NASA Research Opportunity
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) Announcement:
The PSI program element annually solicits ground-based research proposals to generate new scientific insights by utilizing experimental data residing in NASA’s Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) system. This call for proposals is part of NASA SMD's ROSES NRA. The PSI program element solicits ground-based research in the following six research areas: 1) Biophysics, 2) Combustion Science, 3) Complex Fluids/Soft Matter, 4) Fluid Physics, 5) Fundamental Physics and 6) Materials Science. All eligible experimental data will be available in the PSI system. The award for each proposal selected will be a maximum of $125,000 per year for first year and $150,000 for second year.
NASA
On or around September 15, 2024 | Program Element Released |
October 2024 | Proposers’ Conference |
On or around October 31, 2024 | Notices of Intent Due |
On or around January 10, 2025 | Proposals Due |
June 2025 | Announce Selections (Target) |
For more information about the solicitation, please contact Dr. Francis Chiaramonte, Biological and Physical Sciences R&A Lead, NASA Headquarters.
The following is the list of investigations eligible for proposals to this year’s NRA:
# | Research Area | Investigation |
1 | Biophysics | LMM Biophysics-1 (The Effect of Macromolecular Transport on Microgravity Protein Crystallization) |
2 | Biophysics | LMM Biophysics-2 (Solution Convection and the Nucleation Precursors in Protein Crystallization) |
3 | Biophysics | LMM Biophysics-3 (Growth Rate Dispersion as a Predictive Indicator for Biological Crystal Samples Where Quality Can be Improved with Microgravity Growth) |
4 | Biophysics | Perfect Crystal (Growth of Large, Perfect Protein Crystals for Neutron Crystallography) |
5 | Biophysics | Space Biofilms (Characterization of Biofilm Formation, Growth, and Gene Expression on Different Materials and Environmental Conditions in Microgravity) |
6 | Biophysics | RSD-AFF/AFF-R (Ring Shear Drop – Amyloid Fibril Formation and Reflight) |
7 | Combustion Science | ACME BRE (Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Burning Rate Emulator) |
8 | Combustion Science | ACME CLD Flame (Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flame) |
9 | Combustion Science | ACME E-Field Flames (Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Electric Field Flames) |
10 | Combustion Science | ACME s-Flames (Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments Structure and Response of Spherical Diffusion Flames) |
11 | Combustion Science | BASS (Burning and Suppression of Solids) |
12 | Combustion Science | BASS-II (Burning and Suppression of Solids - II) |
13 | Combustion Science | CFI (Cool Flames Investigation) |
14 | Combustion Science | DAFT (Dust and Aerosol Measurement Feasibility Test) |
15 | Combustion Science | DAFT-2 (Dust and Aerosol Measurement Feasibility Test - 2) |
16 | Combustion Science | FLEX (Flame Extinguishment Experiment) |
17 | Combustion Science | FLEX-2 (Flame Extinguishment Experiment - 2) |
18 | Combustion Science | Quantitative Studies of Cool Flame Transitions at Radiation/Stretch Extinction Using Counterflow Flames (PSI investigation) |
19 | Combustion Science | SAFFIRE I (Spacecraft Fire Experiment I) |
20 | Combustion Science | SAFFIRE II (Spacecraft Fire Experiment II) |
21 | Combustion Science | SAFFIRE III (Spacecraft Fire Experiment III) |
22 | Combustion Science | SAME (Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment) |
23 | Combustion Science | SAME-R (Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment - Reflight) |
24 | Combustion Science | SLICE (Structure and Liftoff in Combustion Experiment) |
25 | Combustion Science | SPICE (Smoke Point in Coflow Experiment) |
26 | Combustion Science | Utilization of the Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment Data for Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Smoke Generation in Micro-Gravity (PSI investigation) |
27 | Fluid Physics | ASETS II (Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader II) |
28 | Fluid Physics | CCF-CV-EU1 (Capillary Channel Flow – Critical Velocities - Experiment Unit 1) |
29 | Fluid Physics | CCF-CV-EU2 (Capillary Channel Flow – Critical Velocities - Experiment Unit 2) |
30 | Fluid Physics | CCF-PS-EU2 (Capillary Channel Flow – Phase Separation - Experiment Unit 2) |
31 | Fluid Physics | CFE (Capillary Flow Experiment) |
32 | Fluid Physics | CFE-2 (Capillary Flow Experiment – 2) |
33 | Fluid Physics | CVB (Constrained Vapor Bubble) |
34 | Fluid Physics | CVB-2 (Constrained Vapor Bubble – 2) |
35 | Fluid Physics | DECLIC-ALI (Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization - Alice Like Insert) |
36 | Fluid Physics | Development and Verification of a 3D Nucleate Pool Boiling Simulation Model Using PSI Data (PSI investigation) |
37 | Fluid Physics | GRADFLEX (Gradient Driven Fluctuation Experiment) |
38 | Fluid Physics | EHD (ElectroHydroDynamics) |
39 | Fluid Physics | FBCE-FBM (Flow Boiling Condensation Experiment - Flow Boiling Module) |
40 | Fluid Physics | IVGEN (IntraVenous Fluid GENeration for Exploration Missions) |
41 | Fluid Physics | MABE (Microheater Array Heater Boiling Experiment) |
42 | Fluid Physics | NPBX (Nucleate Pool Boiling Experiment) |
43 | Fluid Physics | PBE (Pool Boiling Experiment) |
44 | Fluid Physics | PBRE (Packed Bed Reactor Experiment) |
45 | Fluid Physics | PBRE-2 (Packed Bed Reactor Experiment – 2) |
46 | Fluid Physics | PBRE-WR (Packed Bed Reactor Experiment – Water Recovery) |
47 | Fluid Physics | STDCE-1 (Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment) - First United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USML-1) |
48 | Fluid Physics | STDCE-2 (Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment) - Second United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USML-2) |
49 | Fundamental Physics | CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) - Bose - Einstein Condensate Bubble Dynamics |
50 | Fundamental Physics | CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) - Consortium for Ultracold Atoms in Space |
51 | Fundamental Physics | CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) - Development of Atom Interferometry Experiments for the ISS |
52 | Fundamental Physics | CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) - Fundamental Interactions for Atom Interferometry with Ultracold Quantum Gases in a Microgravity Environment |
53 | Fundamental Physics | CAL (Cold Atom Laboratory) – Zero-G Studies of Few Body and Many-Body Physics |
