Amendment 5: Final text for C.17 Planetary Major Equipment and Facilities

The Planetary Major Equipment and Facilities (PMEF) program element 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 research programs.

This amendment presents final text for program element C.17 Planetary Major Equipment and Facilities. The text has changed significantly from prior years. Appended proposals are submitted along with a Step-2 proposal to an eligible program on the due date given for that program element in Tables 2 and 3 of ROSES. Stand-alone proposals are submitted in response to this program element. Stand-alone Step-1 proposals are due July 17, 2018 and Stand-alone Step‑2 proposals are due September 17, 2018.

Questions concerning this program element may be directed to Jeffrey Grossman at HQ-PME@mail.nasa.gov.