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NNH21ZDA001N-WATER: ROSES 2021: Earth Science Applications: Water Resources

Closed Closed September 24, 2021 Opportunity NNH21ZDA001N-WATER

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: ROSES 2025: D.10 Astrophysics Theory (NNH25ZDA001N-ATP). Status: Closes February 3, 2027 (88 days left). It is in our archive of NASA Headquarters notices from 2021.

NASA Headquarters offered grants to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on September 24, 2021.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed July 12, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedFebruary 12, 2021
DeadlineSeptember 24, 2021
Archived by Grants.govOctober 24, 2021

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires.nasaprs.com/ and, in general, NASA provides funding only to US institutions. Organizations outside the U.S. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds; consult the Guidebook for Proposers (https://www.nasa.gov/offices/ocfo/gpc/regulations_and_guidance) for specific details. Some NRAs may be issued jointly with a non-U.S. organization, e.g., those concerning guest observing programs for jointly sponsored space science programs, that will contain additional special guidelines for non-U.S. participants. Also reference the Guidebook for Proposers for special instructions for proposals from non-U.S. organizations that involve U.S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

Proposers must retrieve the instructions document (zip file) associated with the application package for this opportunity as there is at least one required form that must be attached to the submitted proposal package. 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) – 2021 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 12, 2021. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2021 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2021. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. 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 this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2021table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2021table3, 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.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Who has won Science grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Science (43.001) awarded $4.8 billion across 10,291 grant awards, an average of $463,636 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
University of Maryland, College ParkMaryland368$227 million
The Regents of the University of ColoradoColorado471$182 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland337$162 million
University of Maryland Baltimore CountyMaryland158$146 million
Southwest Research InstituteTexas179$137 million

Top states: California ($703 million), Maryland ($675 million), Colorado ($361 million), Massachusetts ($330 million), Arizona ($294 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, NNH25ZDA001N-ATP, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is NNH21ZDA001N-WATER still open?

No. It closed on September 24, 2021. A newer notice is open: NNH25ZDA001N-ATP, closes February 3, 2027 (88 days left).

Who can apply for ROSES 2021: Earth Science Applications: Water Resources?

NASA Headquarters accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for ROSES 2021: Earth Science Applications: Water Resources?

Closed September 24, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

Who has won Science grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Maryland, College Park, The Regents of the University of Colorado, The Johns Hopkins University. The program made 10,291 awards worth $4.8 billion in that time.

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