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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES 2015: Understanding Changes in High Mountain Asia (Funding Opportunity Number NNH15ZDA001N, often referenced as the HMA element within NASA's ROSES 2015 umbrella solicitation) is a NASA Headquarters grant opportunity issued through the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) to support both basic and applied research tied to NASA's space and Earth science priorities. While the specific High Mountain Asia focus is one program element within ROSES, the solicitation text makes clear that proposals are expected to align with SMD science objectives and make strong use of NASA-relevant data, methods, platforms, or mission-driven needs. In practice, that means studies can range from understanding Earth system change and hazards in high mountain regions to advancing the tools, models, observations, and applications that NASA missions enable.

The scope is intentionally broad and covers a wide mix of research and technology activities. Eligible work includes theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; field campaigns and Earth surface observations that support NASA Earth science missions; and the development of integrated Earth system models. It also includes instrument and experiment-related development, such as techniques and hardware that could be used on future NASA missions, as well as investigations using aircraft, scientific balloons, sounding rockets, the International Space Station, CubeSats, and suborbital reusable launch vehicles. The opportunity further mentions laboratory analysis techniques for extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft and terrestrial samples used to validate or interpret NASA Earth observations, along with work to determine atomic and compositional parameters needed to analyze space-based data and samples. On the applied side, NASA also highlights systems that translate Earth science research results into societal benefits, including applied information systems that leverage SMD data and objectives. For the High Mountain Asia theme specifically, applicants would typically position their work around observed and projected changes in mountain environments and downstream impacts, using NASA Earth observations and modeling capabilities as a core foundation.

Funding levels vary widely depending on the scale and type of work proposed. The solicitation notes that awards can be under $100,000 per year for narrower, focused efforts such as data analysis, and can exceed $1 million per year for larger, more complex activities such as development of science experiment hardware. The amount of funding available differs by ROSES program element, generally ranging from less than $1 million to several million dollars for each element, which means NASA may select only a handful of proposals in some elements or several dozen in others depending on priorities and the quality and quantity of submissions. The usual period of performance is about four years, although some elements may allow shorter or longer efforts, with an overall maximum of five years.

NASA expects to make awards using multiple instrument types based on what best fits the proposed work and the proposing organization. Awards may be issued as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers. This flexibility matters because it affects reporting, collaboration expectations, and the level of NASA involvement during performance, which can differ between a grant and a cooperative agreement in particular.

Eligibility is intentionally expansive. Organizations of all types may apply, including domestic and foreign entities, government and private organizations, for-profit and nonprofit institutions, and there is no stated restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. A key condition for international participation is NASA's policy that projects involving non-U.S. organizations must be conducted with no exchange of funds, meaning foreign partners can participate but generally cannot receive NASA dollars directly and must support their contributions through their own funding sources.

Proposals must be submitted electronically by an authorized organizational official, and NASA allows submission through either NSPIRES (NASA's proposal system) or Grants.gov. Registration requirements are emphasized: every proposing organization must be registered in NSPIRES, and if using Grants.gov the organization must be registered in both systems. In addition, all principal investigators and any other participants such as co-investigators must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of which submission portal is used. Because registration and account authorization can take time, NASA strongly encourages applicants to start early and familiarize themselves with the submission system structure well before the deadline.

The solicitation points applicants to the ROSES 2015 appendices and tables for the program-element-specific details that ultimately control what is being requested, when it is due, and who to contact. Program names, due dates, and links are provided in Tables 2 and 3 of the ROSES document, and each program element includes a Summary of Key Information and a designated Program Officer. NASA also notes that amendments and new elements can be added over time, so applicants are encouraged to monitor NSPIRES notifications and the ROSES 2015 web archive for updates, clarifications, and corrections. For general policy or procedural questions about the ROSES NRA, the solicitation provides a central point of contact within SMD (Max Bernstein) via the SARA email address (sara@nasa.gov).

For this specific posting, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary research and development in science and technology (CFDA 43.001), posted on February 23, 2016, with an application closing date of April 15, 2016. The award ceiling and expected number of awards are not specified in the listing, reflecting that selections and budgets are managed at the individual program element level within ROSES rather than through a single fixed pool for the entire umbrella solicitation.

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