NASA has released an open call to scientists seeking funding for projects that address the agency's latest science objectives. This year’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES-2025) solicitation offers approximately 35 proposal opportunities supporting a wide range of basic and applied research relevant to the goals of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). ROSES-2025 will offer approximately 300 awards totaling up to $150 million.
Selected research will span a range of topics from the Artemis III mission to Earth foundation modeling. Projects could involve theory about what will be observed; the development of technology to make observations to test those theories; collection of samples and data from land, sea, air and space; analysis of samples and data collected; laboratory measurements of samples and fundamental parameters to compare to data; and modeling using the data.
Funded projects will increase understanding of the real-world implications of all of the above, for example, revealing the effects of natural disasters on Earth or advance the exploration of space. Previously funded data-related projects included developing metadata tools for geospatial analysis and a database and open-source data access library for snow data.
Key details and changes in this year’s solicitation include:
- Information on government-wide changes to grant awards and uniform guidance on applying for them can be found in the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM).
- Proposers must use the NASA grants policy provided standard templates for Biographical Sketches and Current and Pending (C&P) Support. Watch a YouTube overview of the requirements.
- Fewer program elements are offered this year to be aligned with the President’s NASA budget request — including no International Space Station proposals.
- Proposals are going to be evaluated using the dual anonymous peer review process.
- SMD is now providing an optional standard template for the Open Science and Data Management Plan (OSDMP) that will work across all of ROSES programs.
- CVs will no longer be a selection criteria and should be kept brief.
ROSES-2025 anticipated award dates are approximately six months after the proposal due date. Full/Step-2 due dates are from September 2025 to May 2026. For answers to more solicitation questions, visit the ROSES-2025 FAQ page.