DoW Parkinson’s, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
<p><strong>Summary: </strong>The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Parkinson’s Research Program (PRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports highly rigorous, multidisciplinary, high-impact research projects that have the potential to make an important contribution to Parkinson’s disease research. Research must address at least one of the four <u>FY26 PRP Focus Areas</u>.</p><p><strong>Distinctive Features:</strong></p><p>· <strong>Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option: </strong>Allows for more than one PI. One PI will be identified as the Initiating PI and will be responsible for the majority of the administrative tasks associated with application submission. The other PI(s) will be identified as Partnering PI(s), with a maximum of two Partnering PIs.</p><p>· Preliminary data <strong><em>are </em></strong>required.</p><p>· Clinical trials <strong><em>are </em></strong>allowed.</p>
HT942526PRPIIRA
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
<p>Department of Army:</p><p><br></p><p>The Department of War (DoW) announces the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States (U.S.) institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation. For-profit organizations are not eligible for DURIP funding.</p>
W911NF26S0095
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ROSES25: A.15 Biosphere
<p><strong style="color: red;">The close date above is the date for the Step-2 proposal due date. The Step-1 proposal due date is </strong><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);"><u>September 4, 2026</u></strong><strong style="color: red;">. Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: October 8, 2026. A requirement to budget for travel to </strong><strong style="color: black;">an annual PI meeting to the furthest coast</strong><strong> has been added to Section 4.2.1. New text is in bold.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: September 18, 2026. </strong><strong style="color: black;">Details on the redacted and anonymized budget requirements have been added to Table A.15-1 to make it consistent with </strong><strong>Section 4.2.1, </strong><strong style="color: black;">and </strong><strong>the instructions regarding </strong><strong style="color: black;">BioSketches and Current and Pending Support in Table A.15-2 have been improved.</strong><span style="color: black;"> </span><strong style="color: black;">New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: August 4, 2026. Going forward, a </strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: black;">$0.09/SBU charge now applies to </strong><strong>all </strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: black;">proposing to Earth Science (ROSES Appendix A) to use </strong><strong>any NASA high-end computing</strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: black;"> resource. Proposers must account for this in their budget, per the instructions provided in Section 7.3 of </strong><strong>ROSES-25 A.1 Earth Science Research Overview</strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: black;">.</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"> </span></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Amended July 20, 2026. This amendment adds this new program element to ROSES-2025. This element uses a two-step proposal process (Section 4). Step-1 proposals are due by September 4, 2026, and Step-2 proposals are due November 6, 2026. Any proposal not preceded by an on-time compliant Step-1 proposal will be returned without review. The page limit for the S/T/M section of Step-2 proposals is 12 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 of the proposal; templates are available at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/templates-for-earth-science-division-appendix-a-roses-proposals. Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using dual anonymous peer review, see Section 4.3 of this program element. </strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Research security training required starting August 5, 2026. All PIs and any Co-Is that would spend ≥ 10% time on a proposed grants or cooperative agreements must certify they have taken research security training. NASA will be satisfied with the four online research security training modules on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research Security Training website at https://www.nsf.gov/research-security/training or the SECURE Center condensed version of the four modules at https://www.secure-center.org/ctm</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong> </strong><span style="color: black;">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 </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: black;"> or </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">3</a><span style="color: black;"> of ROSES at </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2</a></p> <p><span style="color: black;">and </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3</a><span style="color: black;">, 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 </span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7bC92A28D2-9E30-4149-24B7-8A40ED4F564B%7d&path=&method=init" target="_blank">the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element</a><span style="color: black;"> and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.2 Solar System Science (.pdf)”</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span><span style="color: black;">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 “</span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument?cmdocumentid=1036500&solicitationId=%7bC92A28D2-9E30-4149-24B7-8A40ED4F564B%7d&viewSolicitationDocument=1" target="_blank">C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.pdf)</a><span style="color: black;">” from that same page.</span> <span style="color: black;">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, </span>most program elements will be set up for application via Grants.gov only if requested at least 30 days in advance of the due date. For more on Grants.gov submissions see Section IV(b)v of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, that may be found at <a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</a>.</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">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. </span>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<span style="color: black;">. 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 </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: black;"> and </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">3</a><span style="color: black;">), a table that provides a very top level summary of proposal contents (</span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument?cmdocumentid=1041499&solicitationId=%7b2A1D139B-B9C7-CE8C-2E81-223FD08460F9%7d&viewSolicitationDocument=1" target="_blank">Table 1</a><span style="color: black;">), and the full text of the ROSES-2025 "Summary of Solicitation", may all be found NSPIRES at </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</a><span style="color: black;">.