KEY INFORMATION
| Expected program budget for first year of new awards sdf |
Concept Studies: $0.9M (FY 2012) |
| Number of new awards pending adequate proposals of merit | About 3-6 for the study phase; about 4 for the development phase |
| Maximum duration of awards | Two years for a new study phase; the four-year Development Effort would augment the original award and extend the period of performance; start-up funds for a current fellow would augment the original award without extending the period of performance. |
| Supplemental EPO Eligibility | Yes, for awards >1 year; see Appendices E.5 and E.6 of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation. |
| Due date for Notice of Intent to propose (NOI) | See Tables 2 and 3 in the ROSES Summary of Solicitation. |
| Due date for proposals | See Tables 2 and 3 in the ROSES Summary of Solicitation. |
| Planning date for start of investigation | 6 months after proposal due date. |
| Page limit for the central Science-Technical-Management section of proposal | See Chapter 2 of the 2011 NASA Guidebook for Proposers. |
| Relevance | This program is relevant to the astrophysics science strategic goals and subgoals in NASA’s Strategic Plan; see Table 1 and the references therein. Proposals that are relevant to this program are, by definition, relevant to NASA. |
| General information and overview of this solicitation | See the ROSES Summary of Solicitation. |
| Detailed instructions for the preparation and submission of proposals | See Chapter 2 of the 2011 NASA Guidebook for Proposers. |
| Submission medium | Electronic proposal submission is required; no hard copy is required or permitted. See Section IV of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation and Chapter 3 of the NASA Guidebook for Proposers. |
| Web site for submission of proposal via NSPIRES | http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ (help desk available at nspires-help@nasaprs.com or (202) 479-9376) |
| Web site for submission of proposal via Grants.gov | http://grants.gov (help desk available at support@grants.gov or (800) 518-4726) |
| Funding opportunity number for downloading an application package from Grants.gov | NNH11ZDA001N-RTF |
| NASA point of contact concerning this program |
Michael R. Moore |