NASA Call for Peer Reviewers: EONS 2019 MUREP Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO) Group 6 Renewal

Good afternoon. NASA Research and Education Support Services (NRESS) is seeking persons willing to serve as peer reviewers for the MUREP Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO) Group 6 Renewal program element listed under Education Opportunities in NASA STEM 2019 (EONS-2019). Information about the opportunity, proposal requirements and evaluation criteria can be found on the MIRO Group 6 Renewal page in the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES).

The peer review process is completed in two stages: an online review followed by a panel virtual meeting. The proposals are first reviewed individually and anonymously online. When the online review period ends, a panel will virtually convene to discuss the proposals and identify those recommended for funding.

Proposals are approximately 15-20 pages in length. No more than 10 proposals will be received, and review assignments will be made evenly across selected reviewers.

The online review period is scheduled May 13-18, 2020

 The virtual panel is scheduled to be held May 19-21, 2020

Reviewer instruction webinar is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 1:00 pm PST

• Your willingness to participate in this particular peer review does not guarantee selection. Reviewers will be selected based on the subject matter of  proposals received.

• If you are selected for this specific opportunity, you will be notified via email, with detailed instructions on the process.

• Non-civil servant online reviewers will receive $75 for each proposal fully reviewed and submitted in NSPIRES prior to the close of the review period. 

• Non-civil servant panelists will receive a $200/per day honorarium.

If you are available to serve as an online reviewer and/or virtual panelist, please complete the information below and send it to NASAMIRO@nasaprs.com by April 20, 2020.

Thank you.

Tamra Ross

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1.  Provide your contact information as it appears/will appear in NSPIRES.

        Full name, Organization, Department, Position/Title, Email address(es), Phone number(s)

2.  If you work for a Minority Serving Institution, please identify classification

3.  Have you ever served as a NASA online reviewer? (If yes, please identify when.)

4.  Have you ever served as a NASA panelist? (If yes, please identify when.) 

5.  Which role(s) will you be able to serve: Online Reviewer and/or Virtual Panelist?
  
6.  What is your Primary Field of Expertise?
  
7.  Do you have experience in any of the following areas: Identify all that apply.

• Propulsion, robotic landers, lunar surface exploration, and small spacecraft technologies
• Biological challenges to humans health in space flight conditions
• Energy-related topics for space exploration. Long-duration and deep-space missions.  (i) high-performance solar energy harvesting, (ii) high energy and high-power energy storage systems and (iii) new materials platforms to improve energy efficiency.
• Climate change, Biophysics, Material Science, Data vis
• Atmospheric science, science communication, UAV platforms for atmospheric science measurements.
• Atmospheric science, AI, big data
• Big data, VR/AR
• Batteries
• Optics
• Physics, Astronomy

8.  Please provide any other information that may be helpful to match you with most appropriate proposals. You may also attach your curriculum vitae (CV).

NSPIRES registration is REQUIRED to participate in the review process.

If you are already registered in NSPIRES, take a moment to verify that your NSPIRES account is current, and corresponds with the information you provided above. If you are interested in serving as a reviewer, and are not registered in NSPIRES, please do so immediately. Go to the NSPIRES website, and click the blue ‘Create an Account’ button in the upper right corner of the page.

If you have any problems with registration or accessing a current account, contact the NSPIRES Help Desk at (202) 479-9376, or by email at nspires-help@nasaprs.com. The Help Desk should ALWAYS be your first line of communication if you encounter any issues with NSPIRES.

If you have any questions, please email NASAMIRO@nasaprs.com.

Please share this with any colleagues who may be interested in serving as reviewers.