</span></p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at </span><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs</a><span style="color: black;">. 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: </span><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list/" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list</a><span style="color: black;">. </span>General questions concerning ROSES-2025 may be directed to the office of the SMD Deputy Associate Administrator for Research at <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 239);">sara@nasa.gov</span>.</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">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 </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nspires.nasaprs.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=2ixpkCCnNce056JoBL-BGFZPDe7JBWz4wpylXLQCS6s&m=50Vi0oUMclJgXKW1hUTR82Av51i56o31RG3n3UC9Cqg&s=U9bsGUTHAvBTDjSAoG5nnw63Lc9engudohcIe4r-h8U&e=" target="_blank">http://nspires.nasaprs.com</a><span style="color: black;"> and checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2025 blog feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at </span><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/</a>,<span style="color: black;"> and (3) The ROSES-2025 due date Google calendars (one for each science division). Instructions are at </span><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links</a><span style="color: black;"> (link from the words due date calendar). </span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p>
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PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)
<p>The PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) program has two goals: 1) Support research in the Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE), and 2) Increase the community of researchers conducting PFE research. PIs are expected to have little or no experience conducting social science or education research. PFE: RIEF is not intended for established researchers in engineering education or other social science fields to initiate new projects. Those researchers should consider the Research in the Formation of Engineers program (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/rfe-research-formation-engineers">https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/rfe-research-formation-engineers</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The NSF Engineering (ENG) Directorate has launched a multi-year initiative, the Professional Formation of Engineers, to create and support an innovative and inclusive engineering profession for the 21st Century. Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) refers to the formal and informal education and value systems by which people become engineers. It also includes the ethical responsibility of practicing engineers to sustain and grow the profession. The engineering profession must be responsive to national priorities, grand challenges, and dynamic workforce needs; it must be equally open and accessible to all Americans.</p><p> </p><p>Engineering faculty possess both deep technical expertise in their engineering discipline and the primary responsibility for the process of professional formation of future engineers. As such, engineering faculty are in a unique position to help address critical challenges in engineering formation. The Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) program enables engineering faculty who are renowned for teaching, mentoring, or leading educational reform efforts on their campus to develop expertise in conducting engineering education research.</p>
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ROSES25: C.4 Planetary Science Enabling Facilities
<p><strong>NOTICE: September 18, 2026. The instructions regarding </strong><strong style="color: black;">Biographical Sketches and Current and Pending Support in Table C.4-2 have been improved.</strong><span style="color: black;"> </span><strong style="color: black;">New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Corrected July 29, 2026. Accidentally omitted standard budget requirements have been added to Table C.4-3 and Sections 3.3.3 and 3.5. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. The due date remains unchanged: Proposals are due November 10, 2026.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Amended July 21, 2026. This amendment adds to ROSES-2025 this program element which was previously listed as not solicited this year. Proposals are due November 10, 2026. New this year: no Step-1 or Notice of Intent is requested. New this year: Proposals to this program element will be evaluated using a dual-anonymous peer review process. See guidelines in Section 3.13 of C.1, and in the associated "Guidelines for Anonymous Proposals" document under "Other Documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element for the preparation of anonymous proposals. </strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Research security training required starting August 5, 2026. All PIs and any Co-Is that would spend ≥ 10% time on a proposed grants or cooperative agreements must certify they have taken research security training. NASA will be satisfied with the four online research security training modules on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research Security Training website at https://www.nsf.gov/research-security/training or the SECURE Center condensed version of the four modules at https://www.secure-center.org/ctm </strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: ROSES-25 Amendment 7 makes the following changes to C.1 the Planetary Research Overview: It establishes funding threshold and submission requirements for substantial instrument or equipment requests (Section 3.11), removes the estimated page limit for pilot studies (Section 3.4) and clarifies text on use of spacecraft mission data (Section 3.5). New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. A Planetary Science Overview FAQ has been posted under other documents on NSPIRES pages for all of Appendix C. </strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: black;">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 </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: black;"> or </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">3</a><span style="color: black;"> of ROSES at </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2</a></p> <p><span style="color: black;">and </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3</a><span style="color: black;">, 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 </span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7bC92A28D2-9E30-4149-24B7-8A40ED4F564B%7d&path=&method=init" target="_blank">the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element</a><span style="color: black;"> and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.2 Solar System Science (.pdf)”</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span><span style="color: black;">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 “</span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument?cmdocumentid=1036500&solicitationId=%7bC92A28D2-9E30-4149-24B7-8A40ED4F564B%7d&viewSolicitationDocument=1" target="_blank">C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.pdf)</a><span style="color: black;">” from that same page.