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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2014 Ocean Salinity Field Campaign (OSFC) is part of NASA Headquarters' broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2014 solicitation, issued as NRA NNH14ZDA001N. The opportunity supports NASA's Science Mission Directorate by funding both basic and applied research that strengthens current and future Earth and space science missions. While the OSFC title points to ocean salinity field campaign work, it sits within a much larger umbrella announcement that can include activities such as theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA Earth system science missions; development of experiment techniques and technologies for future missions; and building or improving tools that translate Earth science data into societal applications.

The solicitation is intentionally broad in the types of work it will consider. Projects may range from relatively focused efforts like data analysis and modeling studies to large, complex activities such as designing and developing science instrumentation or campaign hardware. NASA indicates that yearly award sizes can vary widely, from under $100,000 per year for limited-scope work to more than $1 million per year for extensive development or major activities. Across individual ROSES program elements, the available funding can range from less than $1 million to several million dollars, meaning that a given element might fund only a handful of proposals or potentially several dozen, depending on goals and the quality and volume of submissions.

Awards can be issued through multiple funding instruments based on the proposer and the work being supported, including grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers. The typical performance period is four years, although some elements may specify shorter durations, and in some cases NASA may allow up to five years. No cost sharing or matching is required under this opportunity.

Eligibility is expansive in terms of organization type: government and private entities, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and domestic and foreign organizations may submit proposals, and there is no stated restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. At the same time, NASA notes a key policy point for international participation: investigations involving non-U.S. organizations must generally be conducted on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, meaning NASA typically will not transfer funds to non-U.S. entities. The posting also emphasizes that, in general, NASA provides funding only to U.S. institutions, and directs non-U.S. proposers to specific sections of the NASA Guidebook for Proposers for rules and special cases (including situations where a non-U.S. proposal involves U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested).

Proposals must be submitted electronically, and submission must be completed by an authorized organizational representative. Applicants can submit through NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or through Grants.gov, but all submitting organizations must be registered in NSPIRES. If submitting via Grants.gov, the organization must be registered in both systems. In addition, all principal investigators and other participants, such as co-investigators, must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of which submission portal is used. Because registration and system familiarization can take time, the solicitation encourages prospective applicants to begin system access and data entry well ahead of deadlines.

Key dates and administrative details for the OSFC listing include a posted date of March 25, 2014, with an original and current closing date of July 30, 2014, and an archive date of August 29, 2014. The funding opportunity number is NNH14ZDA001N, the CFDA number listed is 43.001 (Science), and the opportunity category is discretionary. The complete ROSES 2014 solicitation organizes specific program elements, deadlines, and topics in appendices and in two primary tables: Table 2 (organized by due date) and Table 3 (organized by subject area). Applicants are directed to monitor NSPIRES for amendments and updates through February 2015, when the next ROSES solicitation was expected, and NASA also provides an amendments archive and RSS feed for corrections and clarifications.

For guidance on a particular program element under ROSES 2014, NASA points applicants to the program officers listed in each appendix section and in the consolidated program officer list on NASA's SARA site. General questions about ROSES policies and procedures are directed to Dr. Max Bernstein, Lead for Research in NASA's Science Mission Directorate, via sara@nasa.gov.

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