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Sponsor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Science Mission Directorate (SMD)
Sponsor ID: NNH14ZDA001N-MDAP (Re-issue of NNH13ZDA001N-MDAP)
Amount
The award amount is unspecified. Expected program budget for first year of new awards is approximately $3.5 million USD. Number of new awards pending adequate proposals of merit is approximately 30-35. Maximum duration of awards is 4 years. Planning date for start of investigation is 6 months after proposal due date. If an institution of higher education or other not-for-profit organization wants to receive a grant or cooperative agreement, cost sharing is not required, although NASA can accept cost sharing if it is voluntarily offered. If a commercial organization wants to receive a grant or cooperative agreement, cost sharing is required unless the commercial organization can demonstrate that it does not expect to receive substantial compensating benefits for performance of the work. If this demonstration is made, cost sharing is not required but may be offered voluntarily.
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Requirements
Academic Institution
Commercial
Government
New Faculty/New Investigator
Nonprofit
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Small Business
Citizenship or Residency
Unrestricted
Activity location
Unrestricted
Abstract
The objective of the Mars Data Analysis Program (MDAP) is to enhance the scientific return from missions to Mars conducted by NASA and other space agencies. These include, but are not limited to, the following missions: Mars Pathfinder (MPF), Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), Mars Odyssey (MO), Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs), Mars Express (MEX), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), and Phoenix (PHX). MDAP broadens scientific participation in the analysis of mission data sets and funds high-priority areas of research that support planning for future Mars missions. MDAP supports scientific investigations of Mars using publicly available (released) data. Where justified to support planning for future Mars missions, investigations that use data derived from other sources (e.g., ground-based radar, Hubble) will also be considered.
An investigator may propose a study (scientific, landing site science, cartographic, topographic, geodetic research) based on analysis of Mars data collected by spacecraft at Mars, including MPF, MGS, MO, MERs, MEX, MRO and PHX. Any proposal may incorporate the investigation of data from more than one mission.
MDAP also supports correlative studies that use Mars data from another source, in addition to flight mission data, to further the understanding of some aspect of Mars science. Funds awarded for correlative studies may be used to cover data analysis and expenses involved in collaboration with other Mars investigators, but may not be used for taking new observations (whether astronomical, field, or laboratory studies) or for support of observing or laboratory facilities.
An investigator may also propose in the following high-priority areas of Mars research that support planning for future Mars missions:
– Improved atmospheric models that further the understanding and forecasting of Mars atmospheric conditions that affect the orbital trajectories of spacecraft, and/or the safe passage of spacecraft through the atmosphere, including aerobraking and aerocapture.
– Characterization of potential landing sites for future Mars exploration missions (e.g., geomorphology, distribution and size of rocks, pits, sand dunes, regional and local slopes, surface composition, and texture variability).
– Improved models for the Mars gravity field and global topography and planetary figure.
– Improvement of the geodetic network of Mars for precision landing.
– Analysis and comparison of Mars orbital and surface data to increase the predictive accuracy of surface characteristics of Mars from orbit.
CFDA 43.001
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Eligibility
Prospective investigators from any category of organizations or institutions, U.S or non-U.S., are welcome to respond to this solicitation. Specific categories of organizations and institutions that are welcome to respond include, but are not limited to, educational, industrial, and not-for-profit organizations, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), NASA Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and other Government agencies. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Other Minority Universities (OMUs), small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs), veteran-owned small businesses, service disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, and women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) are encouraged to apply. Participation by non-U.S. organizations in this program is welcome, but subject to NASA’s policy of no exchange of funds, in which each government supports its own national participants and associated costs. NASA does not normally fund foreign research proposals or foreign research efforts that are part of U.S. research proposals. Rather, cooperative research efforts are implemented via international agreements between NASA and the sponsoring foreign agency or funding/sponsoring institution under which the parties agree to each bear the cost of discharging their respective responsibilities. NASA funding may not be used for subcontracted foreign research efforts. The direct purchase of supplies and/or services, which do not constitute research, from non-U.S. sources by U.S. award recipients is permitted.
There is no restriction on the number of proposals that an organization may submit to this solicitation or on the teaming arrangements for any one proposal, including teaming with employees of NASA’s Centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. However, each proposal must be a separate, stand-alone, complete document for evaluation purposes.
Proposals must not include bilateral participation, collaboration, or coordination with China or any Chinese-owned company or entity, whether funded or performed under a no-exchange-of-funds arrangement.
In accordance with Public Law 112-55, Section 539(a), NASA is prohibited from funding any NASA contract, grant, or cooperative agreement action (including new awards and continuing awards) that involves the bilateral participation, collaboration, or coordination with China or any Chinese-owned company or entity, whether funded or performed under a no-exchange-of-funds arrangement. Proposals involving bilateral participation, collaboration, or coordination in any way with China or any Chinese-owned company, whether funded or performed under a no-exchange-of-funds arrangement, may be ineligible for award.
Grant Information Circular 12-01A instructs NASA, when issuing new NASA Research Announcements such as ROSES, to add the following paragraph to the current proposal requirements set forth at 14 CFR Section 1260.10 (c)(1) so that proposers, by submission of their proposal, represent that they are not China or a Chinese-owned company, and that they will not participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally with China or any Chinese-owned company, at the prime recipient level or at any subrecipient level, whether the bilateral involvement is funded or performed under a no-exchange-of-funds arrangement.
“China or Chinese-owned Company” means the People’s Republic of China, any company owned by the People’s Republic of China, or any company incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China. The restrictions in the Acts do not apply to commercial items of supply needed to perform a grant or cooperative agreement. By submission of its proposal, the proposer represents that the proposer is not China or a Chinese-owned company, and that the proposer will not participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally with China or any Chinese-owned company, at the prime recipient level or at any subrecipient level, whether the bilateral involvement is funded or performed under a no-exchange of funds arrangement.
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Keywords
- Data Analysis
- Planetary Environments
- Mars Probes
- Planetary Geology
- Planetary Atmospheres
- Geophysics
- Planetary Exploration
- Planetary Studies
Upcoming Deadlines
Date
What’s Due
Notes
04 Aug 2014
Confirmed
Notice of Intent
Sponsor deadline – No, but requested
03 Oct 2014
Confirmed
Proposals
Sponsor deadline – required