</span> <span style="color: black;">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, </span>most program elements will be set up for application via Grants.gov only if requested at least 30 days in advance of the due date. For more on Grants.gov submissions see Section IV(b)v of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, that may be found at <a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</a>.</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">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. </span>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<span style="color: black;">. 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 </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: black;"> and </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">3</a><span style="color: black;">), a table that provides a very top level summary of proposal contents (</span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument?cmdocumentid=1041499&solicitationId=%7b2A1D139B-B9C7-CE8C-2E81-223FD08460F9%7d&viewSolicitationDocument=1" target="_blank">Table 1</a><span style="color: black;">), and the full text of the ROSES-2025 "Summary of Solicitation", may all be found NSPIRES at </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</a><span style="color: black;">.</span></p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at </span><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs</a><span style="color: black;">. 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: </span><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list/" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list</a><span style="color: black;">. </span>General questions concerning ROSES-2025 may be directed to the office of the SMD Deputy Associate Administrator for Research at <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 239);">sara@nasa.gov</span>.</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">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 </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nspires.nasaprs.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=2ixpkCCnNce056JoBL-BGFZPDe7JBWz4wpylXLQCS6s&m=50Vi0oUMclJgXKW1hUTR82Av51i56o31RG3n3UC9Cqg&s=U9bsGUTHAvBTDjSAoG5nnw63Lc9engudohcIe4r-h8U&e=" target="_blank">http://nspires.nasaprs.com</a><span style="color: black;"> and checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2025 blog feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at </span><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/</a>,<span style="color: black;"> and (3) The ROSES-2025 due date Google calendars (one for each science division). Instructions are at </span><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links</a><span style="color: black;"> (link from the words due date calendar).</span></p>
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DoW Vision, Translational Research Award
<p><strong>Summary:</strong> The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports translational research that transforms a promising discovery into new drugs, devices or clinical practice guidelines that are ready for definitive testing in clinical trials during or by the end of the period of performance. The TRA may be used to support preclinical studies, <a href="https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/gai.htm?version=CD26_01#_Definition_List:~:text=considered%20clinical%20trials.-,Clinical%20Research%3A,-For%20the%20purposes" target="_blank">clinical research</a> or a <a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPTRA_GG.docx#PilotClinicalTrial" target="_blank">pilot clinical trial</a>, but <strong>not</strong> a full-scale <a href="https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/gai.htm?version=CD26_01#_Definition_List:~:text=or%20hardware%20procurement.-,Clinical%20Trial%3A,-As%20defined%20in" target="_blank">clinical trial</a>. Research must align with at least one of the <a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPTRA_GG.docx#Focus_Areas" target="_blank">FY26 VRP Focus Areas</a>.</p> <p><strong>Distinctive Features: </strong></p> <p>· If developing new drugs or device(s), the research team must include expertise in the regulatory approval process.</p> <p>· The TRA includes a<strong> </strong><a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPTRA_GG.docx#PPIO" target="_blank"><strong>Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option (PPIO)</strong></a><strong> </strong>for<strong> two PIs, </strong>an Initiating PI and a Partnering PI.</p> <p>· Scored<strong> </strong><a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPTRA_GG.docx#Peer_Review" target="_blank"><strong>peer review criteria</strong></a> include Research Idea/Rationale, Research Strategy and Feasibility, Impact, Personnel and Post-Award Transition Plan.</p> <p>· <a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPTRA_GG.docx#Programmatic_Review" target="_blank"><strong>Programmatic review criteria</strong></a> include adherence to the intent of the TRA, contribution to the VRP portfolio, relative impact and relevance to military health.</p> <p>· The VRP may share FY26 TRA applications and reviews with the National Eye Institute (NEI) for independent funding consideration.</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/vrppreann" target="_blank">https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/vrppreann</a></p>
HT942526VRPTRA
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ROSES 2025: C.2 Solar System Science
<p><strong style="color: red;">This program element does not have a proposal due date. Proposals may be submitted at any time, pending certain eligibility timing issues related to resubmissions and duplicate proposal avoidance, see the program element text and appropriate overview appendix (e.g., B.1 or C.1). The date shown of 8/1/2026 is the last day that proposals may be submitted subject to the ROSES-25 rules and the current GCAM. The ROSES-26 version of this program element is planned to overlap with this ROSES-25 version by a few weeks, allowing continuous submission of proposals across ROSES years.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong style="color: black;"><span class="ql-cursor"></span>NOTICE: Updated July 21, 2026. The </strong><strong>Anticipated Award Start Date for last submissions in Table C.2-1 in Section 3.1 has been updated. The requirements for </strong><strong style="color: black;">Biographical Sketches</strong><span style="color: black;"> </span><strong style="color: black;">and Current and Pending Support</strong><strong> in Section 3.5 have been updated, as have the Expected program budget for first year of new awards and Number of new awards pending adequate proposals of merit in Section 6. