Opportunity ID: 363789
General Information
| Funding Opportunity Number | NNH25ZDA001N-HYDRO |
| Funding Opportunity Title | ROSES 2025: A.17 Hydrosphere |
| Agency | Caleb Schuler Grantor |
| Document Type | synopsis |
| Version | 1 |
| Opportunity Category | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Funding Instrument Type | Cooperative Agreement; Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Expected Number of Awards | Not specified |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement | No |
| Posted Date | Sep 02, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Last Updated Date | Sep 02, 2026 11:20:09 AM EDT |
| Original Closing Date | Jan 28, 2027 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Original Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Current Closing Date | Jan 28, 2027 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Current Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Estimated Synopsis Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Application Due Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Award Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Project Start Date | Not specified |
| Archive Date | Feb 27, 2027 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Estimated Total Program Funding | Not specified |
| Award Ceiling | none |
| Award Floor | none |
Assistance Listings
- 43.001 — Science
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires.nasaprs.com/ and, in general, NASA provides funding only to U.S. institutions. Organizations outside the U.S. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds; consult the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM) (https://www.nasa.gov/grants-policy-and-compliance-team/#Regulations) for specific details. Some NRAs may be issued jointly with a non-U.S. organization, e.g., those concerning guest observing programs for jointly sponsored space science programs, that will contain additional special guidelines for non-U.S. participants. Also reference the GCAM for special instructions for proposals from non-U.S. organizations that involve U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested.
Description
The close date above is the date for the Step-2 proposal due date. The Step-1 proposal due date is October 8, 2026. Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted.
NOTICE: Amended September 2, 2026. This amendment adds this new program element to ROSES-2025. Step-1 proposals are due October 8, 2026, and Step-2 proposals are due January 28, 2027. Any proposal not preceded by an on-time compliant Step-1 proposal will be returned without review.
A briefing for potential proposers to this program element will occur Monday, September 14, from 2-3 PM Eastern Time. Connection information will be posted under "other documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element.
Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using dual anonymous peer review, see Section 8.2 of this program element.
The Scientific/Technical/Management section of proposals is limited to 10 pages.
Proposers to this program element are strongly encouraged to use the optional Earth Science Division template for the required summary table of work effort at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/templates-for-earth-science-division-appendix-a-roses-proposals.
This synopsis is a generic summary that is posted for each of the many individual "program elements" in NASA’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 solicitation. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of ROSES at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2
and https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under “Announcement Documents” the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in the Solar System Science program (NNH25ZDA001N-SCUBED) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.2 Solar System Science (.pdf)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.pdf)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.10, B.3, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the division overview. In 2025, most program elements will be set up for application via only if requested at least 30 days in advance of the due date. For more on submissions see Section IV(b)v of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, that may be found at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 21, 2025. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts depending on the nature of the work proposed. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. Funded Co-Is at government labs will receive inter- or intra-agency transfers. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates (Tables 2 and 3), a table that provides a very top level summary of proposal contents (Table 1), and the full text of the ROSES-2025 "Summary of Solicitation", may all be found NSPIRES at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025.
Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. General questions concerning ROSES-2025 may be directed to the office of the SMD Deputy Associate Administrator for Research at sara@nasa.gov.
Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.com and checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2025 blog feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/, and (3) The ROSES-2025 due date Google calendars (one for each science division). Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar).
Additional Information
| Contact | Caleb Schuler Grantor |
| Contact Information | Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, nadya@nasa.gov Craig Ferguson, craig.r.ferguson@nasa.gov Will McCarty, will.mccarty@nasa.gov |
| will.mccarty@nasa.gov | |
| Email Description | Direct questions about this funding announcement to: |
| Phone | 2406169381 |
Click on the following link to see the full text of the announcement for this funding opportunity.
Version History
| Id | 363789 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Opportunity number | NNH25ZDA001N-HYDRO |
| Opportunity title | ROSES 2025: A.17 Hydrosphere |
| Owning agency code | NASA-HQ |
| Opportunity category / Category | D |
| Opportunity category / Description | Discretionary |
| Synopsis / Opportunity id | 363789 |
| Synopsis / Version | 1 |
| Synopsis / Agency code | NASA-HQ |
| Synopsis / Agency name | Caleb Schuler Grantor |
| Synopsis / Agency phone | 2406169381 |
| Synopsis / Agency address desc | Direct questions about this funding announcement to: |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Code | HQ |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Seed | NASA-HQ |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name | NASA Headquarters |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code | NASA-HQ |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code | NASA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Code | NASA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Seed | NASA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency name | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency code | NASA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Top agency code | NASA |
| Synopsis / Agency contact phone | 2406169381 |
| Synopsis / Agency contact name | Caleb Schuler Grantor |
| Synopsis / Agency contact desc | Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, nadya@nasa.gov Craig Ferguson, craig.r.ferguson@nasa.gov Will McCarty, will.mccarty@nasa.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email | will.mccarty@nasa.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email desc | Direct questions about this funding announcement to: |
| Synopsis / Synopsis desc | The close date above is the date for the Step-2 proposal due date. The Step-1 proposal due date is October 8, 2026. Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted.
