Opportunity Overview
NOTICE: Amended October 7, 2026. This amendment adds this new program element to ROSES-2025. Step-1 proposals are due by November 20, 2026, and Step-2 proposals are due March 16, 2027.
The page limit for the anonymized central Science-Technical-Management (S/T/M) section of proposals is 20 pages.
Proposers must provide a separately uploaded Payload Reference Document (PRD) to allow NASA to best match the research payload needs with multiple compatible flight platforms and identify the greatest suborbital research capabilities and launch flexibilities possible. See Section 1.3.1.
New: Proposals must include a “Rideshare Opportunity” section that describes the availability of resources for a rideshare instrument to be included with the flight. See Section 4.4.
New: Proposals self-identified as "science-enabling-only" must include an Application of Traceability Matrix, see 4.2.3.
New: Proposals will be submitted via a binding two-step submission process, see Section 3.
New: Proposals will be evaluated using dual anonymous peer review, so the technical proposal must be anonymized, see Section 5.1.
All proposers are strongly encouraged to use the standard SMD template for the Open Science Data Management Plan see https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/OSDMP
This synopsis is a generic summary that is posted for each of the many individual "program elements" in NASA’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 solicitation. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of ROSES at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2
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| Issuing agency | NASA Headquarters |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Category | Research Development |
| Published | October 07, 2026 |
| Procurement stage | Request for Proposal (RFP) |
| Response due | March 16, 2027 |
| Status | Open — accepting responses |
| Official source | View original notice |
| Last verified | October 11, 2026 |
Source: U.S. Government (Grants.gov) — public domain. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the United States Government.
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