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Research security training required starting August 5, 2026. All PIs and any Co-Is that would spend ≥ 10% time on a proposed grants or cooperative agreements must certify they have taken research security training. NASA will be satisfied with the four online research security training modules on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research Security Training website at https://www.nsf.gov/research-security/training or the SECURE Center condensed version of the four modules at https://www.secure-center.org/ctm</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">NOTICE: Amended July 2, 2026. Table </strong><strong>C.2-1: Submission and Review Dates in Section 3.1 has been updated and a new row with a new final cut-off date of November 12, 2026, has been added. In addition, this amendment reminds proposers of two important upcoming process changes:</strong></p> <p><strong>Potential proposers are reminded in Section 3.1 that for any proposal for federal assistance submitted <u>></u> August 5, 2026, PIs and any Co-Is that would spend <u>></u> 10% time on a proposed grants or cooperative agreements must certify they have taken research security training. </strong><strong style="color: black; background-color: white;">NASA will be satisfied with the four online </strong><strong style="color: black;">research</strong><strong style="color: black; background-color: white;"> </strong><strong style="color: black;">security</strong><strong style="color: black; background-color: white;"> training modules on the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) </strong><strong style="color: black;">Research Security</strong><strong style="color: black; background-color: white;"> Training website at </strong><strong>https://www.nsf.gov/research-security/training</strong><strong style="color: black; background-color: white;"> or the SECURE Center condensed version of the four modules at </strong><strong>https://www.secure-center.org/ctm</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>The Summary of Requirements for Expertise and Resources Not Anonymized Document in Section 3.5 was updated to indicate that biographical sketches and current and pending support documents submitted after September 1, 2026 must use the </strong><strong style="color: black;">NASA-specific Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) format found at </strong><strong>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/</strong><strong style="color: black;"> per </strong><strong>Grant Notice 26-01</strong><strong style="color: black;">. </strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong style="color: black;">NOTICE: Amended, January 22, 2026. Table </strong><strong>C.2-1: Submission and Review Dates in Section 3.1 has been updated and a new final row with a cutoff date of August 1, 2026, has been added. Also, the expected budget and number of new awards in Section 4 have been increased. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Corrected September 9, 2025. NASEM Astrobiology Strategy citation was corrected to 2019 (see Section 1.1.3), reference to the anonymized Table of Work Effort was added to Section 3.2, and HEC request is not included in anonymized proposal (see Section 3.5). New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: ROSES-25 Amendment 7 makes the following changes to C.1 the Planetary Research Overview: It establishes funding threshold and submission requirements for substantial instrument or equipment requests (Section 3.11), removes the estimated page limit for pilot studies (Section 3.4) and clarifies text on use of spacecraft mission data (Section 3.5). New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. A Planetary Science Overview FAQ has been posted under other documents on NSPIRES pages for all of Appendix C. </strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTICE: Amended August 1, 2025. This amendment makes several changes: It establishes that the anonymized Table of Work Effort and references are outside of the 5-page S/T/M section (see Section 3.2), removes an exclusion regarding data archiving (see Section 2.1), changes the first proposal submission cut-off date for inclusion in the Winter 2025 review to September 15, 2025, changes the second estimated review date to Spring 2026 (see Table C.2-1 in Section 3.1), and removes the HEC requirement in the S/T/M as it appears as a cover page question, see Section 3.2. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through</strong>.</p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: black;">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 </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: black;"> or </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">3</a><span style="color: black;"> of ROSES at </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2</a></p> <p><span style="color: black;">and </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3</a><span style="color: black;">, 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 </span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7bC92A28D2-9E30-4149-24B7-8A40ED4F564B%7d&path=&method=init" target="_blank">the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element</a><span style="color: black;"> and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.2 Solar System Science (.pdf)”</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span><span style="color: black;">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 “</span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument?cmdocumentid=1036500&solicitationId=%7bC92A28D2-9E30-4149-24B7-8A40ED4F564B%7d&viewSolicitationDocument=1" target="_blank">C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.pdf)</a><span style="color: black;">” from that same page.</span> <span style="color: black;">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, </span>most program elements will be set up for application via Grants.gov only if requested at least 30 days in advance of the due date. For more on Grants.gov submissions see Section IV(b)v of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, that may be found at <a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</a>.</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">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. </span>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<span style="color: black;">. 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 </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2" target="_blank">2</a><span style="color: black;"> and </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3" target="_blank">3</a><span style="color: black;">), a table that provides a very top level summary of proposal contents (</span><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument?cmdocumentid=1041499&solicitationId=%7b2A1D139B-B9C7-CE8C-2E81-223FD08460F9%7d&viewSolicitationDocument=1" target="_blank">Table 1</a><span style="color: black;">), and the full text of the ROSES-2025 "Summary of Solicitation", may all be found NSPIRES at </span><a href="https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025" target="_blank">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</a><span style="color: black;">.