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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES12 Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research (LASER) is part of NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2012 (ROSES 2012) solicitation, issued under NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH12ZDA001N by NASA Headquarters. In practical terms, this opportunity sits inside NASA's annual omnibus call that funds a wide range of research and technology work supporting the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). While the title highlights lunar science and exploration research, the umbrella ROSES 2012 solicitation spans multiple NASA research programs, including Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics, and invites proposals that align with one or more of the specific program elements described in the ROSES appendices.

The scope of work is intentionally broad and covers both basic and applied research as well as enabling technologies. NASA is looking for efforts such as theory, modeling, and analysis of existing SMD science data; development and execution of investigations using aircraft, stratospheric balloons, suborbital rockets, and commercial reusable rockets; development of experimental techniques that could be used on future missions; and early concept work for potential future SMD missions. The solicitation also includes technology development relevant to SMD missions, laboratory methods and analyses for extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft (as well as terrestrial samples used to validate or interpret mission observations), and the determination of atomic or compositional parameters needed to interpret remote sensing and in situ datasets. Additional areas include Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA missions, integrated Earth system modeling, and development of systems and applied information tools that translate Earth science research data into societal benefits. For LASER specifically, proposers would be expected to map their work to the lunar focused program element requirements described in the relevant ROSES appendix, rather than treating the call as a single generic pot of money.

Award sizes vary widely depending on the nature and ambition of the proposed work. NASA notes that funding can be under $100,000 per year for narrowly scoped projects like focused data analysis, and can exceed $1,000,000 per year for larger efforts such as building or maturing science experiment hardware. The amount of money available is not a single fixed pool for the entire ROSES call; it differs by program element and can range from less than one million dollars to several million dollars, which in turn affects how many proposals can be selected in each area. NASA also signals flexibility in the type of funding instrument used, with awards made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or inter agency/intra agency transfers depending on the proposing organization and specific program needs.

The typical period of performance is four years, though some elements may allow shorter or longer projects, up to a maximum of five years. Eligibility is broad in terms of organization type: government and private entities, for profit and nonprofit organizations, and domestic or foreign organizations may submit proposals, and there is no stated restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. However, there is a key constraint for non U.S. participation: NASA's general policy is that projects involving non U.S. organizations are conducted on a no exchange of funds basis, meaning NASA usually does not send funding to the foreign organization. The notice also reiterates that, in general, NASA provides funding only to U.S. institutions, with non U.S. organizations needing to follow the specific guidance in the NASA NRA Guidebook (including special cases where a solicitation is jointly issued with a foreign partner or where non U.S. organizations propose work involving U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested).

From a process and timeline standpoint, ROSES 2012 was made available via NSPIRES around February 14, 2012, with proposal due dates rolling across many months because each program element sets its own deadline. Overall due dates began May 4, 2012 and extended through March 22, 2013, with Notices of Intent requested for most elements and the earliest NOI date listed as March 16, 2012. For the LASER entry shown in the opportunity metadata, the posting reflects a later administrative record (Posted/Created Feb 19, 2013) with a current closing date of March 1, 2013 and an archive date of March 31, 2013, which is consistent with ROSES operating as a collection of program elements that open and close on different schedules and are sometimes updated through amendments.

Submission is electronic and must be made by an authorized organizational official. Proposers can submit through NSPIRES or through Grants.gov, but in either case the organization must be registered in NSPIRES, and Grants.gov submission also requires Grants.gov registration. The registration step is not optional: NSPIRES registration must identify the authorized organizational representative(s) who will submit, and all principal investigators and other named participants (including co investigators) must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of which submission portal is used. NASA strongly encourages teams to complete registrations and familiarize themselves with the systems well before the relevant due date to avoid last minute access and compliance issues.

Finally, the solicitation emphasizes that the actionable details for each program element, including LASER, are in the ROSES appendices and the Summary of Key Information sections, which also list the responsible program officers for scientific and programmatic questions. For general policy and procedural questions tied to the ROSES NRA, the notice directs inquiries to Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (sara@nasa.gov, 202 358 0879). Applicants are also advised to monitor NSPIRES and the ROSES 2012 web archive for amendments, clarifications, and corrections, since ROSES calls are commonly updated during the open period.

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