Notices

• NOTICE: Amended September 17, 2020. This Amendment delays the proposal due date for this program element to give more time for proposers displaced by fires in the west. Proposals are now due October 8, 2020.
• NOTICE: Amended July 2, 2020. This Amendment releases the final text for this program element. Mandatory Notices of Intent are due August 13, 2020 and proposals are due October 8, 2020. The text has been revised in response to community comments. Changes include: Section 3.1, Orbital projects are now allowed to 'bring your own ride' within the PI cost cap and commercial reusable sub-orbital launch vehicles are included as an option. Clarification on including budget for orbital communications included. Section 3.2, multiple flights allowed and 'keep alive' funding level requested. Section 4.1, role of existing Program Offices clarified. Section 4.3, decision authority for milestone reviews clarified. Section 5.2, maximum duration of projects clarified. Section 5.3, required cost information and size of project team clarified. Section 5.4, Data Management plan and archiving requirements clarified. Section 6, initial budget period clarified. Section 8.2 on early career team members clarified. Section 8.4 request for reviewer names added. In addition, there are numerous small changes and clarifications throughout the text, so please read this final text carefully.
• The description of the specific proposal opportunity on this page is contained in the document 'D.16 Astrophysics Pioneers'. The document 'D.1 Astrophysics Research Program Overview' describes research activities within the NASA science division that is managing the specific proposal opportunity on this page and may impose requirements upon proposals submitted to this program element. The document 'Summary of Solicitation' describes the common requirements for all ROSES-2020 proposal opportunities. The documents 'Table 2' and 'Table 3' contain the list of all proposal opportunities and their due dates, sorted by due date or appendix number, respectively. All of these documents are kept up to date and incorporate amendments, clarifications, and corrections in a clearly identifiable manner.