</span></p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at </span><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs</a><span style="color: black;">. 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: </span><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list/" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list</a><span style="color: black;">. </span>General questions concerning ROSES-2025 may be directed to the office of the SMD Deputy Associate Administrator for Research at <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 239);">sara@nasa.gov</span>.</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">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 </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nspires.nasaprs.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=2ixpkCCnNce056JoBL-BGFZPDe7JBWz4wpylXLQCS6s&m=50Vi0oUMclJgXKW1hUTR82Av51i56o31RG3n3UC9Cqg&s=U9bsGUTHAvBTDjSAoG5nnw63Lc9engudohcIe4r-h8U&e=" target="_blank">http://nspires.nasaprs.com</a><span style="color: black;"> and checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2025 blog feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at </span><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/</a>,<span style="color: black;"> and (3) The ROSES-2025 due date Google calendars (one for each science division). Instructions are at </span><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links</a><span style="color: black;"> (link from the words due date calendar).</span></p>
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DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Translation Research Award
<p>Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Clinical Translation Research Award (CTRA) supports high-impact, new, or emerging clinical research that requires additional preliminary studies, such as feasibility, pilot, or optimization, to prepare for future larger-scale clinical trials or implementation. Primary objectives of this mechanism include:</p><p>• Accelerating the translation of current and emerging techniques or interventions into clinical use by addressing specific barrier(s) to clinical success for the purpose of de-risking or informing the design of definitive trials.</p><p>• Identifying the most effective diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation options to support critical decision-making for patients, clinicians, care partners and policymakers.</p><p><br></p><p>Distinctive Features:</p><p>• This funding opportunity contains an Early-Career Partnership Option, which allows for two principal investigators (PIs). If this option is selected, at least one of the named PIs must be an early-career investigator. Be advised, all associated applications for a research project may be withdrawn if the initiating or partnering application is rejected or administratively withdrawn.</p><p>• Applications to this funding opportunity must name at least two spinal cord injury (SCI) community partners who will provide advice and consultation throughout the planning and implementation of the research project.</p>
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DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
<p>Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports studies that have the potential to make an important contribution to spinal cord injury (SCI) research, patient care and/or quality of life. May focus on any phase of research from basic through translational science, though studies that focus solely on identifying intervention targets are discouraged.</p><p><br></p><p>Distinctive Features:</p><p>• This funding opportunity contains an Early-Career Partnership Option, which allows for two Principal Investigators (PIs). If this option is selected, at least one of the named PIs must be an early-career investigator. Only the initiating PI will submit a pre-application, but all PIs will need to submit full applications. The partnering PI’s application is an abbreviated package specific to their distinct portion of the research project. If recommended for funding, each PI will be named on a separate award to the recipient organization(s). Be advised, all associated applications for a research project may be withdrawn if the initiating or partnering application is rejected or administratively withdrawn.</p>
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DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Trial Award
<p>Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Clinical Trial Award (CTA) supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials with the potential to have a significant impact on the treatment or management of spinal cord injury (SCI).</p><p><br></p><p>Distinctive Features: This funding opportunity contains an Early-Career Partnership Option, which allows for two Principal Investigators (PIs). If this option is selected, at least one of the named PIs must be an early-career investigator. Only the Initiating PI will submit a pre-application, but all PIs will need to submit full applications. The Partnering PI’s application is an abbreviated package specific to their distinct portion of the research project. If recommended for funding, each PI will be named on a separate award to the recipient organization(s). Be advised, all associated applications for a research project may be withdrawn if the initiating or partnering application is rejected or administratively withdrawn.</p><p>Applications to this funding opportunity must name at least two spinal cord injury (SCI) community partners (e.g., SCI Lived-Experience Consultants, representatives of community-based organizations) who will provide advice and consultation throughout the planning and implementation of the research project.</p>
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DoW Vision, Clinical Trial Award
<p><strong>Summary:</strong> The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Clinical Trial Award (CTA) supports the rapid implementation of <a href="https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/gai.htm?version=CD26_01#_Definition_List:~:text=or%20hardware%20procurement.-,Clinical%20Trial%3A,-As%20defined%20in" target="_blank">clinical trials</a> with the potential to have a significant impact on the treatment or management of service-connected eye injury and visual dysfunction. Research must align with at least one of the <a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPCTA_GG.docx#Focus_Area" target="_blank">FY26 VRP Focus Areas</a>. <strong style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"><em> </em></strong></p> <p><strong>Distinctive Features: </strong></p> <p>· For interventions that require Investigational New Drug (IND)/Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) or equivalent regulatory authorizations for clinical testing, the IND/IDE application or equivalent <strong>must be submitted to the relevant </strong><a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPCTA_GG.docx#RegulatoryAgency" target="_blank"><strong>Regulatory Agency</strong></a><strong> by the CTA application submission deadline.