Amendment 46: Several Changes to D.15 LISA Preparatory Science

D.15 LISA Preparatory Science (LPS) supports U.S. investigators to conduct activities that contribute to furthering the eventual science yield of LISA. It is not intended as a vehicle for funding specific U.S. contributions to the LISA instrument or science ground segment, or to develop concepts for other missions outside of LISA. Proposals to the LPS program may request support to:

  • Perform high-fidelity simulations of the expected waveforms for LISA sources and assessing their impact on LISA's science return;
  • Develop data analysis and statistical techniques useful for the extraction of scientific measurements from LISA data (e.g., parameter estimators, etc.); 
  • Refine and expand on LISA's capabilities to conduct specific astrophysical investigations and evaluate LISA’s potential contributions in the context of the broader astrophysical landscape;
  • Conduct astrophysics investigations that demonstrably prepare for the analysis and interpretation of the LISA data.

ROSES-2024 Amendment 46 announces several changes to D.15 LPS: A final science gaps list will be posted under other documents on the NSPIRES page for this program element no later than November 30th, 2024. Alignment with these science gaps will be considered in the LPS evaluation (see Sections 1.1 and 3); proposals will be evaluated using dual-anonymous peer review, see Section 2.8; and numerous other clarifications to the text. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. The due dates remain unchanged: Mandatory NOIs are due January 17, 2025, and proposals are due March 20, 2025.

On or about September 12, 2024, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2024" (NNH24ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2024

Questions concerning D.15 LPS may be directed to Thomas Hams at thomas.hams-1@nasa.gov.

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