Amendment 35: C.20 Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research Final Text and Due Dates.

C.20 Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR) seeks proposals focused on ensuring that the NASA Astrobiology community is prepared to respond to the challenge of planning and implementing these missions. Accordingly, proposals that place emphasis on research that will help prepare for current or future flight programs directed at astrobiological targets are encouraged. Proposals for ICAR must describe an interdisciplinary approach to a single compelling question in astrobiology, and address at least one aspect of the 2015 Astrobiology Strategy.

ROSES-2024 Amendment 35 releases final text and due dates for C.20 ICAR that had been listed as "TBD". Step-1 proposals are due September 24, 2024, and Step-2 proposals are due January 16, 2025.

Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using a dual-anonymous peer review process, so both Step-1 and Step-2 proposals must be anonymized. See Section 3.2 and the associated "Guidelines for Anonymous Proposals" document under "Other Documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element.

On or about July 22, 2024, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2024" (NNH24ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2024

Questions concerning C.20 ICAR may be directed to Lindsay Hays at lindsay.hays@nasa.gov.