NOTICE: Amended September 2, 2026. This amendment adds this new program element to ROSES-2025. Step-1 proposals are due October 8, 2026, and Step-2 proposals are due January 28, 2027. Any proposal not preceded by an on-time compliant Step-1 proposal will be returned without review. A briefing for potential proposers to this program element will occur Monday, September 14, from 2-3 PM Eastern Time. Connection information will be posted under “other documents” on the NSPIRES page for this program element. Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using dual anonymous peer review, see Section 8.2 of this program element. The Scientific/Technical/Management section of proposals is limited to 10 pages. Proposers to this program element are strongly encouraged to use the optional Earth Science Division template for the required summary table of work effort at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/templates-for-earth-science-division-appendix-a-roses-proposals. This synopsis is a generic summary that is posted for each of the many individual “program elements” in NASA’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 solicitation. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of ROSES at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2 and https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under “Announcement Documents” the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in the Solar System Science program (NNH25ZDA001N-SCUBED) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.2 Solar System Science (.pdf)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.pdf)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.10, B.3, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the division overview. In 2025, most program elements will be set up for application via only if requested at least 30 days in advance of the due date. For more on submissions see Section IV(b)v of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, that may be found at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 21, 2025. In this case “omnibus” means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts depending on the nature of the work proposed. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. Funded Co-Is at government labs will receive inter- or intra-agency transfers. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates (Tables 2 and 3), a table that provides a very top level summary of proposal contents (Table 1), and the full text of the ROSES-2025 “Summary of Solicitation”, may all be found NSPIRES at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025.
Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. General questions concerning ROSES-2025 may be directed to the office of the SMD Deputy Associate Administrator for Research at sara@nasa.gov.
Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.com and checking the appropriate boxes under “Account Management” and “Email Subscriptions”), (2) The ROSES-2025 blog feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/, and (3) The ROSES-2025 due date Google calendars (one for each science division). Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). |
| Synopsis / Response date | Jan 28, 2027 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Synopsis / Response date desc | Not specified |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link url | https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/NNH25ZDA001N-HYDRO |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link desc | Click on the following link to see the full text of the announcement for this funding opportunity. |
| Synopsis / Posting date | Sep 02, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Archive date | Feb 27, 2027 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Synopsis / Cost sharing | No |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling | none |
| Synopsis / Award floor | none |
| Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc | Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires.nasaprs.com/ and, in general, NASA provides funding only to U.S. institutions. Organizations outside the U.S. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds; consult the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM) (https://www.nasa.gov/grants-policy-and-compliance-team/#Regulations) for specific details. Some NRAs may be issued jointly with a non-U.S. organization, e.g., those concerning guest observing programs for jointly sponsored space science programs, that will contain additional special guidelines for non-U.S. participants. Also reference the GCAM for special instructions for proposals from non-U.S. organizations that involve U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested. |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp | Sep 02, 2026 11:20:09 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Created date | Sep 02, 2026 11:20:09 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Last updated date | Sep 02, 2026 11:20:09 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Id | 25 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Description | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Id | CA |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Description | Cooperative Agreement |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 2 / Id | G |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 2 / Description | Grant |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Id | ST |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Synopsis / Response date str | 2027-01-28-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Posting date str | 2026-09-02-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Archive date str | 2027-02-27-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp str | 2026-09-02-11-20-09 |
| Agency details / Code | HQ |
| Agency details / Seed | NASA-HQ |
| Agency details / Agency name | NASA Headquarters |
| Agency details / Agency code | NASA-HQ |
| Agency details / Top agency code | NASA |
| Top agency details / Code | NASA |
| Top agency details / Seed | NASA |
| Top agency details / Agency name | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Top agency details / Agency code | NASA |
| Top agency details / Top agency code | NASA |
| Synopsis attachment folders | Not specified |
| Synopsis document urls | Not specified |
| Syn att change comments | Not specified |
| Cfdas 1 / Id | 435322 |
| Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id | 363789 |
| Cfdas 1 / Cfda number | 43.001 |
| Cfdas 1 / Program title | Science |
| Opportunity pkgs | Not specified |
| Closed opportunity pkgs | Not specified |
| Original due date | Jan 28, 2027 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Original due date desc | Not specified |
| Synopsis modified fields | Not specified |
| Forecast modified fields | Not specified |
| Error messages | Not specified |
| Syn post date in past | Yes |
| Doc type | synopsis |
| Forecast hist count | 0 |
| Synopsis hist count | 0 |
| Assist compatible | No |
| Assist url | Not specified |
| Related opps | Not specified |
| Ost | POSTED |
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