NNH25ZDA001N-ECIPES: ROSES25: A.11 Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science
Closed
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 2026.
NASA Headquarters offered grants to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on June 17, 2026.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed April 29, 2026. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award amountsNot given on Grants.gov
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant
Key dates
| Posted | April 17, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | June 17, 2026 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | July 17, 2026 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires.nasaprs.com/ and, in general, NASA provides funding only to U.S. institutions. Organizations outside the U.S. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds; consult the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM) (https://www.nasa.gov/grants-policy-and-compliance-team/#Regulations) 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 GCAM 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?
- Most of the program's money (49% over five years) went to nonprofits.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
PLEASE NOTE: this program has MANDATORY Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by May 18, 2026. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. NOTICE: Corrected April 29, 2026. Letter D was added to Section 1.2 eligibility to specify that this program will not fund third year of NPP fellowships. New text is in bold. The due dates are unchanged. NOTICE: Corrected April 23, 2026. Section 1.2 C has been updated to remove current ROSES ESD funding as an eligibility factor, but federal agency funding has been added to Section 2.4 as a programmatic factor. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. NOTICE: Amended April 17, 2026. This amendment adds this new program element to ROSES-2025. Mandatory Notices of Intent are due by May 18, 2026, and proposals are due June 17, 2026. NASA will host two virtual informational sessions on at 12 PM eastern time on May 14, 2026, and at 1 PM eastern time on May 26, 2026. Connect information for these virtual informational sessions will be posted in the PDF under "Other documents" on the right side of this NSPIRES page. 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.
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.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland, College Park | Maryland | 368 | $227 million |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Colorado | 471 | $182 million |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | 337 | $162 million |
| University of Maryland Baltimore County | Maryland | 158 | $146 million |
| Southwest Research Institute | Texas | 179 | $137 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 NNH25ZDA001N-ECIPES still open?
No. It closed on June 17, 2026. A newer notice is open: NNH25ZDA001N-ATP, closes February 3, 2027 (88 days left).
Who can apply for ROSES25: A.11 Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science?
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 ROSES25: A.11 Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science?
Closed June 17, 2026. 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.