Notices

• NOTICE: Corrected January 9, 2026. Minor corrections have been made to Section 3.3.1 and Table F.6-3. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. The due dates remain unchanged.
• NOTICE: SciAct Pre-proposal Webinar will be held on Friday, January 9, 2026 2:00 PM eastern time. Information for accessing webinar can be found in the "Other Documents" section on this NSPIRES page titled 'Science Activation PPC webinar information (.pdf)'.
• NOTICE: Corrected December 22, 2025. The Table on Formatting Guidelines for Year 2-5 Budgets was moved from 3.3.2 to 3.3.4. and related corrections were made to Sections 2.5 and 3.3.2 to clarify requirements for the budget submission. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. The due dates remain unchanged: Notices of intent to propose are requested by January 26, 2026, and proposals are due March 31, 2026.
• NOTICE: Amended December 11, 2025. This amendment releases final text for this program element, which was previously TBD. There will be a pre-proposal webinar on January 9, 2026, at 2 pm Eastern time. Details for joining the webinar will be posted under "Other documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element at least one week in advance of the webinar date.
• The page limit for the central Science/Technical/Management section of the proposal is 18 pages, see Section 3. Proposals will be evaluated using dual-anonymous review, see Section 3.4 and "Guidelines for Proposers to ROSES DAPR Programs" under other documents on the NSPIRES page for this program element. Potential proposers are welcome to submit questions to lin.h.chambers@nasa.gov. Individual answers will generally not be given, but responses will be compiled in a frequently asked questions document that will be posted under "Other documents" on the right side of this NSPIRES page.
• The description of the specific proposal opportunity on this page is contained in the document 'F.6 Science Activation Program'. The document 'F.1 Cross Division Research 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-2025 proposal opportunities. The document 'Table 1' contains the proposal check list from the Summary of Solicitation. The documents 'Table 2' and 'Table 3' contain the list of all proposal opportunities and their due dates, sorted by (full or Step-2) proposal 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.