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Opportunity Summary:

ROSES12 Moon and Mars Analog Missions Activities (MMAMA) is a program element released under NASA's broader Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2012 solicitation (ROSES 2012), Funding Opportunity Number NNH12ZDA001N. Through ROSES, NASA's Science Mission Directorate invites proposals for basic and applied research and technology development that support NASA science priorities across Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. Within that larger umbrella, MMAMA focuses on activities that use Moon and Mars analog environments and missions to advance relevant science and technology capabilities. Like other ROSES elements, it is designed to fund work that helps NASA plan, test, validate, and improve methods, instruments, and operational concepts that ultimately feed into future missions and science return.

The scope of ROSES 2012 (including MMAMA as one appendix element) is intentionally broad and can cover theory, modeling, and analysis of NASA science data; development of new experiment techniques for future missions; early mission concept development; advanced technologies aligned with mission needs; laboratory techniques and analyses supporting extraterrestrial sample science and terrestrial analog sample work; determination of key atomic or compositional parameters needed to interpret remote-sensing or in situ measurements; Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support NASA science missions; integrated Earth system modeling; and applied systems that translate Earth science data into societal or operational benefits. For MMAMA specifically, the unifying theme is doing credible, mission-relevant work in analog settings that simulate lunar or martian conditions, operations, constraints, or materials, so that tools and approaches are better proven before being used in high-cost, high-risk spaceflight environments.

NASA anticipated a wide range of award sizes depending on what is proposed. Smaller, tightly scoped efforts (for example, a focused data analysis or limited technical study) could be under $100,000 per year, while larger, more complex efforts (such as substantial technology development or building and testing science hardware) could exceed $1 million per year. The amount available varies by ROSES program element, generally ranging from less than $1 million up to several million dollars total per element, which means NASA might select only a handful of proposals in some areas or many dozens in others, depending on priorities, budget, and proposal quality. Awards can be made using different instruments, including grants and cooperative agreements (and in some cases contracts or inter/intra-agency transfers), with the instrument choice depending on the proposing organization and the nature of the work and NASA involvement. Periods of performance are typically four years, with some elements allowing shorter or longer terms up to a five-year maximum.

Eligibility under ROSES is broad in terms of organization types: domestic and foreign, government and private, for-profit and non-profit entities may submit, and there is no stated restriction on the number of proposals or teaming arrangements. That said, NASA generally provides funding only to U.S. institutions. Non-U.S. organizations may participate if they do so under NASA's "no exchange of funds" policy (meaning NASA does not send funding to the non-U.S. organization), and proposers are directed to the NASA NRA Guidebook and ROSES appendix instructions for the specific rules that apply, including special cases where a solicitation is jointly issued with a non-U.S. partner organization or where non-U.S. proposals involve U.S. personnel who would need NASA support.

From an applicant workflow standpoint, ROSES requires electronic submission, and organizations must be registered in NSPIRES (the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System). Proposals may be submitted through NSPIRES or via Grants.gov, but even when Grants.gov is used, NSPIRES registration is still required. The registration process must identify the authorized organizational representative who will submit the final application, and all investigators and key participants (such as co-investigators) must also be individually registered in NSPIRES. NASA encourages teams to complete registrations early and become familiar with the submission systems well before deadlines to avoid last-minute administrative problems. Many ROSES elements request a Notice of Intent (NOI) ahead of the proposal, which helps NASA plan peer review and workload, and those NOI dates can precede full proposal deadlines by several weeks.

For this specific posting, the ROSES12 Moon and Mars Analog Missions Activities opportunity was posted June 6, 2012, with an original and current closing date of August 24, 2012, and an archive date of September 23, 2012. More broadly, ROSES 2012 included multiple program elements with staggered due dates beginning in May 2012 and extending into March 2013, and NASA indicated that amendments and clarifications could be issued through early 2013, with updates and archives maintained on NASA's ROSES web pages and NSPIRES. The funding activity category is science and technology and other research and development, the CFDA listing is 43.001 (Science), and the opportunity notes there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.

The practical takeaway is that MMAMA, as part of ROSES 2012, is a competitive NASA research funding pathway for teams proposing lunar and martian analog mission activities that strengthen NASA science and exploration readiness. Applicants are expected to align with the specific MMAMA appendix guidance in ROSES (rather than only the general ROSES description), follow the NRA Guidebook requirements, submit electronically by the stated deadline, and ensure NSPIRES registrations and authorized-submitter roles are in place early. For questions, the ROSES notice points applicants to the program officers listed in the relevant appendix for technical fit and to the ROSES lead contact, Dr. Max Bernstein at NASA Headquarters (sara@nasa.gov, 202-358-0879), for overall solicitation policy and process questions.

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