New due dates for Appendix A.9: NASA Energy and Water cycle Studies

This amendment announces new due dates for the NASA Energy and Water cycle Studies (NEWS) program described in Appendix A.9. It also establishes priorities in solicited research areas. The NEWS program seeks to advance and integrate water and energy cycle observation, scientific understanding, and ultimately its prediction to enable society to cope with future climate adversities. NASA solicits discovery-driven water and energy research projects carried out by individuals or small groups of scientists that yield significant advances in our understanding of key Earth science processes. For this NEWS solicitation, NASA encourages proposals that (i) improve our understanding of the water and energy cycle by better estimating global evaporation through the use of satellite remote sensing and (ii) use satellite remote sensing data to further investigate the linkage between the water and energy cycles and extreme events.

Notices of Intent to propose are due January 23, 2008, and proposals are due March 12, 2008.

Table 2 and Table 3 of the Summary of Solicitation for this NRA have been updated to reflect this change.

On or about December 6, 2007, Amendment No. 32 to the NASA Research Announcement “Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2007” (NNH07ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ (select “Solicitations” then “Open Solicitations” then “NNH07ZDA001N”).

Questions may be addressed to Dr. Jared K. Entin, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001; Telephone: (202) 358-0275; E-mail: Jared.K.Entin@nasa.gov.