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NOTICE: An informational webinar about the required inclusion plans will occur on Tuesday January 16, 3-4 pm Eastern Time via Teams. See the IP Webinar connect information posted under “Other documents” on the lower right of this NSPIRES page.
NOTICE: Amended October 30, 2023. This amendment makes several significant changes, summarized below. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. The due dates are unchanged.
- Requirements associated with NPR 8079.1 on Collision Avoidance/ Conjunction Assessment have been added to Section 1.2.2.3.
- The language on requirements for the Suborbital-class proposal Payload Reference Document, which is now due at proposal submission (but not with the Notice of Intent), has been heavily edited; see Section 1.2.1.2.
- Solicited activities related to training of students and early-career researchers is clarified in Section 2.2.
- Inclusion Plans may be up to three pages, see Section 2.8.
NOTICE: Amended September 14, 2023. The due dates have been deferred: Mandatory Notices of Intent are now due December 15, 2023, and proposals are now due on January 31, 2024. Changes to the text of APRA and SAT will be provided by amendment in October.
NOTICE: On September 6, 2023, at 12 pm Eastern Time, NASA will hold an informational webinar focused on the suborbital research aspects of the APRA and LCAS program elements. For connect information please refer to the Webinar informational notice, posted under other documents on the right side of this page.
The description of the specific proposal opportunity on this page is contained in the document 'D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis'. 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-2023 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.
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