</strong> In addition,<strong> applicants must provide documentation of communication from the Regulatory Agency indicating that the IND/IDE or equivalent is active/safe to proceed by March 1, 2027, in order for the CTA application to be considered for funding.<em> </em></strong>Refer to <a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPCTA_GG.docx#Attach9_RegStrategy" target="_blank">Attachment 7: Regulatory Strategy</a> for further details.</p> <p>· Scored<strong> </strong><a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPCTA_GG.docx#Peer_Review" target="_blank"><strong>peer review criteria</strong></a> include Clinical Impact; Research Strategy and Feasibility; Recruitment, Accrual, Retention; Regulatory Strategy and Transition Plan; Statistical Plan and Data Analysis; Ethical Considerations; Personnel and Communication.</p> <p>· <a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPCTA_GG.docx#Programmatic_Review" target="_blank"><strong>Programmatic review criteria</strong></a> include adherence to the intent of the CTA, contribution to program portfolio, relative impact and relevance to military health.</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/vrppreann " target="_blank">https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/vrppreann </a></p>
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DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
<p><strong>Summary:</strong> The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports basic through early translational research <span style="color: black;">that will yield highly impactful discoveries or major advancements in the research and/or patient care of eye injury and/or visual dysfunction related to military exposure</span>. The IIRA may be used to support preclinical studies and/or <a href="https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/gai.htm?version=CD26_01#_Definition_List:~:text=considered%20clinical%20trials.-,Clinical%20Research,-%3A%20For%20the" target="_blank">clinical research</a>. Research must align with at least one of the <a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPIIRA_GG.docx#Focus_Areas" target="_blank">FY26 VRP Focus Areas</a>. The IIRA <strong>cannot</strong> be used to support <a href="https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/gai.htm?version=CD26_01#_Definition_List:~:text=or%20hardware%20procurement.-,Clinical%20Trial%3A,-As%20defined%20in" target="_blank">clinical trials</a>.</p> <p><strong>Distinctive Features: </strong></p> <p>· <strong>The IIRA offers two </strong><a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPIIRA_GG.docx#FundingLevels" target="_blank"><strong>Funding Levels</strong></a> to support research at different stages and the exploration/development of ideas of different maturity levels.</p> <p>· Funding Level 2 includes a<strong> </strong><a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPIIRA_GG.docx#PPIO" target="_blank"><strong>Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option (PPIO)</strong></a><strong> </strong>for<strong> two PIs, </strong>an Initiating PI and a Partnering PI.</p> <p>· Scored<strong> </strong><a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPIIRA_GG.docx#Peer_Review" target="_blank"><strong>peer review criteria</strong></a> include Research Idea/Rationale, Research Strategy and Feasibility, Impact, and Personnel.</p> <p>· <a href="https://militaryhealth-my.sharepoint-mil.us/personal/teresa_m_parkerreeser_civ_health_mil/Documents/Documents/FY%202026/VRP/HT942526VRPIIRA_GG.docx#Programmatic_Review" target="_blank"><strong>Programmatic review criteria</strong></a> include adherence to the intent of the IIRA, contribution to the VRP portfolio, relative impact, and relevance to military health.</p> <p>· The VRP may share FY26 IIRA applications and reviews with the National Eye Institute (NEI) for independent funding consideration.</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/vrppreann" target="_blank">https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/vrppreann</a></p>
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DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award
<p>Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports translational research that will accelerate the movement of promising ideas in spinal cord injury (SCI) research into clinical applications.</p><p>Distinctive Features:</p><p><br></p><p>• This funding opportunity contains an Early-Career Partnership Option, which allows for two principal investigators (PIs). If this option is selected, at least one of the named PIs must be an early-career investigator. Only the initiating PI will submit a pre-application, but all PIs will need to submit full applications. The partnering PI’s application is an abbreviated package specific to their distinct portion of the research project. If recommended for funding, each PI will be named on a separate award to the recipient organization(s). Be advised, all associated applications for a research project may be withdrawn if the initiating or partnering application is rejected or administratively withdrawn.</p><p><br></p><p>• Applications to this funding opportunity must name at least one SCI community partner (e.g., SCI Lived-Experience Consultant, representative of community-based organizations) who will provide advice and consultation throughout the planning and implementation of the research project.</p>
HT942526SCIRPTRA
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Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
<p style="margin-left:0in;">Invasive plants harm ecosystems by outcompeting native plants and destabilizing natural communities. To reduce harm, practitioners use control methods such as herbicides or mowing. Rising temperatures can create a fertilization effect that boosts plant growth, an impact that is even stronger in invasive species, which tend to grow much faster than non-invasive plants. As a result, the recommended doses and number of treatments of herbicides may no longer be effective for controlling invasive plants. To address the need for information on how invasive plant treatment strategies can be adapted to remain effective under warming temperatures in the Northeast, researchers will synthesize 1) practitioner knowledge on the success of past treatments and 2) the best available science on treatments. Incorporating science on whether and how treatment approaches can be more effective will address a critical need for invasive species practitioners in the Northeast, who report spending most of their time treating existing invasive plants. </p><p style="margin-left:0in;">This work aligns with the goals of EO 14239 -Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness (March 19, 2025) by helping state and local practitioners mitigate invasive species-associated hazards, as well as EO 14303 -Restoring Gold Standard Science (May 23, 2025) and SO 3441 (Implementing the Requirements of Executive Order 14303, Restoring Gold Standard Science (August 29, 2025) by strengthening American leadership in adaptation science.</p><p>Projects supported under this cooperative agreement should advance Administration priorities, including, but not limited to, American energy dominance, critical mineral development, water security, infrastructure resilience, and natural hazard preparedness. Research and activities may incorporate scientific expertise in areas such as hydrology, geology, geospatial science, biosecurity, and near-earth space science, including extreme events such as drought, flooding, wildland fire, coastal erosion, severe storms, and geologic hazards, to develop actionable science, data, and tools that support informed decision-making by resource managers and stakeholders.</p>
