ROSES 2025: A.16 Cryosphere

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, through NASA Headquarters and the Science Mission Directorate, is offering ROSES: A.16 Cryosphere as a program element under the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences omnibus research announcement. The opportunity is identified as NNH25ZDA001N-CRYO and falls under Assistance Listing 43.001, Science. ROSES supports a broad range of basic and applied research and technology activities associated with NASA Science Mission Directorate objectives. Awards arising from ROSES may take the form of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts depending on the nature of the proposed work, although most extramural research awards are grants. This Cryosphere program element was added to ROSES through an amendment dated September 1, 2026. The provided synopsis does not state a program-specific award ceiling, award floor, estimated total program funding, or expected number of awards. The broader ROSES solicitation states that the typical period of performance for an award is three years, although some program elements may permit periods of up to five years or specify shorter periods. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies to this opportunity. Applicants should consult the program-element document available through NSPIRES for the detailed scientific scope, objectives, allowable activities, restrictions, and other program-specific requirements because the Grants.gov synopsis is a generic summary supplemented with information specific to this Cryosphere element. Proposers must be affiliated with an institution in NSPIRES. NASA generally provides funding only to U.S. institutions. Organizations outside the United States may propose on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, subject to the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual and any special requirements applicable to non-U.S. organizations. The broader ROSES solicitation states that, in most cases, organizations of many types may submit proposals, including government and private organizations, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and domestic and foreign organizations subject to applicable caveats. Special instructions apply when a proposal from a non-U.S. organization involves U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested. A mandatory Notice of Intent is required for this program element and must be submitted through NSPIRES by October 16, 2026. This is a gating requirement rather than an optional preliminary submission. NASA explicitly states that any proposal not preceded by an on-time Notice of Intent will be returned without review. Full proposals are due December 4, 2026. The Science, Technical, and Management section of the proposal is limited to 12 pages. A summary table of work effort is required, and proposers are strongly encouraged to use the optional Earth Science Division template provided for that table. The synopsis also notes that Grants.gov application capability for ROSES program elements may generally be established when requested at least 30 days before the applicable due date. Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using dual anonymous peer review. Applicants should therefore prepare their submissions in accordance with the dual anonymous peer review requirements identified in Section 5.2 and the applicable program-element instructions. NASA plans to conduct a briefing for prospective proposers approximately six weeks before the proposal deadline. Teleconference information for that briefing will be posted under other documents on the NSPIRES page for this program element. The briefing is informational and is not identified as a required application step. The opportunity was posted and amended on September 1, 2026. The mandatory Notice of Intent deadline is October 16, 2026, and the final proposal deadline is December 4, 2026. The Grants.gov archive date is January 3, 2027. No program-specific award or notification date is stated in the supplied material, and the source does not establish that this individual Cryosphere program element recurs annually even though ROSES itself is described as an annual omnibus research announcement. Questions about this funding announcement may be directed to Thorsten Markus, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, at thorsten.markus@nasa.gov or telephone (202) 436-5463. General ROSES questions may be directed to sara@nasa.gov.

Submit the mandatory Notice of Intent on time or the proposal will be returned without review; keep the Science/Technical/Management section within 12 pages; use the optional Earth Science Division template for the required summary table of work effort; prepare the proposal for dual anonymous peer review; consult the program-element PDF on NSPIRES for specific requirements.