Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/research.do
Sponsor/Award: NASA - RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE & EARTH SCIENCES (ROSES) - NEAR EARTH OBJECT OBSERVATION - 2010 SUMMER COMPETITION

Grant Amount:
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jun 04, 2010
Sponsor's: Jun 11, 2010

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Description:

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA), entitled Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) ? 2010, solicits basic and applied research in support of NASA?s Science Mission Directorate (SMD).

Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are defined as asteroids or comet nuclei whose perihelia are less than 1.3 AU. NASA is committed to discovering all NEOs with diameters greater than or equal to ~1 km and to characterizing that population through determination of their orbital elements, with the goal of detecting more than 90 percent of this population as soon as possible. In support of NASA?s commitment and goal, this program supports NEO investigations whose primary objective is to complete the inventory of the population of NEOs with diameters greater than or equal to 1 km.

Application Details: Prospective investigators from any category of organizations or institutions, U.S or non-U.S., are welcome to respond to this solicitation.Funding opportunity number for downloading an application package from Grants.gov: NNH10ZDA001N-NEOO. Electronic proposal submission is required; no hard copy is required or permitted. See also Section IV of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation and Chapter 3 of the NASA Guidebook for Proposers.
NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline.
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Sponsor Contacts:

DR MAX BERNSTEIN: SARA@NASA.GOV
NASA HEADQUARTERS
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, United States