Description
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2025. This program element, C.12 Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars, is part of the ROSES-2025 solicitation. The goal of this program is to support the development of foundational artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for future NASA missions to the Moon and Mars.
Key aspects of this opportunity include:
• Proposals are due April 28, 2026
• Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts
• The typical period of performance for an award is three years
• Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires.nasaprs.com/
• Organizations outside the U.S. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds may be eligible