Amendment 17: New Opportunity: F.23 SMD Bridge Program Seed Funding

The new SMD Bridge Seed Funding Program Element of ROSES-2023 (F.23) solicits proposals to provide support for faculty investigators and their students at under-resourced institutions (URIs) to carry out NASA-relevant research. Through the BPSF program, SMD aims to facilitate new and expand ongoing partnerships between students and faculty at URIs and researchers at NASA Centers that could be expected to grow into Bridge partnerships and become well-positioned to submit a proposal to the future SMD Bridge Program opportunity in ROSES-2023.

ROSES-2023 Amendment 17 releases text and due dates for a new opportunity: F.23 Bridge Program Seed Funding (BPSF). Notices of Intent are not requested, and proposals may be submitted at any time but those submitted by June 30, 2023, will be reviewed in Summer 2023, with anticipated award date in October 2023.

A joint informational webinar about this opportunity and F.22 Research Initiation Awards will occur May 24 1-2:30 p.m. Eastern Time via Zoom. Those who register at https://go.nasa.gov/404qx1j will receive a Zoom calendar invitation that will get updated with Connect information. This information will also be posted under "Other Documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element. SMD plans to organize networking events to help facilitate new partnerships More information about Bridge networking events will be made available at https://science.nasa.gov/smd-bridge-program once they are scheduled.

On or about April 19, 2023, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2023" (NNH23ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2023

Questions concerning F.23 BPSF may be directed to Patricia (Padi) Boyd at padi.boyd@nasa.gov.