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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2014 Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science (HTIDS) is a NASA Headquarters funding opportunity under the broader ROSES 2014 NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH14ZDA001N. It is designed to support NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) goals by funding both basic and applied research, with a particular emphasis on advancing technologies and instruments that enable future heliophysics science. In practical terms, it sits within ROSES, NASA's main annual umbrella solicitation that covers a wide range of competed research and technology activities connected to NASA space and Earth science missions.

The scope is intentionally broad and includes work across the full research-to-hardware pipeline. NASA indicates interest in theory, modeling, and analysis of SMD science data, as well as investigations using aircraft, balloons, sounding rockets, the International Space Station, CubeSats, and other suborbital platforms (including reusable launch vehicles). On the technology side, it supports development of experimental techniques suitable for future SMD missions, maturation of concepts for future missions, and advancement of technologies relevant to those missions. It also includes laboratory and analytical techniques tied to sample science (both extraterrestrial returned samples and terrestrial samples that help validate or interpret Earth observations), determination of atomic and compositional parameters needed to interpret spaceflight data, Earth surface observations and field campaigns supporting SMD missions, integrated Earth system modeling, and applied systems that translate Earth science data into societal benefits. While HTIDS is the named element here, NASA makes clear that the ROSES umbrella covers many program elements and that specific goals, requirements, and evaluation details are defined in the relevant appendix section for each element.

Funding levels vary widely depending on the nature of the proposed work. NASA describes awards as ranging from under $100,000 per year for narrow, focused efforts such as data analysis to more than $1 million per year for larger efforts such as building and developing science experiment hardware. The amount available for any given ROSES program element may range from less than $1 million to several million dollars total, meaning NASA might select only a few proposals or several dozen, depending on the program's objectives and the strength of submissions received. The typical period of performance is about four years, though some elements may allow shorter or longer durations, up to a maximum of five years.

Multiple award mechanisms may be used, including grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers. Which mechanism applies depends on the proposing organization and the requirements of the specific program element. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated for this opportunity.

Eligibility is broad in terms of organizational types: domestic and foreign, government and private, for-profit and non-profit entities may submit, and there is no stated limit on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. However, NASA notes an important constraint for non-U.S. participation: NASA policy is that work involving non-U.S. organizations must be conducted on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, meaning NASA generally does not transfer funds to foreign institutions. The eligibility notes also emphasize that proposers must be affiliated with an institution registered in NSPIRES, and that NASA funding is generally provided only to U.S. institutions, with specific guidance for non-U.S. organizations provided in the NASA Guidebook for Proposers and in any special instructions within a given appendix.

Submission is electronic and must be made by an authorized organizational representative. Proposals can be submitted through NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or via Grants.gov, but organizations must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of the chosen submission portal; if using Grants.gov, registration in both systems is required. NASA also requires that all principal investigators and other participants (such as co-investigators) be individually registered in NSPIRES. Because registration and system access can take time, NASA advises prospective applicants to begin working in the system well before the due date.

Key dates for this specific listing include a posted date of April 29, 2014, with an original closing date of June 13, 2014, later updated to a current closing date of September 5, 2014, and an archive date of October 5, 2014. Because ROSES is an umbrella solicitation with many program elements that may have different deadlines, NASA points applicants to ROSES Tables 2 and 3 (organized by due date and by subject area) and encourages monitoring NSPIRES for amendments or additional calls through February 2015. For detailed technical and administrative requirements, applicants are directed to the specific program element appendices and the listed program officers, while general ROSES policy and procedure questions are directed to the SMD research office contact (at the time, Max Bernstein via sara@nasa.gov).

In short, HTIDS under ROSES 2014 is a competed NASA SMD opportunity aimed at moving heliophysics-relevant technology and instrument capabilities forward, while also sitting within a much larger solicitation that funds everything from data analysis and modeling to field campaigns and the development of flight and ground-based hardware. It offers flexible award sizes and mechanisms, expects electronic submission through NASA systems, and is open to a wide range of organizations with important funding restrictions for non-U.S. entities.

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