proposers to the NASA Guidebook for Proposers for detailed rules affecting non-U.S. organizations, especially in cases where U.S. personnel would receive NASA support as part of a proposal that includes a foreign organization.

The submission process is fully electronic, and proposals must be submitted by an authorized organizational representative by the due date tied to the relevant program element. Submissions may be made through NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or through Grants.gov, but regardless of which portal is used, the organization must be registered in NSPIRES. If submitting through Grants.gov, the organization must also be registered there in addition to NSPIRES. All principal investigators and co-investigators must be registered in NSPIRES as well. NASA strongly encourages applicants to complete registrations and get familiar with the systems well ahead of deadlines to avoid last-minute access or validation problems.

Key dates for this specific listing show it was posted April 28, 2014, with an original and current closing date of June 17, 2014, and an archive date of July 17, 2014. The assistance listing notes CFDA 43.001 (Science) and states there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement. Because ROSES contains many individual calls, NASA directs applicants to the ROSES 2014 appendices and to Tables 2 and 3 (organized by due date and by subject area) for the authoritative, element-specific instructions, requirements, and deadlines. NASA also notes that amendments and clarifications could be issued through February 2015 and recommends monitoring NSPIRES or subscribing to notifications, with an archive of amendments maintained on NASA's SARA grant solicitations site.

For applicant support and policy questions, NASA points to the program officers listed for each program element in the ROSES appendices, since element-specific expectations and evaluation factors are typically managed by those contacts. For general ROSES policies and procedures, the notice identifies Dr. Max Bernstein, Lead for Research in SMD, as the point of contact via sara@nasa.gov.

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