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Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Northern Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
<p>Robust and reliable quantitative method to correct for solution chemistry interferences in molecularly imprinted polymer – electrochemical sensor (MIP-ES) measurements of complex environmental water matrices</p><p>The goal of this research is to develop a robust and reliable quantitative method to correct for solution chemistry interferences in MIP-ES measurements of complex environmental water matrices. One of the challenges using MIP-ES to measure contaminants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in environmental samples is understanding how bulk solution chemistry contributes to the electrochemical background signal. The development of a ratiometric comparison approach with MIP-ES will involve bench scale proof of concept testing and then escalate to field deployed trials. Instrumentation required for MIP-ES fabrication and sensing includes multichannel potentiostats capable of differential pulse voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry. Differential pulse voltammetry will be used to collect current differences at 1-minute and 15-minute incubation time points in the sample matrices. These current values will be used to build the ratiometric comparison approach.</p><p>The ratiometric approach will involve the comparison of normalized current difference ratios, outlined in Equation 1, between a matrix matched solution that contains all matrix constituents minus the analyte in question and an unknown solution that is composed of the sample matrix and may or may not contain the analyte.</p><p><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" width="257" height="58"> </p><p>The use of a ratiometric comparison isolates current differences from the association of the analyte with the MIP-ES binding sites from any change in current from interferent effects due to the rest of the sample matrix constituents (i.e., humic acids, fulvic acids, ions, non-fluorinated counterparts, etc.). A ratio close to 1 indicates the absence of the analyte due to similar normalized current difference values in the ratio. A statistically different ratio from 1 indicates the presence of the analyte in question in the sample matrix.</p><p>This project supports the administration's priority to protecting human health by generating data and tools that identify potential risks to drinking water quality. By enabling early detection and informed decision-making, this work helps safeguard communities from exposure to harmful contaminants and ensures access to safe, clean drinking water. </p>
G27AS00052
Award Ceiling
$450K
Closes
Nov 14, 2026
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Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
<p>The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research for meeting partner needs for quantifying current status and trends of North American amphibian populations and outcomes of management interventions. The research will be conducted in collaboration with USGS partners at the USGS Eastern Ecological Research Center and the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative. Specific work will focus on three areas of need: 1) assisting with model development and analysis of data from an ongoing national amphibian disease study; 2) prototyping methods for dynamic integrated distribution models; and 3) assisting with development of decision tools for management of an endangered amphibian on DOI lands. </p>
G27AS00048
Award Ceiling
$450K
Closes
Nov 14, 2026
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Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
<p><span style="background-color:white;">U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS), Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), is offering a funding opportunity to improve </span>assessments of floodplain connectivity and riverscape health<strong>. </strong><span style="background-color:white;">Current approaches to identify floodplain connectivity across the western United States rely on field data, limiting inference and spatial extent of data. However, existing lidar datasets through the USGS provide unique opportunities to develop approaches using lidar elevation data to provide robust estimates of floodplain connectivity. </span>The ultimate use of these data would be to identify factors limiting healthy riverscapes across the Great Basin. </p><p>The CESU partner in collaboration with NOROCK's research fisheries biologist will advance the ability to evaluate riverscape health by addressing one or more of the following considerations to improve assessments of riverscape health: </p><ol><li data-list-item-id="e988ce3b68fa65867aaebf8dadbdd61cf">Develop a workflow for using lidar to estimate floodplain connectivity within riverscapes in the Great Basin. </li><li data-list-item-id="ee46d5a582b5165879da0276ee0e5431c">Demonstrate the benefits this approach in comparison to existing methods.</li><li data-list-item-id="e4d3f5a151948eace53a308ebe99c3cfe">Quantify continuous estimates of floodplain connectivity across portions of the Great Basin.</li></ol><p>Results will be useful to the broader community working to assess and restore the health and ecosystem services of riverscapes in the Western US in relation to drought, land management activities, and fish and wildlife populations. Biologists and geomorphologists from <span style="background-color:white;">NOROCK and the CESU Partner will collaborate with federal and state agencies and NGO partners to ensure their approach and data are accessible, scalable, and transferable to encourage the uptake by the broader scientific community involved with riverscape health assessments and restoration actions.