ROMAN24 Proposals were due on March 6, 2025

Listed below are resources and information pertinent to the upcoming NASA Research Announcement for D.14 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities, which is part of ROSES-2024.

This program element solicits proposals aimed at supporting the progress of and exploiting the scientific and technical data from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Two categories of proposal are solicited: Wide Field Science (WFS) investigations, which are broken into regular and large sizes; and membership in the Coronagraph Community Participation Program (CPP) Team. This page includes additional documents that may aid in the preparation of proposals.

Questions on this program element should be directed to Julie McEnery and Dominic Benford.

Technical Resources

• Observatory technical information – Detailed description of the Roman Observatory, parameters for the Wide-Field Instrument and Coronagraph Instrument, Roman overview papers, and additional resources. Familiarization with the technical information provided here is strongly recommended.
      -  Wide-Field Instrument and Observatory Performance
      -  Coronagraph Instrument technical information
      -  Roman Technical Information Github
• Program level requirements
• Science Requirements Document (.pdf)

Science Centers

Selected teams will be expected to coordinate with the Roman Science Centers to maximize the utility of their activities for the benefit of the entire community. The links below provide detailed information on the two science centers.

• Science Support Center (IPAC) pipelines and science processing (.pdf)    -  Spectroscopy Processing (.pdf)
      -  Galactic Bulge Time Doman Survey and Exoplanet Microlensing Processing (.pdf)
• Science Operations Center (STScI) pipelines and science processing (.pdf)
• High Level Science Products How-To Guide

NASA Documents and Policies

• ROSES-2024 Summary of Solicitation
• D.14 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities

Roman Core Community Definition Virtual Town Halls

• Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey
      -  Slides (.pdf)
      -  Recorded presentation #1
      -  Recorded presentation #2
• High Latitude Time Domain Survey
      -  Slides (.pdf)
      -  Recorded presentation #1
      -  Recorded presentation #2
• High Latitude Wide Area Survey
      -  Slides (.pdf)
      -  Recorded presentation #1
      -  Recorded presentation #2
• Roman Galactic Plane Survey Definition – status updates on the Galactic Plane Survey definition, including the solicitation of community feedback
• Roman Coronagraph Instrument: Test Results Info Session - held in August 2024, this workshop presented the coronagraph’s as-built capabilities, focusing on results from thermal vacuum chamber testing. The videos from the session are posted online.
• Roman Science Team Community Briefing (WFI) – In November 2021 the Roman Project held a virtual community workshop to share with the astronomical community the extensive work that has been done by the outgoing Roman science investigation teams to provide scientific support for mission design activities. All the presentations from this workshop are available and provide background information.
• Community information sessions on the Coronagraph Instrument – Held in October 2021, the purpose of the session was to inform the community about current progress on the Roman Coronagraph Instrument and its capability as a technology demonstrator and potential science instrument.

Content Summary

The proposal document content follows Table 1 in ROSES-2024 Summary of Solicitation, except for the Science, Technical, and Management section page limits and the optional enhancement to WFS proposals for research activities to be conducted by undergraduate students. The contents are summarized below.

Table of Contents	Optional, 1 pp
Science, Technical, and Management	WFS regular and CPP: 10 pp WFS large: 12 pp
Proposing research activities to be conducted by undergraduate students	Optional enhancement for WFS only: 2 pp
References	No page limit
Open Science and Data Management Plan	2 pp
Biographical Sketches/Curriculum Vitae (CVs)	2 pp PI (or science PI); 1 pp each Co-I; Collaborators optional
Table of Personnel and Work Effort	No page limit
Current and Pending Support	As necessary for PI and funded participants who would devote >10% of their time in any given year to the proposed work. No page limit
Statements of Commitment and Letters of Resource Support, and Endorsement	Co-Is seeking no NASA funding (either foreign or U.S.-based) must include letters of endorsement from their government agency or funding / sponsoring institution. Letters of Resource Support are for a necessary facility or resource confirming that it is available for the proposed use during the proposed period. No page limit.
Redacted Budget	No page limit
Facilities and Equipment	No page limit