NASA ROSES 2013: Outer Planets Research

Funding Opportunity Number:	NNH13ZDA001N-OPR
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Jul 30, 2013
Creation Date:	Jul 30, 2013
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 01, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 01, 2013

. Scope of Program
The Outer Planets Research (OPR) program supports diverse scientific investigations that
contribute to the understanding of the outer Solar System, including the giant planets, their
satellites, and smaller solid bodies including comets, asteroids, and Kuiper Belt objects. The
program includes both data analysis from NASA missions and fundamental research. The
objectives of the OPR program include:
• Enhancing the scientific return from the New Horizons, Cassini, Galileo, Voyager, and
Pioneer missions by continuing the analysis of their respective data sets through
broadened scientific participation;
• Improving our understanding of the evolution of the outer Solar System, including the
giant planets, their satellites, and other small bodies; and
• Defining the dynamical processes operating in the outer Solar System.
Investigators may propose tasks that involve one or more of the following activities that support
the program goals above:
• Development of basic theory, laboratory studies, and/or modeling relevant to the
interpretation of mission data listed above or the evolution and dynamics of giant planets,
their satellites, and other small bodies in the outer Solar System;
• Additional analysis of ground-based observations of asteroids, comets, and outer planets
and theirsatellites funded by the Planetary Astronomy program;
• Correlative analyses that combine data from the Planetary Science Division’s outer
planets missions (New Horizons, Cassini, Galileo, Voyager, and Pioneer), the Planetary
Astronomy program, and other sources; and/or
• Research that seeks to place the results of these outer planets missions in a larger context
of processes and evolution of bodies in the outer Solar System.
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