| Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies (PSDS3) | |
| The ROSES 2016 New Frontiers Data Analysis Program (NFDAP) Appendix C.19, specifies that: | |
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| Proposals to this program will be taken by a two-step process, in which the Notice of Intent is replaced by a required Step-1 proposal submitted by an Authorized Organizational Representative. Only proposers who submit a Step-1 proposal are eligible to submit a Step-2 (full) proposal. Mandatory Step-1 proposals are due February 8, 2017, and Step-2 proposals are due May 3, 2017. | |
| The objective of the New Frontiers Data Analysis Program (NFDAP) is to enhance the scientific return from New Frontiers missions by broadening scientific participation in the analysis and interpretation of data returned by these missions. Other mission and nonmission data sets may be used to supplement these data in a supporting role, but all proposals require the use of data from at least one New Frontiers mission. | |
| This program solicits research proposals to conduct scientific investigations utilizing or enhancing the utilization of data obtained by the New Frontiers missions. For the purposes of this solicitation, "data" is understood to include both uncalibrated and calibrated data, as well as higher-order data products produced from the mission data. Science investigations may include the use of data from any spacecraft not supported by a separate Planetary Science Division Data Analysis Program. | |
| Investigations using the New Horizons data may also use mission data supported by a separate Data Analysis program for outer-solar-system single-body or comparative planetology studies that require the use of New Horizons data for at least one of the bodies of focus. | |
| All proposals to NFDAP must identify and address a clear objective with science research that would be a significant, not incremental, advance in the state of knowledge of the research topic. | |
| Higher-order mission data products produced as part of funded research must be made publicly available, following the guidelines described in Section 4.3 of C.1, Planetary Science Overview ("Data Management Plans and Archiving"). Proposed data products for delivery to the PDS must be clearly described, appropriate time and effort for delivery and ingestion must be budgeted, and the proposal must include a letter from the manager of the appropriate PDS data node. For additional information, refer to the PDS Proposer's Archiving guide at http://pds.nasa.gov/documents/pag/index.html. Data products, including maps, improved calibrations, etc., must be submitted to the PDS or the USGS, as appropriate, by the end of the funded research period, unless the investigator explicitly makes a case in the proposal for a later date. Each research proposal must constitute a stand-alone scientific investigation, with stated lines of inquiry, and result in one or more peer-reviewed publications. | |
| Selected investigations may result in data products and software tools that are of broad use to the science community, including maps, data with improved calibrations, etc. NASA strongly encourages that such data be archived in the Planetary Data System , or equivalent public archive, by the end of the award period. | |
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| Step 1 Proposal Due Date | Step 2 Proposal Due Date | |
| 02/08/17 | 05/03/17 | |
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| Mission data are available from the Planetary Data System (PDS). | |
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| Data available from The Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI) Node |
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| Other Data Within PDS | |
| The following Discipline Nodes have additional information: | |
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Atmospheres Node Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node Ring-Moon Systems Node Small Bodies Node Geosciences Node | |
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| Ancillary data (SPICE files) can be obtained from the NAIF Node | |
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Web Master: PDS-PPI Operator Nasa Official: William Knopf Last Updated: Febuary 2009 |