54 | Materials Science | CSLM (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures) |
55 | Materials Science | CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures - 2) |
56 | Materials Science | CSLM-2R (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures - 2 Reflight) |
57 | Materials Science | CSLM-3 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures - 3) |
58 | Materials Science | CSLM-4 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures - 4) |
59 | Materials Science | DECLIC-DSI (Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization - Directional Solidification Insert) |
60 | Materials Science | DECLIC-DSI-R SPADES (Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization - Directional Solidification Insert – Reflight – Spatiotemporal Evolution of three-dimensional Dendritic array Structures |
61 | Materials Science | ELF - Round Robin (Electrostatic Levitation Furnace: Round Robin - Thermophysical Property Measurement) |
62 | Materials Science | EML - ELFSTONE (Electromagnetic Levitation: Electromagnetic Levitation Flight Support for Transient Observation of Nucleation Events) |
63 | Materials Science | EML - QUASI (Electromagnetic Levitation: Quasi-crystalline Undercooled Alloys for Space Investigation |
64 | Materials Science | Enhancement and Verification of Quantitative Phase-Field Crystal Modeling using NASA-PSI Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures Experiments Data (PSI investigation) |
65 | Materials Science | IDGE-STS-62 (Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment) - Second United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USMP-2) |
66 | Materials Science | IDGE-STS-75 (Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment) - Third United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USMP-3) |
67 | Materials Science | IDGE-STS-87 (Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment) - Fourth United States Microgravity Payload on Columbia (USMP-4) |
68 | Materials Science | ISSI (In-Space Soldering Investigation) |
69 | Materials Science | MICAST/CSS (Microstructure Formation in Casting of Technical Alloys under Diffusive and Magnetically Controlled Convective Conditions/Comparison of Structure and Segregation in Alloys Directionally Solidified in Terrestrial and Microgravity Environments) |
70 | Materials Science | MICS (Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification) |
71 | Materials Science | MICS-MVP (Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification - Multi-use Variable-gravity Platform) |
72 | Materials Science | MSRR-GEDS (Materials Science Research Rack - Gravitation Effects on Distortion in Sintering) |
73 | Materials Science | PFMI (Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation) |
74 | Materials Science | Pore-Mushy Zone Interaction During Directional Solidification of Alloys: Three Dimensional Simulation and Comparison with Experiments (PSI investigation) |
75 | Materials Science | Strata-1 |
76 | Materials Science | SUBSA (Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules) |
77 | Materials Science | SUBSA - BRAINS (Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules - Brazing of Aluminum Alloy in Space) |
78 | Materials Science | SUBSA - CETSOL (Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules - Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition in Solidification) |
79 | Materials Science | TEMPUS (Tiegelfreies Elektromagnetisches Prozessieren Unter Schwerelosigkeit; Electromagnetic Containerless Processing in Microgravity) |
80 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | ACE-M1 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - Microscopy 1) |
81 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | ACE-M2 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - Microscopy 2) |
82 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | ACE-M2R (Advanced Colloids Experiment - Microscopy 2 Reflight) |
83 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | ACE-T1 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - T1) |
84 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | ACE-T6 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - T6) |
85 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | ACE-T7 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - T7) |
86 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | ACE-T11 (Advanced Colloids Experiment - T11) |
87 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | ACE-TR (Advanced Colloids Experiment - TR) |
88 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | BCAT-3 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 3) |
89 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | BCAT-4 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 4) |
90 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | BCAT-5 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5) |
91 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | BCAT-6 (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 6) |
92 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | FOAM (Foam Optics and Mechanics) |
93 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | InSPACE (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions) |
94 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | InSPACE-2 (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions - 2) |
95 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | InSPACE-3 (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions - 3) |
96 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | InSPACE-3+ (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions - 3+) |
97 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | OASIS (Observation and Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space) |
98 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | PASTA (Particle Stabilised Emulsions and Foams) |
99 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | PCS (Physics of Colloids in Space) |
100 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | PHaSE (Physics of Hard Spheres Experiment) |
101 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | PKE-Nefedov & PK-3+ (Plasma Kristall Experiment; Dusty Plasma) |
102 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | PK-4 (Plasma Kristall Experiment) |
103 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | SHERE (Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment) |
104 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | SHERE II (Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment II) |
105 | Soft Matter/ Complex Fluids | SHERE-R (Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment - Reflight) |