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TOPS' proposal resources are available here.
HPOSS supports new work to advance and streamline the open sharing of scientific information.
- This includes the development of innovative open-source tools, software, frameworks, data formats, and libraries that will have a significant impact on the SMD science community.
- Awards of ~$100k to support work for one year
- HPOSS is run on a yearly basis and has no fixed due dates.
- Submit proposals for ROSES-23 at any point during the year, and they will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
- The ROSES-23 solicitation will be available through March 29, 2024, at which point the ROSES-24 solicitation will become available.
- Resources:
- Read summaries of previously selected proposals.
- Watch recording of HPOSS informational webinar and access the presentation slides.
SOSS supports the addition of an open science component to an existing "parent" ROSES award.
- This could include making the results of the parent award more accessible, inclusive, and usable, or contributing back to relevant open science communities. This could also include cloud credits (through Amazon Web Services - AWS) to support activities from the parent award.
- Awards are for work up to one year and will be dispensed as augmentations to existing awards
- ~$10K for cloud credits
- ~$50k otherwise
- Proposer must have an existing research proposal selected for funding by SMD with at least 15 months remaining in its period of performance at the time of the submission to SOSS.
- SOSS is run on a yearly basis and has no fixed due dates.
- Submit proposals for ROSES-23 at any point during the year, and they will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
- The ROSES-23 solicitation will be available through March 29, 2024, at which point the ROSES-24 solicitation will become available.
TWSC supports events, hackathons, un-conferences, and challenges that build open science skills.
- SMD has released TWSC as a Notice of Funding Opportunity (rather than a ROSES element, as was the case in prior years).
- Rolling deadline.
- Events focused on Science Mission Directorate data, software, or open science practices
- Hackathons, un-conferences, and challenges that build open science skills
- Focused training in open science practices and principles
- Events MUST be openly available and allow for inclusive participation
- Potential proposers must confirm relevancy and availability of funds with a SMD program officer before preparing or submitting a proposal. TWSC has no dedicated funding, so proposers are directed to first contact a NASA division, office, or program that may have funding before preparing a proposal. See section 4.2.1 of the NOFO for information to include in an inquiry email and section 7.0 for contact information for Open Science TWSC inquiries.
OSTFL supports the maintenance of existing open sources tools, frameworks, and libraries that are significantly used by the SMD community.
- To be released for ROSES-24
- Proposals must:
- State the process of adding extensions, documentation, and maintenance of the software to support the user community
- Include an assessment of the potential impact to the SMD science community
- Solicited every 3 years.
- $2M awarded in ROSES-20 to 8 programs.
TOPS-T supports the development of discipline-specific open science curriculum and capacity building efforts for open science training.
- Not solicited in ROSES-23.
- $6.5M awarded over 3 years based on ROSES-22 solicitation. Read the news release and summaries of selected proposals.
S4SSP will provide supplemental support to existing awards for the use of cloud computing platforms.
- Not solicited in ROSES-23. NASA does not intend to solicit this program element in ROSES-2024. However, F.8 Supplements for Open-Source Science (SOSS) has been revised to accommodate proposals that would have been submitted to this program.
Solicits proposals that would enable critically needed machine learning tools to advance both Heliophysics and Earth Science research.
- Not solicited in ROSES-23.
- Read summaries of selected proposals from the ROSES-22 solicitation
Solicits proposals from non-R1 institutions to provide support for investigators and their students at institutions underrepresented in the SMD ecosystem
- Enable investigators at institutions underrepresented in the SMD ecosystem to initiate activities that, over the course of a two-year period, will provide the foundation for a competitive, sustainable, and productive program of research
- Enable undergraduate students affiliated with the proposing investigator to perform cutting-edge research in SMD-relevant field
- Submission deadline for ROSES-23 has passed.
Solicits proposals to provide support for faculty investigators and their students at under-resourced institutions (URIs) to carry out NASA-relevant research
- SMD aims to facilitate new and expand ongoing partnerships between students and faculty at URIs and researchers at NASA Centers that could be expected to grow into Bridge partnerships and become well-positioned to submit a proposal to the future SMD Bridge Program opportunity in ROSES-2023
- Notices of Intent are not requested
- Proposals may be submitted at any time, but those submitted by June 30, 2023, will be reviewed in Summer 2023
- Anticipated award date in October 2023
TOPS' proposal resources are available here.