ROSES-14 Amendment 50: Release of a new call: D.14 Extreme Precision Doppler Spectrometer Instrument

ROSES-14 Amendment 50: Release of a new call: D.14, Extreme Precision Doppler Spectrometer Instrument.

This solicitation is specifically intended to procure an Extreme Precision Doppler Spectrometer (EPDS) instrument to enable characterization of high-priority exoplanet targets in accordance with the strategic goals of NASA and the science interests of NSF, the recommendations of the Astro2010 Decadal Survey, and the science objectives of the NN-EXPLORE partnership. 

Proposals to this program will be taken by a two-step process in which the Notice of Intent is replaced by a mandatory Step-1 proposal that must be submitted by an Authorized Organizational Representative. Only proposers who submit a Step-1 proposal will be eligible to submit a Step-2 (full) proposal. Potential proposers are strongly encouraged to carefully read the information about the 2-step proposal process provided in Section IV(b)(vii) of the ROSES-2014 Summary of Solicitation and Section 6.1 of D.14. 

Step-1 proposals are due March 20, 2015, and Step-2 proposals are due April 24, 2015.

On or about January 21, 2015, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement “Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2014” (NNH14ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and will appear on the RSS feed at: http://nasascience.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-2014

Questions concerning this program element may be directed to:

Douglas Hudgins at douglas.m.hudgins@nasa.gov or (202) 358-0988