§ Federal grant opportunity · NNH25ZDA001N-LCAS
ROSES 2025: B.7 The Heliophysics Low-Cost Access to Space
NASA Headquarters is accepting applications for ROSES 2025: B.7 The Heliophysics Low-Cost Access to Space. The deadline is March 16, 2027 and the published award range is Award amount not published.
Key facts
- Funder
- NASA Headquarters
- Application deadline
- March 16, 2027
- Award range
- Award amount not published
- Eligibility
- other
- Geography
- United States
- Focus areas
- Science Technology And Other Research And Development
- Opportunity number
- NNH25ZDA001N-LCAS
Program overview
The close date above is the date for the Step-2 proposal due date. The Step-1 proposal due date is November 20, 2026 . Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted. NOTICE: Corrected October 16, 2026: In the first paragraph of the introduction a vestigial reference to cubesats was replaced with "airborne platforms". New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. NOTICE: Amended October 7, 2026. This amendment adds this new program element to ROSES-2025. Step-1 proposals are due by November 20, 2026, and Step-2 proposals are due March 16, 2027. The page limit for the anonymized central Science-Technical-Management (S/T/M) section of proposals is 20 pages. Proposers must provide a separately uploaded Payload Reference Document (PRD) to allow NASA to best match the research payload needs with multiple compatible flight platforms and identify the greatest suborbital research capabilities and launch flexibilities possible. See Section 1.3.1. New: Proposals must include a “Rideshare Opportunity” section that describes the availability of resources for a rideshare instrument to be included with the flight. See Section 4.4. New: Proposals self-identified as "science-enabling-only" must include an Application of Traceability Matrix, see 4.2.3. New: Proposals will be submitted via a binding two-step submission process, see Section 3. New: Proposals will be evaluated using dual anonymous peer review, so the technical proposal must be anonymized, see Section 5.1. All proposers are strongly encouraged to use the standard SMD template for the Open Science Data Management Plan see https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs/OSDMP This synopsis is a generic summary that is posted for each of the many individual "program elements" in NASA’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 solicitation. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of ROSES at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table2 and https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025table3 , respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in the Solar System Science program (NNH25ZDA001N-SCUBED) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.2 Solar System Science (.pdf)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “ C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.pdf) ” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.10, B.3, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the division overview. In 2025, most program elements will be set up for application via Grants.gov only if requested at least 30 days in advance of the due date. For more on Grants.gov submissions see Section IV(b)v of the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, that may be found at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025 . The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 21, 2025. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many indiv
How to apply
- Confirm your organization meets the eligibility criteria above.
- Read the full funding opportunity announcement from NASA Headquarters.
- Draft your narrative against the funder's stated priorities and review criteria.
- Submit before March 16, 2027, allowing time for registration and validation.
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