Draft AO for Earth Venture-2 Missions released for community comment
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Draft AO Workshop: March 4, 2011
Comments Due: March 11, 2011
Identification Number: NNH11ZDA010J
Notice Type: Presolicitation
On February 15, 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is releasing a draft solicitation for community review and comment: the draft Earth Venture-2 (EV-2) Announcement of Opportunity (AO). Upon the release date, the full text of the draft solicitation will be available at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/.
The Earth Venture element of the ESSP Program conducts Principal Investigator (PI)-led science investigations relevant to SMD’s Earth Science research program. Earth Venture investigations must address NASAs goals to acquire deeper scientific understanding of the components of the Earth system, their interactions, and the consequences to life of changes in the Earth system.
Participation is open to all categories of organizations or institutions, U.S. or non-U.S., including educational, industrial, and not-for-profit institutions, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), NASA Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and other Government agencies.
NASA will hold an Earth Venture-2 (EV-2) Draft AO Workshop on Friday, March 4, 2011, in the Washington, D.C., area to provide an overview of the draft EV-2 AO and to address any questions. Information about the Workshop will be made available on the EV-2 Acquisition Homepage at http://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EV-2/.
The comment period for the draft EV-2 AO ends on March 11, 2011.
The issuance of the draft EV-2 AO does not obligate NASA to issue the EV-2 AO and solicit proposals. Any costs incurred by prospective investigators in preparing submissions in response to this draft solicitation are incurred completely at the submitter’s own risk.
Comments may be addressed in writing or by e-mail to the EV-2 Program Scientist: Dr. Ramesh Kakar, Ref.: Draft EV-2 AO, Earth Science Division, Mail Suite 3B74, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001, E-mail: ramesh.k.kakar@nasa.gov (subject line to read “Draft EV-2 AO”). Responses to all inquiries will be answered by e-mail and also posted at the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) location of the EV-2 Acquisition Homepage at http://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EV-2/; anonymity of persons/institutions who submit questions will be preserved.
