ROSES 2024: A.26 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science
NASA's ROSES 2024 A.26 funds rapid Earth Science research with no fixed deadline, but proposals must follow ROSES-24 rules and include a required form from the application package.
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Funder: NASA Headquarters
Due Dates: April 28, 2025 (final ROSES-24 deadline; proposals accepted any time before this date)
Funding Amounts: No fixed budget; most awards are for 1 year (up to 3 years with strong justification); typical rapid response projects: ~$75K–$150K/year.
Summary: Supports rapid-response research on unforeseen Earth system events and exceptionally novel, unscheduled ideas in Earth remote sensing.
Key Information: Contact a NASA program officer before submitting; only a very small number of proposals are funded each year.
Description
This NASA opportunity solicits proposals for rapid response to unforeseen or unpredictable Earth system events, as well as exceptionally novel research ideas in Earth remote sensing that do not fit within NASA’s regular solicitations. The program is part of the annual Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) omnibus announcement, specifically under element A.26.
The program is designed to:
- Enable quick-turnaround research to take advantage of targets of opportunity (e.g., major fires, volcanic eruptions, extreme floods, large-scale pollution events, harmful algal blooms, coral bleaching, or other rapid environmental changes).
- Support highly innovative, high-merit ideas in Earth remote sensing that have not been solicited by NASA in the past three years.
Proposals should be unique, urgent, and not responsive to any other current or recent NASA solicitation. The program is not intended for disaster mitigation or immediate hazard response (contact the Disasters Program Manager for those needs).
Note: NASA Earth Science Division has not reserved dedicated funds for this opportunity; only a very small number of meritorious proposals are expected to be funded each year.
