ROSES 2020: Studies with ICESat‐2 (NASA)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31148
• Date: 18 June 2020
• Published date: 18 June 2020

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Grants alert (cont.)

a co-investigator for an instrument, experiment or

technology demonstration that is being built and own

by a sponsor agency other than NASA.

Deadline: Letters of Intent, Aug. 3, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 15, 2020.

Funds: NASA expects to make up to two awards.

Eligibility: U.S. institutions.

Areas: NASA said the coinvestigator role may include

but is not limited to instrument design, modeling and

simulation of the instrument’s operation and measurement

performance; calibration of the instrument, scientic

analysis and/or research of the data returned; and/or

development of innovative data analysis techniques.

A U.S. Participating Investigator may also serve as

a member of a non-NASA space mission science or

engineering team and participate in science team

activities, such as mission planning, mission operations,

data processing, data analysis and data archiving.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NNH20ZDA001N-

APEXUSPI

ROSES 2020: Studies with ICESat-2 (NASA)

Scope: The National Aeronautics and Space

Administration seeks applications for earth science

research using observations from the Ice, Cloud, and

land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2).

Deadline: Letters of Intent, Sept. 30, 2020; proposals,

Oct. 30, 2020.

Funds: $1.5 million for seven to 10 awards. The

maximum project period is three years.

Eligibility: U.S. institutions.

Areas: NASA said specic topics include but are

not limited to: investigations in nonpolar physical

oceanography, especially topography and waves

that utilize the global sea surface height product;

investigations of cloud processes that utilize the global

clouds, cloud properties and lidar backscatter product;

investigations of local-to-regional-scale ice-sheet and

ice-shelf processes that utilize the unique capabilities of

ICESat-2 to improve the understanding and assessment

of the ice-sheet mass balance, including ice-sheet

hydrology, and ice-shelf-ocean-sea ice interaction; and

investigations of sea ice and oceanic processes in the

Southern Ocean.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NNH20ZDA001N-ICESAT2

ROSES 2020: Commercial Smallsat Data

Analysis (NASA)

Scope: The National Aeronautics and Space

Administration seeks applications for the ROSES 2020:

Commercial Smallsat Data Analysis announcement to

further the analysis of commercially produced satellite

data obtained by NASA as part of the Commercial

Smallsat Data Acquisition Program and/or through

other agreements that allow access to data obtained by

commercial sources.

Deadline: Letters of Intent, July 1, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 1, 2020.

Funds: $2 million for 10 to 15 awards. The maximum

project period is 18 months.

Eligibility: U.S. institutions.

Areas: NASA encourages proposals for investigations

that will utilize data available from the commercial small

satellite datasets available to NASA through purchases

(Planet, Maxar, Spire Global) and/or agreement

(Teledyne Brown Engineering DLR Earth Sensing

Imaging Spectrometer) for furthering understanding of

the earth system and/or enhancing applications.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NNH20ZDA001N-CSDA

Enhancing science, technology, engineering

and math educational diversity (NIBIB/NICHD)

Scope: The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging

and Bioengineering and the Eunice Kennedy

Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development seek applications for the Enhancing

Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational

Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences

announcement to support educational activities that

encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds,

including those from groups underrepresented in the

biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further

studies or careers in research.

Deadline: Letters of Intent, May 24, 2021, and May 24,

2022; proposals, June 24, 2021, and June 24, 2022.

Funds: The number of awards depends on

appropriations and the submission of a sufficient

number of quality applications. The maximum project

period is four years.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations, including small businesses; nonprot

organizations; and state, local, special district and Native

American tribal governments; among others.

Areas: NIBIB and NICHD said to accomplish the

overarching goal of this announcement funding

will support creative educational activities with a

primary focus on: courses for skills development and

research experiences for undergraduate freshmen and

sophomores from diverse backgrounds, including those

from groups underrepresented in bioengineering or

science, technology, engineering and mathematics elds

relevant to bioengineering, such as engineering or the

physical/computational sciences, which play key roles in

biomedical technologies and innovation.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# PAR-20-223

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