The Advancing Collaborative Connections for Earth System Science (ACCESS) Program
Overview of ACCESS
The primary objective of the Advancing Collaborative Connections for Earth System Science (ACCESS) program is to enhance, extend, and improve existing components of NASA’s distributed and heterogeneous data and information systems infrastructure. NASA’s Earth science data systems is made up of both core and community elements. These elements directly support the agency’s science and applied science goals and objectives. ACCESS projects increase the interconnectedness and reuse of key information technology software, techniques, and services underpinning the advancement of Earth science research.
The ACCESS program supports the deployment of data and information capabilities that enable the freer movement of data and information within our distributed environment of providers and users. This often requires the utilization of tools and services to aid in measurable improvements of Earth science data access and data usability. Awarded projects are expected to augment NASA’s heterogeneous data system components by leveraging these proven information technologies in order to rapidly deploy data system services that bridge specific gaps within the agency’s Earth science information systems.
The ACCESS program seeks to deploy and reuse existing technological solutions in support of Earth science data and information needs. The use of mature technologies and practices helps to lower the overall project risk of system deployment, while making these new capabilities readily available to research and applied science communities. Proposals, therefore, offering substantively new IT development efforts or those carrying significant risk due to the immaturity of the technical components are not recommended for submission to ACCESS solicitations. Awarded project work plans must focus on the use of higher TRL (technology readiness level) technology components (generally TRL 7 and above). The program encourages targeted solutions to current data access and data usability issues by supplying new tools or services to our Earth science research community.
Open Solicitations
There are currently no open ACCESS solicitations.
Past Solicitations
| 2011 | ACCESS ROSES | Solicitation PDF (86 KB) | Awarded Projects PDF (48 KB) |
| 2009 | ACCESS ROSES | Solicitation PDF (60 KB) | Awarded Projects PDF (48 KB) |
| 2007 | ACCESS ROSES | Solicitation PDF (41 KB) | Awarded Projects PDF (103 KB) |
| 2006 | ACCESS ROSES | Solicitation PDF (230 KB) | Awarded Projects PDF (19 KB) |
| 2005 | ACCESS ROSES | Solicitation PDF (68 KB) | Awarded Projects PDF (79 KB) |
More information on ACCESS projects
Additional Resources
NASA solicits research and development through the release of various research announcements in a wide range of science and technology disciplines. Visit the NASA NSPIRES Web site for more information about NASA research opportunities, including through the annual Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) solicitations.