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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The FINESST Program at NASA seeks to fund graduate student research through a process that is very similar to NSF grad fellowship proposals and regular ROSES-style proposals. It is multi-disciplinary and available
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From: <<a href="mailto:smd@listsrv2.nasaprs.com">smd@listsrv2.nasaprs.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM<br>
Subject: [Smd] ROSES-25 Amendment 52: NASA SMD Graduate Student Research Solicitation - Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology<br>
To: <a href="mailto:smd@listsrv2.nasaprs.com">smd@listsrv2.nasaprs.com</a> <<a href="mailto:smd@listsrv2.nasaprs.com">smd@listsrv2.nasaprs.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ROSES-25 Amendment 52: NASA SMD Graduate Student Research Solicitation - Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__go.nasa.gov_FINESST25&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=7FY5CeZ_cTG-RjviaeZyumtLmnxs9bi1tmGE0jGh4Mk&m=e_UqHt4G3PxujCJct19BQE9SvwcknNPRMGruBSh2zBea5T3Hff_Arp4ELul879cZ&s=5e4zXJnT0IBH_0gvfnbs8BCwPYIpkELQVeN9mBdSU_A&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Future
Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) F.5 of ROSES-25</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> solicits proposals from accredited U.S. universities and other eligible organizations for graduate student-designed
and performed research projects that contribute to SMD's science, technology, and exploration goals. The Future Investigator, i.e., the student, shall have the primary initiative to define the proposed FINESST research project and must be the primary author,
with input or supervision from the proposal's Principal Investigator, as appropriate.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ROSES-2025 Amendment 52 releases final text and due dates for
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__go.nasa.gov_FINESST25&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=7FY5CeZ_cTG-RjviaeZyumtLmnxs9bi1tmGE0jGh4Mk&m=e_UqHt4G3PxujCJct19BQE9SvwcknNPRMGruBSh2zBea5T3Hff_Arp4ELul879cZ&s=5e4zXJnT0IBH_0gvfnbs8BCwPYIpkELQVeN9mBdSU_A&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Future
Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) F.5 of ROSES-25</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, which was previously TBD. Please see the file named F.5 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and
Technology final text (.pdf) on the right side of the NSPIRES page at </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__go.nasa.gov_FINESST25&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=7FY5CeZ_cTG-RjviaeZyumtLmnxs9bi1tmGE0jGh4Mk&m=e_UqHt4G3PxujCJct19BQE9SvwcknNPRMGruBSh2zBea5T3Hff_Arp4ELul879cZ&s=5e4zXJnT0IBH_0gvfnbs8BCwPYIpkELQVeN9mBdSU_A&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://go.nasa.gov/FINESST25</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Neither a notice of intent nor a Step-1 proposal should be submitted. Proposals are due July 14, 2026.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An optional, pre-proposal webinar for all potential proposers will occur May 28 at 1 p.m.
</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eastern Time</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, and the Earth Science Division optional office hours
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__teams.microsoft.com_meet_271801649791658-3Fp-3DdBqxtwnVrN4qHhws4s&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=7FY5CeZ_cTG-RjviaeZyumtLmnxs9bi1tmGE0jGh4Mk&m=e_UqHt4G3PxujCJct19BQE9SvwcknNPRMGruBSh2zBea5T3Hff_Arp4ELul879cZ&s=71jnGSmprlbvjWyKxsJMRBGrqfSOooOThMTjqCLZGYA&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">via
Teams</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> will occur June 23 and 24 at 1 p.m.
</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eastern Time</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. See Section 12.7 of the FINESST pdf for connect information for all of these events.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On or about April 14, 2026, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2025" (NNH25ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage
at </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__solicitation.nasaprs.com_ROSES2025&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=7FY5CeZ_cTG-RjviaeZyumtLmnxs9bi1tmGE0jGh4Mk&m=e_UqHt4G3PxujCJct19BQE9SvwcknNPRMGruBSh2zBea5T3Hff_Arp4ELul879cZ&s=8G2qmkOQaANV5LJRu4SPmpUOmqNVrcONAyoP5S7Qvd4&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
and will appear on SARA's ROSES blog at: </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__science.nasa.gov_researchers_solicitations_roses-2D2025_&d=DwMFaQ&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=7FY5CeZ_cTG-RjviaeZyumtLmnxs9bi1tmGE0jGh4Mk&m=e_UqHt4G3PxujCJct19BQE9SvwcknNPRMGruBSh2zBea5T3Hff_Arp4ELul879cZ&s=qGEwcFFDfdg4Iok6Mf4tTcmsyZRdXe9MGElcM1pa1QE&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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