</span></p><p>This project focuses on using remote sensing products to efficiently direct resources to restoration of rivers and riparian areas. Using lidar data to map the health of riverscapes supports:</p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;margin-left:12px;"><li data-list-item-id="ec06756c20734a68ab3c0eea4f72ec823">SO 3435 - Implementation of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act (June 25, 2025) </li><li data-list-item-id="ebf0c8d0b6b989863146dced6df7d9809">SO 3442 - Land and Water Conservation Fund Implementation by the U.S. Department of the Interior (September 4, 2025) Improving methods beyond field data by leveraging available lidar data will provide continuous, robust measures of riverscape health, thus supporting and restoring Gold Standard Science approaches: </li><li data-list-item-id="ed7e02436839efaea5f9a2a7648b6cf3d">EO 14303 – Restoring Gold Standard Science (May 23, 2025)</li><li data-list-item-id="e361bca815d85863c8e552a940fca32f7">SO 3441 Implementing the Requirements of Executive Order 14303, Restoring Gold Standard Science, May 23, 2025 (August 29, 2025)</li></ul><p>Restoring our riverscapes will inform Land and Water Conservation Fund Implementation by the U.S. Department of the Interior: and the lead to improved riverscape health that align with the Implementation of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act. Further, the benefits of this project will provide cascading benefits to fish and wildlife, thus recovering populations and species. This falls in line with the goals outlined in:</p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li data-list-item-id="e7bba4af0d64045ffc106384bfc6d98e0">EO 14313 – Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission (July 3, 2025)</li><li data-list-item-id="e7089b926cdeb849e21a3e560d585f2c3">SO 3435 - Implementation of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act (June 25, 2025) </li><li data-list-item-id="eda8c691474307267ffc8d7043805010b">SO 3442 - Land and Water Conservation Fund Implementation by the U.S. Department of the Interior (September 4, 2025)</li></ul>
G27AS00080
Award Ceiling
$90K
Closes
Nov 14, 2026
18d left
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
<p style="margin-left:0in;">The spread of invasive grasses, such as cheatgrass, adds fine fuels to the landscape that increase wildfire occurrence and frequency. Following a fire, invasive grasses regrow quickly, typically outcompeting native plants and perpetuating what is known as the invasive grass-fire cycle. This cycle has been well documented in western portions of the sagebrush biome, such as the Great Basin, but there are only limited studies within the eastern portion of the biome. Some of these studies have shown that native grasslands in eastern portions of the Northern Great Plains may be more fire-adapted and less prone to this cycle. This means that management practices used in the Great Basin may be ineffective, or even determinantal, in the Great Plains. Focusing on the eastern portion of the sagebrush biome, this project will collaborate with resource managers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Wyoming Department of Agriculture to map the presence and extent of the invasive grass-fire cycle in native grasslands and identify effective management strategies. Improved understanding of the invasive grass-fire cycle in the region will enable managers to determine where to target post-fire interventions to limit the spread of invasive grasses, and where interventions are not needed. </p><p style="margin-left:0in;">By supporting risk-informed approaches for the management of invasive grasses that contribute to wildfires, this work enhances community resilience to wildfires, consistent with the goals of EO 14308 Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response (June 12, 2025) and EO 14239 -Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness (March 19, 2025).</p><p style="margin-left:0in;">Projects supported under this cooperative agreement should advance Administration priorities, including, but not limited to, American energy dominance, critical mineral development, water security, infrastructure resilience, and natural hazard preparedness. Research and activities may incorporate scientific expertise in areas such as hydrology, geology, geospatial science, biosecurity, and near-earth space science, including extreme events such as drought, flooding, wildland fire, coastal erosion, severe storms, and geologic hazards, to develop actionable science, data, and tools that support informed decision-making by resource managers and stakeholders.</p>
G27AS00072
Award Ceiling
$375K
Closes
Nov 14, 2026
18d left
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Hawaiʻi-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
<p style="margin-left:0in;">Invasive species are one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, biosecurity, ecosystem functioning, and human well-being in Hawaiʻi. Managers are increasingly concerned about the horticultural trade because it is the predominant pathway for non-native plant introduction in the state. However, they currently lack information about which species pose the greatest risk now and in the future. By analyzing invasion records and ornamental trade data for approximately 19,000 plant taxa, this project will identify horticultural species likely to establish in Hawaiʻi based on local conditions. In doing so, the project will identify geographic areas with the highest invasion risk and highlight species of concern, taking into account invasion history, weed risk scores, nursery locations, and their overlap with human infrastructure and conservation areas. </p><p style="margin-left:0in;">Findings will inform risk-based screening, early detection priorities, and management planning for federal and state partners including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife. By improving invasive species management, this project will support the mitigation of hazards like wildfires and erosion that can be exacerbated by invasive plants, improving state and local preparedness in line with the goals of EO 14239 -Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness (March 19, 2025). This work also supports the goals of EO 14303 -Restoring Gold Standard Science (May 23, 2025) and SO 3441 -Implementing the Requirements of Executive Order 14303, Restoring Gold Standard Science (August 29, 2025) by advancing American leadership in adaptation science and providing credible, reliable, and impartial scientific evidence to reduce the harm caused by invasive species.</p><p style="margin-left:0in;">Projects supported under this cooperative agreement should advance Administration priorities, including, but not limited to, American energy dominance, critical mineral development, water security, infrastructure resilience, and natural hazard preparedness. Research and activities may incorporate scientific expertise in areas such as hydrology, geology, geospatial science, biosecurity, and near-earth space science, including extreme events such as drought, flooding, wildland fire, coastal erosion, severe storms, and geologic hazards, to develop actionable science, data, and tools that support informed decision-making by resource managers and stakeholders.</p><p style="margin-left:0in;"> </p>
G27AS00073
Award Ceiling
$435K
Closes
Nov 14, 2026
18d left
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
<p style="margin-left:0in;">The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research that supports cisco restoration priorities in Lakes Huron and Erie by hiring a structured decision-making expert and convening a structured decision-making workshop to help fisheries managers develop a restoration plan and by hiring a scientist to conduct experiments to determine what environmental conditions can lead to the highest quality cisco that can be produced in hatcheries for reintroduction.</p>
G27AS00049
Award Ceiling
$485K
Closes
Nov 14, 2026
18d left