ROSES 2015 NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission Science Definition Team | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The ROSES 2015 NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission Science Definition Team opportunity was released under NASA's omnibus Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2015 solicitation, Funding Opportunity Number NNH15ZDA001N. It sits within NASA's broader annual Research and Analysis framework run by the Science Mission Directorate (SMD), which is designed to fund both basic and applied research that strengthens NASA science missions. In this specific call, the emphasis is on research and planning work that helps define and mature the science priorities, measurement approaches, and analysis concepts connected to the joint NASA-ISRO NISAR radar mission, while still operating inside the wide umbrella of ROSES topics and processes.

The solicitation supports a very broad range of scientific and technical activities that NASA considers essential to mission success and the overall SMD portfolio. That includes theory development, modeling, algorithm and method development, and analysis of SMD science data. It also includes work tied to airborne and suborbital platforms (aircraft, scientific balloons, sounding rockets), investigations on the International Space Station, CubeSat and other smallsat activities, and related reusable suborbital vehicle investigations. On the technology and mission-enabling side, it can cover development of experimental techniques for future missions, early mission concept studies, and development of advanced technologies relevant to SMD objectives. For Earth and planetary science contexts, the umbrella also extends to laboratory analysis of returned extraterrestrial samples and terrestrial analog samples that help validate or interpret remote observations, as well as determination of atomic and compositional parameters needed to analyze flight data and samples. Field campaigns and Earth surface observations that directly support NASA Earth system science missions are also in scope, along with integrated Earth system model development and applied systems that translate Earth science data into practical societal uses (for example, decision support, information systems, and applications aligned with SMD data products).

Funding levels are intentionally flexible and are scaled to the ambition and complexity of the proposed effort. Smaller, focused studies such as targeted data analysis efforts may be funded at under $100,000 per year, while larger, more extensive activities such as development of science experiment hardware can exceed $1 million per year. The total funds available vary by the specific ROSES program element, ranging from less than $1 million to several million dollars, which means NASA may select only a handful of proposals in some elements or several dozen in others depending on the goals of that element and the quality and volume of submissions.

NASA planned to issue awards using multiple instrument types depending on what best fits the work and the proposing organization. Awards could be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or as inter-agency or intra-agency transfers. The typical performance period is four years, though some ROSES elements may specify shorter or longer timeframes, with a stated maximum of five years in a few cases.

Eligibility is broad in principle: organizations of every type may apply, including domestic and foreign entities, government and private, for-profit and nonprofit, and there is no stated restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. In practice, the solicitation notes NASA's general policy of providing funding primarily to US institutions. Non-US organizations can participate, but NASA policy requires that investigations involving non-US organizations be conducted on a "no exchange of funds" basis, meaning NASA does not typically transfer funds to the non-US entity. Non-US proposers are directed to consult the NASA Guidebook for Proposers for detailed rules, including special instructions for cases where non-US organizations involve US personnel for whom NASA support is requested.

Proposals had to be submitted electronically, and the submission mechanics were a significant part of the compliance requirements. Submissions could be made through NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or through Grants.gov, but in all cases the proposing organization needed to be registered in NSPIRES. If using Grants.gov, the organization also needed Grants.gov registration in addition to NSPIRES registration. The registration process had to identify authorized organizational representative(s) who would actually submit the proposal. All principal investigators and other named participants, such as co-investigators, were required to be individually registered in NSPIRES regardless of whether the proposal itself was transmitted via NSPIRES or Grants.gov. NASA explicitly encouraged teams to register and familiarize themselves with the systems well before the due date to avoid last-minute access and data-entry issues.

Key dates listed for this opportunity include a posted date of March 27, 2015, with an original and current closing date of June 8, 2015, and an archive date of July 8, 2015. The opportunity was categorized as discretionary, with funding instruments identified as grant and cooperative agreement under the broader ROSES umbrella. The CFDA number provided is 43.001 (Science), and there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.

Because ROSES is a large, multi-appendix solicitation rather than a single narrow program, the detailed requirements, evaluation priorities, and any special instructions for the NISAR Science Definition Team element were located in the ROSES appendices and cross-referenced in the ROSES tables that list individual calls and due dates. NASA also pointed proposers to NSPIRES for updates and encouraged subscribing to its notification system for amendments through February 2016, when the next ROSES cycle was anticipated. For clarifications, corrections, and FAQs, NASA maintained ROSES 2015 web pages and an archive for amendments. Program-element-specific questions were routed to the designated Program Officers listed in the appendices, while general ROSES policy and procedure questions were directed to Dr. Max Bernstein at sara@nasa.gov, identified as the lead contact for SMD research solicitation policies.

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