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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2014 Climate Indicators and Data Products for Future National Climate Assessments (Funding Opportunity Number NNH14ZDA001N, sometimes referenced with the INCA tag) is a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity under the agency's annual ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) omnibus solicitation. It is run through NASA's Science Mission Directorate and is meant to support both basic and applied research that strengthens NASA's space and Earth science goals, with this particular element emphasizing climate indicators and data products that can feed into future National Climate Assessments. In practice, the opportunity is about turning NASA-relevant observations, models, and analyses into credible, well-documented climate information products that are useful for assessment and decision support, while still meeting scientific standards for traceability, uncertainty characterization, and reproducibility.

The solicitation is broad by design and covers a wide range of research and technology activities that can underpin climate indicators and assessment-ready datasets. Examples of work NASA indicates is in scope include theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; development and use of airborne and suborbital platforms (aircraft, balloons, sounding rockets), as well as investigations on the International Space Station and smaller satellite approaches like CubeSats; creation of new measurement or experiment techniques relevant to future NASA missions; early concepts and technology development for future missions; laboratory and analytical techniques for both extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft and terrestrial samples used to validate or interpret Earth observations; field campaigns and surface observations that support NASA Earth system science missions; integrated Earth system modeling; and applied systems that translate Earth science results into information products that serve societal needs. The throughline is that the work should clearly tie back to NASA Science Mission Directorate objectives and data, and, for this element, should help produce climate indicators or data products that are credible inputs to future national-level climate assessments.

Funding levels vary widely depending on the scale of the proposed work. NASA notes that awards can be under $100,000 per year for narrow, focused efforts such as targeted data analyses, and can exceed $1 million per year for large, complex activities such as developing science experiment hardware or other resource-intensive deliverables. The amount of funding available is not a single pot for the entire NRA; it is allocated by program element, and each element may have anywhere from less than $1 million to several million dollars available. That range allows NASA to select anywhere from only a few proposals to several dozen, depending on the goals of the element and the quality and quantity of proposals received. The usual period of performance is four years, although some elements can be shorter or longer, up to a maximum of five years.

NASA can make selections using several different legal and administrative mechanisms, which is important for proposers to understand because it affects reporting, collaboration expectations, and budget handling. Awards may be issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or as interagency or intraagency transfers, depending on what is being proposed and the nature of the proposing organization. A cooperative agreement, for example, typically implies more substantial NASA involvement during the project than a standard grant, while contracts are generally used when NASA is acquiring specific deliverables. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity area, with CFDA number 43.001, and it does not require cost sharing or matching.

Eligibility is intentionally expansive in terms of organization type and teaming. Domestic and foreign organizations, governmental and private entities, for-profit and nonprofit institutions are all allowed to submit, and there is no stated restriction on the number of proposals or on teaming arrangements. At the same time, the practical funding rule is that NASA generally provides funding only to U.S. institutions. Non-U.S. organizations can participate, but NASA's policy is that such participation must be on a "no exchange of funds" basis, meaning the foreign entity typically supports its own costs. The NRA points non-U.S. proposers to specific sections of NASA's Guidebook for Proposers for details, including special situations where a non-U.S. proposal involves U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested, or where NASA issues a joint solicitation with a foreign partner organization.

Submission is electronic and tied closely to NASA's proposal systems and registration requirements. Proposals must be submitted by an authorized organizational representative, and can be submitted through NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or through Grants.gov, depending on the program element's instructions. Any organization intending to submit must be registered in NSPIRES, and organizations using Grants.gov must be registered in both Grants.gov and NSPIRES. All principal investigators and co-investigators must also be individually registered in NSPIRES regardless of which electronic submission route is used. NASA emphasizes doing these registrations well ahead of deadlines to avoid last-minute access or authorization problems.

The ROSES structure matters for deadlines and instructions, because the NRA is a collection of many program elements rather than a single one-size-fits-all call. The specific names, due dates, and links for individual calls are listed in ROSES Tables 2 and 3, organized by due date and by subject area, respectively, with additional details in the appendices for each element (including the climate indicators and data products focus). The posting date for this opportunity was October 27, 2014, with the original closing date listed as February 2, 2015 and a current closing date of February 6, 2015, and an archive date of March 8, 2015. NASA also notes that amendments and clarifications to ROSES can occur through the solicitation cycle, and encourages prospective applicants to monitor NSPIRES or subscribe to notifications; a web archive and RSS feed for amendments is maintained on NASA's science solicitation pages.

For applicant support and policy questions, NASA directs program-element-specific questions to the program officers identified in the appendices and in the SARA program officer list. General questions about ROSES policies and procedures are directed to Dr. Max Bernstein (Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate) via sara@nasa.gov. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a pathway for researchers and applied science teams to convert NASA-supported Earth observations, analyses, and models into durable climate indicators and well-documented data products that are suitable for use in future National Climate Assessments, while leveraging the broader ROSES ecosystem of Earth and space science research and technology development.

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