ROSES-2020 Clarifications, corrections and amendments

ROSES-2020 Amendments, Clarifications, and Corrections


Welcome to SARA's Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES)-2020 blog. If you want to have a list of all of the changes to ROSES-2020 then bookmark this page. To effectively search this page for changes to ROSES relevant to a certain division or keyword you must search on "ROSES" and the key word or name of the division (e.g., "ROSES Astrophysics" or "ROSES COVID") and then click the word "Newest" to sort results by date.

Amendment 67: Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (soliciting graduate student research) final text and due dates released.
Universe, Solar System, Sun, Earth
Nov 3, 2020
Through Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) the Astrophysics, Earth Science, Heliophysics and Planetary Science Divisions of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) solicit proposals for graduate student-designed and perform
Amendment 66: New Opportunity in ROSES-2020: C.26 COLDTech: Autonomy, Communications, and Radiation-Hard Devices
Solar System
Nov 2, 2020
The goal of the Concepts for Ocean worlds Life Detection Technology (COLDTech) Program is to develop and advance the maturity of spacecraft technologies required for exploration of ocean worlds such as Europa and Enceladus.
Amendment 65: D.6 Fermi Cycle 14 Revised Text.
Universe
Oct 27, 2020
The Fermi Guest Investigator (GI) program solicits proposals for basic research relevant to the Fermi mission.
Amendment 64: Release of Final text of E.8 Supplemental Open Source Software Awards.
Universe, Solar System, Sun, Earth, Physical Sciences, Space Biology
Oct 27, 2020
Supplemental open source software awards are used to encourage the conversion of legacy software into modern code to be released under a generally accepted, open source license (e.g., Apache-2, BSD-2-clause, GPL). The supplement would add a software component to their previously selected "parent"... Read More
Amendment 63: D.6 TESS Guest Investigator Cycle 4 Revised Text and Phase-1 Due Date Delay.
Universe, Exoplanets
Oct 23, 2020
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Guest Investigator (GI) Program solicits proposals for the acquisition and analysis of new scientific data from the TESS mission, a NASA Explorer mission that was launched in April 2018 and began science operations in July 2018. Additionally,... Read More
Amendment 62: Release of Final Text and Due Dates for C.17 Planetary Major Equipment and Facilities: Stand-Alone Proposals
Solar System
Oct 23, 2020
The Planetary Major Equipment and Facilities (PMEF) program (element C.17) allows proposals for the purchase or development of new or upgraded non-flight analytical, computational, telescopic, and other instrumentation to be used in investigations in Planetary Science Division (PSD) research... Read More
Amendment 61: Habitable Worlds Change in Scope.
Solar System
Oct 21, 2020
The goal of the Habitable Worlds program is to use knowledge of the history of the Earth and the life upon it as a guide for determining the processes and conditions that create and maintain habitable environments and to search for ancient and contemporary habitable environments and explore the... Read More
Amendment 60: Revised Text and New Phase-1 Proposal Due Date for D.9 NuSTAR General Observer (GO) Program Cycle 7.
Universe
Oct 21, 2020
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Small Explorer (SMEX) mission is the first orbiting telescope to focus light in the high energy X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum (E > 10 keV), with an effective bandpass of 3–79 keV. The observatory provides a combined improvement in... Read More
Amendment 59: Release of Final text of E.7 Open Source Tools, Libraries, and Frameworks.
Universe, Solar System, Sun, Earth, Physical Sciences, Space Biology
Oct 21, 2020
SMD seeks proposals for the improvement and sustainment of high-value, open source tools, frameworks, and libraries that have made significant impacts to the SMD science community. We are seeking proposals that satisfy the following objectives:
Amendment 58: New Opportunity in D.17 Extreme Precision Radial Velocity Foundation Science.
Universe, Exoplanets
Oct 16, 2020
In response to a recommendation in National Academies of Sciences Exoplanet Science Strategy and the joint NASA/NSF Extreme Precision Radial Velocity (EPRV) Working Group, the Astrophysics Division has allocated some funding in FY21 to support a pilot set of competitively-selected two-year... Read More
Amendment 57: A.24 Terrestrial Hydrology Due Dates Delayed
Earth
Oct 9, 2020
ROSES-2020 A.24 Terrestrial Hydrology program (THP) has the scientific objective to use remote sensing to develop a predictive understanding of the role of water in
Amendment 55: Astrophysics Research and Analysis Major Revision.
Universe
Sep 17, 2020
ROSES program element D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) solicits basic research proposals for investigations that are relevant to NASA's programs in astronomy and astrophysics and includes research over the entire range of photons, gravitational waves, and particle astrophysics.
Amendment 54: Delay of Due Date for D.16 "Astrophysics Pioneers"
Universe, ISS
Sep 17, 2020
D.16 "Astrophysics Pioneers" program element of ROSES solicits proposals for Astrophysics space and sub-orbital science investigations that are greater in cost, scope and capability than normally possible within ROSES, e.g., the Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) program 
Amendment 53: Delay of Due Date for A.32 New (Early Career) Investigator Program in Earth Science
Earth
Sep 14, 2020
The New (Early Career) Investigator Program (NIP) in Earth science is designed to support outstanding scientific research and career development of scientists and engineers at the early stage of their professional careers. The program welcomes innovative research initiatives and seeks to cultivate... Read More

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