Overview of ROSES
ROSES stands for Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences, which is a funding program provided by NASA for researchers and scientists in the fields of space and Earth sciences. ROSES aims to support research, development, and technology in these fields and to enhance collaboration among universities, research institutions, and industry.
Frequently Asked Questions about ROSES
What’s new in ROSES this year? How does it differ from previous ROSES?
ROSES-2023 can be found at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2023 starting February 14, 2023. The following significant changes have occurred since last year’s ROSES:
- The data, program, and publication archiving requirements have been strengthened to reflect the updated SMD scientific information policy. In particular: 1) Accepted manuscript copies resulting from ROSES-2023 awards must be publicly available at the time of publication 2) Scientific data and programs developed with ROSES funding must be made available to support peer review publication at the time of publication 3) Useful scientific data and programs developed during the award that have not been published must be made publicly available by the end of the award 4) To be eligible for funding, PIs and Co-Is must provide their persistent digital identifier (e.g., ORCID) through NSPIRES under account management – -> personal profile. For more information, see section II (c) of the ROSES-2023 Summary of Solicitation (SoS) and https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/OSDMP
- Updates to the Comprehensive Inclusion Plan: ROSES-2023 follows a more unified and consistent approach to the Comprehensive Inclusion Plan requirements. More than ten programs in ROSES-2023 will require a “Inclusion Plan” of two pages, see section IV (e) ii of the ROSES-2023 Summary of Solicitation (SoS) for more information. Inclusion plans will not contribute to descriptive evaluations or recommendations regarding selection. Any program element requiring an inclusion plan will clearly state this in the program element text.
- Expansion of Double Anonymous Peer Review (DAPR): In ROSES-2023, over 30 program elements will use double anonymous peer review. Any program element using DAPR will clearly state this in the program element text. See section V (b) of the ROSES-2023 Summary of Solicitation (SoS) for more information. Inclusion plans will not contribute to descriptive evaluations or recommendations regarding selection and https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/dual-anonymous-peer-review for more information about DAPR.
- SMD expects that F.2 Topical Workshops and Symposia and Conferences (TWSC) will be a separate independent funding opportunity from ROSES in 2023. The ROSES-2022 TWSC program element will continue to accept proposals until the closing date of May 12, 2023. ROSES-2023 retains the TWSC row in Tables 2 and 3, which includes a hyperlink to be updated to refer to the new TWSC opportunity when it is released.
- The eligibility text related to the CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) has been clarified in section VIII (c) v of the ROSES-2023 Summary of Solicitation.
- There are several changes in program elements within ROSES:
- In Appendix A (Earth Sciences), there are two new program elements: A.32 Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Science Team and A.48 Wildland Fires. In Earth Sciences, some program elements are only solicited every few years, for instance, the Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program office (A.40) is being solicited for the first time in many years. At the time of release, A.25 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science (RRNES) and A.59 Technology Development for Support of Wildfire Science and Disaster Management will be unspecified but will not have a fixed deadline at release, and A.24 Earth Surface and Interior and A.47 Equity and Environmental Justice will be part of the inclusion testing study, see section IV (e) ii of SoS, and A.15 Cryospheric Science, A.22 Soil Moisture Active-Passive Science Team, A.28 Global Navigation Satellite System Research, A.30 SAGE III / ISS Science Team, and A.33 Understanding Changes in High Mountain Asia will evaluate proposals using DAPR, see section V (b) of SoS. Finally, some programs in Appendix A encourage proposers to use standard Earth Science templates for the current and future support work effort schedule at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/templates-for-earth-science-division-appendix-a-roses-proposals.
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Appendix B introduces a new program element: B.23 Solar Orbiter Guest Investigators. Many opportunities in Appendix B use a “binding” two-step proposal submission process, see Section IV (b) vii of SoS. B.15 Heliophysics Innovation in Technology and Science (HITS) has no fixed due date, B.2 Heliophysics Supporting Research (HSR), B.4 Heliophysics Guest Investigator Open (HGIO), and B.16 Heliophysics artificial intelligence / machine learning Ready Data (H-ARD) will evaluate proposals using DAPR see Section V (b) of SoS, and B.21 Heliophysics Citizen Science Investigations (H-CSI), unspecified at release, will be part of the inclusive testing study, see Section IV (e) ii of SoS. Proposals to Appendix B are strongly encouraged to use the standard Heliophysics template for current and future support and the OSDMP template, see https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/templates-heliophysic-division-appendix-b-roses-proposals. - In Appendix C (Planetary Science) this year, “tools” return to program element C.4 Planetary Data Archiving and Retrieval and Planetary Tools. At the time of the ROSES release, six programs will evaluate proposals using DAPR see Section V (b) of SoS and seven programs allow for proposal submission at any time. C.11 Discovery Data Analysis (DDAP) does not request budgets with the proposal, only cost category (small, medium, or large); budgets will be requested later for proposals that can be identified. All proposals to Appendix C are strongly encouraged to use the planetary science template for the employee cost and effort table, and proposals requiring OSDMP are strongly encouraged to use the PSD OSDMP template. Both templates can be downloaded from: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/templates-planetary-science-division-appendix-c-roses-proposals.
- In Appendix D (Astronomy Science), there will be a new program element: D.17 Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) General Observer – Cycle 1. At the time of the ROSES release, ten programs will evaluate proposals using DAPR see Section V (b) of SoS, and four programs are part of the inclusive testing study, see Section IV (e) ii of SoS.
- In Appendix E (Biological and Physical Sciences), guidance will be provided from the National Academies for the upcoming round of awards that will be issued in the summer of 2023, and as a result, there may be program elements in Appendix E that are TBD program elements pending the release of this report. At the time of the ROSES release,
Source: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/#17
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