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Opportunity Summary:

The ROSES 2015 SOFIA Third Generation Science Instrument opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NNH15ZDA001N, element S3GSI) is part of NASA's annual ROSES solicitation run by the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). In practical terms, it sits inside a broad NASA research announcement that funds both basic and applied work across space science and Earth science, with this specific listing pointing to a program element associated with advancing SOFIA-related instrumentation. ROSES is structured as a menu of program elements described in appendices, each with its own requirements and review criteria, but all operating under the same overarching ROSES policies.

The scope of work under ROSES 2015 is intentionally wide, covering theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data as well as technology development that enables future missions. The solicitation highlights many eligible activity types, such as investigations using aircraft and suborbital platforms (including balloons and sounding rockets), work tied to the International Space Station, CubeSats, and reusable suborbital launch vehicles, and the development of new experiment techniques and mission concepts. It also includes laboratory analysis methods for both extraterrestrial returned samples and terrestrial analog samples that support Earth system observations, along with the determination of atomic and compositional parameters needed to interpret measurements. On the Earth science side, it explicitly includes surface observations and field campaigns supporting SMD missions, integrated Earth system model development, and applied information systems that translate Earth science research data into societal benefits. Within that broad umbrella, the SOFIA Third Generation Science Instrument element is aimed at strengthening NASA's science return by maturing instrument capabilities and the supporting research and technology needed to enable next-generation observations.

Funding levels vary substantially depending on the nature of the proposed effort. The announcement notes that awards can be under $100,000 per year for narrowly scoped work like focused data analysis, and can exceed $1 million per year for larger, more complex efforts such as building or developing science experiment hardware. The amount of funding available is program-element dependent and ranges from less than $1 million to several million dollars for a given element, which means NASA may select anywhere from only a few proposals to several dozen depending on objectives, available funds, and the quality of submissions.

NASA anticipates multiple award mechanisms depending on the proposing organization and the work being funded. Awards may be issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter- or intra-agency transfers. The typical period of performance is four years, although some program elements may specify shorter or longer durations, with a stated maximum of five years.

Eligibility is broad in terms of organizational type: government and private entities, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and domestic or foreign institutions may submit proposals, with no restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. However, there is an important constraint for non-US organizations: NASA policy is that projects involving non-US organizations must be conducted on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, meaning NASA generally will not send funding to those foreign entities. The solicitation also indicates that, in general, NASA provides funding only to US institutions, and it points non-US proposers to the NASA Guidebook for Proposers for detailed instructions and special cases, including situations where a non-US proposal involves US personnel for whom NASA support is requested.

Submission is electronic and must be made by an authorized organizational representative by the due date for the relevant program element. Proposals can be submitted through NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or via Grants.gov, but in either case the organization must be registered in NSPIRES, and anyone using Grants.gov must be registered in both systems. The registration must identify authorized representatives who can legally submit on the organization's behalf, and all principal investigators and other key participants (such as co-investigators) must have NSPIRES registrations regardless of the submission pathway. NASA strongly encourages proposers to start registrations and system familiarization early to avoid last-minute issues.

Key dates for this listing show it was posted July 20, 2015, with an original and current closing date of August 19, 2015, and an archive date of September 18, 2015. The opportunity falls under CFDA 43.001 (Science) and does not require cost sharing or matching. NASA also emphasizes that ROSES can be amended over time, and it directs investigators to monitor NSPIRES and the ROSES 2015 web archive and FAQ pages for updates, clarifications, and corrections through February 2016, when the next ROSES cycle was planned for release. For program-specific questions, proposers are directed to the program officers listed in the ROSES appendices, while general ROSES policy and procedure questions can be sent to the SMD research office contact (Max Bernstein) via sara@nasa.gov.

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